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This document, from the CIA's MKUltra program, details experiments conducted on February 21, 1953, involving subjects who demonstrated amnesia for activities during tests and a high capacity for reacting to hypnotic suggestions.

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..\t '. SUDJECT: SI and H Experimentation, 2l.t Februarf 1953. , I· • : - :t ' ~· 1 , ~r~. \, Qri Tuesday, 2l.t F_ebruary 1953, ~~~. ;. . and ~~and tests ·.oit ;~';· · and~ As mentioned pre ly lf'.. good subject, wa!J not used in the testing but w ~~ of an observer and·t~"help control some of the experiments. ~~~ ·~~ ~. .. sha.m an increasing ability in .. A -~~l the worlc, se · ed · in "nomal moveme~_:st~ ~~~ ~as.were carried out during this session. Both~an~ ~~ ~operating individually, were able to move all ove?"'nuildiii~ 13, )~-I · carry on normal conversations, respond to numerous tests and in each instance ~..;:.: . had definite amnesias for the total activity during each test. Since these. :~~. · tests were quite canplicated, involving extensive movement, extreme questioning, ~~t·.{ eyes opened and closed a.tva.rious times and lasted in each instance between ~1r. 30-40 minutes. The fact that both subjects were able to obtain a. good amnesia ~J_~~~l is regarded a.s quite significan~. Tests w?re alsod ~inn t he eve~n~ ~~· involving control, using a control system J.nvolvin iiho defl.ru toly 't;')" A has no H ability. In addition to the above, both ec s ·s oHed a very high ~~ ~- capacity for reacting to PH suggestions. FKtk'~ . i~:i'~' ·I·:I ~,.;; .· $ 11.;1:.. :·1.,; :)' ' I . •'j\'1.,1' ~;; ·. ·'I'· ·i· · ·+'r''i ','\;J •. ~j-.·.·:·: ··· {.:·. ~/;:~: ', I ·'r)(·,. {t· .. ·: )~:. f; !~~~~ ~r,. i .. -.·.' a.~ ~~·r , 1 . r.,t.,. . .. ~ ' ~k-4" l'.~···· · . . \. .. .. . 1~'.' ~~~ -~ ~ M"' ;i~~.\ ~ ., .d~J ·ii~ . I' u.. ~. ' I ·~~~~~ .. . . .. . • ljl",'.j' ' ~'·'"1~·1 111. ' '. '. . fo ~ : j~.;! . .. : , .. ,t.l' The presented image is a scanned digital document that serves as a cover page and information source. On the left side, a stylized graphic depicts a metallic vault door with intricate mechanisms and a blue glowing light emanating from it. The right side of the page features bold, white text that reads "THE BLACK VAULT" in an impactful font, followed by smaller white text detailing that the document originates from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. It specifies that this particular record is housed in the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, comprising over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency. A yellow, hyperlinked URL, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com," is prominently displayed to direct users to the online collection. The document is a typewritten report with handwritten annotations. There are several redacted sections of text, indicated by black ink obscuring parts of sentences on the page. The most prominent handwritten annotation is a date or identifier in the upper right corner, which reads "A/B, 3, 2/67". There is also a small, handwritten "A" in the left margin. The document appears to be a progress report or summary of an experiment, discussing subjects, testing, and observations. There are no images, stamps or forms visible.

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