REPORT OF (DELETED) TRIP - 27 NOVEMBER 1954

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146320
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 17, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: November 27, 1954

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ZEFORT 041111110TRIP
27 November 1954 .
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1. The purpose ,17 the f,rip -Tas to toke up -;lh Lb:: people ir
the possibility of rerinetating the project we cliscussed over a year ado.
On this occasion, however, there were four additj.onal people,cleared for
contact-so that more definitive infornatioa ueald be obtained. The men
-cleared for contact were
2. In the previous visit AMP it W33 detomined .Chat too wa7u
:i.L;b for carrying out research which could be organized under suitable
cover, but no definite action was taken nor was it possible at that time
to determine a definite interest of' the peopl involved.
. 3. After discussing the new developments
tri..!gin,; him up to,...'ate with the development a'
arrange a meeting with all th!! princinas.
that this would be impossible.
huntin- trf.n and would no
with/ z.nd
we decided to
Eooa
ntil after the election.
he CP51lowin:- t day foe an extended
trip. As a result, it was necessary to se
at aighrand we were able at this time to havc
meeting althou7,h LIIT7L2
determined thaq111111111111Was interested and
tieipate and the onl.y question in his mind was
would be able contri.hue nrojecl--
terestedvand willing to participate and would give ae kuch as
poss*bTerto the:project. Eoth of these men raised points as to how
much Was knoirn.aboujiMirryn of dr1g:3, whaL woe an had dona on various
,drugs and what drur:s we wanted investigated. Also ;1 hr 1,1,7t5 Tlroj.lc!;
� vold. Investie various.aspects of brain washing. is very
� intrIceLed in tnis subjeet and has written .a paper te be published in
January 1955. :
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o there in-order to see
and the writer (trove
situation it
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utond the
rieou ae deri.1.17
would be wiring to par-
the amount of tine he
ikewise wa.s in-
b uineeesuary
in tile Lime availmtle. Accordingly,
and thoroughly discussed the
As a result of our discussion
f
he expressed his interest, and support. At the present time there are
in the Hospital 312 iminaT sexual psvolo nths. These men are all
sentenced under If a man has been
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convEi.cted o offcnse:;, he eau be broLIL uirl,r the
nd sentenced as P habitual sexual psychr-path Le an in-
definite term for treatmrmt. This tern may ho icr life or until he is
dischar7.ed from the Hospital at being no loirj,er a menace to public
society.
5. AithourA11111111111111,3 for the crimi,lalb jrL,anc, these
sexual psychopaths arc not psychotic. With the exception of their
psycho-sexual deviatibn, they are normal healthy.
However, these patiehts sre known to behighly.resistant to ventilation
and: often resistent to co-operktion and.treatriit. Over 60:, of these
people-have been sentenced to
CO1is
means there is a eoPirlete hisf-cry of the individuals in_
files. There is a wide rangaitf are from 20-70 and a wide range of I..,:.
� and social b chn-ound. The erux of the problem is that these people have
been sent tc or treatment, however, because ..)C.':,hc liy.ttations of
staff and difficulties of the problem, treatment is:minimal.e It is felt
that any approach which would inves4gaLo the newer techniques of therapy
would be accepted by the men.
6. till make the space available and It Is even. �
possible for a. team to sleep at the hospital while they are carrying
out their investieations. The Hospital staff censists of psychologists,
interns, social workers and attendants. Within reason, services of some
0P-the medics and psychola:;io%L; on the staff could be etkerised utilized
on this project. :Their services would be free if rjvcn within the ncrnal
vice!: period. If they were to work on weekends, some means of remuneration
would have to be Worked wt.
7. Althourh othL:c areas of research were discussed, it is felt that
Jould be the idetal to carry on experiments with the
did supr,ee. it may be possible to get volunteers
id since he has ei;:hL beds in the
_reserved for the le: could keep subjects
overnight under medical supervision. Th:.e is also the possibility that
:r in the event of a brutal c.ex murder. dru7s mirht be used in the interro-
gation of suspects by th r In the event that
experimelitation:proved that a drug could be given surreptitiously with
littla effout,�some work might be done at the at such
.Lime. At the present time, however, it is thoubht to oe altogether too
'risky.
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3. In cariying out a research program 011111111 it would not be
essential to cXear any more indjvidual. The rest of the pror7am coUld be
carried out undv the eevor or the researeh ln thjs connection
it would be necessary .to have the research foundation write a letter to
.oposing that a group of physicians nud w:yenolorists
interested in thc ecreral field of criminology and particularly tho
treatment and rehabilitation of sexual offenders had agreed to c.,.rry out
use oa�i-f;I:iVs
of the
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inveetigations in the newer ]ines of therapy.
obtain permission fro-ri the
werks-nnd clear the eroject with the
a tter to tiv
would then
'under whom he ofCicinlly
cc-ordination of research with the
els that merely showing such
Tomuld be all that would be nece3-
sary. in the future, it mii-Jit bc desirable to ele:Ir one: or Iwo ner-1,,,rs
his stnff inasmch ns one psychiatrist is very ninht intoroz;krd in this �
general area and mir.ht.be able to sufT,est research procedures if he knew
the full impldcationsX the project.
9. In considerin this project, we,assumei that All dru;-.s would be
Turnished to the project; that if required n safe would be furnished,
equipment would be furnished and nny unusual medical equipment could not.
be supplied by the hospital.. 4nce the investigators in the project
arc already busily erwaged ilprivate practice or. with responsible
physicians it would not be possif)le for them to trend in exces!t amount
of time. Accordinaw, tho foliowinc budzI_La_alalL121.21.11if basis
of the men spendinr; fifty days a year a411111111111111111111Frobahly
at the rate of four full dnys n month; parient of a p:lycholoast who
aepears in Court to rj_ve testimony and remains more than 1/2 tJay is
0_00.00. fhis budget assums a fee of 05.00 a day on the days werked,
at 50 days a yea . this amounts to 0750.00,. a year per scientist..Also
we included two lembers for fifty days a year at .:25.00 per
day' and a.stenc, secretary, for overtime work on stenographic
reports, 0.,000 a year. This amount to 22,250 a year. The travel for the
team between Tor 0 days a year mach is fimired to be
11750. Any aqctiOrnwl fareo Co ,ould be added and
it is expected :2500 would be requlreo ior travel. .4,0(20 is put in the
budget for miscellaneous &penses. These ite.ms total -w26,750. It wewlgi will
be noted that neither the 'time nor the trnve,7in expenses or per diem of
the writer have been included in the budget.
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