"Manchurian Candy Date?"
"Manchurian Candy Date?!!!!"
Guards, have that man shot.
Seriously, though, Hammy, I'm quite inclined to believe this. I'm always suspicious when hypnotists are involved, because so many have their own agenda. But there are credible ones, too. And I'll completely ignore George "I've spoken to Venusians" Adamski.
But this is from the early days of the cold war, when many in the American administration must have thought they were in a fight for survival against the monster of communism. God knows what intelligence services got up to in those dark days. And I'm not Yank bashing. I suspect our lot were no angels, either. As for what the Soviets might have got up to...
Nasty stuff.