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In this section of the book we have put together the memoranda, statements, and reports dealing with the attempts of the members of the Training Committee to explore the effects of the scientific differences on the training of Candidates, the extent to which the Candidates were being drawn into the controversies, and being taught a version of psychoanalytic theory and technique, which to members like Edward Glover, Anna Freud, and her colleagues from Vienna, seemed incompatible with ‘Freudian’ psychoanalysis as they understood it.
As far as can be ascertained from the minutes of the Training Committee, Glover's memorandum was written during September 1942, following the AGM in July 1942 when it was decided to refer this topic to the Training Committee for them to discuss and to report their conclusions back to the Society. During the discussions reported in Section 1, various accusations had been made, especially by Glover, to the effect that the Kleinians were taking a dominant part in training activities. Statistics which were eventually produced by Sylvia Payne, to show the number of Candidates each training analyst had in analysis or as controls (supervisions) are included in Section 1, Chapter 7. The circulation of these figures must have done something to reduce the exaggerated claims of those who were attacking the Kleinians for trying to dominate the Society by taking as many Candidates as possible. It was not until October 1942 that the meeting to decide how to explore the scientific and theoretical differences took place, and Anna Freud was particularly keen to get a decision on these issues before turning to their effect on current training problems.