Re St el ees eC ee el ete ele ero aol LLU tele ol THE BLACK VAULT Lee See Re steel laa oad ae Pao eoameto sgh RECORD CLEARING HOUSE IN THE WORLD. THE RESEARCH EFFORTS HERE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECLASSIFICATION OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND ALL CAN BE DOWNLOADED BY VISITING: RIALS ate eh a7 Ueto) YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD THIS DOCUMENT TO YOUR FRIENDS, BUT PLEASE KEEP THIS IDENTIFYING IMAGE AT THE TOP OF THE PDF SO OTHERS CAN DOWNLOAD MORE!—_ ‘ ' CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY navman tm. ye nepabtt Vo * OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 25 APR IS MEMORANDUM FOR: ‘The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover tor, Federal Bureau of In SUBJECT 2XBrainwashing hte ssemormnaniy ea — ‘The attached study on brainwashing was prepared by my staff in reeponse to the increasingly acute interest in the subject throughout the intelligence and security components of the Government. I feel you will find it well worth your personal attention. It represents the thinking of leading pay- chologists, psychiatrists and intelligence specialists, based ~ in turn on interviews with many individuals who have had personal experience with Communist brainwashing, and on extensive research and testing. While individual specialists hold divergent views on various aspects of this most complex subject, I believe the study reflects a synthesis of majority expert opinion. Iwill, of course, appreciate any comments ‘on it that you or your staff may have, c.-— elude pa