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Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000400320001-8 SECRET (U) opportunity to meet with EHBF research groups at Beijing (Peking) Uni- versity, and at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of High-Energy Physics (also in Beijing), and to discuss at length reported research results and publication policies with the staff and Editor-in-Chief of Nature, (U) A third indication of official interest was the decision by the PRC government to send two official representatives to the annual inter- national convention of professional parapsychologists held in Cambridge, England, August 1982, These representatives, both Deputy Directors of the Institute of Space Medico-Engineering in Beijing, presented an authorita- tive summary of Chinese work in a Special Symposium on PRC Studies, chaired by Dr, H, E, Puthoff of SRI International. (CU) A fourth indication of official support for investigation of EHBF is provided by a statement by the Secretary-General of the Chinese * Communist Party (CCP), Hu Yao-pang: “This so-called Exceptional Human Body Function is not yet included in the different lines of present science which have been accepted. Therefore, before the real truth has been discovered, there should be no propaganda work on this subject, and for this reason there should be no antagonistic publication either. I think my two points are clear and fair. On this subject a group of a limited number of scientists should form a moderate-size research center to study and carry out experiments, and the results of their research work published for all those who are interested in SG1B this new line of science.’ ! * (U) Hu Yaobang in Pinyin transcription, 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : SPOR PT 22R000400320001-8