with a bright
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THE EXERCISE OF CONTROL: A "SCHEDULE" FOR BRAINWASHING
From the many fragmentary accounts reviewed, the following appears
to be the most likely description of what occurs during brainwashing .
In the period immediately following capture, the captors are faced
with the problem of deciding on best ways of exploitation of the
prisoners.
Therefore, early treatment is similar both for those who are to be
exploited
through elicitation and those who are to undergo brainwashing.
concurrently
with being interrogated and required to write a detailed personal
history,
the prisoner undergoes a physical and psychological "softening-up" which
includes: limited unpalatable food rations,withholding of tobacco,possi-
ble work details,severely inadequate use of toilet facilities, no use of
facilities for personal cleanliness,limitation of sleep such as
requiring
a subject to sleep with a bright light in his eyes. Apparently the
inter-
rogation and autobiographical ,material, the reports of the prisoner's
be-
haviour in confinement, and tentative "personality typing" by the
interro-
gators, provide the basis upon which exploitation plans are made.
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> with the problem of deciding on best ways of exploitation of the
> prisoners.
> Therefore, early treatment is similar both for those who are to be
> exploited
> through elicitation and those who are to undergo brainwashing.
> concurrently
> with being interrogated and required to write a detailed personal
> history,
> the prisoner undergoes a physical and psychological "softening-up" which
> includes: limited unpalatable food rations,withholding of tobacco,possi-
> ble work details,severely inadequate use of toilet facilities, no use of
> facilities for personal cleanliness,limitation of sleep such as
> requiring
> a subject to sleep with a bright light in his eyes. Apparently the
> inter-
> rogation and autobiographical ,material, the reports of the prisoner's
> be-
> haviour in confinement, and tentative "personality typing" by the
> interro-
> gators, provide the basis upon which exploitation plans are made.