Sgn Ker Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96- 00792R000500680013-5 ‘January 11-17, 1993 DEFENSE NEWS 29 U. S., Russia Hope To Safeguard Mind- Control Techniques PONTROL, From Page 4 perts, including George Kotov, a former KGB general now serving In a senior government ministry post, present in their report a list of software and hardware associ- ated with their psycho-correction program that could be procured for as little as $80,000. “As far as it has become possi- ble to probe and correct psychic contents of human beings despite their will and consciousness by instrumental means... results having been achieved can get out of [our] control and be used with inhumane purposes of manipulat- ing psyche,” the paper states. The Russian authors note that “World opinion is not ready for dealing appropriately with the problems coming from the possi- bility of direct access to the hu- man mind.’ Therefore, the Rus- sian authors have proposed a bilateral Center for Psycho-tech- nologies where U.S. and Russian authorities could monitor and re- strict the emerging capabilities. Janet Morris of the Global Strategy Council, a Washington- based think tank established by Ray Cline, former Central Intelli- gence Agency deputy director, is a key U.S. liaison between Rus- sian and U.S. officials. In a Dec. 15 interview, Morris said she and the Richmond, Va.- based International Healthline Corp. have briefed senior U.S. in- telligence and Army officials about the Russian capabilities, which Morris said could include hand-held devices for purposes of special operations, crowd con- trol and antipersonnel actions. Healthline Corp. is evaluating Russian health care technologies and will underwrite Russian.dem- onstrations in the United States. “We talked about using this to screen and prepare special oper- ations personnel for extrémely difficult missions and ways in which this could be integrated into doctrine for [psychological operations],’’ Morris said. She said Army officials were concerned about the capability being directed against armored systems and personnel through electronic communications links. Ground troops, she said, risk ex- posure to bone-conducting sound waves that cartnot be offset by earplugs or.other current protec- tive gear. Morris added that U.S. countermeasures could include sound cancellation, a complex process that involves broadcast- ing oppositely phased wave forms in precisely matched frequencies. Maj. Pete Keating, a U.S. Army spokesman, said senior Army of- ficials had expressed interest in “reviewing Russian capabilities but that repeated plans to sched- ule visits to the former Soviet Union were rejected by Donald Atwood, deputy secretary of de- fense. Keating said he was unfa- miliar with the mind-control tech- nology and could not discuss French Government Links Firms To Make Them More Competitive CONSOLIDATE, From Page 4 3. The immediate benefits of © On Dec. 29, the government also shifted 20 percent of its 99 . percent stake in Aerospatiale to Credit Lyonnais, the nationalized ~ Bi stnedhanebs specific details. U.S. sources said government officials and leaders from the business -and medical communi- ties will consider Russian offers to place the mind-control capabil- ity under bilateral controls. At least one senior U.S. sena- tor, government intelligence offi- cials and’ the U.S. Army’s Office for Operations, Plans and Force Development-are interested in re- viewing the Russian capabilities, U.S. sources said. In addition, International Healthline Corp. is planning to bring a team of Russian special- ists here within the next couple of months to demonstrate the ca- pability, company President Jim Hovis said in a Dec. 2 interview. Meanwhile, the U.S, Army’s Ar- mament Research, Development & Engineering Center is conduct- ing a one-year study of acoustic beam technology that may mirror some of the effects reported by the Russians. Army spokesman Bill Harris said Dec. 3 the command award- ed the one-year study contract to Scientific Applications & Re- search Associates of Huntington Beach, Calif. Related research is being conducted at the Moscow- based Andreev Institute, U.S. and Russian sources said. Despite the growing interest in a capability traditionally reserved for science fiction novels and cin- ema, industry and academic ex- perts are ‘cautious and skeptical ‘ about its potential battlefield use. “This is not something that strikes me as requiring high-level - attention,” Raymond Garthoff, a . defense and intelligence analyst at the Washington-based Brook- ings Institution, said in a Dec.2 interview. .:. Morris contends that the capa- bility has béen demonstrated in the laboratory in Russia and should be placed under interna- tional restrictions at the earliest possible opportunity. Aspin Staff Members. To Fill Pentagon Posts ASPIN, From Page 15 m Determining the future U.S. force structure and Amer- - ica’s role in U.N. peacekeep- | Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : Clb. -RDP96- 00792R000500680013-5 i; ip is unclear exactly what job he will get. Sources said Smith's broad defense experience makes him well-suited to head Np le Foe