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This document, from the CIA's MKUltra program, details experiments involving hypnosis to induce anesthesia and suggestibility in subjects, with some subjects retaining anesthesia and others demonstrating memory loss for instructed actions.

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. I ::. TO THE FILES i I .. I ' ' 1. ' On Tuesd;;~y, 13 April 195h, SI and H research AI : i .. .:· 'lI .,_,. .. \vork was • ·~ bet;~:l uit h. t.he slow ~c:encral induction Hi th all hands parti- ... ' ·_:, cipatinc; and an effort made to reach as great .q d8rlih as possible. A· < , , · · 1'_ ·:, / simple PH was ~ut jn eff7ct · ~t this tirne. After~ the ~H,. a~l hands were ac:m.n placed 111 ': deep trc;nce sliate. J~t tlns po1.nt ~ ; ·11·-·~ . produced anesthesia in each subjec~fs hand <md ar11t by giving instructions ·· ,·,~. ·. .: ·. that the hands' and arJ~ of t~k.i.eru.t;wuld.~ without feeling. . ::_;' ;}Jld t On this test;-.,-8r, ... . an~Jroduced a con!plete , · ,, f anesthesia which HetG held after they \vCre aHalccncd since in:;f.irucUons. t-H'!re . . . .· ,": eiv~n to th8.t effect. AJ.l other s11bjects produced anesthesias of different. .' )_~··;·. deGrees which they maintained after they were awakened. :· ::-. · ··.i·.. or H particular interest in t.he above -vm.s the fact that H::t.s unable to rnovc her hand or arm at all a~1.;vakc uhile a other ' . subjects could move their arms <JJrd hands. ~heck~d< .t he· ,anesthe.s::i a· ,by pricking the hands of the various subjects t-1it11 a Jr.:nife .•. ·; · • .J ,, ' Following this, all subject,s (except--were aGain placed • , .t: in a deep trc:rncc sta.te and inslirncted tha~op~yes, while still r~aintaining a deep sleep state, they d f ~.n a sort ' · "follow the lender11 series of moven1ents. after the subjects had _)/.1':; B:· opened their eyes, lead the subject.s through var ons rooms of Building 13, · .. ·~.' < performed nUJ,lcrous.."nonsense movements sucl.1 as Hriting on blackboar~ · 'i in circles <llld doing odd and tmusuJl things. ln tlt:i s cormecilinH, J~ 1 • ·: responded with cre.1t seriousness ru1d follot-Jed the lca.dor 1 movcr·;cnts completely·. ( ,. ::; d could n t rerne il any of the ac·tivity she lw.d !jOllC through. . ,·. ,:;·. 11 tely on the movements but had memory· . , d b a • llat>ed t.hc r"lovcmcnts and had memory · .. · · · ';. for doil1t:; scune. unsuccessful although. she::,· ,·;. .( ·. folloHed most of . . The page features a stylized graphic of a secured vault door on the left, with illuminated blue light emanating from behind it, suggesting a secure and possibly hidden repository of information. To the right, white text is presented on a black background. The text states that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, which contains over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA. A yellow hyperlink is provided for online access to the collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or obvious visual evidence of experimental procedures. The entire page is textual information about the source and nature of the document. of the ac·tivity she lw.d !jOllC through. . ,·. ,:;·. 11 tely on the movements but had memory· . , d b a • llat>ed t.hc r"lovcmcnts and had memory · .. · · · ';. for doil1t:; scune. unsuccessful although. she::,· ,·;. .( ·. folloHed most of . . ., : ' .. :-;/~ This t,est ar;a:i.n re.flcclis in r~onerc1l the :ide::1 that ~ood subjects HiJl do etlmost, a.nythinr, scriou::;ly and r~.ccurt:J.I:.ely if properly hlS•Jructed, \·lhcreas •maker sul..Jject.s -vdll quite often fail to carry out inst.ruct.ions. tlo parl'.icula.r significance is att.:1ched to Lids t.esli c:-:cept j t ~ s h'llcved Lhali sulJj<:d.:; as a rule will carr;r ouL sr•rious Leslis t;ct,t-er Lhan nonsense tests awl usually e.o·o'd. A!; :rill tM"-~ ~ut :perform~:o',. su~;Je~ts on any type test. -- \ ... :1 .. . · ; · ·.r:. ' L J. . ... ... < '\ '' I • 1 ~~ 'i·-·~~~;~~--~! .. ,. t ... ' r ; \ ~ i • ' I J • . ~ • . • ' · ·,~ : '· ' \ · t ' ' . t' ' r . 'i ' I~ . ~ l · ,1 ~ ' ~ 1 - I ~ ~·.: • j _ , ~ ,J ,' ' ' ,. ' ~ • / , 1 . ~ . ' , j ! . ~ . ' \. · I. ~ .f The page is a typed document with handwritten annotations. Prominently visible in the upper right corner is handwritten text in blue ink: "A/B, 3, 2/3". Additional handwritten marks, appearing as large, stylized "A"s, are present on the right side of the page at multiple locations. Large portions of the text are obscured by black redactions, obscuring names, specific details of procedures, and the identities of individuals. The document appears to be a report detailing experiments involving human subjects, focusing on induction into a trance state and subsequent instructions. There is no photographic content, official stamps, diagrams, or structured data visible.

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