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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 no clear difference between the rate of Han or Tibetan nationalities or between boys and girls. - Stage Two - Screening and Selecting: On the 21st and 22nd of July, we organized our manpower to select six to ten students from each group who were faster in recognizing characters by ear, and screening and selecting from among them. From these we selected those whose abilities were stronger, and whose responses were more sensitive. On the morning of the 22nd, we had narrowed the number down to 25 students. We organized these 25 students into a "recognizing characters by ear" contest. Both the principal of the First Elementary School and the responsible person for propaganda work in the Special District Public Health Bureau, Wang Wen-Yi, attended. The time limit of the contest was one hour. It was very exciting. Fifteen year old Tibetan student, Little Yiba, and eleven year old Han student Xing (X) (X), both recognized ten different cards during this time, or averaging 10 minutes per correct answer. These two students tied for first. Han_ nationality student Chen (X) (X) recognized nine during this time, and won second place. Twelve year old Tibetan student Tsering Jwolka recognized eight and won third place. This contest raised the interests of the students in this psychic ability survey, and raised their level of belief in psychic abilities as well. After the contest we selected ten students for further activities, but the students went on vacation, lived far apart, and some very far away, so four students voluntarily withdrew from these activities, and six were left. Stage Three - Directional Training: Beginning on July 23rd, we carried out directional training on these six students. The steps were these: 1. Seeing through the protective screen of a sealed manilla envelope, and seeing the test object inside. We did this for two consecutive days. It was mostly unsuccessful. Only 11 year old Han nationality student, Liu (X) (X), was successful on two occasions. The first time required one hour and five minutes, and the second time required forty minutes. Due to the difficulty of this experiment, the subjects of the tests were afraid it was too difficult, and became tired of the experiment. 2. Because of what happened with the above experiment, beginning on the 25th, we change to a "psyhic movement" test, where we placed knoted twine, an open lock, a small bolt with the nut off, or awatch in a cardboard box which we sealed with tape. The children were allowed to attempt to untie the knot on the string, lock the lock, put the nut on the bolt, and set the watch. This was successful. The 11 year’old Tibetan girl, Tsering Jwolka, on her first attempt, set the watch ahead one hour and forty seven minutes. On her second attempt she - set the watch ahead six hours and twenty minutes. This test was repeated many times and successful each time. This caused quite a stir in Zedang village, and rumors started spreading around. On the 26th we conducted a formal "psychic movement" (public) investigation. Everyone came to watch. Four comrades -54- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8