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SUMMARY

The CIA-sponsored research project with the Texas Research Institute for Mental Sciences (TRIMS) was conducted to improve the usefulness of physiological measurements as indicators of emot:onal stress. The subjects were volunteer medical students who were both witting and consenting. Measurements were made of such things as heart and breathing rates of the students during final exam week when they were presumably under more tension than at other times during the semester. Fcr comparison purposes. similar measurements were taken during periods of non-stress. During one phase of the work, stimulants and depressants (barbiturates and amphetamine) were administered to 7-8 student volunteers to determine the effects of these drugs upon the baseline measurements being made. At no time was LSD or any other hallucinogen used.

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List of Facts re Contracts with Dr. Burch and Texas Pesearch Institute for Mental Sciences (TRIMS)

Reference: 17 July 1975 AP wire story and Mr. Thuermer notes re Washington Post reporter (Tom Curtis) conversation

1. Dr. Burch's statement concerning Agency-sponsored research is true.

2. No LSD was used in any CIA-sponsored activity with TRIMS. We were not involved with LSD work for the Air Force that. is mentioned in the AP wire story. The contractor's proposal included an experiment in which LSD night be used. That work was not done.

3. Stimulants and depressants (Amphetamine and barbiturates) were administered to witting and consenting subjects to investigate the effects of such drugs upon the rates of physiological measurements, such as heart rate, breathing rate. and skin moisture.

four 4eThe studies were funded through the Air Force for the first three years.Agency association with the activities was classified, however, the. Director of TRIMS was totally aware of the source of funds. Subsequently, research was (unclassified association) directly with Dr. Burch through TRIMS(1968-62).

5. The studies had as their purpose the improvement of our understanding of physiological measuremènts as indicators of emotional stress (the polygraph problem). Another possible applicatiun is determination of evasiveressor deceptiveness--as indicated by observable physiological changes--at. meetings between U.S. and foreign officials.

6. The presence or absence of stress was inferred, in the first study, by πaking measurements of medical students during final exam week and comparing the measurements with those taken at other periods during the semester. In the latter studies, stress was produced by having the volunteer students participate to varying degrees ina mock crime situation in which subjects pretended to steal an object and then attempted to deceive a polygraph operator about their "guilt."

ofihe actitify furcied thru the Air Force. 7. Only in the last phasejwere any drugs administered and then to only about 7-8 subjects (al] witting and consenting)-

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BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR INTERNAL LSE ONLY

BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY

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LUEI IR SINING SF THES PACJECTS FROM THE STATE MPNR BOARS DENTOH SEID. TAE REPORT RESULTED FROR A STUDY SY DENTON AND HIS CHIEF AIDE: SILL ALESHIRE: OF GRANTS TO THE TEXRS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TENTP-SCIEHCES IN HOUSTON..

THE INSTITUTEI AN ARH OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RESLTR AND MENTAL RETARDATION (HHMR): IS LIMITED BY LAN TO RESERRCH: TRAINING ANE EDUCATIOH IN TREATINS MENTAL ILLNESSTHE REPORT SAID. THE REPORT SAID KONE OF THE CIR-FINDED RESEARCH HRS RELATED TC THAT GORL.

DR. KENNETH GAVERI STATE MENTAL HEALTH AND RETARDATION COMFISSICNERI SAIO THE INSTITUTE HAD SEEN DIRECTED TO COOFERATE HITH DENTON'E STUDT. HE SAID THE LIE DETECTOR NORK TIED IN NITH RESEARCH 3Y DE. NEIL BURCH IN MEASUREMENT OF PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT HIGHT OCCUR IM EHOTIONAL DISORDERS.

BURCH DENIED THAT INSTITUTE RESERRCHERS HAD MISUSED. STATE FURDSI -RD PLAYED S ROLE IN TICOVERTTT EFFORTS TO HELP THE CIR DESIGN A PERFECT LIE GETECTOR OR HAD GIVEH ANY DRUGS - IUCLUDINS LSD- TO UNSUSPECTING FERSONS.

HE ADDED THAT DENTON MAY HAVE CONFUSED THO SEPRRATE RESEARCH PROJECTS.

SURCH SAID THAT FRON 1S61 TO 19ES HE COORDINATED A PROJECT FUXZED SY THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO STUDY THE SFFECTE OF LSS.. IT HAD NOTHING TI DO MITH LIE-DETECTOR TESTSJ HE SAID.

HE SAID THE AIR FORCE IHAS CONCERNED THAT LSD HIGHT SE USED AGRINST THE UHITED STATES IN CHEMICAL HARFRRE MODALITIES ... THAT A EREAT DERL OF LSD HIGHT BE DUMPED IN THE HATERS AND COULD PRRALYIE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES ... AND DUR TRSK HAS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS.

THE CIA HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE. ARLIER LSD STUGCES. AND QNLY ENTERED THE POLYGRAPH PROJECT IN ABOUT. G7 OR 196ST DLECN SAID.

THE GOALI BURCH SAIDI HAS TO FIND OUT IF THE DRUGS ALTERED THESUBJECTS' RESPONSES AND COULDI INDEEDI SE USED TIE THE LIEDETECTOR TESTS.L'.

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Tom Curtiss, Washington Post (calling fron Houston)

ハービ Says doing story for tosorrow on CIA sec-etly fuinle funding studies between 1964 and 197l into lie detecto t chniques invlving use of LSD. Soute is said to be a Dr. Neil Burch and e acongesszen (appeas to be Denton, accoding to call from , which also being asked guestions about this in Dallas). Studies ere said to have been under the title: "Psychological and Physiological Corelates of Hunan Information Processing Unde Altered States of Consciousness."

Texss Research Inxtx Institute of Mental Sciences involved. Money corduits vere Air Foce; ; Contect murbes given as: XG3102. 1968-69;.XG3061. 1968;xzk XG324J, 1970-71. Also irvolved wee

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