REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SRI) PARANORMAL RESEARCH PROJECT BY MR. WILHELM FORMER TIME REPORTER
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In April 1974, Mr. Wilhelm, a former Time reporter, requested permission to interview Dr. Puthoff and Mr. Targ, investigators of paranormal abilities at Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Mr. Wilhelm wanted to write a positive story about the activities at SRI to counter previous biased accounts. Dr. Puthoff informed the CIA of the request and sought their opinion. Both parties agreed that denying the interview would only delay future interviews, which were expected to increase in frequency. Therefore, the SRI investigators agreed to grant the interview, but limited the discussions to non-sensitive aspects of their studies.
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16 April 1974
;.SUBJECT: Request for Information about Stanford
Research Institute (SRI) Paranormal Research
Project by Mr. Wilhelm former Time Reporter
l.?; Mr (Wilhelm, a former Time reporter has written
a letter to C.:Anderson, presiden&* of SRI requesting
permission to interview Dr. H. Puthoff and Mr. R. Targ
the investigators of paranormal abilities. Ostensibly
Mr. Wilhelm desires to write a true positive story of the
activities at SRI to obviate the previous biased public
accounts-
2. Dr. Puthoff called and reported the above. He
also solicited our opinion on the request. It was mutually
agreed that since publication of certain portions of the
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work isininen.t, refusal to see Mr. Whilhelm would only
delay such interviews which will become more frequent in
the future. The SRI. investigators will grant the interview
and confined the discussions*to the innocuous portions
of their studies.
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