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"In the '30s before the War, our own military were interested in psychics. They came to New York and went around talking to those I knew. They also came to talk to me several times, so I know of this interest for a fact." So I asked: "How do you know they WERE from the military? Did they say so?" I somehow had the idea that if the alleged agents were interested, they would have come in disguises and not admit to their military affiliations. I remember what Buell said very clearly: "Well, it was obvious because they came in uniform. J. B. Rhine was making a fuss, and so I guess they were interested because of that." IN THEIR UNIFORMS! "Are you sure, Buell?" "Oh, yes, Very certain." "Which service?" "The Navy." After that revelation I started paying more attention to the gossip of the British psychics and mediums. In talking with the Bennitts about this -- fascinating stuff, right? -- I soon discovered that during the 1950s the famous Soviet Researcher, Leonid Vasiliev, had given papers at conferences in Brazil on "distant influencing." Years later (in 1975), I was to learn from classified documents that the "psychic warfare efforts" (so-called, anyway) of the KGB were in full part built upon Vasiliev's original work dating from as early as 1924.