The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception - Hardcover

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In a book drawn from the only surviving copy of a once top-secret CIA manual, a magician instructs agents on the arts of trickery, deception, and sleight-of-hand including such topics as handling tablets, powders, and liquids; removing objects; and special notes for women. 40,000 first printing.

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Magic or spycraft? In 1953, against the backdrop of the Cold War, the CIA initiated a top-secret program, code-named MKULTRA, to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques. Realizing that clandestine officers might need to covertly deploy newly developed pills, potions, and powders against the adversary, the CIA hired America's most famous magician, John Mulholland, to write two manuals on sleight of hand and undercover communication techniques.

In 1973, virtually all documents related to MKULTRA were destroyed. Mulholland's manuals were thought to be among them—until a single surviving copy of each, complete with illustrations, was recently discovered in the agency's archives.

The manuals reprinted in this work represent the only known complete copy of Mulholland's instructions for CIA officers on the magician's art of deception and secret communications.