Mind Control in Canada - radio series - pt 3

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Now if you turn over to the next page, Colgate
University Symposium on Hypnosis, April 1 and 2, 1960 in Hamilton, New
York, opening address by G.H. Estabrooks, Chairman.  The papers are E.R.
Hilgard, author of the NeoDissociation Book which is a foundation of the
entire field here, member of the DSM IV Dissociative Disorders
Committee, Ron Shore, frequent co-author with Martin Orne, Gorton (I
don't know), C.M.R. Fisher, I have seen his name going through different
stuff, Wolberg, I have seen his name around, the behavioural guy I
think, Martin Orne, G.H. Estabrooks, Oh who's that guy? Oh, Milton
Erickson? Yeah, I've heard of him. So ... this G.H. Estabrooks is not
just some isolated kook.  He is a pretty connected in, well-known guy
and all the luminaries in hypnosis in this part of the 20th century know
him personally, are corresponding with him on a friendly basis and are
coming to workshops he put on and publishing books he has edited. So
much for the isolated kook theory. Well, maybe he was just kind of
bragging a bit, and he wasn't really connected to the military. Well.
Bad news. A couple of pages back, you see on stationery of the War
Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C., dated February
20, 1942 the name of George H.  Estabrooks, Nature of Action, Accepted
Appointment. Expert Consultant to the Secretary of War without other
compensation with the payment of actual transportation expenses and not
to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses.  So he
definitely had a Military Intelligence appointment in the Second World
War. Turn over the next page. Now we've got Navy Department, Naval
Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. >From the Director of Naval
Research Laboratory to Professor G.H. Estabrooks via Inspector of Naval
Materials, Syracuse, New York. Subject: Information on Military Uses of
Hypnosis; Request for:  enclosed three copies of receipt for classified
matter and  return addressed envelope.  "The Naval Research Labo ratory
has received a request for information regarding the possible military
uses of hypnosis.  This request comes from a Naval Officer who is
primarily interested in hypnosis as a possible facilitator of training,
but also wishes to know about any other uses which may have been tested.
Members of the Psychology Branch of this Laboratory have discussed the
matter informally with several psychologists versed in hypnosis,
including Dr.  Robert White of Harvard University. (Ross: which is where
Martin Orne did his residency.) Dr. White thought that you had done some
experimental work on a person during the war and requested that the
Naval Research Laboratory communicate with you.  If you have done any
work along this line, would you please let us know the purpose and
results of your investigations.  We have been unable to find any mention
of such a project in the Washington files of the Armed Services, and so
we must trouble you directly for information.  Thank you for your
consideration at this enquiry." So we know that we've got very secret
documents which are not readily available to the usual classified
Military personnel looking through their own filing system. So we know
he's not an isolated kook.  We know he had a Military appointment. We
know he's connected in with all the major hypnotists and we know that
he's claiming from 1943 through 1971 to have created Manchurian
candidates successfully for operational use during WWII.  Is there any
other correspondence that might bear on the reality of his claims?
Well, there's a whole bunch of correspondence back and forth spanning
the 1930's to the 1960's (that is, spanning four decades) between him
and some guy called J. Edgar Hoover.  So you'll see on Federal Bureau of
Investigation stationery, July 12, 1939: "Dear Dr. Estabrooks: Permit me
to acknowledge receipt of your letters of June 19th and 27th and July
6th, 1939.  I read with great interest the hypothesis which you put
forward concerning the sinking of submarines.  I realize of course
(Ross: and this was the Military use of hypnosis scheme for sinking
submarines) that you are only suggesting things that could conceivably
happen upon the basis of your experiments and the experiments of others
and you are not suggesting that such a situation actually did occur in
any of the recent submarine disasters." 1962:  "Dear Dr. Estabrooks:
Your letter of February 27th with enclosures has been received, and it
was good of you to advise me of the Symposium you have scheduled.  I
appreciate your inviting us to participate; however the pressure of
official business will not permit me to designate a representative to
attend." Now, in between those two letters, there is massive
correspondence back and forth between J. Edgar Hoover and Estabrooks.
There are visits of FBI personnel to Estabrooks. There are many Military
and FBI psychological warfare personnel attending various workshops and
symposia of Estabrooks, and there is overt discussion of offensive uses
of hypnosis in clandestine operations.  So, from this, I conclude that
probably G.H. Estabrooks actually did create MPD in World War II and
that an awful lot of people knew about it. Well maybe it was just G.H.
Estabrooks and that was the end of the story. We have to have some other
body of evidence that indicates that this continued beyond World War II.
And this is material that is not in your packet, that's from Operation
Artichoke and Bluebird, CIA Mind Control research from 1951-53.  I am
going to read you some Artichoke and Bluebird documents that were
obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.  A lot of stuff is
whited out, so I will just say blank whenever it is necessary to do so.
To the Files.  On 6th April, 1954, Tuesday, SI&H (Ross:I haven't figured
out what SI is, H is hypnosis) Experimentation and Research was carried
on in Building 13 with the following subjects present:  Mrs. __ , in
addition to Misses ______.  ______ attended in a consultant capacity.
(Ross:one of these Misses was age 19 according to the document).  The
session opened with slow induction for all hands, and then a subsequent
induction for Mis s ____ to enable her to reconstruct a stran ge dream
she had had the previous week.  This was successful, although in the
wake state she could remember no details.  The major experiment of this
evening was then conducted as follows.  Miss ____ was taken to Room 23
under full hypnosis and she was instructed by the writer that she would
find a secret document in or on Mr. X at desk in his room.  She was told
that she was to conceal this document next to  her person and then she
was to return to Room 21, Operations Room, pour herself a drink of water
which she would find on a bookcase, and then stretch out on the sofa,
face down and go into a deep sleep.  She was instructed she would not
awaken under any circumstances. She was told she would only awaken if
somebody whispered to her a specific code word and would recall nothing
except sleeping on the couch.  Miss ____ performed  the entire test in
exact as detail  outlined above  and had no subsequent memory whatsoever
of any of this activity.  During the experiment Miss ____ was taken to t
he same room and she was told that a person whom she had never seen had
taken a secret document from the Agency.  She was told that this person
or suspected person had been given a drug and was unconscious on the
sofa in Room 21.  She was told she was to enter the room and find the
document which would probably be on the person on the sofa.  She was
given specific instructions that she must locate the document. She was
told that if she found the document, she was to conceal it on  her
person and return to Room 23, sit in the chair, and go at once into a
deep sleep.  She was further told that she would have no memory other
than falling asleep.  Miss ____ complied in specific detail and
immediately discovered the document in ____'s sweater sleeve.  Miss ____
concealed the document on her person, returned to Room 23 and at once
went into a deep sleep.  Subsequently she was brought back into the
Operations Room and she and _____ were awakened. The experiment was
carried off successfully, particula rly by _______ with entire amnesia
of the work, and cannot even recall it under hypnosis.  ____ however was
able to remember a certain part, though some of her details seemed
vague." Here's another separate Artichoke document.  "3. Agents might be
given cover stories under hypnosis and not only learn them faultlessly,
but believe them.  Every detail could be made to sink in.  The
conviction and apparent sincerity with which an individual will defend a
false identity given as post-hypnotic suggestion is almost unbelievable.
One's memory for detail under such conditions appears to be boundless.
Analagous Case #3. A CIA Security Office employee was hypnotized and
given a false identity. She defended it hotly, denying her true name and
rationalizing with conviction the possession of identity cards made out
to her real self. Later, having had the false identity erased by
suggestion, she was asked if she had ever heard of the name she had been
defending as her own five minutes before.  She thought and shook her
head and said, 'That's a pseudo if I ever heard one.'  Apparently she
had a true amnesia for the entire episode." "4.  Hypnosis would make the
recruitment and handling of high level political action agents,  in
particular under ideal control.  Convictions could be reinforced,
political courses suggested, appointments influenced, and with a really
good subject only the imagination and skill of the handling operator and
the inherent limitations of hypnosis as a technique would limit the
possibilities.  Double agents could be both discovered and used with a
much higher degree of assurance if hypnotic control sufficient to permit
regression were operative.  They could be given suggestions which would
have the force of true compulsions to tell if approach was made,
targets, briefing, true identity, etc. There is also the possibility
that such persons could be used under control much stronger than any we
now possess." So that's experimental use.  It's clearly creation of
Manchurian candidates, there is no question whatsoever.  This is now in
operational use in the United States. This is not Manchurian candidates,
but it's the use of sodium amytal and hypnosis for the creation of
amnesia barriers and deliberate insertion of false memories. "To
Director of Security Via Deputy Director of Security Via Chief Security
Research Staff from _____.  Subject:  Report of Artichoke Operations
20-23 January 1955. Between Thursday 20 January and Sunday 23 January
1955, the Security Office Artichoke Team conducted a special operations
_____.  In the opinion of Team Members, in this case Officers of the
_____, the Artichoke operation was successful.  Details follow. It
should be noted at this point that because these operations were the
first Artichoke Operations undertaken in the USA, which is a violation
of the CIA's Charter, the full names of those participating are omitted
from this report and will not be revealed without consent of the
Security Office. First names, titles, or pseudonyms will be used
throughout this report. In view of the highly sensitive nature of the
Artichoke techniques and in view of the fact that this was the first
Artichoke operation carried out in the USA, the operation was conducted
_______.  This Safe House is far removed from surrounding neighbours, it
is a large tract of land, and is thoroughly isolated.  A limited, and
security-cleared household staff maintain functions of the House and
____ by unwitting ______ Actual Artichoke operations as usual were
carried out in a special area on the second floor of the House, and
neither the household staff nor the _____ were permitted in the area
during any of the processing.  SSD D ivision furnished one security
officer during the entire period of the operation to act as special
guard and to handle any unusual situations which arose during the
operation. This guard is hereinafter referred to as ____ in this report.
For a matter of record, it should be noted that the subject was not a
confinement problem, and has been at all times fully cooperative.  Guard
detail was not present in connection with the subject, except in a
general sense.  Technical matters in the case were handled entirely by
the TBPSD under the personal supervision of _____.  Full tape recordings
were made of the entire case, and tapes are to be turned over to the
participating Division in the immediate future.  It should be noted that
during this particular operation, a special device was used in
conjunction with the recording. This device, which is easily
concealable, worked with remarkable efficiency and at no time during the
entire recording was there any break du e to technical failure.  It
should al so be noted that a complex two-way transmitting/receiving unit
was again used in this Artichoke operation.  Cover for the actual
operation followed standard procedure.  The subject was informed in
general terms that before being sent for further work it was necessary
that certain tests be made on him physically and psychologically as well
as his.  Hence a complete physical and psychological/psychiatric
examination was acquired.  Subject readily accepted this medical cover
and the Artichoke technique was introduced easily and with the full
consent of the subject. The Case:  Prior to the commencement of the
actual Artichoke operation, a number of conferences had been held with
the various participating personnel involved.  All hands had been
briefed and procedures had been worked out.  A general time schedule was
prepared and operating instructions for Artichoke were issued. On the
afternoon of the 20th of January the subject and _______ They were met
by ________ of the interested Division.  Under a covert car subject was
taken to the _____, arriving there at approximately 9.30pm.  Prior to
this, that is during the day of 20th of January, the technical equipment
had been checked out and installed, and _____ had arrived at the covert
area at approximately 8pm for operational purposes.  By previous
arrangement the _____ was picked up by _____ at approximately 9.30pm.
_____ was brought to the Safe House at 10.50pm.  Shortly after the
arrival of ____, a preliminary conference began at approximately 11.10pm
with the subject.

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