DIARY FOR THURSDAY, 10 MARCH 1955

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00184608
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 21, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: March 10, 1955

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G 1. F four zonths Dr. -0-- qA4, 2 11h0 is en cm-
/3 levee of has conducted a sates of tects at
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staff and some ,-- personnel, including 1%gonAt-.1.44
tests, which are conducted along the line of certain experiments in /36=
are designed to unbalance the ego of the individual tested. Eventeall
eey be of significance in the prisoner of war interrogation field. d-
has contributed his services gratis, because of his keen professional interest.
C: This derived from =e4J],V'-eg brain !surgery. Be is one lit the few enr-,eons i
this count who operate on the brain to relieve
I have not met ';45----%je but I have read the papers he has pre-
C uding a recent sn=ary on his experiments at ---'-:---, which he drefted b-
p for at aer request.
e . 2. On 28 February 1955, (ext of the Psychological -7-
Aesesseent Unit of the Office of came in to advise that he had just
finished re..eleg the pertinent sections of the 700-page US _POW document, //
and that there were certain questions he wished to reisei--= been
assigned the tat.* of determining what is being '7"Th'the Agency and else. . .
where in the bralteawashing field, and to
should be assigned to monitor the field. Ai
experiments, / eve biz a co of Dr
zade arrangements for WOW* to meet
to discuss the
d whether a Lull-time staff
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t summary. I in his office on 1 March
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3 March, advised that he bad had a satisfactory
and mould secure -additional information from US
use. Be also &eked= at the suggestion of th
the information that
studies on brain-washing.
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was aware of the general nature of this field.
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C piss this was his first session 'with
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C, that Dr. did not think this ras a fruitful field for investication.
rhe appreciated this briefing an attitude.
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al- S. Cal 10 larch advised that he had had a very satisfast.oxy talk
d vith Dr. v asked �and )=s to met hi= in his office Tuesday.,
15 ilarcho for a fell briefiTz on vArtjchkeI.
6. On 10 flare-hi at a nceting of TS, he ineleated
that his ce-onent is su rt various types of resst.reb in this field. I
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Ins to set up a =sating at .which i_.;"-.#ld brief hin on this iv'
project. I also .entionsd ths survey being conducted by-
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