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This Central Intelligence Agency document, estimated to date from September 1954, is a medical report by a redacted author on ARTICHOKE team interrogations. It describes examinations of subjects in late August, in which injected solutions were used to induce detachment and fantasy states so that case officers could question them. The report judges the subjects probably truthful and questions one subject's value for legal proceedings. It concludes that ARTICHOKE techniques are a valuable support weapon.
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## --and that he completely rejects, on the basis of some scholastic authority the source of which is not clear, the He studied psychology during a course but has not no theory of behavior and was given a classification of personalities which dates back at least a hundred years. 5. In the area in which we explored, he seemed to have no specialised knowledge. This is in conformity with his statement that the examination was terminated at twelve o'clock with the statement to the patient that it would be necessary to make some more psychological tests before we could conclude this part of the examination. He expressed willingness to cooperate and the relationship during the entire morning was considered good. 6. At 2:15 p.m. Subject was told that we had noted a major of occasions that his blood pressure was elevated and that before continuing the examination, we desired to have him were relaxed, even if it were necessary to give him some medicine to bring about such relaxation. He was asked to recline on the bed. His initial blood pressure was 160/95. After ten minutes of conversation, his blood pressure dropped to 160/90, but his pulse which was originally 120 was still the same. He was told, therefore, that we would have to draw some blood in a effort to lower his pressure. He accepted this readily and stated that "he would be willing to give all five liters of his blood" if the Americans asked him to. The medical consultant used a 20-gauge needle to enter his left antecubital vein and made an initial injection of 3cc of 2 percent solution. Almost immediately Subject corrented upon a feeling of relaxation which increased with the injection of 2cc more of the solution, shortly after which, he complained of light-headedness and a feeling of drowsiness. The injection was continued slowly at the rate of about 1cc per minute, until 20cc of the solution had been given, at which time subject was sound asleep. Through the same needle, he was given 2cc of the second solution. There was no immediate response to this. 7. According to the previously adopted plan, the interpreter was supposed to prince the phantasy that he was case officer. This attempt was made as a project, eventually returned to a responsive state. At this point, we have somewhat of a difference of opinion. It is my feeling, on the basis of the interpretation which I was receiving, that the interpreter succeeded in some measure in this effort. The interpreter, however, feels that the object identified him as himself almost immediately. However, the conversation as it proceeded impressed me as one which would not have been appreciating if Subject were certain of his interpreter. For approximately thirty minutes, Subject was in a good state of detachment, and it is my
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 10 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.