DOD, INTEL AGENCIES LOOK AT RUSSIAN MIND CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, CLAIMS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000600150001-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2003
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• Publication Date: July 1, 1993
• Content Type: NSPR

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^ DOD, Intel Agencies look at Russian Mind Control Technology, Claims
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n Waco, he said. versions of the device may Dr. Nakamura could not be
officials considered "They wanted the Russians still be in the Russian military reached for comment, but he
jjj testing a Russian scien- to promise zero risk" in using inventory, and they expressed was described in the Psy-
tist's acoustic mind control de- the device on Koresh, but the fear during the meetings that chotechnologies memo as
vice on cultist David Koresh a Russians wouldn't do that
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few weeks before the. fiery the participant said. Another ported to Third World nations patents" in the area and that
conflagration that killed the obstacle was the fact Smirnov via the growing black market "the Russians seemed to have
Branch Davidian leader and had only brought "entry-level in military, eequipmentfrom solved" mathematical prob-
more than 70 of his followers equipment" and more sophisti- the former Soviet Union, he lems "which had prevented
in Waco, Texas, Defense Elec- sated hardware would have' said.
trorrics has learned. development of U.S. work be-
had to be rushed over from The main purpose of the yond basic stages,"
In a series of closed meet- Russia before the device could March meetings was de- Dr. Green said through a
ings beginning March 17 in be used in an attempt to end scribed; in the Psychotech- `GM spokesman that he, attend-
suburban Northern Virginia the standoff in Texas. nologies' memo' as to "deter- ed the Srxmn?iv briefings in his
with Dr. Igor Smintov of the As a result, Koresh and his mine whether psycho-correc- capacity as 'a rnf iriber of a Na-
Moscow Medical Academy, band were not used as test sub- tion technologies represent a tional Academy of Sciences
F13I officials were briefed on jests for a demonstration of a present of future threat to (NAS) panel on 21st Century
the Russian's decade-long re- technology developed under U.S. national security in situ- Army technologies ' %is has
search on a computerized the former Soviet Union and ations where inaudible com- no connection to anything
acoustic device allegedly ca- apparently used against civil- viands might be used to alter being done by GM," the
pable of implanting thoughts ians in Afghanistan, which is behavior."
spokesman said.
in a person's mind without why the U.S. defense and in- The memo went on to note "It looks promising, but we
that person being aware of the telligence communities were that meeting attendees were don't have enough details yet
source of the thought. well-represented in the March also interested in whether to really appraise it," Dr.
"11 was suggested to us [by meetings in Virginia
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psyc
o-correction detection. Fowler Jones of University of
other federal officials] that "There was a strong interest decodingand counter-mea- Kansas Medical Center's psy-
they bring in the.FBI, which among the intelligence agen- cures programs should be un- chology division told DE. "It
was looking for a viable op- cies because they had been dertaken by the U.S." An ef- was really more of a presenta-
tion to deal with Koresh," said tracking Smirnov for years," fective psycho-correction de- tion than an actual demonstra-
a source who participated in the participant said, "and be- vice could be a military threat, Lion because, unfortunately, a
the Smirnov meetings who cause we know there is evi- the memorandum continued, lot of the software we
agreed to discuss the gather- dence the Soviet Army's Spe- if it were deployed to "nega- couldn't get going." Jones
ings only on condition of cial Forces used the technolo- tively affect morale of U.S. said he and his colleagues at
anonymity. gy during the conflict in troops in combat" or to "affect the Kansas facility are look-
His account of the meetings Afghanistan." judgement or opinions of de- ing for funding sources for re-
was confirmed by an execu- Alcohol and drug abuse cision-makers, key personnel search to determine whether
tive summary memorandum among Red Army soldiers was or populaces" in a conflict. the Russian psycho-correction
prepared by officials of Psy- so pervasive during the Further, the memo said De- technology can be used in
chotechnologies Corp., a Rich- Afghan war that Soviet offi- partment of Defense (DOD) treating alcoholism and other
mond, Virginia, based firm cials relied upon the technolo- officials were concerned that addictions.
that owns the American rights gy in preparing troops for mis- the technology could be used The Psychotechnologies
to the Russian technology. A sions involving atrocities in the protection of U.S. em- memo described an agreement
copy of the Psychotechnolo- against civilians. bassies, military training and company officials entered into
gies sunnnary, which has been Officials from the Central in non-violently "clearing with Smirnov in March in
circulated among U.S. intelli- Intelligence Agency (CIA), areas of potential enemies, which "the Russian side
gence executives, was ob- Defense Intelligence Agency snipers, etc." agreed to commit the psycho-
tained by DE. (DIA) and the Advance Re- Non-military participants correction technologies still in
The Psychotechnologies search Projects Agency were also included in the Russia and all related know-
memo described the standoff (ARPA) were also present, ac- Smirnov meetings in Virginia, how to the U.S. company in
between federal agents and cording to the source. Spokes- as well as a series of subse- exchange for stock. The Russ-
Koresh in Waco as "an on- men for those agencies did not quent briefings by the two ian side has agreed to provide
going domestic hostage situa- return a reporter's telephone Russians at the University of all support necessary to recre-
tion." calls seeking to confirm Kansas Medical Center in ate current [psycho-correction]
After several meetings with, whether individuals from their Topeka. The non-military at- capability in the U.S. and to
Smirnov, FBI officials, who organizations attended the tendees included Dr. Richard upgrade the capability using
repeatedly expressed fears Smirnov meetings. Nakamura of the National In- U.S. components and comput-
during the discussions that Ko- Because the U.S. has no, stitute of Mental Health and er programmers. All necessary
resh and his followers were known counter-measure "to the Dr, Christopher Green, direr- developmental and existing al-
suicidal, asked for a- proposal technology, intelligence com- tor of General Motors Corp. gorithms will be provided by
describing requirements and ntunity and ARPA officials (GM) biomedical research de- the Russian side."
procedures for using the de- are concerned that weaponized partntent in Detroit.
-- By Mark Talrscntt