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-- . - · · . - -~-·-- ·- -~---·- .. -----"-----~ -···-. ·- . ·- --- ------ ··'--~----· ·. -··- --- Office Memo1·andunv • uNrnm:STATEs GOVERNMENT Chief, Technical Branch DATE: 28 October 1953 • A I. FJ.OY : "'/a;JZ~ /Sf; - i SUBJECT: Conference with p22 September 1953. ~ .. 1. -J:.s cooperative, but mch less familiar with our pro6lems than was either , • ',--,- , , r .. 2.· l.s tentatively doubttul. that ESP (extra- sensor)" •p erception) wOuld prove or use. . 3. He doubted that a post-bypnotie sugcestion could be posi tively depended upon to coapel a hypnotized subject to carry out an activity toward which that subject, when 1n an unhypnotized condition, was unalterably Ol)posed. 4. He thought that the old Kent-Rosanorr Association Test's usetulness hed not l:l:erlexhausted. Words -relevant to an interroglll . .. tion were to be interpolated and the subject1s reactions observed. . Such a modification was once reported from the.. _ • · \ • (However, I looked into this type of modified Kcnt- .-lio.sano!'f several years ago 1n connection wi tb suspected malingering: a subject could too easily throw orr the interro non-coo~rative gator and vitiate the findings.) }A .. . :• •-- •------·---- --._.,., ·-- -r•_ ..... _ -~- The image is a digitally rendered graphic, not a scanned document. It displays a stylized image of a vault door on the left, with glowing blue accents. To the right of the vault, white text against a black background states, "THE BLACK VAULT" in a distressed, stylized font. Below this, a block of smaller white text provides information about the document's origin in "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. A yellow hyperlink to "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com" is also visible. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. The memo is dated October 28, 1953, and concerns a "Conference with" dated September 22, 1953. There are several handwritten numerical and alphabetical markings throughout the document, including "A", "C", "B", and "7 A". These markings appear in the margins and alongside specific points in the text. There are no photographs, official stamps, diagrams, or structured data visible on the page. The content describes the observations of a subject during a conference, focusing on their reactions to hypnotic suggestions and experimental tests.