<P>Mind Control
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<P>The most important aspect of the brainwashing process is the interrogation.  The other pressures are designed primarily to help the interrogator achieve his goals.  The following states are created systematically within the individual.  These may vary in order, but all are necessary to the brainwashing process: 
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<P>            1. A  feeling of helplessness in attempting to deal with the impersonal machinery of control. 
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<P>            2. An initial reaction of "surprise." 
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<P>            3. A feeling of uncertainty about what is required of him.
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<P>            4. A developing feeling of dependence upon the interrogator . 
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<P>            5. A sense of doubt and loss of objectivity. 
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<P>            6. Feelings of guilt. 
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<P>            7. A questioning attitude toward his own value-system. 
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<P>            8. A feeling of potential "breakdown,"  i.e., that  he  might go crazy. 
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<P>            9. A need to defend his acquired principles. 
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<P>           10. A final sense of "belonging" (identification). 
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<P>A feeling of  helplessness in the face of the impersonal machinery of control is carefully engendered within the prisoner.  The individual who receives the preliminary treatment described above not only begins to feel like an "animal" but also feels that nothing can be done about it.  No one pays any personal attention to him.  His complaints fall on deaf ears.  His loss of communication, if  he has been isolated, creates a feeling that he has been "forgotten." 
