SI AND H EXPERIMENTATION, 10 JUNE 1953

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00190641
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 21, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: June 10, 1953

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"Subject: SI and H.Experimentation, 10 June 1953
By agreement, this session was devoted to a mass attempt to
� create a deep state of hypnosis in each subject that had heretofore
not been attained. Hence, lopened the session with a
standard slow induction an awakened all subjects after,each had
obtained what to be a good depth. Thereafter, ,
,-and the working in turn, ran the four subjec s
simultaneously us ng the standard slow induction procedure and aiming
for greater depth each time: The slow awakening was used in each
case.
� After the first three attempts were made, again
_placed the four subjects in a deep sleep state. Thii time, however,
all subjects were given a post-hypnotic suggestion that they were
to sit in a designated chair and immediately fall into a deep sleep
state.
_Jftr all subjects were awakenedrilligiriskedlaP
o:pit in the chair and in a ma ter of a few seconds, she
oblained a deep sleep state. She was given a simple ph (hot coin)
and responded h s in an unsatisfactory manner, although later
admitted t that the coin seemed hot in her hand.
.Thereafte lasked to sit iir
and she responded by passing into a deep sleep state.
using the Polish language, the
very good sleeping condition
to remove her earrings which
and without any knowledge. of
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� she did but responded only to a
sleep . He then used the slow-
., obtaining a light sleep..
attempting to work with
sponded at all during the earlier tests. She stated something was
bothering her and she could not concentrate but no effort was made
to olpliter lack of response.,.'
At-the present, tt
goodcrogress whil
Into a
a ph
out on the signal
to sit in the chair and .
degree to the suggestion of
tion technique and succeeded in
hen te t t ession without
had not re-
are making reasonab
ears a times to be dowing we
.and t other.times appears combntive and difficult. In the case of
14. is difficult to determine exactly what her reactions
are-although at times she appears to be a good subject. � �
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