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much magic tricks to cia agents. the agents worked as spies for the u.s.
in 1953, the cia hired john mulholland. the cia paid him $3,000 (u.s.). thats about $29,000 now. mulholland was a magician. he taught the cia spies his stage tricks. this broke the magicians code of secrecy. but mulholland wanted to help his country.
mulhollands spy tricks were done in public. one action distracted a person. then, the agent slyly did something else.
mulhollands magic tricks were written in manuals. one manual told ways to pick up items. how? put something sticky on the back of a book. put the book on a paper. then the paper could be picked up.
need to sneak a cia agent somewhere? use a hidden compartment. want to say something without speaking? use shoelaces. the laces made patterns. the patterns had messages. \i have information\ was one. \follow me\ was another.
mulholland’s work was part of a larger cia plan. it was called mkultra. all mkultra papers were meant to be destroyed in 1973. but mulholland’s manuals were not. they were found in
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think about the article. why did the cia hire john mulholland?
a. the cia wanted mulholland to teach agents magic tricks.
b. the cia wanted mulholland to run the mkultra plan.
c. the cia wanted mulholland to write a book about magic tricks.
d. the cia wanted mulholland to destroy all mkultra papers.
To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:
- Option A: The article states "The CIA paid him... He taught the CIA spies his stage tricks." This matches the information about why the CIA hired John Mulholland.
- Option B: The article says Mulholland’s work was part of MKULTRA, not that he ran the plan. Eliminate B.
- Option C: The article mentions his magic tricks were written in manuals, but there's no indication the CIA hired him to write a book. Eliminate C.
- Option D: The article says MKULTRA papers were meant to be destroyed, but Mulholland’s manuals were not destroyed, and there's no info he was hired to destroy them. Eliminate D.
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A. The CIA wanted Mulholland to teach agents magic tricks.