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This document is a CIA memo detailing an experiment conducted on December 16, 1953, involving hypnotic induction and suggestion, with some subjects responding to direct commands while others responded to alternative suggestions.

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...,..,..-----------··--·---------------------------------- ... .l··i: .. j!.• :t '~~~/ ~ ·' t ~· To: File ,, '..' Subject: SI and II l~xperimentation and 1lesearch, 16 December 195). '' On Wednesday, 16 December 1953, Si Bnd H expP-ri h w~s carried out in Hoom 20, BuildinG ' . 'i I I •· Aft~ a brief discussion, the writer ran all hands ~n a slow • ,4 induction·wi"th apparently complete succP.ss. At the conclusion '· of the induction process and before awekening all hands, the . writer r,nve. A simpl~ PH that each indiuidual at whom the writer .. .. point~d his_ right hand ·would pass without further instruction.' ., .. ' ;\, ~ . ,,', ~: !. • into a deep H sleep.· Thereafter, the writer usinr; the above··' ' •.: PH fQfHHHi pointed at each subject in turn and t.hc:t passed into ; a deAp H trance staLe. DurinG each subject 1 s test, a simple :i -:·: · .: ·'·' .f. PH or creation of hallucinR tion or catalepsy was tried with · .. ' ., ~xed success •• Some subjects responded, other did not respond , \ •. . . , to the direct suggest but responded to other suGgestions.. ~. .J ·, ' ~- .~ . ·. '·' .. Sinc.e the writer was the only person pre sent at this '• . session, work was concluded at about 8:30 to enable the ~ . ~ ·. writer to take all present home . .. ... . . . '· i ' • ... ! I .. ·- ,.:. -~~~ ~. .I. . ' \• .• ~ \t.'. . ,·, . .J• ·' .. .. ,; ·~ . ' . ' ..".·.: '•: ... .• ('. . -..... . .... :. .. i·'' •• . ' .. . ',. , . ' ,, .., . . /' ~. ". ~ ·e .. ' ......' ;, 4 , : ._ q ·· . · ,' _t. .. . ! . ' ' . • : .~ . ; . ... , .. . ; , . \ . ( ·· ·~ ' ·· • lilt' ••. The image is a graphical representation of a secure vault door, rendered in shades of gray and blue. The title "THE BLACK VAULT" is prominently displayed in a stylized white font with a neon blue outline. Below the title, in white text, is information about the document's origin from a declassified government database of MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection documents, and a URL for the website. There are no photographs, handwritten notes, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or evidence of experimental procedures visible on this page. The page contains a typed memo with handwritten annotations. There are no photographs, diagrams, or stamps visible. Redacted black ink obscures content in the upper right and mid-left sections of the document. Handwritten marginalia in the upper right corner reads "A/B, 3, 2/25". A handwritten "A" is present in the mid-left section of the page. The document appears to be a report on an experiment, with details of the procedure and results provided in the text.

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