Doc 0000146385
CIA
This is an excerpt from a January 3, 1950, Office Memorandum from the CIA's Interrogation Research Section to the Chief of the Security Division, discussing the overseas assignment and training of an individual in drug and hypnotic interrogation methods.
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Ask the archive about this →.- ... Office lviemoran UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO 1 Chief, Security Division DATE: 3 Janunry 1950 .... A/8,'12= ,;;_ '1.9, I FR.OM : Interrogation Research Section _~ ~ ~d ~nosis. ltorks i~ c been a liaison man bA1t':WI>•fl!n ~resent, assiGned ders, and is scheduled to GO o?erseas H ~in approxima.tely rour wee less) ror.- a period or six months. His JOb there will be to collect medical intell end his present tour of duty, Subject is scheduled to go or three years medical training. It islllllllllllllfdesire that Subject be trained in order th~t he might be able to ~i~al interrouation methods overse~s, and so that he might also be able to render the service or_ drug and hypnotic inter.rogation. H probably attached to the notified th'lt this matter would be taken up wi A ·-· ----:-a-.--- - .... . " . ' . ~ .. ! . ~ " ' ~ " ' ' · " "' " " - " · ' ~ " , ' . a.-•., ··,·.1 _...,_ . , · ..... · .. . . · . . · · · ·.=;~ . : . : . , ... , . .. . ... :'f - "o": · · ; ~ • ·~··· ·J > ·. . ·· . to . ... , ., : .. .. · . , . . . . . . . ., · ·-l·...- :~~ ··.- ~• ·· ··. r-. · .. ~. . -..- ~ ... --..~ ·· . . ·' ,. .., ·:.:_ ····"'···'···.· '. ,,·· . ... , ,..,.,.,,,·.,-. .•• ~ · .I L' ?-~'1.;\i·l.•t··"·:·, t. ·.:-.._ ... · ••.• •J • • .-..... _
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The document is an Office Memorandum from the United States Government, dated January 3, 1950, addressed to the Chief, Security Division, from the Interrogation Research Section. The majority of the text is typed, but there are handwritten annotations in the margins, including "A/B, II, 299,1", "e", and "H" (appearing twice). Significant portions of the document are obscured by black redactions, particularly blocking out specific names, details of the subject's role, and the entity with whom the matter would be taken up. The visible content pertains to a subject's desire to be briefed in the use of drugs and hypnosis, and the subject's future assignment overseas to collect medical intelligence and receive medical training. The document does not contain any images or diagrams.
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