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FROM: Psychiatric Consultant Agency Medical Officer suBjECt: Medical Research Plans of Project

As a result of our observations during the recent field experiment in regard to Project we respectively subzit the following suggestions:

l. Primarily the purpose of the project is to develop a tethod of eliciting the truth froz hostile subjects.

2. We believe thet the project should be reorganized so that its direction is under the control of better qualified personnel. We would sussest that a stall group of spocialists be appointed as a board to direct this project. Tais group should be cozposed of a security officer, a medical officer, a psychiatrist and a research specialist. A heavy accent on'the medical section is necessary becauso basically the project is a medical research one. This cozittee should have the authority:

a. To direct the research.

b. To determine the priority of the research problen.

c. To integrate the results of the research.

d. To essign subdivisions of the project to appropriate branches or fara thea out to acceptable research agencies.

e, To dispense the necessary fuds.

f. To develop a proper cover for the project.

This board should zeet at regular intervals so that the progress of the project may be accelerated.

Before eny further field experirentation is perforzed, we believe that certain basic research is essential. Briefly this research cay be listed as follows:

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DATE: 28 July 1952

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I. A Librory Research

a. Review of the literature in regarà to the ability. of an individual to lie under narcosis azd hypnosis,

b. Review of the cethods used to éate to elicit the truth from hostile subjects.

c. Review of the literature in regard to the effcct of drugs on the polygraph.

II. Drug Harcosis

a. The coabined use of hypnosis esd drug narcosis with speciel reference to the uss of drugs to facilitate the induction of hypzosis.

b. The ability of the individual to lie under sodiu pentothel narcosis.

c. The uee of desoxyn to increase proäuctitity both witk and without sodiun pentothal.

d. The effect of desoxqn on the truthfulzess o. the subject.

e. The corbined use of pentothal and polyoaph.

f. Combined use of pentothal, desoxyn and polyzraph.

g. Instruction of interrogators in methods of interrogating under natcosis and hypnosis.

h. The effect of drugs on the polygraph.

III. Hypnosis

a. Can the individual lie durins a bypnotic trance?

b. Quick cethods of induction of hypnosis.

c. Nethods of teaching hypnotic techniques.

d. The use of the polyaraph with hypnosis.

Also these research projects should be approzched with an open nind and experience vould indicate that ve vill prosably be forced to rely on drug nrcosis rather than hypzosis tacause of:

A. The difficulties of the inlucticn of the hypnstie state, especially vhere there is a difference in languase.

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B. The uncertainty of the depth of the hypnosis.

C. The uncertainty of the aznesia following.

These are prizarily edical research problezs. The direction of the progren would have to be under zedical supervision."

At the conclusion of the research on these basic problems it is stronzly recotended that another field problea be setup for their prectical evaluation.

Psychiatric Consultant

Agency Medical Officer

(26 July 1952)

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