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Chief, Socuri t-y Dra.nch 27 September 1'949 Interro~ation Rosoarch Soction •' . \ : EstablishinG or So~urity Validntion Tonms ... ... : ~- ' p• .;;,1 ' , ' ' · Durin~ tho r!')Conl; ~veroo11s trip o..nd •A.i.· ,L. roo•.Jl i;. o_f di:Jco.-orioa durinr: thiD trip, llild boc:1.u~3 roquosto from various fiold porsonnol in reoponGiblo .. pooition:~·, it is hiGhly recommondod thnt oomo typo of security vo.lidntion ' . team soryi.oo be furnis~1o-d to vnrious. homo nnd ovorooa.o opcrationnl uni·ts. of { this or~'.lll:i.zati,n. D'3lo• aro lia-ta~ -oorno suGcootions ''lhich micht nid in tho ; ·, . pla.uning a.nd' eatablishin~ or ouch e. oorvice. Thoae ouc,c;ostion3 a.ro ·by no .- manns intcndod t'J bo final I.IIld comploto plo.ns but morely a. ba:.iB a.ro\.Uld which ' ---· a. more dotailod plan miGht be oonotructed. , , . .......... ... CAPABILITY OF Ti~MJS ~ ., ' Soourity validation toa."!lB Ttould be trained to conduct ol:illi'ul ~;onornl lntorroga.tion, Polygraph interrocation, druc intcrror;ntion, hypnobio intorro• I :•. ·' f .. . · . ~;o.tion, o.nd in some loc11tions, tho adminis tcrinr; of oporntionnl hypnoaia. •. f • .. •' .. r ~· r .FutlG7IOH OF Tr·.M.ta ; .- . ~ ' Ir.. '-l:e Unit~d States, tho function or the security vn.lida.tion tarunn r.ould bo r:1s followsz !ho ultimn.to Polygrtt.ph screeninG of o.ll CI/1 p(lrsonnol; t.h~ pro oesoing of o:rr:r ·loynlty oe.soo which micht orino from tiloo to times moro detailed .... acrooninr; of opooia.l aocurity categories such e.a screoninc for ~ • '. I · Atomio Enorv.r infonnntion, ovor:o11.!1 dopnrt'..U"os,. and ~~ apeoioJ. .'!'·.: . 'r C[\tc:;ory hn.vinr; ncoooa to hir;hly olassii'iod infonna.tion. Tho ovorceo!J toruna ·1,.·: •. .i' ·, '';auld conduc·t acreonlnc of certain cn.toeorios or ovorsoi".S por~onnolJ tho pro ,· -" ... ceasing of 7nrious informants nnd foroir;n opor"ltionalpornonnel boinc; utili:odJ . ;~ · .~ 1md any connitivo ca.noa -r.·hich might ariuo. !h~&o toMls could n.l:Jo offer a.doqua.to ~ . ·, . co7or f,.,r the uoo of operational hypnosis, nnd could offi:ll' its :Jor.ricoo to other .~·,, ., n;:onoios n.nd oervo a. fot..r-i'old purpoao as .::'~!'or.sa 1. To cloar up Dome of tho · '. '~· .· .. : ·. ' numerous C!l..'JOG fshloh havo boon linGering for mord;ho and avon J'Onl"SJ 2. To (;ivo CIA pOl':5QunDJ!o' nn opportunity to pick out tho bcol; in.!'ormo.nts nnd potcntiBl opern.- . tionnl poroonnol ~from tho Bubjocts offered thorn for scroeninr;l :3. Such a service The image is dominated by a stylized depiction of a secure vault door, likely symbolizing a repository of sensitive information. To the right of the vault is text overlaying a dark blue gradient. The text explains that the document originated from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, which contains over 20,000 declassified CIA pages. A prominent yellow URL, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com," is provided for accessing this collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures present. tho · '. '~· .· .. : ·. ' numerous C!l..'JOG fshloh havo boon linGering for mord;ho and avon J'Onl"SJ 2. To (;ivo CIA pOl':5QunDJ!o' nn opportunity to pick out tho bcol; in.!'ormo.nts nnd potcntiBl opern.- . tionnl poroonnol ~from tho Bubjocts offered thorn for scroeninr;l :3. Such a service would offer nn opportunity to l:aop unofficially informed of the oporationa.l o.cti- . vitios or other intolliG<Jnoo cnthcring nt;oncies in tho ficldJ 4. Certn.in porson nol on thcoo "toruns could aid in tha collootion of informntion concerning interro r;ntion tochniquoo· tmd opccia.l oporo.tiona.l procoduro boln~; U.tilizod by HuGaia a.nd Ruasiau dominated oountrieo. 1.'· LOtxrrau oF T.EA:.lS a • These toa.ma could be located both Stntodido and in vnriouo iwporto.nt over-. see.s thoa.troo. The ·avo·ntunl location of .tho. Stntosido toSI:ls ":'iould !.ncludo c. fiashincton, D. and possibly one or two other locations servinG tho contrnl and wostorn United States. :; ; ~ , ,, . ·. -~: . ~\. . .... .... -. . .. ... .,~ · ·. •. ·- , 7:.,i ... ····' ... ' ~ -:~· .v.~ , : · - . -. .. ' . " ': n ' ': . .••. t .. 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Eo.oh tet~m oho'J.ld hav<!l an intorro~n·tor g,u~tlified to do oldllful dottU.lod · · · ·· ·· · . .- . :~ .. ~ .. Md [;-:lnere.l int.errot;".Uon, t;o conduct both The page contains a typed document with handwritten annotations. A red stamp-like mark appears in the upper right corner with the text "A/B, 2, 30/3" written in blue ink. The document itself seems to be an official report or memo, with a date of "27 September 1949" and a title indicating it is from the "Chief, Security Branch, Interrogation Research Section." There is some dark, illegible content at the top and bottom of the page, likely from the original document's binding or framing, which could be considered a form of obscured content. The rest of the page is filled with typed text. There are no visual elements like photographs, diagrams, or forms. This document is a typewritten memorandum with handwritten annotations. On the left side of the page, there is a handwritten notation that appears to be "H-6/3" or "H-B/3". Towards the bottom right, a large, bold, handwritten "A" is visible. There are several large redacted sections of black ink obscuring text on the page, primarily in the right-hand portion and bottom. The overall appearance is of a standard office document from the mid-20th century, with no direct depictions of people, locations, equipment, or experimental procedures. COi1Pti:~FHT 1 '' .r' .. f ~ . . r . : . · · • . . . ..... Eo.oh tet~m oho'J.ld hav<!l an intorro~n·tor g,u~tlified to do oldllful dottU.lod · · · ·· ·· · . .- . :~ .. ~ .. 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