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MEHORAIDUH FOR:

SUBJECT: Hatter Possibly Relating to Project ARTICHOKE

1. Attached hercto is a rezorandum delivered to this office. by m. This vas one of a nurber of operatienal suggestions that Mr. asmet brought to this office which he undorstood uas interested in now ideas. He has no knowledge of Projoct ARTiCHOkE ani has been informed thet his suggestion has been forwarded to the intorested office.

2. The mezorandua is being forvarded to you since it is understood that your offics has assused ovorall diirection of Projeet ARTicHOkE and the matter appsars to be related to sone aspocts of Projcct ARTICHOKE.

Enc. 1

1 Octobor 1952.

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It is well kotm that while.a subject is wider hypnosis, suegestiens ney bo given for post-hypnotic bohavior, and that such suscsstions will bo acted on unless they are repugnent to noral sense or strene convicticns of the subjoct. These suecostions Eradually die away, however. It is aizo well kromn that those under hypnosis are less discrisinating in their judgrent of persons and idoas than thoy vould be at other tizss. It is pcisible that this opens a way for penetration of othernise secure organizationi, and it is suggested that investigatien bo rade as to whsther the possizility could be realised. A nethod of procedure for this is outlined boles. If positive results are obtained froz such an investication, we can then zrd ourselves asainst such cethods, and uso then ourselves acaizst the sns-y.

The suggested procedure involves a conbinaticn of cenfiience z:n taoties with hypnotic treatment, end ight get better results than either take: elone. It would be designed to make available to a spy informaticn that tks supplier would not wittingly placo in enexy hands, by persuading tha subject thit the information was for logitisate governnent purposes. As en alternetivs, e men night be given hyprotically (with injunction to "forget" the insiint), a strong coapulsion to keep a secret diary into hich significant dita would be copied "for the triter's private consideraticn", and to slace sush iiary in a preselected hiding place in his hore. Thc agent voula, of couse, get access to it in the absence of the vriter. In both thase casas a L.n zight thus indirectly betrey his country and yst be conscious cnly of lopalty.

Consider the first case, which is that of duping a loyal perso:. rking in a sensitive cosition into roporting to an outsičer such things as: (l) tha progress of colloagues with classified research; (2) factory output, pens and orobless; (3) nilitary inforcation. An eneay agent rigkt seek to get such data by conveying to the dupe the conviction that the εgant was vith the F.B.I. and that veekly reports,on the sayings' and activities of colleaguas wera required, and that a patriotic servico-woula be perforzed if szeh raports vere prepared after hours and sent to "John Jones, P.0.3ox 0, Tashingt:s D.C." Now in the case of an open non-hypmotic sttezpt to get such cooporatic, the subject, although not initially suspicious of the agent and his creientials, misht well ask whether such information could serve any usofl F.B.I. - pose, Research should be undertaken to see thether, if a subject were surreptitiously drutged to dull critical faculties, then hypnotized by estonsible F.B.I. asents "seeking to find out if the subject can be trusted with a natter of importance", and given plausible hypotic instpuetions, hs ceuld be nade to porfora post-hypnotic spying without rousing his crisical fasu\_tios or bringing sental censor mechanisas into play. luzorous variants c the basic procodure might be triod, such as varying the instruotions frcz 'he cospletely roasonable in the case of soze subjocts, to ths csaplotaiy assurd or suspicious in the case of othors, to soe to what extent - if any - the nind zight be taken in by the procodure. Injunctions to forzet tho ∴yjnotis indoctrination might be triod. Subotitution of false zoxorirs of an intorviez night be atteapted. Injunction to accept subsequent nex-hypetie inutructions fron an "agent" aight be tried out. Creation o an trcarzning liking or disliko for soze dosigated individual night to tried.

A SUCGETED PROCEDÚRE FOR COLLECTION OF IFOFATION

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Of courso it would be necossary to have the experinonts perforned bj persons not koan previously to, the subjects, since otherwisc uo might have their, subconscious uinds saying "yes, let's go along with this acting, sinco it is only play", and thus yislding falsc results. On tho othor hand, as an exporinont, it pight be dosirablo to make such a study vith a group of univorsity students who hañe proviously voluntcered to help with a bit of psychological research "to bogin about a month froq.now", so tho proféssor can prevent a frensied call to the F.B.I. froa a subject on vhom the test did not japose. That is, consent to take part in a test can bo obtained by a porson having the student's confidonce, int with misdirection as to tine and nature of the test, but ectual operations will be by coaplete strancors.

If such a procedure is at all successful., it could probably be adapted to oparations in the commnist world vsry casily, since all thore ere fasiliar with the idea of spying on one another snd of baing conmandeered by the li.G.B. to act as agents. Unquestioning acceptance of authority, and acquiescence in testing and questioning proceaures that would be thought fantastic here, could probably be confidently clloved for.

As a variant to the above, persons responsible for naking pariodic reports to Gosplan etc., might be duped into sending an extra copy "for control purposes" to some dosigated Koscow call box.