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The CIA, in its attempt to foil the spread of Communism during the Cold War, created a covert program called MKULTRA to test and develop techniques and gadgets to stop the Soviets in their tracks. Most evidence of MKULTRA’s activities were destroyed by CIA director Richard Helms, but a secret Magic Manual meant to train agents in the art of trickery and misdirection survived. Here are some of its most revealing secrets that very few people know about.