OLSON, FRANK NO. 73317 - S.I.

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00144980
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 22, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: December 4, 1953

h Dacenbar 1953
TO: Chief, Investizative. Division
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SUBJECT : oLton, Frank
No. 73317 - S.I.
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� 1...Refarance is nada to our tal.aohcnic convorsations on
�2 and 3 Dacanbor 1553 cancarnin:: Dr. EA7.OLD A.
2, 'Refaronte is also nada to nanort dated 1 June
1953, Cann :!o. 7!I5!). It notad Chat- this re?ort indicat.as
that 7.'r. AD:IA:LC! intarvieu-:d ..nt. T'77 of th!z offica on
22 Lay 13. A cart-Li-lc:to in office in4icatad
ho an allar7i5t. Tr r4-port furthar indichted th,tt Dr.
Was cn7.af-ed in psychiatric r.:sa-arch 1.7tstin7 thl afficacy cf a n.:w
drgg'undar a Front by Z012 fouwl:tion.in -as::iton,. p. c. This ra-
port further indicntas thht :T. r=s=, a psychiat7iSt,
had bean hirad :T. SC:: for :har% on this rtn:arch
Dr. :?2,1=:: .t.7cnt 11.7.77 th-tt Th..%!".1=7:: is an .t..11.:rcizt
who is in charge.of a serins of psychiatric c=2-arima:nts.
� 3. Ref3ranc,a is mids to our CCC r-IptIrt in Sqb5eat Casa
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dated 3 Doc?lbar 13. Cn pa.-cs 7 and of this r7port thara P.:77e7:7s
extansive.t 5n!:or:Ation concrnin7 prof:s:;ionhl ounlif:-
cations. This information indicatas that Dr. A=:St7.: linits his
. practice. to a111rt-y andimmunolory. It is to bo noted that Er. AI=SCII
is a membor'of thT: American Psychozonatic Soailty zIJILI a ma-lblr of tha
Editorial Enard of "?.oychoso-aatic Medloinc." The abova information .
� Vas taken fro-1 "Who's Important in ncdicina," Sccond r:ciition, 1552.
Two rapntalole nhy'aians consultad by tha that
this is an unofficial public:titan and that infc7matiog th,rA-
in is suooliad y thc doctor 14stad in much th- sana 7.17-n,,- as '"iFna's
� Lho." To this aNt:nt, it nay th.lrefore be ca=id,arad as in t.an nntar
of .a salf-slrvnc d2c1:ratian. Zr. this connian, it :;as nointd vat
by tha two physicians consultld by th ndarsiznod that if the doctor
in quasticn ha..1 formal or substlIntial psychistnic training, ha. would
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hive listed it. Th.:..re is no inc?..;cation th-...t D. AP-V-3M has ev.n.
held hi-as-J11' out as a ps:�-c:liatrist..
L. On 3 Dacc..7.111r 1F53, A.7...F.7).T A. BUCI:if:LZ, ::elt 'Earl: State
.Education -.)-..partnent, '..Niv-ision of Professional 1.1:�:.7)
advised that an: licensid phrsician may practice �p:-..ychiat:-/
additional ;Ea statd, ha.:ev!r, that it is -asual for
physicinns who practice ps:cniatry to hav-2. 50712 C:'--;:ra fOr..1:11 training
in the.fi:tld an to 1--c c!rtified SO:12 orzanization such as tha
Associat.ion or the: Anerican Loai.d of :".ec:ic"..1
Speoial!sts. �
5. On 3 D:oz-iblr 3S�53, t�.:o r�zpitabl.: consultc.,d
by tho advi'ser.4 ticit 7sychosnlatic n�_.dia.Lne r-:lai..2z to
that r.cdfc7.1 thlory holfis thnt ze.le nny be
genic or37:1n. 'They indiclted that D::;:i ins is not a
medical spoclelt:.- in itz.elf such as cardf.cic�y, and
an"ri-zr) They incli_ted that to nor.:: cxt,:nt the ps7ch,oeolat4c
approach 5s usd 1,-; all ph:sicLens in Llic...treat.r..:nt of their patients.
6. � Cn 3 Dtscr...:-.b:r 13) a t-1-�thorr:: undar suit-Able
pret,ext :-.1,31 to thl Ar.lriaan P:yr�hoso-tatic :::Ldsr:v1n
551 or:, 1. A ::c.nan who did not id:ntify
hers,.til" aa'vf.zed that fornal psychiatrie trainth 1:ar, nst a 1n-2-
re:11e-sit� for :-.-2.-.bership in U A.-.aricen Pc:chono::atin Society. She
indicatad t.::at th n.mbn-ship �...ranch.:.� or :13CiiCilla
with a cood proportion of psychiatrists and internists.
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