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CIA Hypnosis Interrogation Session Log, 1953

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Frequently Asked Questions

It describes inducing subjects into a medium state of hypnosis using a relaxation technique, giving them post-hypnotic suggestions, then having them wake and carry on normal conversation without conscious awareness of the exercise.

It documents the same hypnosis and interrogation experimentation that ran alongside Project MKUltra's chemical research program in the early-to-mid 1950s.

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