Secrets of the CIA

6 JUN 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Management and Services FROM: Director of Security 1. This memorandum is for information only. 2. In July 1971, the New York Times featured an article under the by-line of William Beecher which contained an exposition of the then current status of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). It was evident from this delineation of these talks that William Beecher had obtained the information from highly classified U.S. Government documents or from a person or persons having had access to such documents. 3. In this regard, Mr. Egil E. Krogh, Jr of the White House telephonically contacted the Director of Security of this Agency and requested that this Agency provide a polygraph examiner to conduct polygraph tests on four Department of State employees. In conjunction with Mr. G. Marvin Gentile, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security, Department of State, this Office arranged for a polygraph examiner to conduct these examinations but with no...

9 May 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Management & Services 1. This memorandum is for your information only and confirms a report I made to you by telephone earlier today. 2. On 22 July 1971, an article was carried on American proposals relative to the SALT talks in The New York Times over the by-line of William Beecher. It was devastatingly accurate and contained direct quotes from a Presidential advisory memorandum the White House had sent to Mr. Gerard Smith, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a few days earlier. The President was alleged to be furious with this unauthorized disclosure of classified information and directed a sweeping investigation within the United States Government to determine the source of the disclosure. Investigation was conducted under the direction of Mr. Egil Krogh and Mr. David Young, Staff Assistants to Mr. John Ehrlichman, Counsel to the President for Domestic Affairs. 3. On the basis of investigations conducted by State Securit...

19 June 1950 TO: CHIEF, INSPECTION AND SECURITY Attn: Colonel Sheffield Edwards FROM: Chief, [...] SUBJECT: Priority Requirement for the use of Drug-Induced Hypnosis Interrogation Technique in [...] 1. [...] has advised us that a large number of [...] are in the process of being repatriated to [...] from the USSR, where they have been interned since their capture by the Red Army in 1945. These [...] will be available within the very near future for intensive interrogation. In view of [...] and the length of time they have been interned, as well as known Soviet indoctrination of other [...] it is believed that without question they have been given the maximum amount of Soviet Communist indoctrination and that at least a portion of them have been recruited as Communist and Soviet espionage agents. 2. [...] has pointed out that this may represent an extremely valuable and unique opportunity whereby tremendously valuable results might be obtained by the use of the interrogation techniques ...

Office Memorandum - United States Government DATE: 24 November 1950 TO: Chief, I & S Staff FROM: Bluebird Team SUBJECT: Medical Summary [...] File No.: [...] - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The drug used in this case was Sodium Amytal intravenously, 8% solution at the rate of 1 cc a minute. The stimulant employed was Benzedrine intravenously at the rate of 1 cc a minute plus 10 mg given orally at the completion of the technique. The intravenous injection was begun at 1332. At 1342, 9.1 cc had been administered. At 1345 the Subject was sound asleep. It was possible to arouse him but in order to obtain the exact state desired, same stimulant was administered, that is, intravenous Benzedrine. At 1405, he was accessible, but his speech was quite thick. At that time 1 cc more of Benzedrine was given intravenously following which he was in the proper state for the transference. The interrogation and other conversation was continued until 1449 when the Subject was told to go to sleep, which he did. At 14...

1. To implement this Activity we will evaluate the effectiveness of all psychological testing and interviewing procedures used in the assessment of men and their future performance with special emphasis upon their application to intelligence service personnel. Where possible we will design and develop new procedures to meet our requirements. 2. We will therefore require access to the pertinent file information on both successful and unsuccessful intelligence agents so that we may analyze the factors which have been responsible for their success or failure. We also require access to information, whether in agency files, operational libraries and published documents relating to the total concept of intelligence, treason or counter-intelligence. We will use this material for our operational research and orientation in the subject of espionage and its individuals. We are now engaged in seeking the best qualified, psychologically trained scientists to participate in the research and testing...

A. SRPOINTER Since 1953, this office has operated a mail intercept program of incoming and outgoing Russian mail and, at various times, other selective mail at Kennedy Airport in New York City. This operation included not only the photographing of envelopes but also surreptitious opening and photographing of selected items of mail. The bulk of the take involved matters of internal security interest which was disseminated to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This program is now in a dormant state pending a decision as to whether the operation will be continued or abolished. B. AELADLE For several years the Office of Security has provided support to Anatole Golitsyn, a Russian defector of interest to the CI Staff. C. REDFACE I In July 1970, this office made a surreptitious entry of an office in Silver Spring, Maryland, occupied by a former defector working under contract for the Agency. This involved bypassing a contact and sonic alarm system, entering a vault, and entering a safe wit...

DRAFT In cooperation with [...] desires to test a new ARTICHOKE technique. The technique does not require the high security considerations utilized by ARTICHOKE team on its last visit in that the application of the technique to the subject takes place under perfectly normal circumstances without the subject being aware of the application of the technique. There are no after effects. It is desired that a minimum of 10 subjects be found for testing purposes. The subjects should be persons who are suspected of having more information than they have divulged to date. They should have a motivation for deception for withholding of information. They should be persons who have been previously thoroughly interrogated by case officers and those case officers should be available to conduct the interrogation during the application of the technique and in the position to determine whether the subject reveals information hitherto undisclosed as a result of this technique. Team members will not be pr...

Note: on [...] and the writer on January 30 and 31. To be associated with the memorandum proposed by him on the same subject. The material, a liquid acetate preparation of Cannabis Indicia (marijuana or hashish), has been known as TD (Truth Drug). It is prepared by [...] chemists only, and is an oil which has no taste, odor or color. The preparation is a very involved process known only to a few persons. There is no reason to believe that any other nation or group is familiar with the preparation and uses of the drug. The drug is also almost impossible to analyze, and for this reason there would be little danger of compromise if it were found among the effects of one of our men. If queried as to the composition of the liquid the agent might well say he would like to know himself so that he might be able to have it made up himself more sharply than by his doctor's prescription. Tools At present the oil is put up by the [...] in ampules of 3cc. Inasmuch as a maximum dose is .03cc the...