U.S. EXPLORES RUSSIAN MIND-CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

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By BARBARA OPALL proved U.S.-Russian relations, is
Defense News Staff writer beginning to lift the veil of secre-
WASHINGTON - The Russian cy surrounding the technology.
government is perfecting mind- The Russian capability, demon-
control technology developed in strated in a series of laboratory
the 1970s that could be used to experiments dating back to the
hone fighting capabilities of mid-1970s, could be used to sup-
friendly forces while demoraliz- press riots, control dissidents, de-
ing and disabling opposing moralize or disable opposing
troops. forces and enhance the perfor-
Known as acoustic psycho-cor- mane of friendly special opera-
rection, the capability to control tions teams, sources say.
minds and alter behavior of civil- Pioneered by the govemment-
ians and soldiers may soon be funded Department of Ps ho
shared with U.S. military, medical Correction at the Moscow Medi-
and political officials, according calcal A acoustic psycho-
toU.S.andRussiansources. correction involves the
The sources say the Russian transmission of specific com-
government, in the spirit of im- mands via static or white noise
bands into the human subcon-
Technology Policy are beginning
to provide limited demonstra-
tions for their U.S. counterparts.
Further evaluations of key
technologies in the United States
are being Planned, as are discus-
sions aimed at creating a frame-
work for bringing the issue under
bilateral or multilateral controls,
U.S. and Russian sources said.
An undated paper by the Psv-
chor Center, a Moscow-base
group ted with the Depart-
ment of Psycho-Correction at the
Moscow Medical Academy, ac-
knowledges the potential danger
of this capability. The Russian ex-
See CONTROL, Page 29
scious without upsetting other in-
tellectual functions. Experts said
laboratory demonstrations have
shown encouraging results after
exposure of less than one minute.
Moreover, decades of research
and investment of untold millions
of rubles in the process of psy-
cho-correction has produced the
ability to alter behavior on willing
and unwilling subjects, the ex-
perts add.
In an effort to restrict potential
misuse of this capability, Russian
senior research scientists, diplo-
mats, military officers and offi-
cials of the Russian Ministry pf
Higher Education Science &
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U.S., Russia Hope To Safeguard Mind-Control Techniques
COMM, From Page 4
perts, including Geor a tov, a
former KGB gene now serving
in a senior government ministry
post, present in their report a list
of software and hardware associ-
ated with their psycho-correction
program that could be procured
for as little as $80,000.
strict the emerging capabilities.
Janet Morris of the Global
Strategy Council, a Washington-
based think tank established by
Ray Cline, former Central Intelli-
gence Agency deputy director, is
a key U.S. liaison between Rus-
sian and U.S. officials.
In a Dec. 15 interview, Morris
"As far as it has become possi- said she and the Richmond, Va.-
ble to probe and correct psychic based International Healthline
contents of human beings despite" 'Cor have briefed senior in-
,
their will and consciousness by$telligence and Army officials
instrumental means ... results 3 about the Russian capabilities,
having been achieved can get out
of [our] control and be used with
inhumane purposes of manipulat-
ing psyche," the paper states.
The Russian authors note that
"World opinion is not ready for
dealing appropriately with the
problems coming from the possi-
bility of direct access to the hu-
man mind." Therefore, the Rus-
sian authors have proposed a
bilateral Center for Psycho-tech;
-
i _acjg' were U.S. and Russian
authorities could monitor and re-
which Morris said could include
hand-held devices for purposes
of special operations, crowd con-
trol and antipersonnel actions.
Healthline Corp. is evaluating
Russian health care technologies
and will underwrite Russian dem-
onstrations in the United States.
"We talked about using this to
screen and prepare special oper-
ations personnel for extremely
difficult missions and ways in
which this could be integrated
into doctrine for [psychological
operations]," Morris said. specific details.
She said Army officials were 4 U.S. sources said government
concerned about the capability officials and leaders from the
being directed. against armored business and medical communi-
systems and personnel through ties will consider Russian offers
electronic communications links. to place the mind-control capabil-
Ground troops, she said, risk ex- ity under bilateral controls.
posure to bone-conducting sound At least one senior U.S. sena-
waves that cannot be offset by tor, government intelligence offi-
earplugs or. other current protec- dials and the U.S. Army's ice
tive gear. Morris added that U.S. or Operations. Plans and Force
countermeasures could include Development are interested in re-
sound cancellation, a complex viewing the Russian capabilities,
process that involves broadcast- U.S. sources said.
ing oppositely phased wave In addition, International
forms in precisely matched-.Healthline Corn is p is nnin to
frequencies.
.Maj. Pete Keating, a U.S. Army
spokesman, said senior Army of-
ficials had expressed interest in
reviewing Russian capabilities
but that repeated plans to sched-
ule visits to the former Soviet
Union were rejected by Donald
Atwood, deputy secretary of de-
fense. Keating said he was unfa-
miliar with the mind-control tech-
nology and could not discuss
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"The immediate benefits of
common research and develop-
ment are small, and the long-term
benefits are dubious because
there is practically no industrial
' vnrrcv between the two comna-
On Dec. 29, the government
also shifted 20 percent of its 99
percent stake in Aerospatiale to
Credit Lyonnais, the nationalized
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bring a team of Russian special-
ists here within tht, next, couple
to demonstrate tha_
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meanwhile, the U.S. Ar 's Ar-
mament Researc , Development
& Engineering Center is conduct-
ing a one-year study of acoustic
beam technology that may mirror
some of the effects reported by
the Russians.
Army spokesman Bill Harris
said Dec. 3 the command award-
ed the one-year study contract to
Scientific Applications & Re-
search Asso untie n
Beach, Calif. Related research is
being conducted at the Moscow-
based Andreev Institute, U.S. and
Russian sources said.
Despite the growing interest in
a capability traditionally reserved
for science fiction novels and cin-
ema, industry and academic ex-
perts are cautious and skeptical
about its potential battlefield use.
"This is not something that
strikes me as requiring high-level
attention," Raymond Garthoff, a
defense and intelligence analyst
at the Washington-based Brook-
ings Institution, said in a Dec.2
interview.
Morris contends that the capa-
bility has been demonstrated in
the laboratory in Russia and
should be placed under interna-
tional restrictions at the earliest
possible opportunity.
Aspin Staff Members
To Fill Pentagon Posts
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U.S. force structure and Amer-
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Rine andenfo cement actions.
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many Pentagon posts with his
is unclear exactly what job he
will get. Sources said Smith's
broad defense experience
makes him well-suited to head
the Pentagon's program analy-
sis and evaluation office or the
Army secretary's post.