MKULTRA SUBPROJECT 43 (18 DOCUMENTS WITH PUBDATES FROM 550321 TO 560308 )
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'REPORT_OF EXPENDITURES
JULY 1, 1955 TO JUNE 30, 1956
----Beginning Budget
Expenditures:
$ 5,000.00
Salaries-
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704.50
0.A.S.I.
54.00
Office Supplies
20.03
Telephone
6.90
Travel
919.77
Air Conditioner
240.00
Tape Recorder--
747459
Sub-Total $ 4,692.79
15% overhead------------ �750.00 5,442.79
Over-Expended Balance $ (442.79)
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7/18/58
Or.
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Chief Investiga
Business Administrator
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Enclosed you will Ind a report of expenditures of monies received
front the for the period July 1, 1955, to June 30,
1956. This report has been signed by both Dr. and myself.
The grant received from your organization was overexpended in
the amount of $442.79 due to fulfillment. of comtnittments of a
twelve-month salary agreement with technicians working on this
project. Please advise me if it will be at all possible for this amount
of overexpenditure to be approved. Your favorable consideration
in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Once a.gain I wish to apologize for the delay in submitting this infor.
Illation and 1 sincerely hope that it has not inconvenienced you too
much.
Sincerely yours,
Business Administrator
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Eaclosed is the research proposal for the' that et.
we discussed. I'd appreciat t i ou will forward it to the appro-
_ priate'individuals at the when you are through with
it, if such be necessary.�
There are soma-indications in the proposal of. our findings from
..the present year. The formal-reportfor-the-year's work will be sub-
mitted later in the spring.--UnderTtha.circUMAtances I realize the
importance of getting the proposal for the next fiscal year into the
works.
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tip to today I have been working_very hard on my assigned investi-
gation of POW problems for the-Air Force. Some most interesting thinss
have turned up. in the process of this study, bearing upon potential re- .
search issues of mutual interest to all concerned.
It is po ibl hat I may be in Washington again in the very
near future. will know about it before I will; if you
want to see me, get in touch with him and find out whether the Surgeon
General is g oing to be calling me up there next week.
.Best personal regards.
Sincerely yours,
Pr fosuor of P6ychiqtry
Head of the Department
Vir�ritb11"tr.
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SEITATIVE II.TIELLIGENCE
SOLIQCES AND ME-11003 INVOLVED
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PSYCHOPUYSIOLOGICAL STUDIZS
OF HYPNOSIS
AND SUGGISTThILITY_
Research Proposal Submitte(Lto the
SENSITR TELLIGE;.
SOURCES AND NETHODS It
as part of a continuing program
M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Principal Investigator
VED
ID
. CONTINUATION OF STUDIES ON HYPNOSIS_AND_SUGGESTIBILITY
. Preliminary clinical rese rch during 1955-56 has yielded promising
leads in terms of knowledge of how hypnotizability can be influenced
by pharmacological means. Several drugs have been identified that
apparently are effective_in_speeding the induction of the hypnotic
state, and in deepening the trance that can be produced in given
subjects. These observations remain to be confirmed through studies
of larger numbers of normal subjects and insofar as possible, quanti-
fied. Observations have also been made of drugs that provide some
degree of immunity to hypnotic influence. These investigations also
require considerable elaboration.
B. It is proposed that the experiments begian during 1955-56 involving
hypnotizability, suggestibility, and the roles of certain drugs
in altering these attributes, be continued and extended during
1956-67,
II. NEW STUDIES ON THE NATURE OP HYPNOSIS, SUGGESTIBILITY, AND TRANCE-
LIKE STATES
A. -Experiments involving altered personality function as a result of
environmental manipulation (chiefly sensory isolation) have yielded
promising leads in terms of suggestibility and the production of
trance-like states. There is reason to believe that environmental
manipulations can affect the tendencies for dissociative phenomena
to occur. Isolation, in particular, can markedly change the indi-
vidualls response to suggestion in the form of verbal communication.
Bo It is proposed that new experiments utilizinz special environmental
_rallipulations, including sensory isolation, be begun with a view to-
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ward determining the ways in which the resultant psychophysiological
alterations can_be quantified and the ways in which these altered
states can be utilized in the production of increased influence-
ability in normal subjects.
NEW STUDIES OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND REACTIONS TO
STRESS, EMPLOYING HYPNOTIC TECHNIQUSS
A. Current experiments have definitely established a number of ways
in which hypnotic suggestions can bring about states of marked
psychological stress in suitable subjects, with resultant changes
in neurophysiological and neuro-endocrinological function. It has
also been shown in preliminary studies that hypnotic methods can
successfully be employed to protect individuals from the psycho-
physiological reactions to noxious stimulation. These observations
constitute an indication that more control can be exerted over the
autonomic nervous system than has been previously supposed. *Coupled
with the recent development of autonomic drugs of highly specific
activity it is now possible to isolate more precisely than ever be-
fore the exact means by which and thl precise degree to which payeho-
physiological reactions occur to specific types of stress.
B. It is proposed that the combined use of hypnotic techniques and auto-
nomic drugs be exercised in initiating seine original studies on the
nature of psychophysiological reactions to stress.
'IV. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS
All of the above-recommended experimental procedures will require
special equipment, special methodologies, and special skills. In order
to make possible a continuing research program in this area, a psycho-
physiological research taam is being developed a the
AMINIP. Facilities of the
and th
are available. However, within the overall framework of these
-faoilities, a unique laboratory_must be.'organized and constructed. This
laboratory will include a special chamber, in which all psychologically
significant aspects of the environment can be controlled. This chamber will
contain, among other things, a broad-spectrum polygraph for simultaneous re-
cordings of a variety of psychophysiological reactions of the individual be-
ing studied. In this setting the various hypnotic, pharmacolcgic, and
sensory-environmental variables wil1Jbe manipulated in a controlled fashion
and quantitative continuous recordings of the reactions of the experimental
subjects will be made. Under these conditions, and with the utilization of
the special skills of the research-tea , it is expected that some significant
original and valuable observations will be obtained.
VE I TELL. ENC
OURk, I AND ttl 1-100J INVOLVED
ESTIMATED BUDGET 1956-1957
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Principal Investigator (part time)
Psychiatrist-Physiologist (part time)
Experimental Psychologist
Research Assistant
6000.00
5000.00
7500.00
4200.00
Special Equipment and Supplies
(Including polygraphic, electroencephalographio,
electromyographic, and special stimulatory apparatus) 5000.00
Travel, Special Services, Miscellaneous
Institutional Overhead
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INTELLI ENCE
SOURCES AND laTtIODS INVOLVED
3600.00
4695.00
TOTAL 35995.00
11 _August 1955
- MEMCRANDUM FOR: THE RECCRD
_ SUBJECT : Addendum to Subproject 43
1.- The purpose-of-this addendum is to eat forth the rutual
administrative responsibilities -of the contractor and sponsor.
.2 - e subproject represents the research ro
of Dr. located at the
financed une cULThA,-coveringJhe period 3]. March 1955 through _
31 March 1956.-
_3 The h s requested the Feundation tb _
submit to them a summary accounting of monies received from the
Fund. Also, they requested the return of any unexpended funds
received under a grant from the Fund.
�4. Title to any permanent-dquipment purchased by funds
granted the Foundation shall be retained by the Foundation in
lieu cf higher overhead rates.- --------
5. It was mutnally agreed that documentation and ac-
counting for travel expenses which are reimbursable by the
Foundation shall conform with the accepted practices of that
Foundation.
6. It was agreed that technical reports reflecting the -
*ogress of the research program shall be submitted at mutually
acceptable intervals.
Distritutien:
Orig & 1 - TSS/CO
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GOTTMEB
Chief
TSS/Chemical Division
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