Or-,tober 1955 25 n Hypnotic research done in medicalp laboratory or stage co texts es techniques and results valid primarily for therapy and enter- produc tainment.- Application of hypnosis to covert operations poses th@., familiar '"r marrying a ans,developed for other purposes to g@w require- problem0 me menta6 2. The broaekinds of situations exist for such use with wittin@j, willing subjects and with unwitting,2 unwillirig subjects. Sufficient infor- mation and.exp6rienme have been accumulated to indicate a concrete potentia]L of use for hypnosi's",with,@itting,,willing subjects for-such purposes as: age regreasionp cover story- build-upt.instruction,.and post- hypnotio.sug- gestion..,, 2 subjects, the question whether For use with unwittins,, unwilliri, dispuised induction is possible must first be resolved. This,quostion and tooedent probl an an em relative to drug-assisted induction can be answered only by.-exper@mentation which because of the2 technical and equipment tac- tore involved can best be accomplished byl..@@ '4.-.Drug assisted induction problems involve assessment of two groups of drugs noted for their anxiety relief characteristicat rauwolfia deri- vatives and chlorpromazine derivatives.. The tranquilizing effects of those 2 their ability to assist or gest the desirability of determining drugs sug shorten the attainment of the hypnotic state with attention to the amount of time required for such effects to occur. To be answered is whether these drugs,viii make the ordinarily nonsusc-eptible i2ndividual susceptible to hypnosia'and whether they,vill'.1nareass ouseeptibility,.:Ln-the &2xe ady ouseeptible'individual., 5. 'With rega@d,to whether disguised induction is ossible, equipment which is most easily'available'thro4gh- channels should 2 be.investigated. Thess@items include (a) '.Yietabulator (BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate determinator) (b) Electroencephalograph (EF-0 - brain wave determinator) (a) Electrocardiograph (EKU - licart wave determinator) (d) Audiometer (hearing acuity determinator) -Lp, rel Disguised induction emphasizir axation as the main ostensible aim is typified by use of the B14R macliine (5a). This woilld appear to offer assured success considering that the subject is uryier controlled conditions including, good and 3water intake and medication for a maximum.of.twelva,! hours. In addition, the operator controls the very air the subject breathes at the time of the test - a p,@irfect situation for increasing the carbon dioxide level, an alleged aid to hypnotic induction - and, the test'can be run and rerun with monotonous repeated requests for further relaxation ("to enable a meaningful tracing on the machine")2, a procedvre whixh it appears offers considerable promise of achieving hypnosi,.,P. through disgdsed induction. -7. Disguii3edinduction emphasizing relaxation and/or fascination is typified by use-of the EM (5b) and EK3 (5c) machines, These machines offer a situation where the subject is in a resting condition and 2amen- able to direction oX. his sensory powers at the machine (fascination) which coupled-with,,relaxa-Vioii injunctions may result in achieving hypnosis. 8. "Disguised induction involving overpowerment of the sonse of hearing is"involved in the ui's of the audiometer (5d). This imtrument pe2rception at the o erator's con- places,the subject's entire audition p trol. A combination of testing tones, monotonous fatiguing tones, and ''induction patterli.requires testing* Less'formidable equip,-.ient (ophthalmascope) and an :Lnst g.. available to the Security Office, th6 2polygraph,.can be utilized for testing other methods of disguised induction.. Use of the ophthqlma cope involves fixation of the sense of sight under controlled circumstances with the subject exposed to relaxation sug,-,estions. A combination of examinations fatiguing to the eye and relaxation suggestions ("so that the examination2 will be successful.") may be sufficient to achieve hypnosis. 10. The use of the polygraph combines fascination and relaxation. nd The combination of a quiet setting, fascination with the machine, a rele@xation suggestions is comparable with that involving the electro-: encephalograph.(EM) and electrocardiograph (EKG).' 11.,;The procedures outlined lend themselves to inclusion ina routine security and/or medical processirg of a subject. The procedures involving medical apparatus could-be tailored to a situation @.-herein the subject is under medical care and not bding "processed". We need to dete-i@dne the.degre2e and parcentage.of success obtainable by sucti r@wans. .12.. Proposalsi (l)- That@@be requested to assess the time and perfornance aspects of the tranquilizing.drugs and their effects on induction of hypnosis. 2 8 -7 (2) Tha be requested to assess the feasibility of achieving dilqsigzwsed hypnosis throui7h use of the metabulator., electroencephalogrwh, electrocardiograph' and audiometer, and devise the appropriate "induction pattern to accompany use of these machines, 13)0 Th 9 -a4uthorized to proceed with mem5ers of the Se urit ric'O' to investig@its the use of the ophthalmoscooe y 'Tor purpose of aciiieving disguised induit@on of polygraph and hypnosis, !All '41