Doc 0000190641
CIA
This document details a 1953 CIA experiment involving hypnosis and post-hypnotic suggestions on four subjects, aiming to achieve deeper states of hypnosis and test responses to commands.
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Ask the archive about this →. .. •\,. l . , ~ . To: File 'Subject: SI and H Experimentation, 10 June·1953 • By agreement, this session was devoted to a mass attempt to • create a deep state of hypn~sis in _each subject that had heretofore not been attained. Hence,..-opened the session with a standard slow induction an~ all subjects after .ea.cQ._ had A obtaine~rthatt o be a good depth. Thereafter,.._-4 ,• and the ·working in turn, ran the four subj~ simultaneously us ng the standard slow induction procedure and aiming for greater depth each time: The slow awakening was used in each case.·,~_ ,. ·. . After the first three attempts were made ,~again :··· _placed the four subjects in a deep sleep state. This time, hm•ever, all subjects were given a post-hypnotic that they were su~gestion to sit in a designated chair and immediately fall into a deep sleep state. . . ~ awakened~sked all subjects were ~o~pit in the chair and in a ~tt~~w'seconds, she obtained a deep sleep state. She was given a simple ph (hot coin) and unsatisfactory manner, although later respond~~n admitted t~at _the coin seemed hot in her hand • . .T hereafte~sked~to sit and she responded by passing into a aeep sleep state. using the Polish lan~uaea, ' ' very good sleeping condition to remove her which earrin~s and without any knowledge_ of given. ~en requeste~to sit in the chair and she ~~dod only to ; \~to the suggestion of sleep • He then used the tion technique and succeeded in obtaining a llt:;ht sleep ession without .• 1 ·-' attemptint:; to work with had not re- ... sponded at all during the er es s. ~ted somethin~ was · bothering her and she could not concentrate but no effort was made _· t?. .. .. 9~ ~er lack ·o .f ' '·~ ~ .. At· 'j:.he present reasonably dowing well ,: good ~regress '' times appears and difficult. In the case of ~ comb~tive ~~~ is difficult to determine exactly what her reactions are- although at times she appears to be a good subject • • .... ' '• '· ... n. • • • ., .. ,• ; ., , .,. , :·.
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The document page is filled with dense, typewritten text, predominantly black ink on white paper, with some sections heavily redacted by black marker. A handwritten annotation in the upper right corner reads "A/B, 3,2/51". Scattered throughout the text are small, black circular marks, likely from the typing process or a manual perforating tool, that could be mistaken for camera damage or smudges in a photograph. No photographs, diagrams, stamps, or structured data tables are visible. The most prominent visual element aside from the text is the extensive use of black redactions, obscuring names, specific details, and potentially sensitive information within the experimental descriptions.
The page is a typed document with handwritten annotations and redactions. A large "A" is handwritten in the top left corner. Several lines of text are visible, describing a subject's behavior as combative and difficult at times, and making it hard to determine their reactions. There are significant black redactions obscuring parts of the text, particularly a smudge on the first line and a dark horizontal bar across the bottom of the page, suggesting sensitive information has been removed. The overall appearance is that of a declassified government document, with the characteristic dark ink marks and paper texture of older records.
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