HEUTE FOR RECORD E Mico Sigalficance of lysergic Helativa Compounds" | SUBTEST: YAH — “Steet oe eid Diethyle: 2, Subjuct yas Decussad thio gato with the Chict, TS, vith the following results: a. The subject ranuseript hos been vithiran ra smlaignte uns eteitniicn pen soa seoemsostes agree rete ans reoteasiaotien yas concurred tn DY the /9/S1 ed Chet, IPS. pee ee aie AY te cbors, to 001 metben SD wevsat Scat Ue ine } b. Tho paper ic to bs publiched es aa “CST St than on SIN or other cutnorized tyze of yublicatica. other “es Dicccatuatica vill ve closely es * to those vaoce d2eignaticas are Metad da tae rescinded no poole noted in pare. 1p above. 1e Deputy Director eurity pplied 20 Sobre te Dictributseat + Le chief, BS “ ~~ chter, 53 : : a Bewibs/ire 7 7 2+ Chreno 5 .vy cs MI Taworamen TO LT 27 May iss ca Chiet, «sei 2 Dee FRO ‘SUBJECr twenty four subjects, with seventeen experiz: person _ Possible in such a &: ssetson scodtees ‘tho scientific aspect to zor. - 4 neve from exthor, an ixplication such en experireat ae this. In int offars Little to eft! This lack is best by the axthor's reco: oxperinentor (anterveg ator) ond, oubjact (interrores) The auth behavior wold or could be reinforecd by agreerent in a sity wherein the subject ( ceprisoner). disliked the eiyerinen’ Cnterrogetor - captor) « + dod by scventzen ty four subjects, the results obtcined Dy constant, end are es vould neatly be 3." Despite the | ericonters in! are prostically expected, wis: 2208 showed no simificant chepss ge @ fnetion of reinfereerent curing operent ({nivial control) parked; +e) >) Each of the subjects showed an inerezsed freqe: of opinicns expressed duing the agreement goricds . °) ty ‘shored sced daring eta penance ticsencouragerient, en then to offer “Little prospzet enter" to achieve any nging" attenpt except bs woul ion by a Coucwnis degree of success in a "breinnest: An the vory im.ediate initial stage. 5. Tho applicction in this initial store wowld be the situation wherein the subject (prisoner) is encouraged by the expe ‘25s bis opinions as to ‘what the war is joined the military service'; ote. ly the exp ‘ough agreozent, ‘the subject may go on end on in his opinion exprassicn. Thus the subject might afford the experinenter psychological profile of hincelf, and this might expose a psychological ° point of vilnerebility vhich could be used es @ departure point or entry wedge in the cepersonclization of "breinwashing". prison: + 6. Even this initial epplication te "breirmeshing" cannot be deduced fron thie report of experinent, hoxever, because the effect of & situation of antagenisn beti tinenter and subject (see paragtaph 2) has not been reesure +2. 2 4. ve + (a4) ' 7 ty July 1955 yH7 "7 yy? ig ~ net MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD a . efitg, rk ih we He oot SUBJECT: Project "Artichoke't ’ weft Tine ; Ue ty iat 1, A few weeks ago, Jae HES, informed me of an incident waich disturbed him and which he belicved called for rem: action, Inthe course of a meeting in the Pentagon which he attended dealing with coordination of external research, he was asked certain qutstions which indicated that several Defense officials were aware of EIA activitics related to "Artichoke", «2 242ikisevaded oF professed ignorance with regard to the guestions, but was pluced in a position where it was degiruple that some reply be made to these questions. It occurred tot Hoe Tthat it would be desirable to create some Kind of informal group composed of representatives of the various CI! components concezned Artichoke, so that problems of the kind / he had encountered could be considered and a coasistent policy adopted by all concerned, He envisaged this group as informal aad flexitle, called together when problems arose, and not necessarily all members being present, but rather those whose oftices had an interest in the problem, He asked my views on this idea, 2, Itcld him it seemed to me it would be 2 step forward in the right direction, and that we in the Support Staff had recently beon aware of a lack of coordination among the verious activities relating Which might have had embarrassing consequences. a TESS. 7 3. Ina conversation last weekj-—...c.ca informed me he had been working on his idea, and that arrangements were now completed for the informal group, on which OSI would be fepresented, 1 assume such representation was arranged through AAD/SI or Chief, Medicine Division, os hac asiafle wows ebessunoere! Ee i ay, ey gene Let ot epee tegenIPS FILE COPY DO_NOT. REMO STRATEGIC OF LySzaGIC ACID 30 August 2955 CERTRAL DVTELLI Office of Scientific Intelligence. + Mupences, Publishsrs, Ine., : Lido 2 0 SOM ee Sm rae cineemmecte 3. a el costae ny” . 8. a. San aaa 5. Jacobs, W.A. and Craig, LC." "The ergot alialoids IT. The degred= ation of exgotinine vith alkels. Lysergic acid." Journal Bi Chen., vol 10%, 1934, P S47, U : . “Lyserptecceure-Gicthylanid, ein Phantast: acid dictzyi Stoll, .W.A. Matter fron the er = vol 6, 1947, P2719, UV T. Mothes, K, and Silver, H. “Ueber die Varisbilite (Concerning erinbility of ergot)," "Die - p 310, U a 8. orn. ETN 9. 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