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This document is a typewritten report from October 22, 1952, detailing a session where hypnotic techniques were demonstrated to three new volunteers, with some subjects showing good results in achieving a hypnotic sleep.

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:-:----------------------------··-·-·· 22 October 1952 ·r. , ,. For matter of record,.the subjects mentioned above w@re entirely new volunteers this who interested through the ~.in recrUitment eftot:ts-· others and who had sho·. .· n sufficient intere ng to c~-operate. In view of this, reque attend this. ·'· session for two reasons. first to act as an ienced observer . j, I:, and to show by demonstration some the simple processes in the o~ hypnotic technique. 1 . ' ' After a considerable discussion in the Artichoke which~f -~~nted out to the three subjects, ~workin~ with ~! ' ~and the writer, demonstrata.d a number' of simple hypnotic techniques. Simple tests were given for suggestibility (falling back, hand raising, etc., etc.). In the case or:~ and results were about normal,_~of results were . . ~ .-..... ..' . . ' excellent in that ~!sed into a good hypnotic sleep and . · ,. · .,.:., was held in that condition for a number of minutes by the writer. • •• 1-· ' ": '··.~·. After the simple suggestibility tests were concluded, all of the ·, ,.··,.'' '·· ·subjects explanation of the slow relaxed process and • .. I . ~ the e lax at the ,,·,, ;..-,. In this, I ; ' ~. a deep.hypnotic sleep the other :~·.··· ',I';"' ~ : !, : indication of being able to obtain a good hypnotic sleep ' ~; i ·, ':· the future with more work. '· ... · .· ',:: .• . . .I . .. .. . t ~ .• The image is a screenshot of a webpage that displays information about declassified government documents. On the left side of the image, there is a graphic of a vault door, complete with a circular dial and locking mechanism, rendered in shades of grey and blue. The text states that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, and specifically mentions the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a URL for downloading the entire collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typewritten report dated "22 October 1952." It contains several dark, illegible markings and smudges across the text, some appearing to be redactions or heavily obscured content. A handwritten annotation in the upper right corner reads "A/B, 3, 2/78". There are also two black circular dots, one in the top left and another near the middle left side of the page, and a large, dark, smudged area towards the bottom of the page that obscures much of the typed text.

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