MKULTRA SUBPROJECT 73 (5 DOCUMENTS WITH PUBDATES FROM 570501 TO 570713)

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00017474
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 25, 2024
• Document Release Date: September 8, 1976
• Publication Date: May 1, 1957

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MEMORAtiD THE COMPTROLLER
Finance Division--
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
MKULTIIA-Subproject 73 '***
Under the authority granted -In the Idensorandum dated
13 A it 1,253-WcTerc the DC1 to the DO/A, And the extension of this
authority b2 subsequent marnorande, Subproject 73 has been ap
peove-da, sad $3,834-.-00-of the over-all Project MKULTRA funds
have been obligated to cover the subproject's expenses and should
be charged to Allotaient 7=2502-10401.
APPROVED FOE _OBLIGATION
0 yUNDS:
iii-A---) Raearch Director
Date: rAS
SION eY_GarruEB
Chief
Mt/Chemical Division
Distribution:
Orig & 2 Addressee
k�--TSS/OC
TSS-/FASB
TSS/SRB
21;;-TSS/CD
DRAFri
1 May 1957
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
MKULTRA Subproject 73
1. The purpose of MKULTRA Subproject No. 73 is to enable
TSS/CD to utilize the technical services of
ated at th
2. The scope of program witrAnclude_the follow-
ing:
A. Continuous review of the foreign literature on the subject
of hypnosis. -
B. Continuous review of the overt�American literature on
hypnosis.
C. Compile literature surveys on specific problems in hypnosis
at the request of TSS/CD.
D. Consolidate ell pertinent and available infortnation in answer
to specific questions in hypnosis furnished by TSS/CD.
E. Act as an advisor on hypnosis and activ 1 articipate in the
research within Subprclec
F. At the specific request of Tsvcp, r will evaluate
the reliability and validity of proposed and completed research
projects in-hypnosis.
G. Report on hypnosis meetings attended.
3. The cost of this program is estimated at a cost of
$6,600.00 for a period of one year. To this sum must be added
$264.00 re re ent" � a four percent service charge to th
Th ill function as.13
The cover title of the project is
and is presumably being supported by �
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7-11-
4. The total cost of the project for a period of one year will
not exceed $6, 864.00. Charges should be made against Allotment
7-250240-001.
has requested the University to submit
a summary accounting of monies-received, and to return any unex-
pended grant funds at the end of the project year.
6. It was mutually agreed that documentation and accounting
for travel expenses which are reimbursable by the University shall
conforrn_withAhe accepted practices of that institution.
1i Title to any permanent equipment purchased by funds
granted the University shall be retained by them in lieu of higher
overhead rates. It is expected that supplies shall be of the expendable
type necessary to the conduct of the program and hence not considered
as project property,
8. The requirement for A six months' informal accounting
on the part of the principal investigator is waived.
9. s cleared through TOP SECRET and is aware
of the true purposes of the program. He has also_agreed to comply
with the requirements of the Memorandum of Agreement.
TSS/Chemical Division
APPROVED-FOR-OBLIGATION Approved:
OF FUNDS:
Research iiec r Chief, TSajChemical Division
Date: -
Distribution:
Original only
Attachment:
Proposal
Narcotic hypnosis, according to is a paradoxical
title chosen to describe the psychosomatic s ate in which the phenomena
of simple or verbally induced hypnosis are produced by means of
seminarcosis with a drug.
�
In former times, such attempts usually failed because of the
uncertain action of the drugs then available. The use of barbiturate
drugs in narcosis was employed on a large scale during World
War II and at present, in-civilian practice, by numerous psychiatrists,
with disappointing results. The reason for the lack of success was
taking simple narcosis as the equivalent fotthe hypnotic state.
In attempting to clarify the problem, it is necessary to ask
whether narcosis and hypnosis are identical, whether they are quite
distinct, whether they are more or less similar, and if so, whether -
this sirnilaeity iautomatic-or whether it appears_only when it has
been suggested. If, as seems probable; the states of hypnosis and
narcosis are only similar, then it may be useful to postulate three'
distinct states, simple narcosis, drug hypnosis and ordinary hypnosis.
A further question-of-importance in understanding the nature
of hypnosis and its relationship to narcosis is, "What makes a person
susceptible to the induction of hypnosis?" Hypnotizability is a charac-
teristic-of all normal people, and it is, therefore, distinct from any - -
artificially induced state of narcosi. Susceptibility to hypnosis may
lie in the domain of psychiatric and philosophical inquiry, but it is
will
establish a problem suitable for laboratory investigation. This will
establish the facts of the extent to which susceptibility to hypnosis �
can be increas_ed by the use of drugs as well as determine to what
extent various narcotic drugs possess specific "hypnosis-like"
effects.
It is therefore proposed that research be conducted on the
following:
A. Whether susceptibility to hypnosis can be increased by the
use of various drugs (e.g. alcohol, cocaine, mescaline,
scopolamine, LSD, etc.).
. Determine to what extent various narcotic drugs possess
specific "hypnosis-like" effects.
In order to out the above program of r ea.rch, ork-
rangements are being established with the
(Human testing procedures� schedules, e )
Downgraded to: CONFIDDITIA1 -
by authority of: 187475
date: June 1977
E2 L=7; CL BY 187475