secondary

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A description of usual communist control techniques follows.

1. Interrogation. There are at least two ways in which "interro-
gation" is used:
a. Elicitation, which is designed to get the individual to
surrender protected information, is a form of interrogation. One major
difference between elicitation and interrogation used to achieve
brainwashing is that the mind of the individual must be kept clear to
permit coherent, undistorted disclosure of protected information.
b. Elicitation for the purpose of brainwashing consists of
questioning,argument,indoctrination,threats,cajolery,praise,hos-
tility, and a variety of other pressures. The aim of this interrogation
is to hasten the breakdown of the individual's value system and to
encourage
the substitution of a different value-system. The procurement of
protected
information is secondary and is used as a device to increase pressure
upon
the individual. The term "interrogation" in this paper will refer, in
general, to this type. The "interrogator" is the individual who conducts
this type of interrogation and who controls the administration of the
other
pressures. He is the protagonist against whom the victim develops his
con-
flict, and upon whom the victim develops a state of dependency as he
seeks
some solution to his conflict.