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WHY SHOULD WE COLLECT AGAINST THE PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL THREAT

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1.  The National Security Council, circa December 1979, reviewed over 200
    experiments and chose 12 specifically related to intelligence interests
    for presentation to Dr. Brezhinski.  Out of this review came continuing
    support for the compartmented programs.

2.  [redacted box] have had a number of intelligence related
    contracts on PSI from DoD and CIA.  Two involved locating Soviet
    submarines and the MX Missile System.

3.  Mr. [redacted box] of M5 has confirmed that the FBI used PSI talent on
    investigations and has for some time.  They use the talent utilized
    by local police forces.  [redacted box] of M5 has used PSI with me in the
    past on an M5 case.  He reports useful information was obtained.

4.  [redacted box] Chief of DIA, DT, is a supporter of the use of PSI on
    intelligence collection.  He has a number of reports to support his
    position.

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6.  The prestigious and conservative Cambridge University conferred on
    Dr. Carl Sargent, its first Doctorate in Parapsychology for his work
    in the field; this work has been replicated successfully by other
    researchers - OMNI Magazine, November 1979, p.80.

7.  The Nobel Prize winner in Physics for 1973, Dr. Brian D. Josephson says
    this about the field of Parapsychology:

    "In recent years, a number of reputable scientists have entered the
    field with expert knowledge of how to perform good experiments, and the
    knowledge of how fraud may be perpetrated and how it may be avoided by
    careful experimental design.  Still, it appears that the phenomena
    occur" - The Icelandic Papers - Forward

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  8.  A year ago when I toured the retiring and candidate chief of JCS OPSEC
      through the COMSEC Display Area, I asked both if they received information
      on the threat from Parapsychology and its usefulness in intelligence
      collection.  Both said that they had seen both documents and motion
      pictures.

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 10.  Mr. [redaction box] SAO/DDC, is aware of a double blind experiment carried out by
      SRI scientists - whose results were validated by a neutral NSA chosen
      scientist - in which a subject chose random number patters with almost
      100% accuracy.

 11.  Parapsychology, circa 1968, was admitted to the American Association for
      the Advancement of Science.  When the old physicist, Dr. Wheeler, tried
      to have the parapsychologists expelled from the Association, the president
      of the Association would not allow it saying that the phenomena could
      not be so easily dismissed.  The field is still part of the AAAS.

 12.  Dr. Lowell K. Frazer and Mr. [redaction box] are interested in determining the
      nature and degree of the threat to COMSEC posed by PSI.

 13.  Dr. [redaction box] is interested in determining the nature and extent of the
      PSI threat to COMSEC.  He has been informed of the MX Missile work at
      SRI and the Los Alamos related work at the University of New Mexico.

 14.  You are to receive a briefing related to the compartmented material
      in March.

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