DISCUSSION: Dr. Katz commented that there was considerable disagreement about the argument which Dr. Lifschutz wished to sustain. In connection with the influence on the transference of testimony by the physician, he observed that whether or not the analysis has been terminated, there will be transference reverberations to the fact that one does testify or refuses to testify.

Dr. Jerome Ennis raised the issue of pressures upon the analyst to communicate information in connection with a patient's application for public employment. He considered that if a governmental agency has obtained the patient's authorization for release of information, the physician is then under obligation to comply. Dr. Oscar Sachs stated that the issue of confidentiality involves not