REPORT NO. 1 ON TRIP TO EUCOM AND USFA, 22 JUNE TO 7 AUGUST 1949 INCLUSIVE.

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• Document Creation Date: November 22, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: August 15, 1949

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Azacteat Director for ctifLc Iatclliconco
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2tport ro. 1 on trip to 7.tiCta and wait, 22 Juno to 7 Lizizt IV*
inclusive. _
2. Cr3Jr.CTI7Z9. itsjor objective :oros (c..,) to devclop infornn-
tion on procedure: 'cool in rueritn-controllod oeuntrics for obtoinin4
oconfocsioned (1.pTer.diz .1), wad (b) to apply ci:�ecial.nothele of
interrogation for ths r..).rposo of oveluetion of 7.u.ssiin prr.cticco cad
capabilities in this area (Appendix B).
" 2. DICITIt.131:D. (1, a.). Zino� tho.notorious rotcout tricie of
1937 and /933, rzosim-controllod judiciel procoduro hes teen notvfortLy
for the aliz.:%-_tic trLl in 1::1141 the defontIcnto hc.vo ezbibitect
behavior cal =Sec:rim:1. rriala have oi'ten beta staged afaire
sled zettin....a. rrolininary otady o records .of a nuraber of trielo,
orecciany that of Castilla V.indszonty, 1ec3. to the inference that the
style, centazt and naanor of dolivery of the "conies-Lionel could only
to oxpleirei on the bards of a =orientation of the minds of to con-
fossoes. Zero in er.er:uits 'historical et?..ericloo to est11th tiat
basic ecs in the functional orceniz.stion of tle Lanza nind c-.t
to brczeit about by psycholocioel duress or rlysicaricrturo
InvosticAtion. of the line of nor* cbtie technicinos W22 indicated.
Eccant reports of 11.11=310. CM a bold-behavior criong activiot a zeta:m-
ing from Intifo schoola in the �ussa cmt-octod. that special technicues
for roorlontetioa nay have been applied to th=a poll.
3... � ;07CLUSICTV.
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a. It is a. reasonable certzdnty (thonah unproven) that
nconfossoes" in hich-lovel trials of political or proptzanda
sitairiummou in nummiam-dominatca areas art zsrepare& b7 1;72:movie,
ry-pnotic control io bac= following peri4 of psyoholosicel
t.iress and &licence the ro-cducation onder *ay:pools being re-
inforccd with intorin dialectical pressure.
b. Moro is no ovidenco that lizonotis is Icing caployed-
by the VS= in the Drepa.ration of activist or er2ionege szeats
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a. Consideration to be elven to on operation for
escape of Cardinal landszenty.
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AvxmznATions. (Continued)
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lb. An operational to ot tvo man be trained by CIA in
;2=41 aathoao of interro4ation Lnd cant to t'..x Zuropenn
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.clzra1Znd anci.procee.usys Ur:cd. in tho rreparatiou
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1. r...,�11.:�2to of tri-lz irt Tzsfia and
2. VALL'IViI, Ericraior Goieral (Czech), ...ritnecs of
1933 trials of 21:1dVr.il, it.r/S.J.ng c�-si
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..1.61111),3; ;leszlo and Ess er., nco haraltrritin�c
cart, Sergern for tho pulitical ;police CLurinc the
Eindszeaty
7.1ZPICTI, feu, Captain, ri,nLrm,y, in contcut vith r.GV�r.r.12,
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54 SZATrAlrf, rail. Alienist end psychiatrist for the 1112caricn
Maple's Court.' .� � �
6. .11%-ro s=ior lieutenants, gLID.
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7. captain, wa.
8 SCITIrana. Coionol General, F.cichrdehr.
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� 9. Sources vith knouledze of Gestapo C714 TO methods. �
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!Ile use of pzycholoe,ical duress, dm.:,�s and hypnosis, both for
inters-cc:Aim% and. preparation of defendants for trials was krxrdn' to both
-the Ger:sri and aant;nrir_u political police, (4'10, BAH, and Ell)... A Cornett
Professor 01-X0S. Vereaca, living in. 17s.rtg..n-y Curing tho occapation
in 1944 coope=ted. -vith tho Caranne in these special operations. Vrom
them cad his o�-�n ez2erience he leur.tad the use of a drag called l'r:7"'
(C.co-miine-7:-Atotasirte-alkatal), which mazzes elms mental aite:lent
alld then depression _end *ihish had aujoycd.use in. the treatment of =co
mental cLtsturb:...nces. It came into eztcr.c3.ve uno in nuncary vhero the
Gestapo ap.p7.ied�it to reduce subjects to a hichly CUr'estc.lao mantel
state, after vhich h,pnosie was ieduccd. =Id interrogstions carried cut,
or pray:rations for. trial made. l'or:sdne %din% 021:05 under Costapo cai.d-
. r.nPe wero Dr. VCMGYEssY,� rare-nen (the beet hypaotist in Thancary).. a:A .
two of Veir�-�GYSTIs assistants, Dr. *toren ond probab3.7 1441=2;-
140.3or r.tefan, 710V r.mojor in the BJiI.� . .... � � �
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tet.se first. tio kmovn indopendent exec of �roceia. method.s
for can.fessions 1:ero the 1Ti.a7 trial and. the /111.A.a trinl. It il1 be
r=saberczt that during the ii-rit:rf trial in 1247 the defatlent
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rer.udiated his personal histor/ etatenent prceentod by tho polio
et;Ited boforo tho court tl.tat 3o 1i.ct boon nistroated and h:,�paotined.. The .
cenrt vas t.P./171' t�roturned to nrioon end tho court rec:ne�caed.
on the third dcy. s:hen L..11Z171 salciovicdged -tho etetonento in tho origLnal
�:Arecnal hietory end conieoced guilt to ;II charcoo vhich tx7C un-.1a1
� proct.�.a.tel in fall, to bo "rood or 11::on. Durin3 t7-Lo
Dr. Andrei?, tho" court psychi�atrict and a r oputablo 1)1) c
�" vas not allowed to interview the defendant or to bo in cicoo prorl�lity
�� to him. azzatz lati.r otsted that it vas his ireroszion that t.11J.1.7f was
in a. state a hypnosis vhilo en tho atend..
In the trial of ClIO.7.:IeXT, Victor (cor.-in-Icar of tho first .Precident
� of rungary), a similar procoZare was ealowd.. Cxolc:ort van tried in
rsid-191;8 l'or selling a rungarian cacrot code to the Uaited Etatee. 5.1.0 .
car.� vos folloved. clooely by a numbor of peoplo tocaueo he var.
tho first Zvi to be tried for treason end it wax of special into:eat to
some. who Imov oral:ma end fca:ily veil end traz also Jevith. Scarce
also Vas in cioso acute:et vIth tr.#11C.::-7Z/r4.11, .vho vas a Trio:nor
�at teulrasty Street CO uith C7.7.0:4::CC:.-f and. apoka ar12,77., ezura3
otateo that in tho first feu th-qaLa pricoa crc:.:Tua eenied all chawgze, .
� but after three to four days :tatted that he h=i been receiving daily
intorrSgationo fro= Professor VWLGT.45.5-f. riollowinv this obcervationl.
LIOLIVI-1:=171 r.ote.d. daily changes in personality ofL2CI:C.7121C.Ca and gradual
rItoratien in ste.tonento /lad� sifter interrogation. fter ten days of
treatteent C17.07,71;ZY vas proe/aininj his guilt to hi c fellow prisonors.
severei of in by that tins bozo:10 revainted with the application .
of bypnomis cad were of the celnion that CH.O.Itlaff had been hyrnotined .
ropentedly. Prior to the trial CITOICIcia was intorviewerl by 1:112:-1121 whoa
according to tourco, (at that time an agent of the political rolice),
said that CF07:10.7ZI vas definitely in a etate of hypnoeis during hie
trial.- Conroe, vho Iritnost3. trial, stated. that CI.:012.11Crlio delivery
vas that of a byenotized individual and. that contrary to his usua1
repid speech, he tpel:e. very olotay ao if reeding fr.= a tct. ource
talted with 0110....004Y in en onteroon prior to trial end. noted. that aozzca
slid not s'oem no=s1 and sto.o ettoninhed etpriconerls statment, "I ce...nit
gailt'e.nd I pm cure I will not bp :Ante-aced. to der..,th.n � Defond.ant
glop did not recogLize scurce, althowA they yore old frienda nc1 in�.
� brief rcoavereation var. detached and. exhibited obvious jcs in nemory
for ovonts both had vita:mooed. $n uai, the defense attorney did. not
� carry out a direct or crocc ek=ination. Purtbor evidence of a hypnotic -.-
trans.� is given by the 'behavior of the clefenant during tho trial, .111
eich acure.e twice paosed CEMI:0171e lino of vision to the lattorls . �
� coo:pieta indifferonce.. To es-orce aid others working in the laboratory
of the 3/111, thoro vas general- accoptance end. corment as to CP.0:-CRIZIts
. being hepnotised, ,alth.ough no or.en statamonts were.
The preparation of Cardinal IttDiSZL'hrl followed .the came gencral
pattern but vas verbares bettor planned end ezocuted, 4th the advico
and. azsittatoo of a Alva= dologation. � �� �
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�13.thin ti; 3 in 1:.4 outurzl of 1943. the
doellon to ths po-Atron of tho Cntholic Mnrch in
rl...!:;?lry *P.:3 by n torico of eve:Ito:
(a) tno fo.1-'.7.1o::171:;reetto,; or t:_o 1c7:7ara trio von,
vo(.1:14; in rn vr.n 71.:);� Cr.thOliCe (b) tho
becir.nini; of tho Cor.runiot ponoo offensive, -(c) 1.7-52 oi tho
Party purce, end (a) ITAY1.7.1:Dlis (2.0Zootion. At thlo tin� n soel.ct r.oeting
van tolled to decido uuon tactics. Prosent voro UZALVII.25, Arzle.d;
nAK01X, reties; 1'.".11.0.1:a; 0.7:0; 17:LIF.CIt; 3t'r4; ,`JVI�I', Julius, Ez.d. ot'f.or".
IttZX re cm-ended tho 1AL.Trot1iO3. �,:z_lt,t1 to f;:-...tcr .1.1;1
dmenztretion r.nd have a 1.:r.co o1zhtor inoludinz Ao
alternate nothod jtt vented to dent vith MI:,;)S.T.'..77.Yb lurinz
from the ceuntry rod preventir:g his roturn. In the aboonco of agr:e.
tont C7403 ma:tit/Mel (both roteov-trnined), insittod Vezt a crzue
should v. to NOCCOU to get overall 1:o1icy in licht of future require-
rents in Czeahosloved.a, Fnmonin cad Laulgaria. C0.2cr4 t2ZOCY..
MZI.Y.and. 1;1J; vent a�td roturned in four vocas. 114a, e vac not in
agreenznt uith the Mooccv decicior., vasiot for tvo Eaditionol.
.in vhich tir.o o vs rollover.: of the Liniotry tho Interior e.:.-.1r1
appointed Minister of Voreicn fairs. rd /c,ce OS ovorall he=3. being -
taken by .n reliable noscov-trained.non, .rhADAR, Jon. .� � �
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titer thcir return the old MO (socret police) Icor� roorcanizect
and purced, end in throe uoehs a teparnte unitary office created. the
PAH (=cret pclir:e of tho Mtry of Interior), node up-of tried,
alroeltoti. CO=1T13. t G.eztn, Peter t:ns it. MOa vr.3 not
under tho _control of the boa. of the lazzarizz otates but received
Gil orders throush GFO on.dBtCL
On or about rovenbor 1943, a 7.:asoisn deleTntion arrived in..tedevest.
It vie tooded.by TISCOT (nov Passim Antessedor to Iludopest), ena. five
or six others 1/110 wore atta&:A to the Ba. It is not Imo= whether
SAVIZL.-7. XKIIATICI? or =7IT voro in this cronp. althouch other
reports have idontLfiet the lettor tvo as beina in D.:Aspect at this �
tine: On or about 3 Decor:bar there nice app.eared fifteen or tvonty
14T-1 officers of rancarian oriIn. About this tin* TICCV and PuscuraN
ordered iresItint SZAZAZITS to tea* ce,ion to separate the Churc.h %I/thin
four veekEN. - �
. The problem Ilas diocuceed in the preconcs of source at a justice
session nootir.k; of the Cormunist party. rrosont vere SZ=ZWY, J.2.1;?.T,
end tho Minister of %Pantie�, et el.. 22-4 point at ism.� vas 1,41/
to pro:Bloc) sufficient evident� szninct 1411;Dszlz;ta to publicly dizorocLit
kin End the Church. The Tatesinns broneht vith then hundreds of aeons:onto
celleotod by their rzonts cr4 the $1.1 had en orlditionel laree caantity
en hr.r.d. The gl'oat problan sins hcv to Oier11320 the rateriel for public
erhibition said protent a erodible sato.. Very Low of the doct=ent3 uere
nost being photostats, intorcepto and esent reports. photo- .
�tato =& trentcripto or orizinas could not bo used. 4thont revealing
03031An reports looter 0.00.ftio suicide! in Budar.ost on 4, Jazust 1949,
44.0�1;416;iiiEnjtaim
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source end cathode of operation. :ha solution of 1:/:.111A5TI, 1:rvin.� -
Chief of the rcenomie�sootten, BAH, vac rdopted.. 'Zan cothod tits sOP
in thie section of the BA3 and is ucually o.arried out re follous:
Intercepts �-�ero corr_lared.vith catalented letters in filee cna author-
-chip or originnl identified or verified. A lit-trill capy of 1.-hotost���.t�
or Intercept vat: forged and placed in hce .ef detenacnt, rhich
the be ter.rehcd. and forgery found: In the 1:1:714:1E-;:7( Ca:* r!-;t0Itt!.�.t3
wore available of correspondence bot,:ean Ta
M othors: . In tl..te case of 234-W1 oricinal 1;:tbers vere not
Cor C077 Co verde Sr= rancrous other lottars were pieced to,..;ther to
cet vonis for tho.oricincI. In the trial of 7.4.ron (fan) =AT, it vas
noted that there wero no intoroce:)to since 1947 tocauss r.fl ccrrescatleace
ve..s delivered by ccurier =nap on insistence' of lir:Ds:au:a 'warned alter -
reading� � .� -�.� �
The arrest ck .vcc cica.e on 26 Dectraber. On Doecabor
ruhlic reaction vas so ������,...at that nOZCOU Or1er-0,1 ieans-Zinto publicatien
of de tor' flecuo:tnts, In the rata of pre.r.nart_tion, cc
disegree==t arose .betvem the Minister of 71:cone:1os acs.t the tanieter
of Foraien Iffairs es to scope ortd c:T.ten. of ra%licity. Vie police,
(GABOR, Peter), 'ttepped in and decided to pnblith SOI10117.1�ILD
and ?10.7:::Iarl lattorauh3.ch d been forcod either fran photoetctic conieo -
or by syntheSis of vordz from a noz-hor of lettere. Lfter few:ries vere �
created, copice %Tarot iv= to the Zutlapest newspcpers. One per,
niaL.I.0g, of the radical democratic' Croup, refueed to nublich end ti=t
on reoord :stating lettc-rs were foreorics. The eictor, Gaza,
ves.isiled, The 5111.5/613 were called in by police to cubstantiato focr-
lee. asna Stinitia r=t to the /merle= Zer,c.:tion�end r.ac1iticnr-1. inform-a-.
ticn from this point en the forcories rr_y be obtained from the Departnent
of Stoto. A notable error vas r-ade bagr in that the oriznal Sorcery -�
vhieh appeared in the Madapest pcpera on the beth of Jantr.ry vae dissimilar
in format\fro= the second Sorery prepared. by EIZZI2.1.0 and which 'dee pub- , �
Lithed, in the Yallou Boat. Photostats of both forcories �Jer0 prbly
turnol'ever to CIV.R.C. Philip, Second Secretory of the 1.:20TICCTL Let ion.
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- Two weeks vere occupied in preparinc (locum-ataxy factorial for the .
trial. In this period clout 200 other individuals associated with �
te.I1Z7S-4-7-11TY ear& alto arrested since the etccinc caned Sor P.I7DS2F.7171
to be principal defendant end to select fro= the 200 a few 'ho esnld
be usel to toetify acsanst hiI2. 21,41