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MEMORANDUA TO THE FILE

—B16 SUBJECT: Substantive aspects of corversations betwer B13 an OSI A

1. escribed without reservation all of the
activities slnce the initiation of their project in l9u7. He mentioned
the ss where a psychiatrist and a pharmacologist
began the initial research making toxicity studies on animals. lle also
described.complete literature surveys which were instituted through the p, complete reports on which have been forwarded to

2. By l949 thehad developed usable substances, such as B and the results were so startling that the asrefused to try any experi- cigarettes, etc. An enthusiastic staff memoer tried some of the materials ments on human beings.

3. A project was initiated through.nith a yeclinical psychologist of e. The project is unclassified under the titlek of the S300,000. has been put into this project, special laboratories nave been built and professional subjects have been used for experiaenta-.tion. Another proiect involving a total of s2l0,000. inclndinn \$25.000 each fron thecaiae was establishedundes SwaPsychologist, vith the Wata The project was designed to study for valid indications leading to the detection of deception. It dealt more with skin teñperatures rather than skin resistance as a base. Further studies developed at thersues a result of discoveries in the reaction of eye muscles to emosional disturbances. In other studies thewrsound "concl sively" that the electroencephalograph is of no value for us purpose. They are sure that the wave motions are not due to enotional disturhances but to strictly mechanical muscular reactions.

.'The methods of the Russians have been thoroughly investigated wand states that they have nothing new.

9 May 1951

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5.described in detail thesituation. lle has been in continuous contact withserrsasince the latter's arrival in wkesand is now the sole agent nanaling the family and all matters relating to the case.rauxras undergoing extensive psychiatric investigation, and it is planned to make a complete and thorough analysis of his entire history.

Blp stated that he would be glad to open the files in to OSi, but suggested that in our approach for this purpose H-B/3 the 77e bring the BLUEBIRD report. Delvered 15 9may 51