BRIEFING FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD WITH ATTACHMENT TITLED "SUGGESTED BRIEFING FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD"

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146086
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: May 13, 1953

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Briefins for the Pcycho1oc-lea1 Strateay Board
1. Active research vork 13 loins rerfc=cd in the Acancy cm erucs
vbich can cause :personality ehar-iso..
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2. trl'c AFcacy in rerforcdas rcsaarch on dru.7ca11c.N5eramian
(lyscrV.c acid Cici1c, cc,==cly calledI27D). dvlas Is rz.r.u-
..factured by-w4:77MMOM3=1744,n4,cif. ba teem cmr.orted to the 1=1.
It ca=es deraara7..ent. cdrv.r: in test21:sn, resdi/y
soluble In all .2.L:lulds, and rz..s s=�11.1. doze %,-.22LIrmuiuoo
-LIcatal deranvment.
3. We be/lave it is i=portant that selected iadIv''zIuals, in close
caltsce vita hi7:th UL Csver=aant efficials 1.f'o are concerLod wiLh foreir.n
affairs cbrual, oLoLtla be info:load of tho existrance of clans t-at chs.nce
Persc-r1Plit-'es.
4. If a-22 of our hich covernr.ent efficitas shcvm sias of a
chsriGcd rerccaality, ntozm .71=11 be ta?.en to Llwe h,tn conflned to
quartz:rs" for at 24 hours, V.3 the arvrr cllove aentienc.1 clIssipatcs
its effect in that 1-Jeriod of ttaa, -,-,rovic5.cd to Ldaitional C.:L.C;L::!S are
'adininterzd. Lis, conse:luastly, .74=3 tl:Zt t io fcod aed
this 24 ho=rericd rztzt be very carefully %-atchr.:ol.
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IntellIcance 1.:avicory c=ittee La C=C=1.70 sessien oncul:1 he briefed
only in ccr,ral tcrcs, .trit:1 no refer=se to th2 d.rix:;c7=crIbea,
ond "no Ilublicity" sholad be streesed. Tac attn.:hod. ==orz.au7m is a
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Dictribution:
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.v.mshing" and the techniques sesich supposedly have boon =ea to produce
these metal aberrations. The �third decree in all ita vuxiations viii
undoubtedly's:eel-en end fatigue body and mind to the point vtere
dividual r-o7 say or do things arTorently conpletely foreign to his 'basic
. philoso;Ly. .
2. Ilbere are also a Group of drugs which te=porarily alter pa-.
alit. Zie.ny of these have been hnoun for yearn as i.e., narijuans,
peyote (=seal buttons), and the conpounia. related to bentadrine. .Eacont
research hsa greatly strengthenea the effectiveness of these co=nounds
in their effect .= persaaality.
3.
Althoush the= c in, - t - tho
present tine,. no
.till antis all the revirtr..,ents of the to-called "brain meshin,s," it
in i=ortant to be o7Jurc of the possibility of covert adninIstration of
drugs to select hibh-lcval Esvary-ent
officials sena are abroad de^14g
utth foreicn affairs. The pottora of behnvior of high-level Soviet
officials suggests that they are c&re of these possibilities.
. 4. xt in felt that it is inadvisable to unke any General release
ot infornation in reLard.to druzs uith relation to brain v-rzs11?-1g."
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