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TO:

FROL:

SUBJUCT:

Assistant Director, G
Chief,
Usc offprugs in Preparing Cornmnist Troops for
Attack

1. Reference is rade to ny recent convereatiens with you coneorning the above matter and also concerning; the BIUEBID) pro,icet. A thorough choek bas nor been completed ta determine all amilahle information indienting that the recently reported -tyme, attacks by Communist troops were induced by the use of drugs or sther nathods. with the exception of certain unsibetantiated nerspaper speculation, the only infornation concerning this point received to date by arls contained in G the attachnd cablo, datod 2 larch lo5l, fronZear This cable contains F a C-6 report to the cffect that Cormunist troeps in. carr: snall bottles ofliquid to drink inmediately bofore attackin.

2. This problon has beon discucsed with a murbor of officers ines
who concur in the thoucht that the atlacke b: Cortamiats
are out of charactor for trons, Pased on tkis and en the Pttached
cable, cables vere dicpalched tos e and to othdrstations
on 5 liarch l95l, instructing that tho report in the attachod cable be
checked and expanded if possible, and instroctine that all pocsihle infor
mation bearing on this problem be collected and foruarded to headquarters. M

3. For your further imformation in this conoction, a review of the. fila reflecte that on B Ear l950 inatruetions me dcrd ty to to allisstation chiefs instructing then to give priority to the colleotion of all possible information reflecting tho use of drugs hnd drug-inbuced Lechniques in interrorabicns. Requests for this tyra ef information also tore levied nt that Limo on other Us intelligenco agoncics.

A-tien: The above is enbnitted for your inforirtion, pursuant. Lo your recietAry furtoar developronbs of importance regerling Lhis preblem will ef coureo bo called to your altention.

Enel:  2633h, copy 7

A/B, 2, 1/6

: 6 Harch 1951

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