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TO: CHEF, IENIECTION AID SECURUTY Altn: Colonel Cheffield Ekrards

FROL: G

SUBJiCT: Friority Doquirenent for the use of Prug-Insiuced. Hypnosis Interrogation Techiiquc in

eare in the process of Ening renatriotci to rs.afrom the USSR, where they have been intornod sincc their captureby the Red Aruy in lh5. Thcse Giers. ss awill bc avuilaolc within the very mar future for intensive intcrrogation. In viov ofsse and the length of time thcy have bcon intorned, as well es known Soviet indoctrination of other gsstsrs it is heliuved that vithout queciion they have been given Lho raxi"a erennt of Sovict Coavmnist indcctrination and that at loot a prortion of tiroa heve been rocruited as Communist and Soviet copicsze agonts.

.A 2. s poinled out that this may reprcsont an extvowoly valuable pud vuiqne opvortunity vhereby trerendously valueble resvlts gight be obtoired by the use of the interrogation technicues involyioy drvg-irriuced hyunosis. It is felt that this reprcsonls a dofiite privrity and tbat all pessible offort should be unleriekon to bave eppropriate steerafron this group coapletely and fully intsrrogated with tho use of those teclniqucs. c are in a position to arránge such interrogaticns in Aswrsccurely and effectivoly.

Action: It will be sprociated if you will. advise me whether rippriste IsS personncl can be mode available to poceed tosron a. TDY bosis for tho purposo of araislin; in condneting sueh interrogations. Your copurravu in this is strongly recoamended end, if G jo onenr,ein. imeediately arrange for the sclecticn uf sstegasefor such inberrogation en the iis of tsr poreonat history,backgrout, and tho rporls of their iritial interrogabion by Cic in Best It oull bo qceeited alao if you vill advise us of your, deciuion in this matter as soon as possible. 7

19 Juno 1950