ysicist working under Russian supervision had made a
startling discovery. Within a matter of days alarming rumors of his work
reached Washington. Our embassies in Moscow and Belgrade reported
furious activity in the field of psychic research and large-scale
experiments in mass hypnosis. Four of us were selected to investigate
the rumors. Before we could commence our undertaking, word reached
Washington that the rumors were now actualities. A device capable of the
mass hypnosis of great segments of the world's population was rapidly
reaching perfection.

After three months of intensive grooming in the fields of physics and
psychology, we four agents set out individually with orders to track
down and destroy both the scientist and his machine. I never saw the
other three again....

During the three months of schooling, other members of our vast
intelligence organization had been engaged in laying the groundwork for
our efforts. In December 1955, I slipped into Russia and took the place
of a government official who felt that Western civilization offered
greater reimbursement than Soviet Communism.

I entered into my new role with trepidation, but my fears were
unfounded. Thanks to a remarkable resemblance (which was the original
reason for my selection) and also due to a most thorough briefing, I
found myself making the substitution with ease. I pride myself on the
fact that by diligent application I was able to increase my worth to the
Russian government to the extent that I was shortly able to secure my
transfer to the psychological warfare section of the secret police. From
there it was a simple procedure to have myself assigned to what was
known as "Project Parchak."

The device was in its final stage of development; only the problem of
increasing its effective range remained to be solved. Three weeks after
my assignment to the project, its successful conclusion was
accomplished.

In June 1956, the Russian government ordered me to a small house on the
outskirts of Braila, Hungary, where I was to attend a private showing of
the device. By design, I arrived one day early and made my way to the
laboratory immediately. Dr. Michael Parchak, the inventor, stood facing
me as I entered. On a table between us lay a small complicated mechanism
resembling a radio transmitter. But it was infinitely more than that.
The device was a thought generator capable of hypnotizing every thinking
creature on the face of the earth. The