From the cover letter, signed by CIA Director Allen Dulles:

“The attached study on brainwashing was prepared by my staff in response to the increasing acute interest in the subject throughout the intelligence and security components of the Government. I feel you will find it well worth your personal attention. It represents the thinking of leading psychologists, psychiatrists and intelligence specialists, based in turn on interviews with many individuals who have had personal experience with Communist brainwashing, and on extensive research and testing. While individual specialists hold divergent views on various aspects of this most complex subject, I believe the study reflects a synthesis of majority expert opinion. I will, of course, appreciate any comments on it that you or your staff may have.”

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Brainwashing from a Psychological Viewpoint, February 1956 [93 Pages, 4.5MB]

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The post Brainwashing from a Psychological Viewpoint, February 1956 first appeared on The Black Vault.

According to the research program’s abstract:

“The specific aim of the research program was to examine the feasibility of controlling the behavior of a dog, in an open field, by means of remotely triggered electrical stimulation of the brain. The report describes such a system which depends for its effectiveness on two properties of electrical stimulation delivered to certain deep lying structures of the dog brain: the well-known reward effect, and a tendency for such stimulation to initiate and maintain locomotion in a direction which is accompanied by the continued delivery of stimulation. Experiments on the parameters of stimulation are described, in addition to an experiment on the ability of a conventional reinforcer, food, to disrupt ongoing, free field behavior under the control of rewarding brain stimulation. Finally, supporting research employing albino rats is summarized. (Author)”

One document was released by the CIA in late 2018 after a FOIA request by The Black Vault. The document, redacted in some parts with details missing, highlighted the research of creating remote control dogs using implants on the brain.  The record’s release was specifically highlighted by Newsweek, which as a result, was picked up by many other outlets.

After months of research, I tracked down a much cleaner copy of the document at the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), which contained NO redactions (therefore, new details about the research have emerged) but also much clearer copies of the photographs. In addition, more reports related to the program have been uncovered, all linked below.

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Remote Control Behavior with Rewarding Electrical Stimulation of the Brain, 1965 (Remote Controlled Dogs), Final Report [103 Pages, 11MB]  (For comparison, here is the CIA’s 2018 release:  C00021825.pdf)

Open Field Control of Dog Behavior by Remote Brain Stimulation, 1 January 1964 – 1 January 1965, Annual Report [18 Pages, 1MB]

Some Behavioral Correlates of Brain-Stimulation Reward: Part B, 1 January 1963 – 1 January 1964, Annual Report [29 Pages, 2.1MB]

The post Remote Control Behavior with Rewarding Electrical Stimulation of the Brain, 1965 (Remote Controlled Dogs) first appeared on The Black Vault.

It is a fact that most documents relating to MKULTRA and other drug research programs were destroyed.

In this one-page CIA Memorandum for the Record, it was documented that the order came from CIA Director Richard Helms, and was passed through to numerous individuals by Dr. Sydney Gottlieb.

You will note on the bottom of this CIA document, the number 52-HQ-101074. This is an FBI file reference number. After looking it up, I realized that is the file number for Dr. Gottlieb, in which I have already received his file. You can download his file here.

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The post 1975 Memo Documenting the Destruction of CIA Drug Research Programs like MKULTRA first appeared on The Black Vault.

– What is MKULTRA?
– The Black Vault and the 2004 FOIA Document Release
– The Missing Pages
– MKULTRA Documents Released October 2018
– “Behavioral Modification” Documents Released November 2018
– Additional Documents Declassified About MKULTRA

What is MKULTRA?

In the depths of the Cold War’s paranoia and anxiety, there resided a government program enveloped in a cloak of secrecy — Project MKULTRA. A covert operation aiming to explore the darkest possibilities of mind control and human manipulation, MKULTRA has become emblematic of government experiments spiraling far away from ethical and moral boundaries.

Origins: Crafting Minds for Control

Initiated in 1953 by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Project MKULTRA sought to develop techniques for controlling the human mind. Fueled by fears of Soviet and Chinese advancements in mind control technologies, the project was aimed at crafting an arsenal of psychological tools potent enough to manipulate individual psyches, potentially weaponizing the human mind against itself.

Unbridled Experiments: Ethical Boundaries Broken

Under the secretive veil, MKULTRA scientists conducted a slew of experiments involving hypnosis, polygraphs, radiation, and a variety of drugs. Among the most notorious were LSD experiments, where subjects, often unwittingly, were administered the hallucinogenic drug to study its effects on mind control and interrogation. From military personnel to the general public, subjects were plunged into these ethically treacherous waters without informed consent, emanating ripples that would last decades.

Techniques and Tools: A Gruesome Toolbox

MKULTRA explored varied methodologies including:

• Chemical Techniques: Utilizing drugs like LSD to manipulate mental states.
• Psychological Strategies: Employing tactics of mental coercion and manipulation.
• Technological Devices: Harnessing emerging technologies for surveillance and control. The scientists envisaged harnessing these tools not merely for defensive protection against enemy tactics but also as offensive weapons on the psychological battlefield.

The Exposure: Illuminating the Dark Corners

MKULTRA came into public light in 1975 through the Church Committee (a U.S. Senate committee led by Senator Frank Church) investigations, revealing a glimpse into over two decades of unbridled experiments. However, with the destruction of most MKULTRA files in 1973 by order of then-CIA Director Richard Helms, the full extent and outcomes of these experiments remain shrouded in mystery.

Lingering Shadows: The Unsettled Legacy

The shockwaves of MKULTRA permeate through modern discussions about governmental oversight, ethical research, and individual rights. It beckons an eternal vigilance towards the powers wielded by government bodies in the realms unseen by the public eye. The echoes of the past remind us of the potential depths to which endeavors can plunge when unchecked by transparency and accountability.

The Black Vault and the 2004 FOIA Document Release

The Black Vault filed a FOIA request for all documents pertaining to MKULTRA and related projects back in the late 1990s. Despite the reports that MKULTRA documents were destroyed in 1973, the CIA did locate some files and I was told that these documents were being reviewed.

For YEARS I waited, and was never contacted back by the CIA. In time, the CIA DID release the documents on four CD-ROMs.  I received these documents back in 2004, and was one of the first (if not the first) to have uploaded the ENTIRE collection of MKULTRA records to the internet.

Below, you will find the links to the data on the CD-ROMS as originally received.

Originally, the CIA directories contained .tif images of the documents (not my favorite format) and two other files. The .txt file is a poor excuse for a OCR (optical character recognition) of the document, and a .dat file which contains a one line description, as found in the index below.

This has been an extremely popular dataset since I first added it, and in March of 2017 — expanded the original CIA release with a newer, updated, searchable PDF format consisting of their original .TIF file releases.

 MKULTRA CIA Document Index [85 Pages, 6.2MB] – Start here! This will list documents archived on the CD-ROMs below. You can just start browsing the CD’s below by clicking on one and browsing around. I also included a .ZIP file of the CD-ROM as they were obtained from the CIA.  In addition, I have created an archived of .PDF files, all searchable, which are now

Original CD-ROM Archive Datasets

Browse CD-ROMs:

• CD-ROM #1 – ( .ZIP file ) 227 MB
• CD-ROM #2 – ( .ZIP file ) 279 MB
• CD-ROM #3 – ( .ZIP file ) 332 MB
• CD-ROM #4 – ( .ZIP file ) 345 MB

Download Entire 1.1 Gigabyte Dataset

In March of 2017, The Black Vault converted the entire above collection into text-searchable .pdf files. I created a .ZIP file of the entire directory structure, and the .PDF files for download.  Please note: The original .tif, .dat and .txt files were removed in this .zip since they are now unneeded.  (Note: This does NOT include the new 2018 releases below.)

[ .zip (File Size: 1.1GB): MIRROR #1 (TBV) | MIRROR #2 (Internet Archive) ]

[ .torrent: MIRROR #1 (Internet Archive) ]

The Missing Pages

In March of 2016, Oscar Diggs, a visitor to The Black Vault, found the MKULTRA collection I put online. He then  painstakingly reviewed the index of files, and the released records for comparison, to see if they matched.  He compiled a list of all the missing documents, or portions thereof, and sent me the below index of all that he found that was missing.

Here was his list from the above index that were not put onto the original CD-ROMs:

21787, 21788, 21789, 21790, 21791, 21792, 21793, 21794, 21795, 21796, 21797, 21798, 21799, 21800, 21801, 21802, 21803, 21805, 21806, 21808, 21809, 21811, 21812, 21813, 21814, 21816, 21817, 21818, 21821, 21823, 21824, 21825, 21826, 21827, 21828, 21829, 21830, 21831, 21832, 21833, 21834, 21835, 21836, 21837, 21838, 21839, 21840, 21841, 21842, 21843, 21844, 21845, 21846, 21849, 21850, 21851, 21852, 21853, 21854, 21855, 21856, 21857, 21858, 21860, 21861, 21862, 21863, 21864, 21865, 21866, 21867, 21868, 21869, 21870, 21871, 21872, 21873, 21875, 21876, 21877, 21878, 21879, 21880, 21881, 21882, 21884, 21885, 21886, 21887, 21888, 21889, 21890, 21891, 21892, 21893, 21894, 21895, 21896, 21897, 21898, 21899, 21900, 21901, 21902, 21903, 21904, 21905, 21906, 21907, 21908, 21909, 21910, 21911, 21912, 21913, 21914, 21915, 21916, 21917, 21918, 21919, 21920, 21921, 21922, 21923, 21924, 21925, 21926, 21928, 21929, 21930, 21931, 21932, 21933, 21934, 21935, 21936, 21937, 21938, 21939, 21940, 21941, 21942, 21943, 21944, 21945, 21946, 21947, 21948, 21951, 21952, 21953, 21955, 21957, 21958, 21959, 21960, 21961, 21962, 21963, 21964, 21965, 21966, 21967, 21968, 21969, 21971, 21972, 21973, 21974, 21975, 21976, 21977, 21978, 21979, 21980, 21981, 21982, 21992, 21993, 21994, 21995, 21996, 21999, 22000, 22011, 22013, 22014, 22016, 22017, 22018, 22020, 22021, 22022, 22024, 22026, 22027, 22028, 22029, 22030, 22031, 22032, 22033, 22037, 22038, 22040, 22041, 22042, 22043, 22044, 22046, 22047, 22048, 22050, 22051, 22052, 22053, 22054, 22055, 22056, 22057, 22058, 22059, 22060, 22061, 22062, 22063, 22064, 22065, 22066, 22068, 140389, 140390, 140391, 140392, 140393, 140394, 140395, 140396, 140397, 140398, 140399, 140400, 140401, 140402, 140403, 140404, 146325, 146329, 149501, 149502, 149503, 149504, 149505, 149506, 149507, 149508, 149509, 149510, 149511, 149512, 149513, 149514, 149515, 149516, 149517, 149518, 149519, 149520, 149521, 149522, 149523, 149524, 149525, 149526, 149527, 149528, 149529, 149530, 149531, 149532, 149534, 149535, 149536, 149537, 149538, 149539, 149540, 149541, 149542, 149543, 149544, 149545, 149546, 149547, 149548, 149549, 149550, 149551, 149552, 149553, 151511, 151512, 151513, 151514, 179067, 184497, 263377, and maybe 179066.

308 (or 309) documents in all.

Documents that are missing pages: 

17373, 17440, 17456, 17457, 17460, 17466, 17468, 17472, 17479, 27417, 40176, 149456

12 documents in all.

I filed a FOIA request to the CIA, for these specific records, since they did not include it in their initial release to me. Sadly, after a long wait, they informed me that there would be no way to find them, and only supplied me a “new copy” of their MKULTRA collection. I ran a scan to compare file to file, and it was exactly the same release that I originally received (which is available for download above).

I then began a “FOIA Battle” with the CIA about this entire issue. According to their own letter, they stated the index (again, available for download above) was supposed to ALL be on the CD-ROMs.  Obviously, they were not, and I double and then later TRIPLE checked the work of Oscar Diggs to ensure accuracy. There was no error, and I stood by the documents were missing.

After sending a 97 page fax proving that the records were not on the original disks (which is what they required me to do) they changed their story once they realized I proved what I said. They then claimed they made a “mistake,” and they should have been better at clarifying, but the documents regarding “behavioral modification” were NOT supposed to be on the CD-ROMs, and I only paid for the “MKULTRA” material. After wasting hours upon hours of time stretching over months, I then officially requested a “fee waiver” to see if I could get the fees waived.  I felt I put up a good argument for one, but I was ultimately denied.

So in August of 2018, I started a GOFUNDME campaign to help raise the $425.80 that the CIA required to release the 4,358 additional pages. Again, I was told I needed to pay for them, because they did not fit the scope of my original request in the late 1990s.  After extensive media coverage about my “FOIA Battle” that was covered by Vice News / Motherboard, Newsweek and many other outlets, the funds were raised in a matter of days. I immediately wrote the check, and waited for my documents.

Fast forward to the end of October 2018. I received a box from the CIA that I knew, was what I had been waiting for. I opened the box, and on the top of the stack (keep in mind, about 2 1/2 months had passed since I sent payment) was my original/uncashed check, made payable to the United States Treasury Department. I knew instantly, there was an issue.

I read their letter (available below). In short, the CIA changed their story yet again. First, even though they said I already got 100% of the MKULTRA material, it was now proven untrue. I now had a stack of pages that they finally agreed, SHOULD HAVE been on the CD-ROMs, and therefore, they sent them for free (remember that fee waiver denial? Someone should have caught the fact I was right about asking for the records.) According to their letter, the contents of the box they sent me totaled 791 pages (which actual totaled 800 exactly, but close enough).  Now the question was, if the 791 (actual: 797) pages were part of the 4,358 I paid for, then what about the remaining 3,567 (actual: 3,555) pages? Well, that got even more bizarre.  Now the number of remaining pages was only 2,316 pages. That means at least 1,245 pages of MKULTRA / Mind Control / Behavioral Modification documents just vanished from their original quote to me. What I can’t deduce from the CIA’s letter (available below) is if these 797 pages released were a part of that original quote, so the number of missing pages could be closer to 2,000!

That said, the more frustrating thing, is that I have to “start over.”  It took 2 1/2 months for the CIA to not cash my check, and then send me a letter stating that what I had already paid for months prior, would need to be purchased again, and therefore, I needed to start over by writing a new check, sending it via postal mail, and just wait… again.

Mistakes happen, but they had an exact page count in their original demand for payment. They were adamant about having to pay for 100% of the responsive pages, and that I was not to get ANY for free. They even processed my fee waiver, and denied it outright after “considering it.”  Why wasn’t any of this found during the process of that fee waiver request?   After all of that work, all of that time wasted,in the end, I still did not get all of the documents, and the CIA changed their story, yet again.

I will let you all decide what that all means, but for now, I have scanned in the 797 pages of material, and they are all available below, which I have indexed and organized by the order they were received.

MKULTRA Documents Released October 2018

Below you will find the 800 pages released to me, that were NOT included in the original MKULTRA document releases above.

[ .zip (File Size: 180MB): MIRROR #1 (TBV) ]

 1 – FOIA Response Letter dated 24 October 2018 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
 2 – Attachment A – Not Identified on the MKULTRA Master Report [4 Pages, 0.9MB]
 3 – Attachment B – Identified on the MKULTRA Master Report [2 Pages, 0.6MB]
 4 – Project MKULTRA, Subproject 116, 15 June 1960 [1 Pages, 0.6MB]
 5 – Various Memorandums and Check Disbursements [170 Pages, 24.6MB]
 6 – MKULTRA Subproject 58, Invoice #1 Allotment, 28 March 1956 [5 Pages, 1.1MB]
 7 – Various Funds and Financial Records, MKULTRA Subproject 58, Invoice #1 Allotment, 28 March 1956 [185 Pages, 1.1MB]
 8 – MKULTRA, Subproject 66, Invoice #6, 17 August 1960 [6 Pages, 1.3MB]
 9 – Complete Accounting, April 1, 1957 – June 30, 1960 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 10 – Various Financials and Check Disbursements [142 Pages, 25.7MB]
 11 – Various Financials and Record Keeping [61 Pages, 15.6MB]
 12 – Representative Leo J. Ryan Biographical Information [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 13 – FOIA and Responsive Documents, Dr. Sharon F. Kleefield, Harvard University (Re: Orlikow v United States, Civil Action No. 80-3163) [8 Pages, 1.5MB]
 14 – Project ARTICHOKE, October 29, 1952 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 15 – Memorandum Regarding Hypnosis, January 29, 1954 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
 16 – Memorandum Regarding Hypnosis, July 15, 1954 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
 17 – Letter Regarding Hypnosis, February 6, 1957 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 18 – Letter Regarding Hypnosis, July 9, 1951 [2 Pages, 0.7MB]
 19 – Interview Synopsis Regarding Hypnosis, February 25, 1952 [8 Pages, 0.7MB]
 20 – Memorandum, Research Projects, Project Artichoke, February 15, 1952 [2 Pages, 0.7MB]
 21 – Special Training, Memorandum, December 14, 1950 [1 Page, 0.7MB]
 22 – Memorandum Regarding Interview on Project Artichoke, March 11, 1952 [2 Pages, 0.7MB]
 23 – Letter Regarding Book on Hypnotism, March 4, 1952 [2 Pages, 0.8MB]
 24 – Artichoke Report, January 22, 1954 [4 Pages, 1.2MB]
 25 – Possible Fallibility of Polygraph Testing of Subjects in Posthypnotic States, Date Unknown [3 Pages, 1.2MB]
 26 – Special Research, Bluebird, Date Unknown [8 Pages, 1.6MB]
 27 – The Military Application of Hypntism (sic), June 22, 1954 [3 Pages, 0.8MB]
 28 – Memorandum Regarding I & I. Hypnotism, March 25, 1952 [3 Pages, 0.6MB]
 29 – Hypnotism and Covert Operations, May 5, 1955 [6 Pages, 1.3MB]
 30 – Memorandum Regarding Consultants, April 2, 1953 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 31 – Memorandum Regarding Renewal of Contract, April 16, 1954 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 32 – Undated Handwritten Notes [2 Pages, 1.9MB]
 33 – Project Artichoke Letter, June (?) 11, 1952 [2 Pages, 1.9MB]
 34 – Memorandum Regarding Project Artichoke and Chemical Agents Used, February 27, 1952 [22 Pages, 7.3MB]
 35 – Memorandum Regarding Alcohol Antagonists [5 Pages, 0.9MB]
 36 – Memorandums Regarding 1955 Meetings, Redacted Project Name [6 Pages, 2.9MB]
 37 – Progress Report (Redacted) 7/1/54 – 8/15/55 [2 Pages, 2.9MB]
 38 – Narrative Description of the Overt and Covert Activities of (Redacted), Date Unknown [5 Pages, 0.9MB]
 39 – Project Artichoke Memorandums, July and November 1953 [2 Pages, 0.8MB]
 40 – Memorandum Regarding Use of Drugs for Interrogation, February 9, 1953 [1 Page, 0.8MB]
 41 – Memorandum Regarding Medical Requests, November 15, 1952 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 42 – Memorandum Regarding Project Artichoke, November 10 (?), 1952 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 43 – Memorandum Regarding Dispatch No. (Redacted), November 18, 1953 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 44 – Memorandum Regarding Project Artichoke, May 5, 1953 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
 45 – Project Artichoke Consultant Documents, 1951-1953 [6 Pages, 1.7MB]
 46 – Incomplete (?) Document, Date Unknown, Regarding Chemical Agents [3 Pages, 0.9MB]
 47 – Check Disbursement Letters, 1951 [5 Pages, 2.5MB]
 48 – Memorandum Regarding Conversation Between (Redacted) and (Redacted) on 7 September 1951 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 49 – Memorandum Regarding Conversations with (Redacted) in Washington – 12 September 1951 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 50 – Memorandum Regarding Interrogation Study, September 27, 1951 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 51 – Memorandum Regarding (Redacted) Trip to (Redacted) 19-20 October 1951 (Conversations with [Redacted]) [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 52 – Memorandum Regarding Report by (Redacted), November 2, 1951 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 53 – Memorandum Regarding Conversations with (Redacted), 9 November 1951 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 54 – Memorandum, August 4, 1951 [1 Page, 1.1MB]
 55 – Minutes of Meeting, June 11, 1951 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
 56 – Meeting on Project BLUEBIRD held 9 May 1951 at 1600 Hours [1 Page, 1.0MB]
 57 – Meeting Minutes, May 4, 1951 [3 Pages, 2.7MB]
 58 – Memorandum Regarding Miscellaneous Items, May 1, 1951 [1 Page, 0.7MB]
 59 – Memorandum, May 2, 1951 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 60 – Memorandum for “BLUEBIRD” File, April 18, 1951 [1 Page, 0.8MB]
 61 – Letter Regarding Subjects for a Psychogalvanic Machine, April 9, 1952 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 62 – Memorandum Regarding ARTICHOKE, August 31, 1951 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 63 – Memorandum Regarding (Redacted) Case, January 25, 1952 [3 Pages, 0.9MB]
 64 – Conversations with (Redacted), April 25, 1951 [1 Page, 0.9MB]
 65 – Memorandum Regarding Testing of Bulbocapnine, May 20, 1954 [2 Pages, 0.8MB]
 66 – Memorandum Regarding Project Artichoke Drug Reviews, December 6, 1951 [2 Pages, 0.8MB]
 67 – Check Disbursement, January 31, 1955 [1 Page, 0.7MB]
 68 – Report on Special Trip Authorized by (Unreadable) of 13 October 1954 [18 Pages, 6.7MB]
 69 – Memorandum Regarding Travel Approval for (Redacted), August 11, 1953 [1 Page, 0.8MB]
 70 – Memorandum Regarding Proposed Trip, May 22, 1953 [2 Pages, 0.8MB]
 71 – Memorandum Regarding Artichoke Conference, 20 March 1953 [1 Page, 0.8MB]
 72 – Handwritten Document, Hard to Read, 1953 [1 Page, 1.2MB]
 73 – Letter Regarding Import Permit, February 10, 1953 [1 Page, 0.8MB]
 74 – Letter Regarding Project ARTICHOKE, October 13, 1953 [2 Pages, 0.7MB]
 75 – Memorandum Regarding Proposed Research Project ARTICHOKE, November 25, 1952 [6 Pages, 1.3MB]
 76 – Memorandum Regarding Drug Use Testing, January 27, 1961 [2 Pages, 0.5MB]
 77 – Letter Regarding Drug Use, Amnesia and Secret Induction of Foreign Substances, December 6, 1956 [2 Pages, 0.9MB]
 78 – Letter Regarding Use of Hypnosis, February 8, 1957 [2 Pages, 0.7MB]
 79 – Memorandum Regarding Various Drugs, March 3, 1953 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 80 – Memorandum Regarding Proposal for Research on Methods of Eliciting Information (redacted), May 29, 1952 [1 Page, 0.8MB]
 81 – Letter Regarding Request to Forward Medicines, Drugs, Onstensible Toilet Articles, etc. Secured from Captured Hostile Agents, Operatives or Defectors [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 82 – Memorandum Regarding Interrogation Techniques, May 8, 1950 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 83 – Letter Regarding Use of Artichoke Techniques, April 29, 1953 [6 Pages, 1.4MB]
 84 – Memorandum Regarding ARTICHOKE, Evaluation of Hypospray [2 Pages, 0.8MB]
 85 – Federal Security Agency, Public Health Service, Letter dated October 26, 1953 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 86 – Federal Security Agency, Public Health Service, Attached Report to Above Letter [10 Pages, 1.8MB]
 87 – Report by Harris Isbell, M.D., Addition Liabilities of Synthetic Substitutes for Codeine, January 1, 1954 [1 Page, 0.6MB]
 88 – Letter Regarding Federal Security Agency, Public Health Service, Annual Progress Report [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 89 – MKULTRA (Subproject 78) Cover Sheet Part 2 of 3 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 90 – MKULTRA (Subproject 78) Cover Sheet Part 3 of 3 [1 Page, 0.5MB]
 91 – Memorandum Regarding Use of Drugs During Intelligence Gathering, January 2, 1954 [3 Pages, 1.1MB]

The check for the rest of the pages was (re)sent on November 1, 2018. They were finally released, and are available below.

“Behavioral Modification” Documents Released November 2018

 .ZIP File Available of ENTIRE Collection Below [459MB]

Name	Description	Date	Page Count	File Size
!F-2018-00976.pdf	Original FOIA Response Letter	11/18/2018	1	409K
C00017440.pdf	Various MKULTRA Financial Records / Documents	Various	821	227M
C00021787.pdf	U.S. Government Agreement Contract w/ Unknown Company	01/26/1970	3	895K
C00021788.pdf	Negotiated Contract for Behavioral Control Support w/ Unknown Company	11/01/1970	5	1.4M
C00021789.pdf	Contract Inspection Assignment Record	11/09/1970	1	525K
C00021790.pdf	Project OFTEN Records, 1965-1973, Records Retirement Request	05/22/1974	7	1.3M
C00021791.pdf	Memorandum for the Record, Handwritten	03/18/1971	2	829K
C00021792.pdf	Memorandum for the Record, Handwritten	03/29/1971	1	583K
C00021793.pdf	Memorandum for the Record, Handwritten	05/05/1971	1	557K
C00021794.pdf	Request to Procurement, Edgewood Arsenal, Transfer of Funds	02/01/1971	2	685K
C00021795.pdf	Contract Action, Edgewood Arsenal, Transfer of Funds	02/16/1971	1	518K
C00021796.pdf	Request to Procurement, Edgewood Arsenal, Contract Amendment	08/01/1969	2	591K
C00021797.pdf	Notice of Expiration/Renewal Request, Edgewood Arsenal	05/06/1971	1	535K
C00021798.pdf	Covert Action Program Wide/Behavioral Act, Assessment & Selection	10/01/1971	1	733K
C00021799.pdf	Image Temporarily Unavailable	Unknown	1	364K
C00021800.pdf	Request to Procurement, OFTEN/Tissue Culture Screens	03/01/1972	2	646K
C00021801.pdf	Request to Procurement, Organic Materials Synthesis	08/01/1972	2	702K
C00021802.pdf	Outside Activity Approval Request, Employee Activity Branch	11/27/1968	1	513K
C00021803.pdf	Letter regarding demonstration	03/24/1965	3	1.4M
C00021805.pdf	Report on Electro-Sleep and Electro-Anesthesia in Europe and the Soviet Union	07/07/1965	16	2.7M
C00021806.pdf	Letter regarding unsolicited proposal to provide a chemical screening facility	11/26/1965	1	438K
C00021808.pdf	Letter regarding research proposal on physiological short term stress inducers	01/25/1966	1	564K
C00021809.pdf	Letter regarding “Factors Affecting [REDACTED]” Research Proposal	02/24/1966	1	444K
C00021811.pdf	Letter regarding research program	05/25/1966	2	582K
C00021812.pdf	“Psychophysiologic and Verbal Correlates of Altered Consciousness during Amytal Interview” Proposal	06/15/1966	20	2.3M
C00021813.pdf	Letters with Progress Report Attachment	06/27/1966	5	627K
C00021814.pdf	Letter from unknown, regarding “Amytal Interviews”	09/23/1966	1	493K
C00021816.pdf	Letter regarding various items discussed with CIA	10/10/1966	4	616K
C00021817.pdf	Letter of Correspondence	10/10/1966	1	434K
C00021818.pdf	Letter refusing support of electronarcosis research	10/18/1966	1	394K
C00021821.pdf	Letter regarding “Electroncephalographic” Indicators	03/14/1967	1	533K
C00021823.pdf	Letter regarding article clearance/approval	06/21/1967	1	472K
C00021824.pdf	Letter regarding proposal under unknown contract number	09/25/1967	1	417K
C00021825.pdf	Remote Control of Behavior with Rewarding Electrical Stimulation of the Brain, 1 July 1962 – 30 September 1965	09/28/1967	113	14M
C00021826.pdf	Letter regarding Project OFTEN	12/19/1967	1	464K
C00021827.pdf	Letter regarding budgets about an “animal program”	12/29/1967	2	473K
C00021828.pdf	Studies of Screening of Chemical Compounds for Detection of Behavioral Effects	03/04/1968	14	1.4M
C00021829.pdf	Letter regarding chemical compound supplier	03/14/1968	1	444K
C00021830.pdf	Report regarding testing sedatives, hypnotics, hallucinogens, stimulants etc. on mice	10/24/1968	14	1.4M
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C00021838.pdf	Letter regarding use of pyrotechnic material to bring about visual incapacitation	11/02/1970	1	499K
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C00021893.pdf	Technical Memorandum #[REDACTED] – Some Psychoenergetic Devices	Unknown	20	3.4M
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C00021897.pdf	Memorandum on [REDACTED] Views on Trained Cats [REDACTED] Use	Unknown		2531K
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C00021902.pdf	Transfer of Funds to the Chemical Research Laboratory, U.S. Army, Edgewood, Maryland	08/10/1957	2	642K
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C00021904.pdf	Project [REDACTED]	09/14/1967	2	1.2M
C00021905.pdf	Meeting with [REDACTED] Regarding the Animal Programs	12/12/1967	1	399K
C00021906.pdf	Animal Programs	12/19/1967	5	1.0M
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C00021910.pdf	Follow-On Contract With [REDACTED]	04/30/1968	2	583K
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C00021915.pdf	Animal Studies Project	03/13/1969	2	485K
C00021916.pdf	Meeting with [REDACTED] of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs	03/24/1969	2	667K
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C00021919.pdf	Animal Studies Projects	05/02/1969	1	463K
C00021920.pdf	Presentation by Dr. [REDACTED]	05/20/1969	1	394K
C00021921.pdf	Approval of Time Extension Request	06/27/1969	1	432K
C00021922.pdf	Follow-on Contract to Contract No. [REDACTED] Requiring a Transfer of Funds to the Chemical Research Laboratory, U.S. Army, Edgewood, Maryland	08/21/1969	2	644K
C00021923.pdf	Availability of Funds for Research Reports	09/11/1969	1	503K
C00021924.pdf	Availability of Funds for Research Reports	11/08/1969	1	488K
C00021925.pdf	Materials Analysis, Project OFTEN	01/23/1970	2	495K
C00021926.pdf	Follow-on Contract No. [REDACTED] with the [REDACTED]	03/23/1970	2	656K
C00021928.pdf	Review of EA 3167 Study	06/23/1970	2	647K
C00021929.pdf	Non-Lethal Personnel Behavioral Control	Unknown	1	448K
C00021930.pdf	Visit on 2 July 2o [REDACTED]	07/20/1970	2	550K
C00021931.pdf	Justification for Security Clearance on [REDACTED]	09/10/1970	1	418K
C00021932.pdf	Visit by Dr. [REDACTED]	10/13/1970	2	481K
C00021933.pdf	Visit by Dr. [REDACTED]	10/20/1970	1	423K
C00021934.pdf	Exception to Guidelines for Contracting with Educational Institutions	10/25/1970	2	733K
C00021935.pdf	Redistribution of current support level for Foreign Materials Information and Samples project: Establishment of a new contract with [REDACTED]	11/13/1970	2	666K
C00021936.pdf	Request for Finished Intelligence Evaluation of Bloc Country R&D on Psycopharmacology	12/14/1970	2	564K
C00021937.pdf	Contract No. [REDACTED], Task Order No. 03, Amendment No. 02	12/23/1970	2	584K
C00021938.pdf	Comments on [REDACTED] Non-Lethal Weapon Brochure	12/31/1970	3	657K
C00021939.pdf	Comments on U.S. Patent 3,523,538 by Kunio Shimizu	02/12/1971	7	1.6M
C00021940.pdf	Transfer of Funds to EARL for Follow-up Study of Medical Volunteers	12/16/1971	2	567K
C00021941.pdf	Transfer of Funds to EARL for Follow-up Study of Medical Volunteers	02/17/1971	2	590K
C00021942.pdf	Transfer of Funds to [REDACTED] for Consultant Services	03/01/1971	2	592K
C00021943.pdf	Follow-on Contract No. [REDACTED] with the [REDACTED]	03/08/1971	2	655K
C00021944.pdf	Voucher / Funds	03/09/1971	1	435K
C00021945.pdf	Transfer of Funds for R&D Study by Edgewood Arsenal	Unknown	1	492K
C00021946.pdf	Status of Literature for Personnel Incapacitation Contract	03/26/1971	3	624K
C00021947.pdf	Contract No. [REDACTED], Task Order No. 03, Amendment No. 03	04/20/1971	2	539K
C00021948.pdf	Request for Document	04/28/1971	1	398K
C00021951.pdf	Request for Documents	06/29/1971	1	464K
C00021952.pdf	Estimated Level of Agency Funding through [REDACTED] Channels During Fiscal Year 1972	06/23/1971	2	693K
C00021953.pdf	Trip Report [REDACTED] Personnel Incapacitation Contract Status	09/07/1971	6	1.2M
C00021955.pdf	Transmittal of Report, “[REDACTED] as a Vehicle for Incapacitating Agents”	12/22/1971	1	396K
C00021957.pdf	Add-on Task at the [REDACTED]	03/29/1972	2	573K
C00021958.pdf	Voucher [REDACTED]	04/14/1972	1	437K
C00021959.pdf	Extension of Contract Data	06/21/1972	1	422K
C00021960.pdf	Report or Contacts in London, 27-30 July [REDACTED]	08/03/????	2	531K
C00021961.pdf	Reporting of Residual Government Property	08/15/1972	1	398K
C00021962.pdf	[REDACTED] Change in Scope of Contract [REDACTED] with the [REDACTED]	08/18/1972	2	538K
C00021963.pdf	Transfer of Funds to [REDACTED] for Follow-on Task at [REDACTED]	08/30/1972	2	648K
C00021964.pdf	Voucher [REDACTED]	09/27/1972	1	456K
C00021965.pdf	Extension of Contract Date	11/10/1972	1	478K
C00021966.pdf	Follow-on Contract No. [REDACTED] with the [REDACTED]	11/27/1972	3	834K
C00021967.pdf	Project OFTEN History	12/11/1972	2	507K
C00021968.pdf	Termination of Contracts	01/04/1973	1	431K
C00021969.pdf	Cancellation of Letter Request	Unknown	1	566K
C00021971.pdf	Mind/Behavior Control	03/05/1973	4	901K
C00021972.pdf	Summary of Project OFTEN Clinical Tests at Edgewood	05/29/1973	2	629K
C00021973.pdf	[REDACTED] Program Summary	09/12/1973	2	455K
C00021974.pdf	Protection of Project OFTEN Information	09/20/1973	2	579K
C00021975.pdf	Project OFTEN	05/06/1974	4	951K
C00021976.pdf	[REDACTED] Research and Development for Intelligence Applications of Drugs	01/31/1975	9	1.1M
C00021977.pdf	Trip Report/Edgewood Arsenal	02/12/1975	2	690K
C00021978.pdf	Contact with the Press	07/17/1975	2	520K
C00021979.pdf	Additional Guidance	Unknown	3	745K
C00021980.pdf	Declassification of Agency Association with the [REDACTED]	08/08/1975	5	749K
C00021981.pdf	Declassification of Agency Association with [REDACTED]	08/18/1977	2	545K
C00021982.pdf	Declassification of Agency Association with [REDACTED]	09/15/1975	1	429K
C00021992.pdf	Image Temporarily Not Available	Unknown	1	364K
C00021993.pdf	Visit to [REDACTED] for the purpose of discussing possibilities of implementing Project [REDACTED]	01/17/1967	4	654K
C00021994.pdf	Comments	04/03/1972	2	694K
C00021995.pdf	Behavioral Activities	Unknown	1	831K
C00021996.pdf	Physiological Mechanisms, Analysis, and Behavioral Significance of the Electrodermal Response Proposal	Unknown	12	1.2M
C00021999.pdf	Behavioral Activities / Behavioral Systems / Animal [REDACTED]	07/26/1973	5	842K
C00022000.pdf	“Please Sign and Return” Slips Regarding Document Transmissions	07/21/1972	13	1.5M
C00022011.pdf	Radiation Hazard Monitor Operation and Maintenance Manual for Model 3	02/27/1967	158	22M
C00022013.pdf	Operant Reinforcement of a Mediated Autonomic Response	Unknown	8	1.3M
C00022014.pdf	A Dossier on Lutra (The Otter)	Unknown	14	1.2M
C00022016.pdf	Behavioral Program	07/21/1968	4	742K
C00022017.pdf	Summary of Progress	Unknown	10	1.5M
C00022018.pdf	Electric Fishes	11/07/1968	16	2.7M
C00022020.pdf	Interim Report, Part II, Light Source Evaluation	02/01/1970	14	2.2M
C00022021.pdf	Materials Analysis	Unknown	2	553K
C00022022.pdf	Electrochemical Observations in Microbiological Processes	Unknown	36	4.8M
C00022024.pdf	Final Summary Report, Part 2, Light Source Evaluation	06/01/1970	36	4.6M
C00022026.pdf	Meeting with Dr. [REDACTED] et. al.	12/07/1970	1	449K
C00022027.pdf	Quarterly Technical Progress Report, 1 November 1970 – 31 January 1971	Unknown	4	771K
C00022028.pdf	Monthly Contract Status Report No. 1	02/15/1971	13	1.3M
C00022029.pdf	Quarterly Technical Progress Report, 1 February 1971 – 30 April 1971	Unknown	15	1.8M
C00022030.pdf	Quarterly Technical Progress Report, 1 May – 31 July 1971	Unknown	3	649K
C00022031.pdf	On The Nature of Electrosensing in the Fish	08/01/1971	72	8.2M
C00022032.pdf	Monthly Contract Status Report No. 8	09/20/1971	18	1.5M
C00022033.pdf	Progress Report, Biomed Lab, 1 Jul – 30 Sep 71	Unknown	1	468K
C00022037.pdf	Non-Penetrating Impact as an Agent for Personnel Incapacitation	01/31/1972	35	3.0M
C00022038.pdf	Quarterly Technical Progress Report, 1 November 1971 – 31 January 1972	Unknown	2	579K
C00022040.pdf	Quarterly Technical Progress Report, 1 February 1972 – 30 April 1972	Unknown	3	697K
C00022041.pdf	Mission Statement regarding Behavioral Activities	Unknown	3	723K
C00022042.pdf	Research on Vulnerability to Hypnosis and Altered States of Consciousness	Unknown	4	806K
C00022043.pdf	Report of the Behavioral Panel to the [REDACTED] Committee	08/21/1972	9	1.2M
C00022044.pdf	Investigation of the Kirlian Phenomenon in Insecticide Treated Plants	08/31/1972	14	2.5M
C00022046.pdf	Investigation of Electric Fishes	02/28/1973	12	1.3M
C00022047.pdf	Electric Fish Investigation – Final Report	03/08/1973	82	11M
C00022048.pdf	Edgewood Arsenal Financials	1973	1	504K
C00022050.pdf	History on a [REDACTED] Division	Unknown	6	1.1M
C00022051.pdf	Edgewood Arsenal Financials	1973	1	492K
C00022052.pdf	An Experimental Investigation of the Electric Fish Sensory and Data Processing Systems Designed Toward Developing Physical Analogs for Hardware Prototypes Having Similar Capabilities	10/02/1973	18	1.7M
C00022053.pdf	The investigation of the intelligence potential of biocommunications emphasizing an analytical study of the intrinsic capability of man as a biocommunications system and also an investigation of the conditions whereby his capability can be enhanced or augmented.	Unknown	2	637K
C00022054.pdf	Investigation of Electric Fishes	01/28/1974	35	3.5M
C00022055.pdf	Electric Transmitting Organs and Detection Process Hypotheses in Electric Fishes	02/04/1974	7	903K
C00022056.pdf	Progress Report, Edgewood Arsenal, Financial Information	Unknown	1	478K
C00022057.pdf	Investigation of Electric Fishes – Final Report – Phases 1 and 2	08/01/1974	110	12M
C00022058.pdf	Maintenance of Trained Animal Capability	Unknown	2	574K
C00022059.pdf	Meeting with [REDACTED] on Moscow Microwave Exposure Hazard Problem, 3 April 1965	04/05/1965	6	1.0M
C00022060.pdf	Names of trainees and reference material	06/18/1965	3	674K
C00022061.pdf	New Grant with [REDACTED]	10/17/1966	6	1.1M
C00022062.pdf	Project [REDACTED] Demonstration	02/14/1967	6	858K
C00022063.pdf	Meeting of the [REDACTED] Committee	06/05/1969	5	879K
C00022064.pdf	Contracting Agency for Project TUMS Radiometer	09/07/1965	3	773K
C00022065.pdf	Guidance for Further Panel Action	09/21/1972	3	693K
C00022066.pdf	Project Summary Document	12/19/1966	1	429K
C00022068.pdf	Responses to Texas Research Institute for Mental Sciences (TRIMS) / CIA Research	Unknown	5	954K
C00253199.pdf	NY TIMES Articles, CIA Tells Columbia, Princeton of Secret Behavioral Research	08/26/1977	1	505K

Additional Documents Declassified About MKULTRA

Studies in Intelligence, March 2010 [76 Pages, 3.28MB] – The Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) was founded in 1974 in response to Director of Central Intelligence James Schlesinger’s desire to create within CIA an organization that could “think through the functions of intelligence and bring the best intellects available to bear on intelligence problems.” The center, comprising professional historians and experienced practitioners, attempts to document lessons learned from past activities, to explore the needs and expectations of intelligence consumers, and to stimulate serious debate about current and future intelligence challenges. To carry out this mission, CSI publishes Studies in Intelligence, as well as numerous books and monographs addressing historical, operational, doctrinal and theoretical aspects of the intelligence profession. It also administers the CIA Museum and maintains the Agency’s Historical Intelligence Collection of published literature on intelligence.

Studies in Intelligence, December 2009 [97 Pages, 1.65MB] – Contents of this volume include the following topics, articles, comments and reviews: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: Operation INFEKTION Soviet Bloc Intelligence and Its AIDS Disinformation Campaign; The Origins of Modern Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance – Military Intelligence at the Front, 1914-18 25; INTELLIGENCE TODAY AND TOMORROW: An Experiment in Collaboration on an Intelligence Problem – Developing STORM, a Methodology for Evaluating Transit Routes of Transnational Terrorists and Criminals; INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC MEDIA: The James Angleton Phenomenon – Cunning Passages, Contrived Corridors”: Wandering in the Angletonian Wilderness; On the Web: Moles, Defectors, and Deceptions: James Angleton and CIA Counterintelligence; The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One; Vietnam Declassified: CIA and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam; OSS Training in the National Parks and Service Abroad in World War II; The Secret War in El Paso: Mexico Revolutionary Intrigue, 1906-1920; The Intelligence Officer’s Bookshelf; Comment – In Defense of John Honeyman (and George Washington); Books, Film, and Television Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence, 2009.

Human Experimentation – An Overview of Cold War Era Programs, GAO Report, September 28, 1994 [16 Pages, 1.11MB]

Spring 1986: 9-109-1: The Future of Intelligence, by Walter Laqueur [13 Pages, 6.8MB] – Series: Articles from “Studies in Intelligence”, 1955 – 1992 Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1894 – 2002.

Winter 1986: 10-112-1: The Supreme Court and the Intelligence Source, by Louis J. Dube and Launie M. Ziebell [18 Pages, 7.7MB] – From: Series: Articles from “Studies in Intelligence”, 1955 – 1992 Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1894 – 2002.

Project MKUltra, The CIA’s Program of Research in Behavioral Modificatio, 3 August 1977 [172 Pages, 8.87MB]

The Role of Instititional Review Boards in Aviation Research: It’s the Law and it Makes Sense, Date Unknown [6 Pages, 178kb] – By Dr. Earl S. Stein, FAA, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey. Unknown Date. References MKUltra.

SEE ALSO: MIND CONTROL COLLECTION

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Mind control (also known as brainwashing, reeducation, brainsweeping, coercive persuasion, thought control, or thought reform) is a controversial pseudoscientific theory that human subjects can be indoctrinated in a way that causes “an impairment of autonomy, an inability to think independently, and a disruption of beliefs and affiliations. In this context, brainwashing refers to the involuntary reeducation of basic beliefs and values”.

The following is a list of documents pertaining to mind control and research of the U.S. military and government.

Declassified Documents

Interrogation: Science and Art [371 Pages], December 2006 – U.S. military personnel and intelligence officers in particular are expected to gain accurate information from detainees or prisoners and thus need to know “what works” in “educing” information through interrogation, strategic debriefing and information elicitation. This book presents the work of 13 specialists in law, psychology, military intelligence, neuroscience, computer science, conflict management and library science. The authors review what is known and not known about educing information.

Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans’ Health? Lessons Spanning Half a Century, 08 December 1994 [58 Pages, 3.48MB] – During the last 50 years, hundreds of thousands of military personnel have been involved in human experimentation and other intentional exposures conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD), often without a service member’s knowledge or consent. In some cases, soldiers who consented to serve as human subjects found themselves participating in experiments quite different from those described at the time they volunteered. For example, thousands of World War II veterans who originally volunteered to ‘test summer clothing’ in exchange for extra leave time, found themselves in gas chambers testing the effects of mustard gas and lewisite. Additionally, soldiers were sometimes ordered by commanding officers to “volunteer” to participate in research or face dire consequences. For example, several Persian Gulf War veterans interviewed by Committee staff reported that they were ordered to take experimental vaccines during Operation Desert Shield or face prison. The goals of many of the military experiments and exposures were very appropriate. For example, some experiments were intended to provide important information about how to protect U.S. troops from nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons or other dangerous substances during wartime. In the Persian Gulf War, U.S. troops were intentionally exposed to an investigational vaccine that was intended to protect them against biological warfare, and they were given pyridostigmine bromide pills in an experimental protocol intended to protect them against chemical warfare.

On Resisting Social Influence [34 Pages], September 1979 – Resisting social influences becomes important when such influences can be appropriately thought of as ‘mind control.’ When information is systematically hidden, withheld or distorted it is impossible to make unbiased decisions. Under these circumstances, people may be subtly led to believe they are ‘freely’ choosing to act. It is precisely this kind of decision that persists and most affects our behavior since we come to believe in those attitudes and actions for which we have generated our own justifications. The thesis of this essay is that ‘mind control’ exists not in exotic gimmicks, but rather in the most mundane aspects of experience. Because it does, it is possible to reduce our susceptibility to unwanted coercive control by increasing our vigilance and learning to utilize certain basic strategies of analysis. In this paper, we present resistance strategies which are broadly applicable to the wide array of mind-manipulation attempts that surround us daily–in a ‘self- help’ format that provides for ready accessibility. Findings from relevant social-psychological research, from interviews and personal experiences with con men, cultists, super-salesmen and other perpetrators of mind control comprise the reservoir of information from which we have drawn.

Parapsychology in Intelligence [12 Pages], 1977

Individual Rights and the Federal Role in Behavior Modification, November 1974 – A Study Prepared by the Staff of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session. – A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. This report responds to a directive issued to the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights to conduct an investigation into behavior modification programs, with particular emphasis on the federal government’s involvement in the technology of behavior control and the implications of this involvement for individual rights. Two basic considerations motivated the investigation: first, the concern that the rights of human subjects of behavioral research are sufficiently protected by adequate guidelines and review structures; and second, the question of whether the federal government has any business participating in programs that may alter the substance of individual freedom. Although the material included in this report is by no means comprehensive, some initial findings are apparent: (1) there is widespread and growing interest in the development of methods designed to predict, identify, control, and modify individual behavior; (2) few measures are being taken to resolve questions of freedom, privacy, and self-determination; (3) the Federal government is heavily involved in a variety of behavior modification programs ranging from simple reinforcement techniques to psychosurgery; and (4) a number of departments and agencies fund, participate in, or sanction research involving various aspects of behavior modification.

Hypnosis In Intelligence, October 1966 [32 Pages, 4.91MB] – Hypnosis is one of the oldest techniques for altering and controlling human behavior. A method that has had its share of mistrust and professional neglect. Hypnosis in the past twenty years has been the subject of serious inquiry and sustained interest.  During this time, and even before, professional hypnotists have speculated on the possibilities of using hypnosis in warfare and in intelligence work. They have proposed that hypnosis could be used to strengthen the psychological defenses of captives and that it could be the means of gaining compliance from otherwise uncooperative persons. This paper explores some of the operational implications of these proposals.

Brainwashing From a Psychological Perspective, February 1956 [94 Pages, 11.7MB] – Received from the CIA. I had received a poor reproduction of this document many years ago, but in July of 2016, I was able to receive a much better, cleaner, more readable copy – so it has been replaced here.

Communist Control Techniques, [123 Pages], 2 April 1956

Classified Subject Header CIA Memorandum, 9 July 1951 [2 Pages, 0.8MB] – This memo, received from the CIA, is a declassified document involving the use of hypnosis, and its uses. It is heavily redacted, but shows a disturbing use of hypnosis, as documented by the CIA.

SEE ALSO: MKULTRA

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