Here are a few articles which describe the Korean brainwashing of the 1950s. It clearly demonstrates the necessary political will to support a massive effort to control man before the Russians do, including projects to solve the mysteries of the brain for political and military purposes. The Korean brainwashing scare seems to be the event that triggered the race for the brain code.No author. (1977, Aug.2). Mind-Control Studies Had Origins in Trial.New York Times.
In the summer of 1977, it may be difficult for Americans to comprehend the frame of mind of the men who nearly 30 years earlier started the Central Intelligence Agency's effort to manipulate human behavior. As some of the former high-ranking CIA men recall now, they had looked into the vacant eyes of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty at his treason trial in Budapest in 1949 and had been horrified. They had been convinced that his confession had been wrung from him while he was either under the influence of some mysterious, mind-bending drug or that he was standing before the dock in a post-hypnotic trance. The sight touched off memories of earlier "show trials" in the Soviet Union. The CIA leaders were certain the Communists had embarked on a campaign to control men's minds and they were determined to find a defense, setting out in earnest the next year-1950-with Project Bluebird...
Slesin, Louis.(19?)."Zapped? Radiation at Greenham Common Peace Camp" The Nation. Editorial Pg. 313.
Louis Slesin editor of the publication Microwave News stated: "In The Search for the Manchurian Candidate, published in 1979, John Marks relates that in response to a Freedom of Information Act request , the CIA told him that it had a roomful of files on electromagnetic and related techniques to alter behavior and stimulate the brain. The agency refused to release the papers, and they remain classified."
Subcommittee on Health and Scientific research of the Committee on Human Resources United States Senate, September 20 and 21, 1977.
Gottlieb, Sidney, Md.. former CIA agent. Pg.169.
"In the judgment of the CIA, there was tangible evidence that both the Soviets and the Red Chinese might be using techniques of altering human behavior which were not understood by the USA and which would have implications of national survival in the context of national survival in the context of national security concerns at that time. It was felt to be mandatory and of the utmost urgency for our intelligence organization to establish what was possible in this field on a high priority basis."
Pg. 202. "Dr. Gottlieb. ...As I remember it, there was a current interest, running interest, all the time in what affects people's standing in the field of radio energy have, and it could easily have been that somewhere in many projects, someone was trying to see if you could hypnotize somebody easier if he was standing in a radio beam. ...I would remind you that the problem of radio waves and what it does to people is [an] extremely current interest in connection with events in an important embassy overseas now. There is great concern about that."