Controlled Offensive Behavior – USSR (U)
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This document contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C., Sections 793 and 794. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
This is a Department of Defense Intelligence document prepared by the Medical Intelligence Office, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and approved by the Directorate for Scientific and Technical Intelligence of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
PREFACE
(S/NFD) This report summarizes the information available on Soviet research on human vulnerability as it relates to incapacitating individuals or small groups. The information contained in this study is a review and evaluation of Soviet research in the field of revolutionary methods of influencing human behavior and is intended as an aid in the development of countermeasures for the protection of US or allied personnel. Due to the nature of the Soviet research in the area of reorientation or incapacitation of human behavior, this report emphasizes the individual as opposed to groups.
(U) It is not within the realm of this report to make an in-depth study of research and utilization of the multitudinous aspects of psychology and psychiatry. It is strongly suggested that these subjects, and the military use thereof, should be established as separate studies. The importance of basic and applied research in these areas should not be overlooked.
(U) The information reported covers the period from 1874–1972 and has been drawn from scientific, medical and military journals, intelligence reports, magazines, news items, books, conferences, and other reports as referenced. The information cut-off date for this report was 31 January 1972.
(U) The author of this study is Captain John D. LaMothe, Medical Intelligence Office, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, DC 20314. Constructive criticism, comment and suggested changes are invited from readers. These should be sent to the author through the Defense Intelligence Agency, ATTN: DT‑1A, Washington, DC 20301.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART / SECTION / SUBSECTION | Page No. |
|---|---|
| Preface | iii |
| Summary | xi |
| PART I – Introduction to Human Behavior Manipulation | 1 |
| SECTION I – Background | 1 |
| SECTION II – Current Events | 2 |
| Part A – Events in Northern Ireland | 2 |
| Part B – Events in the Soviet Union | 3 |
| Part C – Soviet Response to Events in the USSR | 8 |
| SECTION III – Soviet Psychology and Psychiatry | 9 |
| Part A – A General Review | 9 |
| Part B – Soviet Military Psychology | 13 |
| Part C – Soviet Use of Psychology for Behavior Manipulation | 15 |
| SECTION IV – Psychological Phenomena / Psychological Weapons | 15 |
| Part A – Temperature | 16 |
| Part B – Atmospheric Conditions | 16 |
| Part C – Olfactory Phenomena | 17 |
| Part D – Light | 17 |
| Part E – Sound | 18 |
| Part F – Electromagnetic Energy | 18 |
| Part G – Deprivation | 19 |
| PART II – Parapsychology in the Soviet Union | 21 |
| SECTION I – Background | 21 |
| SECTION II – Significance of Parapsychology in the USSR | 24 |
| SECTION III – The Apport Technique | 27 |
| SECTION IV – ESP and Psychokinesis | 31 |
| SECTION V – Summary and Military Implications | 39 |
| PART III – Mental Suggestion and Controlled Behavior | 41 |
| SECTION I – Hypnosis | 41 |
| Part A – The Use of Hypnosis in Medicine – USSR | 41 |
| Part B – Hypnosis and Controlled Behavior | 43 |
| Part C – Artificial Reincarnation Through Hypnosis | 45 |
| Part D – Telepathic Hypnosis | 47 |
| SECTION II – Conditioning Through Suggestion | 49 |
| Part A – Hypnopedia | 49 |
| Part B – Subliminal Perception | 51 |
| Part C – Suggestology | 53 |
| PART IV – Propaganda and Mass Media | 59 |
| PART V – Psychopharmacology in the USSR | 63 |
| SECTION I – General | 63 |
| SECTION II – Main Psychotropic Substances – USSR | 64 |
| SECTION III – Psycho‑Warfare Agents | 66 |
| Part A – Diethylamide Lysergic Acid (LSD) and Psilocybin | 66 |
| Part B – Piperidyl Benzilate and Piperidyl Glycolate | 69 |
| Part C – Countermeasures | 70 |
| SECTION IV – Current Research Interest in Psychopharmacology – USSR | 71 |
| Part A – Bioamine Research | 71 |
| Part B – Other Areas of Soviet Research in Psychopharmacology | 74 |
| PART VI – Light and Color as a Means of Altering Human Behavior | 77 |
| SECTION I – Psycho‑Optics | 77 |
| Part A – Background | 77 |
| Part B – Soviet Research in Photic‑Flicker | 79 |
| SECTION II – Color and Light | 82 |
| SECTION III – Concluding Remarks and Countermeasures | 84 |
| PART VII – Odor and the Altering of Human Behavior | 87 |
| SECTION I – Background | 87 |
| SECTION II – Behavioral Altering Possibilities | 88 |
| PART VIII – Sound as a Means of Altering Behavior | 91 |
| SECTION I – General | 91 |
| SECTION II – Infrasonic Noise | 92 |
| SECTION III – Sonic Noise | 93 |
| SECTION IV – Ultrasonic Noise | 96 |
| SECTION V – Conclusion | 99 |
| PART IX – Sensory Deprivation | 101 |
| PART X – Electromagnetic Effects | 107 |
| APPENDIX I – Personnel and Institutes | 113 |
| Current Events | 113 |
| Part A – Affiliation Known | 113 |
| Part B – Affiliation Unknown | 114 |
| Part C – Important Institutes – No Personalities Available | 114 |
| Soviet Psychology and Psychiatry – Research | 114 |
| Part A – Affiliation Known | 114 |
| Part B – Affiliation Unknown | 116 |
| Parapsychology – USSR | 116 |
| Part A – Affiliation Known | 116 |
| Part B – Affiliation Unknown (1972) | 118 |
| Mental Suggestion and Controlled Behavior | 118 |
| Part A – Affiliation Known | 118 |
| Part B – Affiliation Unknown | 119 |
| Psychopharmacology in the USSR | 119 |
| Affiliation Known | 119 |
| Lights and Color as a Means of Altering Human Behavior | 120 |
| Affiliation Known | 120 |
| Odors and the Altering of Human Behavior | 121 |
| Part A – Affiliation Known | 121 |
| Part B – Affiliation Unknown | 121 |
| Sensory Deprivation (non‑aerospace) | 121 |
| Electromagnetic Effects | 121 |
| APPENDIX II – Intelligence Gaps | 123 |
| APPENDIX III – Future Trends | 125 |
| APPENDIX IV – The “1961 Directives” – Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill | 127 |
| APPENDIX VI – Milan Ryzl, Biographic Data | 143 |
| Bibliography | 145 |
| Non‑Cited Bibliography | 169 |
| Data Handling | 175 |
| Distribution List | 177 |
| List of Illustrations | – |
| Illustration One – Photograph of Professor L.L. Vasilev | 31 |
| Illustration Two – Photograph of Edward Naumov | 32 |
| Illustration Three – Photograph of Kirlian Photography | 34 |
| Illustration Four – Photograph of Dr. G.A. Sergeyev | 37 |
| Illustration Five – Photograph of Mrs. N. Kulagina | 37 |
| Illustration Six – Photographic Sequence of the PK Phenomenon | 38 |
| List of Tables | – |
| Table I – Soviet Instruction Courses – Psychiatric Specialization | 12 |
| Table II – Soviet Psychiatrists – Comparison 1962 and 1967 | 13 |
| Table III – Basic Types of Biocommunication Phenomena | 21 |
| Table IV – Relation of Psychoactive Drugs to Amine Activity | 73 |
SUMMARY
(S/NFD) Controlled offensive behavior as defined within the scope of this report includes Soviet research on human vulnerability as it applies to methods of influencing or altering human behavior. There is an ever‑increasing amount of information emanating from the USSR (samizdat or underground press) that suggests that certain authoritarian institutions in the USSR are engaged in the practice of “mental reorientation” of numerous individuals who are classed as political dissenters. The “mental reorientation” is being accomplished through various means including confinement, isolation and psychopharmaceutical administration. This treatment of so‑called insane individuals is causing alarm among an international cross‑section of psychiatrists. The literature contains sufficient data on human mental manipulation and, therefore, warrants surveillance by interested parties. It appears that the USSR stresses physical and medical “treatment” of its political detainees under the guise of psychiatric‑care rehabilitation.
(S/NFD) The Soviet Union is well aware of the benefits and applications of parapsychology research. The term parapsychology denotes a multidisciplinary field consisting of the sciences of bionics, biophysics, psychophysics, psychology, physiology and neuropsychiatry. Many scientists, US and Soviet, feel that parapsychology can be harnessed to create conditions where one can alter or manipulate the minds of others. The major impetus behind the Soviet drive to harness the possible capabilities of telepathic communication, telekinetics, and bionics are said to come from the Soviet military and the KGB.
Today, it is reported that the USSR has twenty or more centers for the study of parapsychological phenomena, with an annual budget estimated at 21 million dollars. Parapsychological research in the USSR began in the 1920s and has continued to the present. Based on their “head start” and financial support, it could be concluded that Soviet knowledge in this field is superior to that of the US. (S/NFD) Methods for controlling behavior of the human being are numerous. Not all of the possibilities were included in this report, but an attempt was made to elaborate on those areas where there is intensive research by the USSR. The use of sound, light and color, or odors have been determined to be possible means for Soviet exploitation in order to alter human behavior. In the area of color and lights, usually in a flickering mode, there have been reports of actual “trials” by the Soviets (Air Force and Navy) on US or allied personnel. The Soviets have shown an in‑depth knowledge in the effects of sound and light on biological systems. It appears that with their knowledge, it would be a rather simple procedure to make the transformation (from scientific research to the applications phase). The area of pheromone research has interested the Soviets; however, their data is shy and it is conceivable that they are not yet aware of the tremendous potentials that these substances provide for causing human behavioral changes. It is also a possibility that the USSR has realized the military benefits and are not publishing or conversing about their research and development efforts concerning pheromone synthesis and uses.
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January 1, 1972