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SUB-PROJECT NO. 5 S^ftT PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER AND LOCATION: University of Minnesota, Later the University of Denver OBJECTIVE AND DETAILS OF WORK: Work apparently began with a demonstration in a hotel designed to demonstrate potentialities of hypnosis as a tool of the clandestine services". Following the successful demonstration this, eventually evolved into Sub-Project No. 5. Research in hypnosis was to determine if: hypnosis could be used as a memory enhancer, a learning aid, a polygraph deceiver, etc. Also, research into susceptibi 1 ity. of certain personality types' to hypnosis. APPROXIMATE TIME SPAN: 1953-1956 SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS: None FUNDING: COVER MECHANISM: Geschickter Fund APPROXIMATE iQTAL: $12,000 per year RESEARCH PARTICIPANT: None OTHER SPONSORS: None NAMES OF CIA MON I TORS : APPROVERS : Sidney Gottlieb Hd