LETTER TO PROFESSOR WILLIAM A. PIERCE FROM (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1960
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Professor William A. pitegcly
Department of Mathematics
Syracuse University
Syracuse 10, New York
Dear Professor Pierce:
Mr. Dulles asked nut to acknowledge and thank vu
for your letter of 9 July 1960 enclosing a message to
Dr. Glennan of NASA and Mr. D. H. Lewis. The thought-
fulness in bringing our attention to your proposal is indeed
appreciated.
EO/DCl/ 1 Aug 60
Distribution:
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Sincerely.
Executive Officer
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SYRACUSI !EV' flK
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS 1
July 9, 1960
The Honorable Allen Dulles
Director, the C.I.A.
2723 Q Street
Washington 7, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
The enclosed messages to Dr. Glennan of the :USA nd
to Mr. D. H. Lewis, of San Francisco, Califurnia, desoitt
briefly my original idea for a system of "electronic atntf"
telepathy." Though the technical requirements have alrEady
been met, the process and the application are new. I hcpe
to patent the idea shortly.
I'm sure you will agree that this concept has jinx rttzu
implications for matters of "Security.".
Kindest regards.
LAncerely,
ibil, , P.e4c
Uilliam A. Pierce
ssociate Professor of Mathew:tics
Lyracuse University
Enc is.
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YRAT..;t.J5*? U.ITT.V1,115/TY Syracuse 10,
Dr. T. X. Mennen Directcr
National Aeronautics C. ,c d
4740 Connecticut Avenue
Washington 8, Do Co
Dear Dr. Mennen:
July 6, 1960
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Lewis of San Francisco, Please nurse
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Thank you for your kind attention.
Sincerely,
William A. A. Pi
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TZPAPIELENT OF IJATITTvATICS
L. D. H. Lewis
President, Johnson el: Levis, Inc.
433 California Area
Son Francisco 4, California
Dear Lk.. Lewis:
JuZy 4, 1960
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Your full-page advert...icemen-4-, in the gal- ksiak *MEER (July 1, )3)?
p. 0-1) has attracted my attention, and1.1kti to corntcnt tx:.
your open letter to Vice-Presidant Ilixae. I share your concem
the spread of authoritarion and "Fascist" methods in the worlc, but, Z
cannot agree that the Contianiets are exc1uaive3,y at fault. 1:t feel
deplore insidious pressuree toward conformity and thought-control
ith1eh exist al mum the. uer2d?even In this country: TM Mil
OF TUE 1,3111T---STMIM UMEL-M?ACIZZT:D in' Kr.; PIG plaTE 11101
ALMZICAIT TRADITICU2 OF LIDUITY. If we too "go authoritarian*, we lavet
be good at it anyway?and probab3,y won't survive as a Nation!
In the BMW vein, permit me to wtreoc concern over some of you'
proposals, If the "advanced psycholo eel techniques" you advocato
consist merer of advertising, lecturing, and propaganda in general,
that is one thing. If, on the other hand, you mean tealmicanr advici ced
weapons of scientific brainwashing and human engineering, that in ct- te
another matter, The latter methods pose threats to democratic trvtl ions?
and they are neither recognized nor understood by most Amerieclu3.
Your idea for a "now Federal Agency... .to deter and defear, tat
Soviet progiogninda apparatus" ahould be reforoulated into en ituncv
TO DIRECT AIM corm% Tim TIXILITILW:43 OF PLYCliCLOGIC/IL AHD SOCI:IJOEM:iL
T.7103FERE. Web techniques probably comprise the most potent sc,..eini:!jc
Innovation since Professor LInstein enunciated Special Polativ_ty
the turn of the Century. (Few citizens?even pttblic officials earl
scholars?appreciate the extent to vihich these techniques have amity
been utilized!) If they are not adequately controlled, the ei mind t
would be "1984 in the 'United Mates." The need for controls atd taut
threats of abuse are excruciating, and the Federal 1.canow should in jie
members from three Dratwhes thlIted Abates raysimmai
taready authoritarians have snip ?? ed drugs, hypnosis, and az'tti .a1
social enotneering to further their ..litions, usually thirk ef
psychiatrist as someone to visit if you're maladjusted?Lde. ycit:
can't got togetherneos with the social Atiatue ,gglai but a copal)) e
psychiatrist can produce mental chaos if he wieles tel
One contribution to the science of human engineering is a discattniy
which I myself have made?and hope to patent. It is 4441
larjajgc. Tiny twommy radio sets, hardly larger than
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are clipped onto one's teeth--or even biotaLied in fillinge cn
artificial dentures. Utiisperod comunication over long distance ,:i
easily Echiave0.1 If secret coding J.0 desired, one rkly o.dapt the Matt c
Vocoder or the :,,M01.01;0110 &mile deve%oped at Bell Labs. Applicataions
include Police and Int co activities. Personal Diplomacy (kale
mon is not alono), and co ego cheating (I oha.1-1 proctor my Colettlxv3
claosee more severely). Complete incompetents?if they appear
t11.11 and pipe-smoking enought---vrill bo able to prat".412t lc-Awed
thoii tlais applf.cation ir.1 neither "original" nor "now."
Advanced ociontific metbodo O mathematics, electlionies* poya1I4,14-
aad sociology may kidncp the human opirit--as Lune and bombs car murdt.
the human body* COITMESZ SIIOULD P:ZS 1411arELATIOIT LIAEZIG IT A 1i.a.13114
(purimitaz BY LIFI.;-ru7:as:Itriaan) TO L.I.T0a1.; 3CI1LITIFIC filatTLItaS
OIT unauniG aiDtTXTS. (An ex=le of ouch impooition would be forttlat7..e
m.eclicol treatment of adult (flriattai Scientists.) OILY Tama'
rillspousmial vt.larmAT:ou KID OFFIC:LAL MCIULAT/OIT CAN TIM K.W2C4
TEADITIOIT B AVM F1101.1 "1D86."
In the event of En all-out wax among big Nation?, Pqrcholorica
Warfare of a. hially technical, advaaced variety may prove as decisivtt
as the 11-Bor3b1 In the mearrtinc2 atIAT a'1,1011T5 EZI)W.JD rzczarzi) TC
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Sincerely yours, ,
144 a.. -teatie.
Willi= A. Pierce
Associate Professor of icthc)atzi.ci)
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