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1. For fiscal year l955-56 will be financed out of TSS regular research funds (2189,000). 1

2. 30 alien have been assessed from nsycholorical - anthropolorical medical standroint. Minimum of 16 hours each individual. This pro-Fram cortinues.

3. Study of brain function and physiolofy.

cases covered by staff members ofi..-.. B1 They are both now rehabilitated and willins to talk to representatives of U. S. Sovernment about, their experiences. They both have good insirht into their previous condition.

5. cases were handled by staff menters Cne of them was about the sare cendition ast a. the other three 3/6 in indoctrination procéss. As result ory: cases and subsequent adversepublicit:, have put heavy pressure on sutsecuent reratrintes not to talk . 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 5. The three were.accomranied from to !. S. by a dector provided by under coverAfter their defection the received seven months indoctrinaticn by and were then assigned Tat' which time they became disillusioned and unhappy. They did not expect arrest y the

7. a.) Cririnally the were tò be released on askegr ito make psychological backeround studies on these men about This was accomnlished in seven days by use of faculty members and denartment heads of university medical school nsychintric denartments on a nation-wide basis through requirements set ou

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B/6 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 eroup 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. fbullt up their confidence in their intellectual cababilities.

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

10. Durine cast year were debriefed ty concerine Soviet and Satellite methods of interrogation and nrisoner handling.

ll. Exmerimental work is beins done on a t-ncuilizing drug known'as yEP-i. This t:vè drup does not disturb mctor crocesses but disorients the mental prccesses.

12. Fxrerimental work is teins done cn iSD in corjuncticn with alcohcl with scme sismificant results.

13. Testine facility in

about tó start operatiens.

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 b Yof )

16. an hive been adied to
3 werking committee

tem will take place

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