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Leftists who get caught up in the Communist confession mills have a fair idea of what to expect these days. As long ago as 1940, Budapest-born Arthur Koestler in his novel Darkness at Noon explained something of the techniques used. Thus, when onetime Hungarian Cultural Attaché Paul Ignotus...
To the Hairdresser. Not all political prisoners warrant the skill and attention of the "confession experts." About the time Ignotus was facing his secret court, youthful Florence Matay, daughter of an English mother, who worked as an English translator in semiofficial jobs in the Communist regime, left her office to...
Now "confession experts" are back at work preparing new witnesses for the trials which will be held to prove the correctness of the Kadar regime. Honeymooning with Florence in Italy last week, Paul commented wryly: "Chiefly for the files. That is how Communists make history."
Safety in Humor. Can any man be safe from involuntary confession or conversion? A few may, says Dr. Sargant guardedly. But not the "average man" or the well-adjusted extravert-he is already a conformist and will be more suggestible than other subjects. Neither does it do any good to...
There is no evidence either that the latter-day Reds have applied Pavlov's principles to their practices in extorting confessions or making brainwashed conversions. Many experts believe that confession and conversion should not be lumped, that confessions involve different emotional mechanisms. (Another distinction: confessions and temporary conversions are...