Editing Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual/Interpreters (section)

== INTRODUCTION ==

THERE WILL BE- MANY OCCASIONS WHEN BORDER CRQSSERS, 
REFUGEES. PRISONERS OF WAR, SUSPECTED AGENTS, OR OTHER 
POTENTIAL SUBJECTS FOR M QUESTIONING” WILL NOT SPEAK 
YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE. THEREFORE. THE USE OF AN 
INTERPRETER MAY BE ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE 
AN EXPLOITATION. 

WHEN USED PROPERLY, AN INTERPRETER CAN BE YOUR KEY 
ASSISTANT IN PERFORMING YOUR DUTIES AND A CONTROL TO 
HELP YOU AVOID VIOLATING CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS. 

HOWEVER, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE USE*'OF AN 
INTERPRETER MUST NEVER BE CONSIDERED A SATISFACTORY 
SUBSTITUTE FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND 
THE SUBJECT. 

DIFFICULTIES Z< LIMITATIONS 

A; THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THE 
“QUESTIONING” WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE. 

B. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY IN 
TRYING TO ESTABLISH RAPPORT WITH THE SUBJECT BECAUSE 
OF THE LACK OF PERSONAL CONTACT, THAT IS, NOT BEING 
ABLE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL. 


C- IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO USE CERTAIN 
“QUESTIONING" TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS RAPID FIRE 
QUESTIONING, WHEN USING AN INTERPRETER- 

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D- CERTAIN MEANINGS, TONAL INFLECTIONS, AND 
EXPRESSIONS ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVEY TO THE 
SUBJECT THROUGH AN INTERPRETER. THIS INCREASES THE 
POSSIBILITY OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS. 

E. THE PRESENCE OF AN INTERPRETER MAY CAUSE AN 
OTHERWISE COOPERATIVE SUBJECT TO WITHHOLD .INFORMATION 
DURING THE "QUESTIONING". SOME SUBJECTS ARE WILLING 
TO GIVE INFORMATION ONLY IF THEY CAN BE SURE THAT 
THEIR OWN FORCES WILL NOT FIND 'OUT THAT- THEY TALKED, 
THAT THERE WILL BE NO RETRIBUTION. THE PRESENCE OF 
ANY THIRD PARTY AT THE "QUESTIONING", EVEN AN 
INTERPRETER, MAY CAUSE THE SUBJECT TO DOUBT THIS 
ASSURANCE. 

F. THERE IS A SECURITY RISK POSED BECAUSE THE 
INTERPRETER IS JUST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL TO BECOME 
AWARE OF INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS, AND HE WILL OBTAIN 
CONSIDERABLE INFORMATION OF A CLASSIFIED NATURE DURING 
THE COURSE OF THE "QUESTIONING".