RENEWAL OF SOVIET INTEREST IN PARAPSYCHOLOGY EXCHANGE WITH US

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Summary: In October 1976, Soviet cosmonaut Vitally I. Sevastyanov and professor Lev N. Lupichev met with US scientists involved in remote viewing research. The meeting, which was unofficial and for information gathering purposes, indicated that the Soviets were interested in re-establishing an exchange of ideas in the field of parapsychology. This was significant because since 1974, there had been a halt in communications between Soviet and US parapsychologists. The re-establishment of technical exchanges between the two countries suggests a reversal of Soviet policy.

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Body:  Declassified and Approved For Release 2011/12/01 : NSA-RDP96XO079OR000100020033-0
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 RENEWAL OF SOVIET INTEREST XN PARAPSYCHOLOGY EX CHANGE.
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 (C/WNINTEL)  During October of 1976, Cosmonaut Vitally I. Sevastyanov,
 who flew on both the Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 9 missions, and professor Lev
 N. Lupichev, Chief of Laboratory, Institute of Control Sciences, Academy
 of Science, USSR, Moscow, met with US scientists involved in remote
 viewing research.  The two Soviets were in the US attending the Aero-
 space Science Symposium held in Los Angeles, California.  Although
 the meeting with the US scientist was billed as "unofficial" and
 purely for information gathering, it became obvious to the US personnel
 that for reasons known only to the Soviets, they were interested in re-
 establishing an interchange of ideas in the field.  It also became obvious
 that Cosmonaut Sevastyanov had been briefed and was probably following an
 agenda of items to be discussed.  Since that meeting a Soviet para-
 psychological researcher has initiated technical correspondence with
 a US scientist.
 (C/WNINTEL)  To put the foregoing in perspective, it should be pointed out
 that as of early 1974 the internationally recognized scientists and un-
 official spokesman for Soviet parapsychology, Doctor Edward Naumov, Director
 of the Institute ::f Ts    cal                in Moscow, was arrested and
 jailed by the authorities, ostensibly for not severing communications with
 US scientists as he apparently had been ordered.  From that time until
 October 1976, nearly all communications between Soviet and US parapsy-
 chologists ceased.  However, Naumov was released from detention sometime
 during the spring of 1976.  Since that time limited communications with
 Soviet parapsychologists have been resumed.  The reestablishment of tech-
 nical exchanges between US and Soviet parapsychology researchers apparently
 has official sanction which represents a reversal of Soviet policy since
 1974.
 LOUIS F. MAIRE
 HQDA (SGID -PR)
 WASH DC  20314
 AUTOVON:  223-0280
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