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This CIA document, dated July 1951, describes experiments involving hypnotizing subjects to memorize material and later recall it, as well as attempts to induce subjects to read from closed books while in a trance.

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The image displays a stark, dark background contrasted with white and yellow text. Dominating the left side is a detailed illustration of a bank vault door, complete with intricate gears, dials, and a large circular handle, rendered in metallic tones with subtle blue lighting. The text on the right side explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection" of over 20,000 CIA-declassified pages. A prominent yellow URL, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com," is presented at the bottom for accessing the collection. There are no photographs, handwritten notes, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures or facilities; the page is purely informational text overlaid on graphic elements. July 1951 that during the Second World War he had served of-ficially as such secret intelligence or-ganiz-ation. L..i on that he permitted to give these words that the is-sues represented. His work for- consisted in de-monstrating subjects and coun-seling them to memorize detailed ma-terial under the influence of hypnotism. After the subject was awakened, he would go to some other place and there be re-hypnotized and repeat certain material he had memorized while previously under the influence of hypnotism. It was stated that while frontally transporting this information the subject could not be made to reveal any of the material as due to post-hypnotic suggestion he had completely forgotten it until he was re-hypnotized. and a considerably projecting by hypnotism cause a sub-ject hypnotic trance to read from a closed book at considerable distance. stated that out of twenty subjects sufficient degree of trance to be able to do thought projection. On the last day of the period of training student to a man who was waiting for an ap-pointment. He was introduced as an expert hypnotist. The dis-trict asked to try an exp-eriment on the man. The student at that time hypnotized the man and suggested that he would feel no pain. The student then suggested that he would be deaf for two minutes after he awaked. When the man awoke he could hear nothing, and to test for the student approached the man from behind and shouted in his ear. The man did not react. He covered his hands over his ears, but absolutely no reaction. Upon the man hearing, was cost co-mpetitive through lessons and took for the as student series of tape recordings of his various methods of hypnotism. a.: s l,udcn t scn.es of tapo ..: c:cording of hi a variou.:; methodi:i of hypno \..ism. .. '·l ...- .· .., .. - . : . ·• . i - I • I • I .. .- \. .. • \ .. .· .1} ~' ·-- . . . · ... ... .. • ... .• . . ..... ~ . .+ .. .~ ·'. ... ~· ~ . ·. .·. ,. I \·.·· ,' .'-J ,· .. • I .. f 't ~I J :. ~: ' •.• ~·· ....... l . .: , L_:··~:·~ ~; :· '· o t •, •ft I' ,:•. ·.: ·~~·~ ·. · .. , ! .I . This document is a typewritten report with numerous handwritten annotations and redactions. The header contains a date stamp "A/B, 5, 28/1" and "Date: 9 July 1951" along with "TU", "FROM", and "SUBJECT" fields which appear to be partially filled in or redacted. Handwritten marginalia, likely initials or codes like "B/6" and "H-B/6", are present in the left margin and near the top of the page. Significant portions of the text are obscured by black redaction bars, indicating classified or sensitive information. The document's content, as suggested by the text, pertains to hypnotic experiments, possibly involving a lie detector operator and a former student, and mentions "thought projection." There are no visual depictions of people, locations, equipment, or experimental procedures. The document is a typed page with several handwritten annotations and obscured content. There is a large "H" on the left side of the page. In the upper right corner, there are two circular stamps, one of which is mostly obscured. There are also portions of the text that are blocked out with black marker, appearing as dark rectangles, one of which is prominently placed below the letter "A" on the right side of the page. A large, dark, rectangular redaction is also visible at the bottom of the page. The overall appearance suggests a declassified document with sensitive information removed.

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