SECURITY INSPECTION AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AT (DELETED)

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00144683
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: October 30, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: January 26, 1955

uvicTiviemoranawik � UNITED Sli.TPES 110V.al\TNT
TO : Chief, Security Researc Staff
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DATE: 26 tlanuary 1255
SUBJECT: Security Inspection and Special Assignment a
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1. On 10
for purposes o
request o
certain missing documents
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January 1955, the writer visite
nq out a special identification pro em\ak,
d ma 17 urj,t s)detlon involving /9
at
7 ?. On 10 January 1 5, between 9:30'A11 and :00 mon
writer worked with � of t
on an identificatio rob em involving several hundred feet
fj,lm whj.c1 lad in her custody while a
was very co-operative and made full
ositive iden iiaation of tbe terial. An informal report
� connection was given to )y the writer.
3. On the same
writer and
in all safe
certain.missil
files o
and of S
se arc
f micro-
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and
in this
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day, star r. t approximately 1:00 PN, the
.amined all documents. contained 6
ffice in an effort to locat.p
es which had disappeared from the "personal"
les� cables, approximately eight in nuMber
� ication were in connection with a trip made ;
he writer late summer of 1953. The /57'
e safes was completely unquccessful; the documents
were not in any of the safes. later in the afternoon, the 14riter
personally examined the entire fourth floor of the hbluie a. ,i3i3
ere-ad his living quarters while assigned /4
This search, which consisted of examining chests,
dressers, closets, cupboards, etc., was also unsuccessful. The
writer acknowledges, however; that the search was superficial as he
was not in position to take up the carpets or thoroughly examine
furnishings, bedding, etc.
4. For matter of record, it should be noted that several days
later at Headquarters Washington,
writer that he had, after a conference with
a certified statement fro
documents to prevent them
sonnel in
with the -
so infor
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tated to the .
ojelt.obtained 6.
thaL, --.'. - -, had burned the /I
ibm being discovered b- unauthorized per- A
tated he and ., aera satisfied
The writer infoi'me would /1
matter was obviously mportance
5. In addition to the extensive search for the missing documents,
the writer made a general inspection of the property,,examininglocking
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mechanisms. ire-fihting equipment and tbehricp1 apraratus installed
at In so doin, one of the cleared employees, in reply
to , question concerning recording tapes, informed the Titer there
was a pile of boxes of tapes in a small closet, the nature of which�
was unknown to her. Ihe writer examined these tapes and discovered
they were apparent
inter, � he by
ject carried u .LL;ency in
.y53. Positiire identification was- made of the tapes
because the writer himself had recorded the tapes and his haLwriting
appeared on each individual box containinL q roll of tape. This
material, which is classifie4 at the Secretllevel and is regardod
as highly so 7 und in one of the rain offices, -second floor
rear +of the :_ ouse lying in an unlocked and entirely
unt;uarded,cabinet. The writer, without disclosing the true nature
of the tues but informing the cleared persennel present they were .
of a hir1ly classified nature, placed them in one of the safes and
gave specific.instructionsIthey were not to be moved or played pending
their removal to headnuarters. 'ashin-ton. The writer obtained an .
oral statement from: cleared ?Innl ''0 oV az
far as she knew, the apes n.,d peen p aced there by d had
been there for Months. r.The herself knew nothing of f,ents
This sane stotcn It w-s_oonfirmed by both
(note: The writer could net
obvious reasons lont.idel2titi. iy:3
r aY the tapes 4t,
appears certain.)
aped recorgings of Ii classified
oard the , with. 3
6. At the present time, the tapes astwell as other classified -
material that -ea , � 0 beinr.: brought to 'dashintor ar bc:Iti- kept
n a 3 fe at rding a visit to
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re in to The writer, with t c c nen
informed lat when the entire material was
for transporua ion to Oashington, Security would arran!:e safe trans-
portation of it. No data' has yet been set for removal of this
material but it is expected to be taken out within the next two weeks.
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. TSS and TSS operations a
111111107lay present a problem. �
ows many men who are TSS consultants, most of whom would be on
the covert side and it is possible that we may have a flap on this because
� sooner or later TSS will probably find out about the project. In addition,
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it probably.would be a good idea to cut TSS in or at least .selected person-

since
';;Y'6nel they may have some new chemicals for te tslIpossibly of
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to us..
2. I believe we shbuld cut'
interest
to the project. He is
very valuable on research and is devoting almost all of his time now to
psycho-chemicals. He is fully cut into ARTICHOKE and I believe we can con-
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rol him completely:
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3. If offices are established in they must be fu:'.61y equipped
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for monitoring purposes. This:is the type of work that we should do since"
we may want tapes' on Significant conversations.
4. I have discussed the situation in very general terms with
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and I believe he would be definitely interested in the cl4ical.psyehiatv-ist
I believe We'should-pusli this.476
assistment on the project at -�:
since it will place in a key position where he can watch the situa-t9.
tion from our point of view and he has a pro&et natural cover.
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1" 5. In our discussions, we have failed to point out the fact we will pi-o-
bably need
at the
ailltpeaking individual in addition tf110011bn the Staff
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This is important for a great 'many reasons
and might be very valuable if the "students" were not aware that the person
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in question spoke and understoo
a staff employee of the Agency.
I believe this employee should be
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6. I am till somewhat concerned over the bringing together of agent can-
didates all at
This may be a security hazard and unless our
*cover is extraordinarily good, it may blow the project. This needs a very
careful study.
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ad,-,me-that*there-are no,bodies-avAilAbIe
�Q.E;terstpob,
It is my opinion that the proposed three hypnotic consultants may be.
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a bad idea and may possible driv out of the pictltre. Cer- A
tainly we should check this wj..t goon as possible. As you kRow,
,higa large contempt for the college instructor type hypnotist and.
his objections in many ways are valid. ,,We must talk t
1 111110 .:s soon as possible. is completely inexperienced now 611
wonder where he will get experience, particularly o
cover will this be attempted. As ybu knowlWr range
and I
about
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and under what
first case
a week or two ago and I am absolutely certain tha a well-
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condition subject.
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(r. Details concerning the trip into th
OF;
, or test purposes are
n I/ still very, very vague. In my opiniorM.MpppWjill have to have a
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I fairly sizable representation at these tests---'exclusive of physical .
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security which probably will be handled by=01111M cut Al- F
though we have discussed this before, I feel that we should prob2b1y have on
our team, in addition to you and
and I, 4010111101100011110111NOW
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9. We have not yet discussed technicaldetails as you know. We are not
all certain as to whether or
Cifor that matter
rocillakT - ows anytling about hypnotisM or
f course, has had no experience and we
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,,.111ndo not. know ifaelWeaks enoug11111111111to work H ongliatsub jects.
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aAt the present time, we do not yet know how
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, propose to bring H to bear on'the "students." How this will be done and
what cover will be used is of vital concern to us for many reasons.
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10. .The Gon-t-irviimg process of the sLudents 111111111Und the subjects
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in th on the test if of vital interest to us. We would:like to /-
know what the views o dillipretc. are On length of :time A c/9
required, techniques, covers, methods, etc., etc. We would also like to
know would it be possible to test new chemlcals under some pretext or
other at the project in
11. Whereas I believe we should give 11 the technical equipment
he needs, we cErtainly should have some say in the purchase of it and
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I personally would net be in favor of buying technical equipment for 'wolff
merely for non-pertinent experimental reasons.
12. We'have not as yet been briefed by
specifically what they iftten
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what they indend to look for in the
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way of subjects and how he proposes to r;o about-the conditioning process.
Since we must be responsible for security in these matters, I feel we must
have full knowledge for any work such as this. A flap in this matter might,
be very serious.
.. 13. In connection with the special testing in thea this fall, what r
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I; has been proposed to dater lioesint.yet make senselto re.
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AANIIIIIrsays there are no bodies for testing.
B.4111Plairsuggested we would need 10 selected subjects. C /1
C. Selected by whom and Would these subjects be witting, unwitting,
prisoners, volunteers, or what?
lirD. Who is going to choose them? It Was proposed fha � 'hoose these /41
10 subjects but.-how can we expeacilielt-O correctly choose-thev.r Or A
should we sen
team?
o assist prior to the arrival of. the/4
E. If time is short for the testing we are certainly going _to hav� e to use
chemicals. We should discus� s this in detail..
F. Also this may be an opportunity to test a few new chemicals and this
should be considered since the expense involved would not add anything
more to the overall cost.
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PROBABLE
OUTGO ME:
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The Committee in its report will-almost certainly recommend
that no further regular meetings of the Committee be held,
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but called when fresh information requiring interpretation
becomes available. It is also likely that the Committee w111
recommend that . designate or assign fth individaa%1 to
act as clearing house for all infornlatidn in the area of the
Committee's interest and brief the Committee as indicated.
We will comment on the Committee's final report when it
is completed. � � '
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COMMENTS ON
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COMMITTEE: 1) Al of the members of the Committee are laigelnriithout
personal experience in this area with the exception of the
Chairman,
who carried out a numter of
� studies for OSS in WW II. As a consequence, -the stater:nerd's
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in the final report will be largely ex cathedra and based upon
the scientific ouflOok of the individuals as applied to
interpretation of the very limited.rnaterial offered in the
briefings. The Committee is composed of�competent scie.ntists
well able to evaluate finished work or to guide enterprises
which have advanced sufficiently to provide quantitative
data for discussion.
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2) Attitudes: Bothl;!..;4iii...7-4:::::.;?,?.-N. are actively engaged
in work under contract and are naturally anxious to pursue it.
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