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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A000700140066-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: August 3, 1977
• Content Type: CABLE

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2 AUGUST DETAILS CIA MEDICAL RESEARCH-EFFORT "TO CONTROL HUMAN
BEHAVIOR," CITING EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON UNWITTING SUBJECTS. THE
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PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER AND LOCATION: DR. D. EWEN CAMERON;
ALLAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AT MCGILL
UNIVERSITY; MONTREAL, QUEBEC Y
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OBJECTIVE AND DETAILS OF WORK: TO STUDY THE EFFECT
UPON HUMAN BEHAVIOR OF THE REPETITION OF VERBAL
SIGNALS. THIS WORK RESULTED FROM A REQUEST TO THE
SOCIETY FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN ECOLOGY FROM
THE ALLAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY FOR A
GRANT: 'TO STUDY THE EFFECTS UPON HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
OF THE REPETITION OF VERBAL SIGNALS.' THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT THE AGENCY INFLUENCED THE NATURE OF
THIS RESEARCH. PATIENTS SELECTED WERE THOSE SUFFER-
ING FROM EXTREMELY LONG-TERM AND INTRACTABLE PSYCHO-
NEUROTIC CONDITIONS. THEY WERE TREATED WITH LSD-25
AND OTHER SIMILAR AGENTS TO BREAK DOWN ON-GOING
PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR. THE PLAN INCLUDED-INTENSIVE
REPETITION {16 HOURS A DAY FOR SIX' OR SEVEN DAYS}
OF PREARRANGED VERBAL SIGNALS --- PATIENT IS KEPT IN
PARTIAL SENSORY ISOLATION -- THEN CONTINUOUS SLEEP
FOR SEVEN TO TEN DAYS. LASTING BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
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23 APRIL 1959 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD STATES
THAT DR. CAMERON COMPLETED OVER 100 CASES, WITH
SOME RATHER DRAMATIC RESULTS, PARTICULARLY WITH
AND COVERTLY FUNDING RESEARCH IN A CANADIAN
UNIVERSITY. Y.
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COVER MECHANISM: SOCIETY FOR THE INVESTIGATION
OF HUMAN ECOLOGY I
THERE IS NO INDICATION IN THE FILE AS TO WHETHER
THE PATIENTS WERE WITTING. Y
SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS: TESTING OF LSD ON HUMAN BEINGS
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APPROXIMATE TOTAL: $60,D0D IN C.&-IER'S CHECKS Y
RESEARCH PATICIPANT: DR. D. EWEN CAMERON, UNWITTING Y
OTHER SPONSORS: ALLAN MEMORIAL. INSTITUTE OF
PSYCHIATRY {MCGILL UNIVERSITY}. 17 AUGUST 1960
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OBJECTIVE AND DETAILS OF WORK: CROSS-CULTURAL
STUDIES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE AND PERSONALITY
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APPROXIMATE TIME SPAN: 331960 9
SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS: NONE 9
FUNDING:
COVER MECHANISM: SOCIETY FOR THE INVESTIGATION
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APPROXIMATE TIME SPAN: 1960-1963 Y
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APPROXIMATE TOTAL: $13,850 Y
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