Introduction: The legacy of MKULTRA and the missing magic manuals -- Some operational applications of the art of deception -- Introduction and general comments on the art of deception -- Handling of tablets -- Handling of powders -- Handling of liquids -- Surreptitious removal of objects -- Special aspects of deception for women -- Surreptitious removal of objects by women -- Working as a team -- Recognition signals

The manuals reprinted in this work represent the only known complete copy of Mulholland's instructions for CIA officers on the magician's art of deception and secret communications written to counter Soviet mind-control and interrogation techniques