MATTER POSSIBLY RELATING TO PROJECT ARTICHOKE WITH ENCLOSURE TITLED;A SUGGESTED PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION OF INFORMATION DATED 28 MARCH 1952

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October 1, 1952
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��� � � � � .; � � S. VS �. � ���r...��������%2 -T�14�111 , � -.1 - 5.4.1-4:;..rx-e-irt � .� 1 October. 1952. Gs � 17.MORAIIDUli FOR: roD.7-WreaM SUBJECT: Matter Possibly Relating to Project ARTICHOKE. 1. Attached hereto is a memorandum delivered to this office by=======.- This was one of a nuMber of operational suggestions that Mr.a711:154brought to this office v.ilich he under- stood was interested in new ideas. He has no knowledge of Project ARTICHOKE ani has bean informed that his suggootion has been for- warded to the interested office. 2.� The rdemerandum is being forwarded to'you since it is ilnder- stood that your office has assuMed overall direction of Project ARTICHOKE and the matter appears to be related to some aspects of Project ARTICHOKE. 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It g.s also well laiown that those under hypnosis are less discriminating in their ,!udg- � cent of persons and ideas than they would be at other times. It is ptesible that this opens a way for penetration of otherwise secure organizatioes, and it is suggested that investigation be made as to whether the possnility could be realized. A method of procedure for this is outlined belew. 7f pos- itive results are obtained from such an investigation, we can then eaerd ourselves against such methods, and use them ourselves arainet the enemy. The suggested procedure involves a ccmbination of confidence men tactics with hypnotic treatment, and might get better results than either teken alone.. It would be designed to nake.available to a spy inforsatien that t'ea sepplier would not wittingly place in enemy hands, by persuading the subject thet the information was for legitimate government purposes. As an altereatiee, a man night be given hypnotically -(with injunction to "foreet" the inzifnt), a strong compulsion to keep a secret diary into which significant data would be copied "for the eriterts private consideratien", and to ;lace sue?: 'isry in a preselected hiding place in his home. The agent would, of course, gat access to it in the absence of the writer. In both thee cases a men -eight thus indirectly betray his country, and yet be conscious cnly ofloya2ty. Consider the first case, which is that of duping a loyal person e:rking in a sensitive position into reporting to an outsider such things as: :1) the progress of colleagues with classified research; (2) fector7 output: ;lens and problems; (3) military information. An enemy agent might seek to zet such data by conveying to the dupe the conviction that the azent was with the F.B.I. and that weekly reportsion the sayings and activities of colleagues were required, and that a patriotic service -would be perforeed if such reports were prepared after hours and sent to "John Jones, P.O.E.= 0, rashinet:n D.C." Now in the case of an open non-hypnotic attenpt to get such cooperatizn, the subject, although not initially suspicious of the agent and his creden:ials, might well ask whether such information could terve any useful F.B.:. :ur- pose. Research should be undertaken to see whether, if a subject were sur- reptitiously drugged to dull critical faculties, then hypnotized by =tensible F.B.I. agents "seeking to find out if the subject can be trusted with a matter of importance", and given plausible hypnotic instruction, he czuld be made to perform post-hypnotic spying without rousing his critical fare:ties or bringing mental censor mechanisms into Splay. Lueeerous veriante cf the basic procedure might be tried, such as varying the instructions fee= the completely reasonable in the case of some subjects, to the c:mpleteLy n*:surd or suspicioub in ,the case of others, to see to what extent - if any - mind might be taken in by the procedure. Injunctions to for:et the hy,enotic indoctrination might be tried. Substitution of false memeri:s of an 3eLder- vice might be attempted. Injunction to accept sebeve.uent nen-hype:tic inetructiens from an "agent" might be tried cut. Creat4on e an eneses:ninc liking or dislike for eone designeted individual might be tried. .r...a....�����.V.Z.'������'.�������= ,�118 ����'" � � v , - � � � . . � ������":� � � � Of course it would be necessary to have the experiments performed bi persona not known previously to the subjects, since otheraisc. we might have their .subconscious minds saying "yes, let's go along with this acting, since it is only play", and thus yielding false results. On the other hand, as an experiment, it might be desirable to make such a study vitb a grbup of university students who hai-e previously volunteered to help with a hit of psychological research "to begin about a month fro. now", so the professor can prevent a frenzied call to the F.B.I. from a subject on whom the *test did not impose. That is, consent to take part in a test can be obtained by a person having the student's confidence, !met with misdirection as to time and nature of the test, but actual operations will be by coaplete 'strangers. If such a procedure is at all successful, it could probably be adapted to operations in the communist world very easily, since all there are familiar with the idea of spying on one another and of being commandeered by the n.o.q. to act as agents. Unquestioning acceptance of authority, and acquiescence in testing and qu.Istioning proceiures that would be thought fantastic .here, could probably be confidently allowed for. . As a variant to the above, persons responsible for making periodic reports to Gosplan etc., might be duped into sending an extra copy "for control purposes" to soma designated ;.:oscow call box. �.7 � , �."'"1�1, � .�4,�,...W�������� ��� � � .� � March 28, 1952. 0'