LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER FROM BILL ARCHER

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• Publication Date: September 12, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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I will appreciate any comments you
may have on the enclosed correspondence
I have rr y constit-
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Thank you very much.
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Bill Archer, M.C.
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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Please find enclosed my letter to Admiral Stansfiel.d Turner, 'suggesting
the use of parapsychology in the work of the CIA.
Recently, books and articles reveal, that the Russians are actively
pursuing; this field. Undoubtedly they are educating people in this
area also for defense, intelligence and other fields-related to the
security of their country.
So far Mr. Turner has not seen fit to answer me; also an earlier'.[
wrote to the Director of Personnel in the CiA was answered with the
standard bureaucratic negative rebuttal. Phis suggests that the C[A
is not active in the parapsychological area, which in my opinion is
a serious vacuum in our security capabilities.
People who have parapsychological. capabilities are very rare and are
trained very slowly. With all the tremendous promotions pro and con
the large defense budgets evidently it is not realised, that a 126
billion $ budget can be rather easily negated. by a small group of
effective parapsychologists, scrambling the brains of key commanding
officers and/or political leaders at critical moments.
As stated in my letter to Admiral Turner, the parapsychological
influences are quite subtle. Even after reading my letter ( if he
ever saw it. In the first place ) he may not even realize; that he
obeyed the directives he was given.
Paradoxically the costs of parapsychologists is practically zilch
in comparison with the 126 billion $ we are spending on defense hard-
ware, military brass, and footsloggers.
I am rather dismayed, that inspite of publications indicating, that
the Russians are very active in this field, we appear to be totally
lacking in even the most basic comprehension of parapsychological
phenomina in the very critical spots, where it counts the most.
It would be rather naive to think, that if the Russians bother to
use parapsychological methods to upset an international chess champ-
ionship tournement as recently reported in the papers,these same
techniques would not be used in the KGB or related organizations
dealing with di4lomacy and military intelligence.
I would like to hear from you what your position is on this subject
and whether you are willing to ask some pointed questions in the
proper areas. I most certainly would like to be satisfied, that efforts
in this field are made. Hopefully my curren, suspicions are not
justified.
STAT
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of the CIA
Langley, Va.
I have been practicing parapsychology for several years and
observed considerable success in influencing other people's
ands in my immediate environment when I know them personally.
This ability has obvious values for the intelligence and
defer"se communities in this country. The process is rather
subtle and the Justified scepticism on this sort of claim
requires proof.
With a friend of mine, who has been practicing and exercising
in the same area I have concentrated my efforts on you from
an available photograph in a magazine.
If you have been affected, it would be virtually impossible
for you to find out what the source of this mind influencing,!
so I identify myself. Sellixig. this ability through the carious
layers of bureaucracy would be an impossible task ( I &A
approach the Director of Personnel, P. 0. Box 1925, Washington
recently )
With our minds we directed you to dig in the right hand drawer
of your desk. At this point only you know how effective we have
been in intruding your thinking patterns.
If we are as accomplished operating from a picture as we are _
when affecting personal acquaintances we anticipate to hear
from you.
?lease be assured, that this "experiment" was not meant to
affect high level intelligence management but rather to prove
our abilities.
Pull time and selective application for the benefit of the CIA
dealing with foreign. cLcAn.i tar;mss from the background etc. may
be hard to counter by foreign intelligence organizations,
Sincerely yours,
original : % P. 0. Box 2842
Washington, D.C. 20013
cci % The White House
.Washington, D.C.
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