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9. EXplores Russian Mind-Control Technology
By BARBARA OPALL proved U.S.-Russian Telations, is bands into the human subcon- ‘Technology Policy are beginni U.S. and Russian sources said.

Defense News Staff Writer beginning to lift the veil of secre. scious without upsetting other in: fo provide limited demonstra. An undated paper by the Psy-
WASHINGTON — The Russian cy surrounding the technology. tellectual functions. Experts said tions for their U.S. counterparts. chor Center, a Moscow-base:
government is perfecting mind- The Russian capability, demon- laboratory demonstrations have Further evaluations of key group ted with the Depart-
control technology developed in strated in a series of laboratory shown encouraging results after technologies in the United States ment of Psycho-Correction at the
the 1970s that could be used to xperiments dating back to the exposure of less than one minute. are being planned, as are discus. Moscow Medical Academy, ac-
hone fighting capabilities of mid-1970s, could be used to sup- Moreover, decades of research sions aimed at creati a frame- knowledges the potential danger
friendly forces while demoraliz- press nots, control dissidents, de- and investment of untold millions work for bringing the issue under _ of this capability. The Russian ex-
ing and disabling opposing moralize or disable ©pposing of rubles in the process of psy- bilateral or

“troops. forces and enhance the perfor- cho-correction has produced the = Tal controls, See CONTROL, *
Known as acoustic psycho-cor- mance of friendly special Opera- ability to alter behavior on willi

rection, the capability to control _ tions teams, sources say. and unwilling subjects, the ex. ®

minds and alter behavior of cui Pioneered by the government- Perts add. Cor rection

fans and soldiers may soon be funded Department of Psycho- In an effort to restrict potential dramatically scaled d

shared with U.S. military, medical Correction at the Moscow Medi- misuse of this capability, Russian A page three article in the Dec. vst A family ot

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The sources say the Russian transmission of specific com. cials of the Russian Mini velopment incorrectly stated that the level of sophisticntion it can
government, in ihe spirit of im- mands via static or white noise Higher Education, Science & the new EFA design called for afford.

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perts, including George Kotov, a
former KGB general now serving
in a senior government ministry
post, present in their report a list

' of software and hardware associ-

ated with their psycho-correction
program that could be procured
for as little as $80,000.

“As far as it has become possi-
ble to probe and correct psychic

contents of human beings despite’ “Corp. have briefed senior U.S. in-

strict the emerging capabilities.

Janet Morris of the Global
Strategy Council, a Washington-
based think tank established by
Ray Cline, former Central Intelli-
gence Agency deputy director, is
a key U.S. liaison between Rus-
sian and U.S. officials.

In a Dec. 15 interview, Morris
said she and the Richmond, Va.-
based International: Healthline

their will and consciousness by—Stelligence and Army officials
instrumental means... results 3 about the Russian capal ilities,

having been achieved can get out
of [our] control and be used with
inhumane purposes of manipulat-
ing psyche,” the paper states.
The Russian authors note that
“World opinion is not ready for
dealing appropriately with the
problems coming from the possi-
bility of direct access to the hu-
man mind.” Therefore, the Rus-
sian authors have proposed a

bilateral Center for Psycho-tech-
nologies where U.S. and Russian

authorities could monitor and re-

which Morris said could include
hand-held devices for purposes
of special operations, crowd con-
trol and antipersonnel actions.
Healthline Corp. is evaluating
Russian health care technologies
and will underwrite Russian dem-
onstrations in the United States.
“We talked about using this to
screen and prepare special oper-
ations personnel for extremely
difficult missions and ways in
which this could be integrated
into doctrine for [psychological

operations],” Morris said.

January 11-17, 1993 DEFENSE NEWS 29

U.S. sources said government

concerned about the capability 3 officials and leaders from the

being directed. against armored
systems and personnel through
electronic communications links.
Ground troops, she said, risk ex-

business and medical communi-
ties will consider Russian offers
to place the mind-control capabil-
ity under bilateral controls.

posure to bone-conducting sound *. At least one senior U.S. sena-
waves that cannot be offset by .3 tor, government intelligence offi-
earplugs or.other current protec- > Cials and the U.S. Army’s Office

tive gear. Morris added that U.S.
countermeasures could include
sound cancellation, a complex
process that involves broadcast-
ing oppositely phased wave

or Operations, Plans an
Development are interested in re-
viewing the Russian capabilities,
U.S. sources said.

In addition, International .

forms in precisely matched «. Healthline Corp. is planning to

frequencies.

bring a team of Russian special.

wi Pete Kean ng, a U.S. sony Yi here ihe al
spokesman, said senior Army of- ~ 6fmonths to demonstrate theca;
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ficials had expressed interest in

reviewing Russian capabilities
but that repeated plans to sched-
ule visits to the former Soviet
Union were rejected by Donald
Atwood, deputy secretary of de-
fense. Keating said he was unfa-
miliar with the mind-control tech-
nology and could not discuss

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“The immediate benefits of
common research and develop-
ment are small, and the long-term
benefits are dubious because
there is practically no industrial
evneray hetween the two compa

On Dec. 29, the government
also shifted 20 percent of its 99
percent stake in Aerospatiale to
Credit Lyonnais, the nationalized

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in turn owns 17 percent of Credit

pability, company President Jim
Hovis said in a Dec. 2 interview.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Army’s Ar-
mament Researc evelopment
& Engineering Center is conduct-
ing a one-year study of acoustic
beam technology that may mirror

some of the effects reported by
the Russians. oO

_U.S., Russia Hope To Safeguard Mind-Control Techniques

‘. specific details.
She said Army officials were

Amny spokesman Bill Harris
said Dec. 3 the command award-

ed the one-year study contract to
Scientific Applications & Re-

Search Associates” of Huntington
ach, Calif. Related research is
being conducted at the Moscow-
based Andreev Institute, U.S. and
Russian sources said.

Despite the growing interest in
a capability traditionally reserved
for science fiction novels and cin-
ema, industry and academic ex-
perts are cautious and skeptical

‘ about its potential battlefield use.

_ “This is not something that
strikes me as requiring high-level -
attention,’ Raymond Garthoff, a .
defense and intelligence analyst
at the Washington-based Brook-
ings Institution, said in a Dec.2
interview.

Morris contends that the capa-
bility has been demonstrated in
the laboratory in Russia and
should be placed under interna-
tional restrictions at the earliest
possible opportunity.

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