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N DOD, Intel Agencies Look at Russian Mind Control Technology, Claims
FBI Considered Testing on Koresh. '	
ederal law enforcement	vice in Waco, lie said.	versions of the device may	Dr. Nakamura could not be

officials considered
F	
"They wanted the Russians	
still be in the Russian military	
reached for comment, but he
testing a Russian scien-	to promise zero risk" in using	inventory, and they expressed	was described in the Psy-
tist's acoustic mind control cle-	the device on Koresh, but the	fear during the meetings that	chotechnologies memo as
vice on cultist David Koresh a	Russians wouldn't do that,"	the technology could be ex-	being "familiar with U.S.
few weeks before the. fiery	the participant said. Another	ported to, Third World nations	patents" in the area and that
conflagration that killed the	obstacle was the fact Sminiov	via the growing -black market	"the Russians seemed to have
Branch Davidian leade 'r and	had only brought "entry-level	in military, equipment from	solved" mathematical prob-
more than 70 of his followers	equipment" and more sophisti-	the former Soviet Union, he	lems "which had prevented
in Waco, Texas, befense Elec@	cated hardware would have'	said.	development of U.S. work be-
tranics has teamed.	had to be rushed over from	The main purpose of the
,	yond basic stages,"
In a series of closed meet-	Russia before the device could	March, mee.114a
was de-,
P,	Dr. Green said through a
ings beginning March -117 in	be used in an attempt to end	scribed.,ift the Psychotech-	'GM spokestuaki tliat heatterid-
suburban Northern Virginia	the standoff in Texas.	
nologies'mem,6`4s to "deter-	
ed the Smunov briefings in his
with Dr. Igor Smimov of the	As a result, Koresh and his	mine whether psycho-correc-	capacity as a rnf-,mber of a Na-
Moscow Medical Academy,	band were not used as test sub-	tion tec hnologies@ represent a	tional Academy of Sciences
FBI officials were, briefed on	jects for a demonstration of a	present _oufuture- threat to	(NAS) panel on 21st Century
the Russian's decade-long re-	technology developed under	U,S. national security in situ-	Army techriologies. '7his has
search on a computerized	the former Soviet Union and	ations where inaudible com-	no connection to anything
acoustic device allegedly ca-	apparently used against civil-	niands might, be used to alter	being done by GM," the
pable of implanting thoughts	ians in Afghanistan, which is	behavior."	spokesman said.
in a person's mind without	why the U.S. defense Ind in-	The memo went on to note	"It looks promising, but we
that person being aware of the	telligence communities were	that meeting attendees were	don't have enough details yet
source of the thought.	well-represented in the March	also interested in whether	to really appraise it," Dr,
-It was suggested to us [by	meetings in Virginia.	"psycho-corrmidon detection.	Fowler Jones of University of
other federal officials] that	"There was a strong interest	decoding and counter-mea-	Kansas Medical Center's psy-
they bring in the.FBI, which	among the intelligence agen-	sures programs should be un-	chology division told DE. "It
was looking for a viable op-	cies because they had been	dertake-it by the U.S." An ef-	was really more of a presenta-
don to deal with Koresh," said	tracking Sjiiirnov for years,"	fective psycho-correction de-	tion than an actual demolistra-
a source who participated in	the participant said, "and be-	vice could be a military threat,	tion because, unfortunately, a
the Smirnov meetings who	cause we know there is evi-	the memorandum continued,	lot of the software we
agreed to discuss the gather-	dence the Soviet Army's Spe-	if it were deployed to "nega-	couldn't got going." Jones
ings only on condition of	cial Forces used the technolo-	tively affect morale of U.S.	said he and his colleagues at
ariony"Aty.	gy during the conflict in
V	troops in combat" or to "affect	the Kansas facility are look-
His account of the meetings	Afghanistan."	judgemicat or opWwns of de-	ing for funding sources for re-
was confirmed by an execu-	Alcohol and drug abuse	cision-makers, key personnel	search to determine whether
tive summary memorandum	among Red Anny soldiers was	or populaces" in a conflict.	the Russian psycho-correction
prepared by officials of Psy-	so pervasive during the	Further, the memo said De-	technology can be used in
chotechnologies Corp., a Rich-	Afghan war that Soviet offi-	partment of Defense (DOD)	treating alcoholism and other
mond, Virginia, based firm	cials relied upon the technolo--	officials were concerned that	addictions.
that owns the American rights	gy in preparing troops for mis-	the technology could be used	The Psychotechnologies
to the Russian technology, A	sions involving atrocities	in the protection of U.S. em-	memo described an agreement
copy of the Psychotechnolo-	against civilians.	bassies, ritilitary training and	company officials entered into
gies summiry, which has been	Officials from the Central	in non-violently "clearin,-	with Smirliov in March in
circulated aniong U.S. intelli-	Intelligence Agency (CIA),	areas of potential enemies,	which "the Russian side
gence executives, was ob-	Defense Intelligence Agency	snipers, etc."'	agreed to commit the psycho-
tained by DE.	(DIA) and the Advance Re-	Non-military participants	correction technologies still in
The Psychotechnologics	search Projects Agency	were also included in the	Russia and all related know-
memo described the standoff	(ARPA) were also present, ac-	Smimov meetings in Virginia,	how to the U.S. company in
between federal agents and	cording to the source. Spokes-	as well as a series of subse-	exchange for stock. The Russ-
Koresh in Waco as "an on-	men for those agencies did not	quent briefings by the two	ian side has agreed to provide
going domestic hostage situa-	return a reporter's telephone	Russians at the. University of	all support necessary to recre-
tion."	calls seeking to confirtu	Kansas Medical Center in	ate current [psycho-coffection]
After several meetings with,	whether individuals from their	Topeka. The'non-military at-	capability in the U.S. and to
Smirnov, FBI officials, who	organizations attended the	tendees included Dr. Richard	upgrade the capability using
repeatedly expressed fears	Smirnov meetings. - - . .	Nakamura -of the National In-	U.S. components and,coniput-
during the discussions that K9--	Because the U.S..has,w, ,	stitute of, Mental- Health and	er programiners. All necessary
resh and his followers were	known coutiter-measure'to the	_017 I
cimto ,phor Green, direc-	
developriienthl! andle'Xisting at-
suicidal, asked for a- proposal	technology, intelligence com-	tor of General Motors Corp.	gorithins, will be provided by
describing requirements and	inunity and ARPA officials	(GM) biomedical research de-	the Russian side."
procedures for using the de-	are concerned that weaponized	partnient in Detroit.	- By Mark Talmcott
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