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1 1. For fiscal year l955-56 will be financed out of TSS regular research funds (189,C00). 1

2. 39 alien have been assessed from psycholorical - anthropolorical medical standroint. Minimum of 16 hours each individual. This pro-Fram continues.

3. Study of brain function and physiolofy.

L. 1and cases covered by staff members off.. B They are both now rehabilitated and willins to talk to representatives of U. S. Government about their experiences. They both have good insight into their previous condition.

5. cases were handled by staff menbers Cne of them was about the sane condition as  the other three had cooperated.closeiy with in indoctrination procéss. As result,cf cases and subsequent adversepublicit:, have put heavy pressure on sutsecuent reratriates not to talk U. S. officials but only to their families and friends. They have been told they will be arrested or placed in mental institutions upch their return to U. S. if they talk.

B/3 were.accompanied from to !. S. by a doctor provided by under cover After their defection the received seven months indoctrination by and were then assigned orat' which time they became disillusioned and unhappy. They did not expect arrest fy the

7. a.) Criginally the were tò be released on askedr to make psychological backeround studies on these men about This as accomnlished in seven days by use of faculty members and denartment heads of university medical school nsychintric departments on anation-wide basis through requirements set ou

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c.) There was very little effort made to indoctrinat he was thoroughly exploited as a source of intellipence.

d.) At various times during first eighteen months of imprisonment They were confined
with and were with them
arain for picture taking on This was only time other fróm the day they were shot down.

e.) ofr Tgroup cooperated with the indoctrination, another group claims they did not. Evidente of hard feelinrs between these groups. All are being extremely cautious in talk about indoctrination procedures.

8. Indoctrination effects were found to be strongest on:

a.) Intellectual types with an interest in Communism.

b.) Poorly educated indigiduals who felt inferior about their intellectual ability. s bullt up their confidence in their intellectual capabilities.

C A sirnal trait in indoctrinees was a lack of balief in God. At least wprofess to be atheists.

10. During cast year were debriefed ty concerine Soviet and Satellite methods of interrogatien and prisoner handling.

ll. Fxperimental work is beins done on a t-ncuilizing irug known'as VEP-i. This t:pé drup does not disturb mctor crocesses but disorients the mental prccesses.

12. Fxrerimental work is beins done cn ISD in conjunction with alcohel with scme sisificant results.

13. Testine facility in-de about tó start operatiens. 2

14. Work was dcne on so-called antidote to ISD which proved ineffective.

15 will become headouarters case officer (in TSs) for effective 1 September 1955, assisted by Yof 5

16. ant have been adied to
13 working conmittee

Field test work hr joint in. September - Cctober li7.

tem will take place

experiments - hynnotic experitental work courier type situation.