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MENORANDUM FOR: Acting Deputy Director

SUBJECT : Drug Interrogation Research

1. This memorandum is to apprise you of precautionary steps that have been taken for the conduct of research in a potentially sensitive area, drug interrogation research. The proposal, submitted by will undertake to investigate means by which critical material can be elicited during amytal interview.

2. The following steps have been taken:

a. The research will be under the sponsorship of the The proposal was originally forwarded to us from Ageocy association has been classified 1

b. The proposal has been approved by the ! and ! and

Their signatures appear on the cover page of the proposal. Dr. 1 has been cleared and made witting of the Agency's role. approved of the proposal and the stipulated funding mechanism.

c. All procedures will be carried out according to the standard poliçies of both

/This is incicated on page 22 of the

proposal.

d. Examination of critical subjects at will te under the supervision of Dr. :the co-\_principal investigator, who is in charge of the Psychiatric Prison Ward. Amytal interviews are carried out routinely on selected cases in this setting. All amytal interviews will be.conducted under medical supervision. A letter from Dr. 'outlining word procedures is attached.

3. This proposal contributed directly to the Behevior Control program. It is directly applicable to the areas of interrogation and essessment as well as the polygraph prcgram. Internally the . proposal has been coordinated with and =et the approval of

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4. For Éhese reasons it is felt that appropriate precautions to protect the Agency as well as subjects have been taken. It is therefore strongly recommended that research in this important, though sensitive, area be approved for support.

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