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CIA MIND CONTROL RESEARCH ( Moles, Informers, snoops, field agents). A report by a Senate investigating committee recorded in 1975 that, “ Prior consent was obviously not obtained from any of the subjects. There was, obvi- ously, no medical pre-screening. In addition, the tests were con- ducted by individuals who were not qualified scientific observers. There was no medical personnel on hand to administer the drugs or to observe their effects and no follow up was conducted on the sub- This was a search to locate “magic mushrooms” like those used by American and Mexican Indians in ceremonial rituals. Scientists returned from field trips with carefully labelled satchets of piule seeds,complete with lists of where they had been picked and details of the surrounding vegetation and soil conditions. These drugs would be tested on unsuspecting victims to establish their potential jects.” for intelligence use. There were an enormous number of MKUltra operations. The project farmed out work to eighty institutions, of which forty-four were colleges or universities, fifteen research facilities or private companies, twelve hospitals and three prisons. The estimated total cost of the operation was 10-25 million dollar: This was Dr. Cameron’s ongoing “attempts to establish lasting project farmed out work to eighty institutions, of which forty-four effects in a patient’s behaviour” using a combination of particular- were colleges or universities, fifteen research facilities or private ly intensive electroshock, intensive repetition of prearranged verbal companies, twelve hospitals and three prisons. The estimated total signals, partial sensory isolation, and repression of the driving peri- _ cost of the operation was 10-25 million dollars. od carried out by inducing continuous sleep for seven to ten days at Prisoners were used in experiments conducted at the California the end of the treatment period. Medical Facility in Vacaville State During research on sensory depri- Prison by Dr. James Hamilton. Funded vation, Cameron experimented Included in the operation were by another chain of front organisa- with the use of Curare, (the deadly tions, Dr. Hamilton conducted “clini- poison used by South American attempts by CIA agents to infiltrate cal testing of behavioural control Indians to tip their arrow heads), to public gatherings, such as cocktail materials.” immobilise his patients. In New Jersey, testing was conduct- After one test he noted: parties, where unsuspecting guests ed by Dr. Carl Pfieffer at the Borden “Although the patient was pre- Reformatory, on similar materials. At pared by both prolonged sensory were sprayed with LSD in canisters Holmesburg State ~—- Prison in isolation (35 days) and by repeated H i Philadelphia volunteers were used to depatterning, and although she variously labelled as insect test a particularly violent incapacitating received 101 days of positive dri- repellent, deodorant, and perfume. drug. ving, no favourable results were Around the same time as these tests obtained.” Patients were regularly were being conducted by the CIA the treated with hallucinogenic drugs, long periods in the “sleep room”, US Army initiated two projects, THIRD CHANCE and DERBY and testing in the Radio Telemetry Laboratory that was built by HAT. They conducted experiments both home and abroad, and a Rubenstein under Dr. Cameron’s direction. Here, patients were one time the New York State Psychiatric Institute was conducting exposed to a range of RF and electromagnetic signals and moni- _ research under contract to the Army. Between 1955 and 1958 the tored for changes in behaviour. It was later stated by other staff | Army also tested LSD on 1,000 volunteer US servicemen at Fort members who had worked at the Institute that not one patient sent Bragg and the Army’s Chemical Warfare Laboratories at to the Radio Telemetry Lab showed any signs of improvement Edgewood. public gatherings, such as cocktail parties, where unsuspecting guests State Prison in variously labelled as insect repellent, deodorant, and perfume. afterwards. MKDELTA This operation focused on the interrogation of people who were suspected as being foreign agents spying upon US installations, or native Americans suspected of being foreign agents. Much of the testing was conducted off the American mainland in CIA safe hous- es and American occupied war zones. A project designed to assess the use of sexual entrapment in covert operations. It became known unofficially as Operation Midnight Climax. Included in the operation were attempts by CIA agents to infiltrate public gatherings, such as cocktail parties, where unsuspecting guests were sprayed with LSD in canisters variously labelled as insect repellent, deodorant, and perfume. An operation conducted in an apartment in New York’s Greenwich Village focused specifically on drug testing. Another apartment was rented on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco and used for further drug testing. It was also set up as a brothel at which was used to discover more about the psychological aspects of sexual behaviour and prostitution, and to scout for potential CIA “assets.” A covert operation conducted in Mexico City that involved the use of undercover hypnotherapists to determine whether an unsus- pecting victim could be influenced, by a combination of drugs and hypnosis, into becoming an ssin who would carry out an order to kill after being triggered into action by a pre-programmed signal. NEXUS - 27 CIA MIND CONTROL RESEARCH OPERATION FLESH HUNT OTHER MKULTRA OPERATIONS MKULTRA SUBPROVECT-68 Included in the operation were attempts by CIA agents to infiltrate were sprayed with LSD in canisters MKULTRA SUBPROJECT 3 OPERATION MINDBENDER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1992 - YEAR BOOK