[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

Lawrence based some of “The Rumor” on scientific research reported in such
publications as the New York Times. In an article from May 17, 1965, the Times reported
on the use of a radio transmitter to stop a charging bull. The bull had fine wire electrodes
implanted in its brain, and Dr. Jose Delgado of Yale University conducted the experiment
in behavior control. Lawrence speculated that this research was far beyond that reported
in the mainstream media and could be applied – not just to bulls – but humans. Lawrence
took this experiment and other brain research on behavior control to postulate that a
human could have a micro chip implanted to control his or her behavior under hypnosis –
what the author called “Radio-Hypnotic Intracerebral Control.” In addition, the time
perceptions of the human could be controlled by “Electronic Dissolution of Memory.” 524
This, according to Lawrence, was what happened to Oswald.
“Mr. One” and “The Group” arranged for Oswald to travel to the Soviet Union,
where a doctor performed an operation on the unwitting former Marine to implant the
chip. Lawrence wrote “Mr. One’s idea was to direct Oswald into a situation where he
would be used by the Behavior Control Project in Minsk and be prepared as a ‘sleeper’ to
return to the United States for use at some future time.” 525 A great Soviet researcher on
mind control – known only as “the Professor” – conducted the operation. Oswald was
told this was part of a research project. In fact, Oswald spent time in a Minsk hospital in
April 1963 to have his adenoids removed. The real object of the surgery, according to
Lawrence, was to create the most “efficient kind of human intelligence tool” ever
524 Lawrence and Thomas, 27.
525 Lawrence and Thomas, 83.
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