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There are no photographs of people, locations, handwritten notes, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or experimental procedures visible on this page; the visual content is limited to the graphic and the explanatory text. ---- ----- ----·--·- . . - ·- --- .. • SU~1MARY The CIA-sponsored research project with the Texas Research Institute· for Mental Sciences (TRIMS) was conducted to improve the usefulness of. physiological measurements as indicators of emotional $tress. The subjects were volunteer medical students who were both witting and consenting. Measurements were made of such things as heart and breathing rates of the students during final ex.am week \'then they were presumably under more ten sion than at other times during the semester. For comparison purposes, similar measurements were taken during periods of non-stress. During ·one phase of the work~ stimulants and depressants (barbiturates and amphet amine) were administered to 7-8 student volunteers to determine the effects of these drugs upon the baseline measurements being made. At .!!2. time was LSD or any other hallucinogen used. ... • ' --------------- c.....' ...-. • .. \'. BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY , . List of Facts re Contracts with Dr. Burch and Texas Research Institute for Mental Sciences (TRIMS). Reference: 17 July 1975 AP wire story and Mr. Thuermer notes re Washington Post reporter (Tom Curtis) conversation 1. Dr. Burch's statement concerning Agency-sponsored research is true. 2. No LSD was used in any CIA-sponsored activity with We TRI~5. were not involved with LSD work for the Air Force that.is mentioned in the AP wire story. The contractor's proposal included an experiment in which LSD might be used. That work was not done. 3. Stimulants and depressants (Amphetamine and barbiturates) were administered to witting and consenting subjects to investigate the effects of such drugs upon the rates of physiological measurements, such as heart rate, breathing rate, and skin moisture. . -f'our· studies were funded through the Air Force for the first three ;j1~17~~~e years. /"'Agency association with the activities was classified, however, the I Director of TRIHS was totally av-1are of the source of funds. Subsequently, I research was '(uns_lassified association) directly with Dr. Burch through TRIMS( 1'i63-6V. · . . 5. The studies had as their purpose the improvement of our under standing of physiological measurements as indicators of emotional stress (the polygraph problem). Another possible application is determination · of evasiveness or deceptiveness--as indicated by observable physiological changes--at meetings between U.S. and foreign officials. 6. The presence or absence of stress was inferred, in the first study, by making measurements of medical students during final exam week .· and stress (the polygraph problem). Another possible application is determination · of evasiveness or deceptiveness--as indicated by observable physiological changes--at meetings between U.S. and foreign officials. 6. The presence or absence of stress was inferred, in the first study, by making measurements of medical students during final exam week .· and comparing the measurements with those take·n at other periods during the semester. In the latter studies, stress was produced by having the volunteer students participate to varying degrees in·a mock crime situa tion in which subjects pretended to steal an object and then attempted to deceive a polygraph operator about their ~·guilt. n - . . 7 · . 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There are also some illegible handwritten words and symbols at the bottom of the page. The content discusses experiments involving stimulants and depressants, physiological measurements, and polygraph testing, but there are no visual depictions of people, equipment, or experimental procedures. This document is a single, unmarked, typed page, with text filling most of the frame. There are no photographs, stamps, forms, diagrams, or tables visible. Two lines of handwritten text appear at the top left: "-453-340" and "-R ZYYVU VCZZC". There are no visible redactions or obscured content. 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""'c.·.~·' .. .. .• ... . Torn eurtiss, Yashington Post (callirJS rrom lioust,n) ., e ....,_,c":fi.'ll • '' •· ~· Says doing story ror t~!i:Orro.., on CIA secretly .,;.,ae funding ::;tudies 1954 betveen and 1971 into lie detector t chniques i~v-;lving use of LSD. Soui\:e is said to be a l)r. Neil Burch and a acongressiUin (appears to be Denton, according to call :rrom ; which also being asked questions about this in Dallas). Studies are said to have been undel" the title: "Psychological and Physiological correlates of Human Information processing Under J~tel"ed States or Consciousness." . . Texas Research l)r. Neil Burch and a acongressiUin (appears to be Denton, according to call :rrom ; which also being asked questions about this in Dallas). Studies are said to have been undel" the title: "Psychological and Physiological correlates of Human Information processing Under J~tel"ed States or Consciousness." . . 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