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January 11-17, 1993 DEFENSE NEWS 29
U.S., Russia Hope To Safeguard Mind-Control Techniques
CONTROL, From Page 4
perts, including George Kotov, a
former KGB general now serving
in a senior government ministry
post, present in their report a list
of software and hardware associ-
ated with their psycho-correction
program that could be procured
for as little as $80,000.
· "As far as it has become possi-
ble to probe and correct psychic
contents of human beings despite
their will and consciousness by
instrumental means ... results
having been achieved can get out
of [our] control and be used with
inhumane purposes of manipulat-
ing psyche," the paper states.
The Russian authors note that
"World opinion is not ready for
dealing appropriately with the
problems coming from the possi-
bility of direct access to the hu-
man mind." Therefore, the Rus-
sian authors have proposed a
bilateral Center for Psycho-tech-
nologies where U.S. and Russian
authorities could monitor and re-
strict the emerging capabilities.
Janet Morris of the Global
Strategy Council, a Washington-
based think tank established by
Ray Cline, former Central Intelli-
gence Agency deputy director, is
a key U.S. liaison between Rus-
sian and U.S. officials.
In a Dec. 15 interview, Morris
said she and the Richmond, Va .-
based International Healthline
Corp. have briefed senior U.S. in-
telligence and Army officials
about the Russian capabilities,
which Morris said could include
hand-held devices for purposes
of special operations, crowd con-
trol and antipersonnel actions.
Healthline Corp. is evaluating
Russian health care technologies
and will underwrite Russian dem-
onstrations in the United States.
"We talked about using this to
screen and prepare special oper-
ations personnel for extremely
difficult missions and ways in
which this could be integrated
into doctrine for [psychological
operations]," Morris said.
She said Army officials were
concerned about the capability
being directed against armored
systems and personnel through
electronic communications links.
Ground troops, she said, risk ex-
posure to bone-conducting sound
waves that carinot be offset by
earplugs or other current protec-
tive gear. Morris added that U.S.
countermeasures could include
sound cancellation, a complex
process that involves broadcast-
ing oppositely phased wave
forms in precisely matched
frequencies.
Maj. Pete Keating, a U.S. Army
spokesman, said senior Army of-
ficials had expressed interest in
reviewing Russian capabilities
but that repeated plans to sched-
ule visits to the former Soviet
Union were rejected by Donald
Atwood, deputy secretary of de-
fense. Keating said he was unfa-
miliar with the mind-control tech-
nology and could not discuss
specific details.
U.S. sources said government
officials and leaders from the
business and medical communi-
ties will consider Russian offers
to place the mind-control capabil-
ity under bilateral controls.
At least one senior U.S. sena-
tor, government intelligence offi-
cials and the U.S. Army's Office
for Operations, Plans and Force
Development are interested in re-
viewing the Russian capabilities,
U.S. sources said.
In addition, International
Healthline Corp. is planning to
bring a team of Russian special-
ists here within the next couple
of months to demonstrate the ca-
pability, company President Jim
Hovis said in a Dec. 2 interview.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Army's Ar-
mament Research, Development
& Engineering Center is conduct-
ing a one-year study of acoustic
beam technology that may mirror
some of the effects reported by
the Russians.
Army spokesman Bill Harris
said Dec. 3 the command award-
ed the one-year study contract to
Scientific Applications & Re-
search Associates of Huntington
Beach, Calif. Related research is
being conducted at the Moscow-
based Andreev Institute, U.S. and
Russian sources said.
Despite the growing interest in
a capability traditionally reserved
for science fiction novels and cin-
ema, industry and academic ex-
perts are cautious and skeptical
about its potential battlefield use.
"This is not something that
strikes me as requiring high-level .
attention," Raymond Garthoff, 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.
French Government Links Firms
To Make Them More Competitive
CONSOLIDATE, From Page 4
:"The immediate benefits of
common research and develop-
ment are small, and the long-term
On Dec. 29, the government
also shifted 20 percent of its 99
percent stake in Aerospatiale to
Credit Lyonnais, the nationalized
Aspin Staff Members
To Fill Pentagon Posts
ASPIN, From Page 15
Determining the future
U.S. force structure and Amer-
ica's role in U.N. peacekeep-
is unclear exactly what job he
will get. Sources said Smith's
broad defense experience
makes him well-suited to head
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