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es a eae @- ee ee ee ee @ wate as Rea ee ete ee kate Phe ae Sl Op cel “Institute of Noetic Sciences" at Palo Alto, California, ‘In retrospect, our federal agencies have traditionally maintained @ "conservative attitude!’ of "wait and see" where such controversial end Innovative tecanslovical milestones of the world are born. We have only to remind ourselves of tne develor ment of such epochal events as the submarine, Dr. Goddard's roock cet, and ad infir itum to Dring this fact clearly home. Even so, we have always.been able to recov beautifully or even overshadow their strides through the use of sheer material and manpower resources and the mustering of our national expertise for rapidly mobil- izing once the path has been charted, The "Frontier of the Mind" may turn out to be this nation's Achilles! Heel simply because itis nota 'mustering of resources" but a mustering of the "powers of th mind", an area where some of the other nations are extremely adept. Even now. i may be quite late to begin marshalling our Noegenetic Re sources if we are to | REUp cce with the [ron Curtain countries. We propose, as a first simple step, the study of Mindology and it's implementation which can be realized with a very minimal cost factor. We also recommend the use of bionic-radionic equipment where applicable’ as an important and ancillary phase to the program, Along with this, we recommend the compilation. of a pertin- ent library of research material to support and validate it's appliccable component We recommend a program of investigative research into all aspects of parapsychol oxy and mind expansion-motivational techniaues which will include an appropriate electronic-computer laboratory. Way should DOD be the source of funding for such a program ? and why now ? Lven ignoring the reports concerning the millions oi doliars the Russian, Bulgar- ian and Checkoslovakian governments are pouring into such research, the indice. + are also quite avparent within our own country. Dr. Paul Chance, Ma anuscripts Editor of 'Psychology Today" in the October issue 1973 states: "In the. past sever: years Parapsychology has moved from being the unwanted ste pehild of Science to it new Darling (41), It has been recognized by the AAAS, by psychologists like Jero: Frank and anthropologists like Margaret Mead, and by some of the highly pragmat Sovict physicists, Why the sudden change ? Some of the reasons is the stature piv. nef > it by nationally recoynized anthors such as Dr. Andrija Puharich, M. D, in his book; "Beyond Telepathy", by Dr. Stanley Krippner in his Book "Galasies of the Mind," by Dr. Charles Tart in his book "Altered Status of Consciousness," ete Dr. Chance ce, in hic interview with Dr. Staniey Krippner, Director of th 2 famous Mairnonides Hdspital Dream Laboratory, Brooklyn, N.Y., stated:... N's omething { was wondering about. If you can get information about people and future events, an if you can control objects, then telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psy.cho- lanesis would appear to present at least the potzntal for controlling the behavior of