cleared the way for completing the tre aty that was signed in Moscow on Jan. 3. U.S. Ise 20D316JM0McG1"DM6s0%7 Approved For Relea t si os. The I 0-warhead inissiles must be destroyed under START 11, analysts said, and cement will be I poured into the silos to prevent reloading. Source. Arrns Contra[ Association DEFENSE NEWS/ Jerold Council Russian negotiators also gained an extension of a ton-based Arms Control Association, estimated tho number of weapons carried by U.S. strategic bomb. ers would decline from 3,700 warheads to 1,27': warheads, or 36 percent of the total permitted im- der START III. The United States also would be able to reconvert See STARTH, Page 2.2 IF Aff ass Russian MindwControl Technoloffl( U, &p1ores By BARBARA OPALL Defense News Staff Writer WASHINGTON - The Russian overnment is perfecting mind- 9 control technology developed in the 1970s that could be used to hone fighting capabilities of friendly forces while demoraliz- ing and disabling opposing 'troops. Known as acoustic psycho-cor- rection, the capability to control minds and alter behavior of civil- ians and soldiers may soon be shared with U.S. military, medical and political officials, according to U.S. and %1&i_an sources. fh-e @o`urces say the Russian govemment, in the spirit of im- proved U.S.-Russian relations, is beginning to lift the veil of secre- cy surrounding the technology. The Russian capability, demon- strated in a series of laboratory experiments dating back to the mid- 19 70s, could be used to sup- press riots, control dissidents, de- moralize or disable opposing forces and enhance the erfor- p mance of friendly special opera- tions teams, sources say. Pioneered by the government- funded DeDartinent, of Psvcho- correctt@ involves the transmission of specific com- mands via static or white noise bands into the human subcon- scions without upsetting other in- tellectual functions. Experts said laboratory demonstrations have shown encouraging results after exposure of less than one minute. Moreover, decades of research and investment of untold 0 milli ns of rubles in the process of psy- cho-correction has produced the ability to alter behavior on willing and unwilling subjects, the ex- Perts add- In an effort to restrict potential misuse of this capability, Russian senior research scientists, diplo- rnats, military officers and offi- cial:s of the Russian M 31_@ Technolozy are beginning to provide limited demonstra- tions for their U.S. counterparts. Further evaluati ons of key technologies in the United States are being planned, as are discus- sions aimed at creating a frame- work for bringing the issue under bilateral or multilateral controls, U.S. and Russian sources said. An undated paper by the Psy- chor Center, a Moscow--basea group =ted with the Depart- ment of Psycho-Correction at the Moscow Medical Academy, ac- knowledges the potential danger of this capability. The Russian ex- See CONTROL, Page 29 Correction A page three article in the Dec. 14-20 issue about agreement on the European Fighter Aircraft de- velopment incorrectly stated that the new EFA design called for Approved For Release 2003/09110: CIA-~'RDP96-00792ROO0600150003-3 dramatically scaled down combat and radar systems. A family of EFA variants will be developed allowing each country to choose the level of sophistication it can afford. ir Approved For Release 2003/09/10 CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0600150003-3 January 11-17,1993 DEFENSEIIEWS29 U.S., Russia Hope To Safeguard MindmControl Techniques COMM, From Page 4 - strict the emerging capabilities. perts, including Geor e tov, a Janet Morris of the Global former KGB gene now se i Strategy Council, a Washington- in a senior government ministry based think tank established by post, present in their report a list Ray Cline, forTner Central Intelli- of software and hardware associ- gence Agency deputy director, is ated with their psycho-corTection a key U.S. liaison between Rus- program that could be procured sian and U.S. officials. for as little as $80,000. In a Dec. 15 interview, Morris "As far as it has become possi- said she and the Richmond, Va.- ble to probe and correct psychic based International Healthline contents of human beings despite -C : have briefed senior U.S. in- I-orp , their will and consciousness by-Kellige ce and Army offici instrumental means ... results 'tabout the-Russian capabilities, having been achieved can get out which Morris said could inclua@ of [our] control and be used with hand-held devices for purposes inhumane purposes of manipulat- of special operations, crowd con- ing psyche," the paper states. trol and antipersonnel actions. The Russian authors note that Healthline Corp. is evaluating "World opinion is not ready for Russian health care technologies dealing appropriately with the and will underwrite Russian dem- problems coming from the possi- onstrations in the United States. bility of direct access to the hu- "We talked about using this to man mind." Therefore, the Rus- screen and prepare special oper- sian authors have proposed a _ ations personnel for extremely bilateral Center for Psycho-tech; difficult missions and ways in _zs4@where U.S. and Russian which this could be integrated authorities could monitor and re- into doctrine for [psychological French Government Links Firms To Make Them More Competitive CONSOLIDA TE, Fivm Page 4 "The immediate beneflts of common research and develop- ment are small, and the long-term benefits are dubious because there is practically no industrial -,-,n(,r(!v between tbo two eomna- operations]," Morris said. @- specific details. She said Army officials were U.S. sources said government l concerned about the capability officials and leaders from the being directed. against armored business and medical communi- systems and personnel through ties will consider Russian offers electronic communications links. to place the niind-control capabil- Ground troops, she said, risk ex- ity under bilateral controls. posure to bone-conducting sound At least one senior U.S. sena- waves that cannot be offset by tor, government intelligence offi- earplugs or. other current protec- Tials and the U.S. Army's Office tive gear. Morris added that U.S. fo-rOperatioLts=Plans and countermeasures could include Development interested in re- -are sound cancellation, a complex viewing the Russian capabilities, process that involves broadcast- U.S. sources said. ing oppositely phased wave In addition, International forms in precisely matched Healthline Corn. is pl inmg to frequencies. b Maj. Pete Kea ting a U.S. Army ists here within the next, cot iple spokesman, said senior Army of- demonstL@@- ficials had expressed interest in pability. company President Jim reviewing Russian capabilities Hovis said in a Dec. 2 intervW-7 but that repeated plans to sched- -Veanwhile, the U.S. Arniyls Ar- ule visits to the former Soviet mament ResearcT, -Development Union were rejected by Donald & Engineering Center is conduct- Atwood, deputy secretary of de- a one-year study of acoustic fense. Keating said he was unfa- beam technology that may mirror miliar with the rnind-control tech- some of the effects reported by nology and could not discuss the Russians. Army spokesman Bill Harris said D the command award- ed the one-year study contract to Scientific Applications & Re- search Assoc I - iate, gf flnngWon Beach, Calif. Related research is being conducted at the Moscow- based Andreev Institute, U.S. and Russian sour-ces said. ' Despite the growing interest in a capability traditionally reserved for science fiction novels and cin- ema, industry and acaden-dc ex- perts are cautious and skeptical 'about its potential battlefield use. "This is not something that strikes me as requiring high-level attention," E@Inond Gartho 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. Aspin Staff Members To . Fill Pentagon Posts On Dec. 29, the government also shifted 20 percent of its 99 percent stake in Aerospatiale to Credit Lyonnais, the nationalized in turn owns 17 percent of Credit ASPIN, From Page 15 m Determining the future U.S. force structure and Amer- ica's role in U.N. peacekeep- imand enforcement actions. RONAR9015APA114d to fill any Pentagon posts with his is unclear exactly what job he will get. Sources said Smith's broad defense experience makes him well-suited to head the Pentagon's program analy- sis and evaluation office or the Army secretary's Post.