I & I

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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-02547
• Publication Date: March 25, 1952

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� S.TANDARD PORNI NO. 64
ApioviAAMA: 50016/01/05 006435281,
Office Memorandum � UNITED STATES 'GOVERNMENT
AATE: 25 Mar. 52
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1. You have asked me to put down in writing some of my ideas on
how I would go about getting expert help on hypnotism. Above all, I �
would rely upon proven experimental psychologists who have their feet
on the ground on this subject and who have done plenty of research
work on hypnotism.
2. The most extensive and careful series of xperiments on
hypnotism were carried out by
period. He began his work whilmelie was still at the
and finished his studies after he transferred to the
His benk. entitled
is a carefully docu-
men-Leo research classic which is a "must" reading for anybody who
professes to be even seriously interested in the subject. Unfortu-
nately, is no longer interested in hypnotism and more-
over he has beccme auite feeble, but his two principal research
assistants are still active in psychology and would prove particularly
valuable as consultants on a research project on hypnotism. They are
3.
he became a
and non-do at
er a ten-year
psychologist.
before
He is an extremely competent, broadminded,
sent time, he serves as a
He has plenty of experience in
research, experimental, clinical, and business psychology. I would
certainly trust his judgment on any problem dealing with hypnotism or
drugs. An indilution of hi
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is the inventor
given considerable emphasis in
other experimenters, who have
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I believe more than has main-
active interest in hypnotism since their research cays with
est of suggestibility which was
ook. The test has been used by
pubiTiid about it in the literature.
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tributes chapters o cx ooks on the subject. I have seen him
hypnotize on many different occasions and I know that he is very
effective in producing all sorts of hypnotic phenomena in his sub-
jects.
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5. I am sure that both
cooperate with you on such
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