PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS USED IN C.I.A. EFFORT TO CONTROL BEHAVIOR

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PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.
USED IN LA EFFORT
THONTROL BEHAVIOR
25-YEAR, : $25 MILLION' PROGRAiI
lew -information"'`:About .. Fundinq'
and Operations DIsclosed by
ocuments `and ,I terviews
(This. article;' u?as tha: work of an
investigative 'reporti>g.;team consist.;,.
ing of John M:? Crewdson; Nicholas M.
Horrock, Boyce Rerisberger, Jo Thomas
and Joseph B. Treaster~ It was written
by Mr. -Horrock )
apeolat to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, - Aug. r l --- Several
prominent medical fasearch' institutions
and Government hospitals in the United
States and Canada were. involved, in -a
secret, 25-year, $25-million effort by the
Central .Intelligence` Agency to learn how
to control the human mind.
The existence-of-the:agency's Investiga-
tions -into behavior -and: thought control
was-previously known.. But through acr
cess to 2,000 C.LA documents and wide-
i ranging interviews, group of New York
Times reporters has. developed new infor-
mation about the,-cost of the program,;
the range of its penetration into presti-?
g'rous `research" centers;'. the Identities of.
some institutions;. the: secret funding con-,
duits -of the agency and the concerns:
about-,the programexpressed by some
scientists.
The original research;.'.was spurred by
the' conviction-later proved unfounded
that. the Russians'an'd Chinese had de-
veloped brainwashing 'and mind-control
devices. But the C.LA. quickly-turned to,
seeking an offensive use for behavior con-
troI.-'It sought to'-crack the mental de-
fenses of enemy " agents-to be able to
program them audits own operatives to
carry out any; mission' even against their
will and "against such-fundamental laws
of nature as self-preservation."
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