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Office MemOrandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : Chief, I e S Staff

DATE: 27 lbvember 1S:C

FROM : Blucbird Team

suBjecT: Conclusions Concerning, the Modical Phasn of the Operations

Tho technique of druc anplication under cover of the D. . mechine was very successful.

The drugs of choice, so far as could he detorninod from this study, vero first the ornl adainistration of Sodium Amytal, 6 greins, Folloved in appreximatoly one hour by Sodium Ámytal intravenously. The latter is given in a 5 solution at the rate of l cc a. minute.

It seems best to allow the Subjoct to sleep off the effects of the drug for this quite definitely insures nmnesin. However, whoro it is-necossnry to owoken him or in any instance where there seems to he n littlo too much interleronce with conscicusness and it is dosired to roturn him to nccessinility, Coranine intravcnously is an excellent drug for stimulatory purposes. The only obijection to this particular drug is thnt it produces attacks of sncezing. (This sym ton is very transient in character however.) Another drug found useful as a stinulant, is Picrotoxin which moy be given either intravenously or intranuscularly. hen given in cnses during this study, the latter drug lid not produco ths effect of full recovery from the sedative. lowover, this may well have boen due to over emution in its adbinistration, especinlly coucerning the nmount. Furthnr exporimeatal work mny enablo the operator to produco noro nearly the results dlosiredi.

Tho use of Sodiun Pontothal intrnvenously is sirilnr in its offeet to that of Soliun Amtal except thnt the duration of tho impaircd consciousness is shorter. This, off-hnd, might seen desiranle but the omnosia we desire is not so woll essured es in n longor acting sedaiive. There is n slirht degree of danger from the use of Sodium Fentothal compared to that of Sodiun Amytal.

It is recotnended that the oral snd intravenous Sodiua Aaytal with the Corumine or Picroloxin as a stimulnnt bo utilized for tho tine hein, in +he contiu-tiou of the work of this cherocter. If tho avoidancs ef an ovort hypnotic tashunique were not required, it is proboble that excellent rosults might be obtninod tirouch the oral use of Sodium Amytal but lue to tho necessity of bein, surreptitious, it is necossry to combine the oral and intrarenous or to use the intravonous mo thod nlone in order to produce the delicnte poiht botwoon consciousnnss ond unconsciousness required for Suhconscious Ianlntion.

The cnabined techuique of the D. i. mnchino mnl tho medicinnl use, ostansihly to enln the petiont o thnt the charts will not bo disberted, soems nn exeollont one end it is reco mnendod that ib be continued. Bach Subjcet given hhyo ceti.et tochniquo fels thot the modicine was administered only to holp him conournin; his reaction on thu mnchinc.,

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