Amory: Just not in the way he might have hoped. Amory: But even on their long drives from Montreal to upstate New York, Duncan says his dad never really talked about work. Viscount Astor, who sits as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords, is a director in several companies, including Ancroft Tractors Ltd and Cliveden Securities Ltd. Astor also has a home on the 19,500-acre Tarbert estate on the island of Jura, off the west coast of Scotland, which is owned by a company registered in the Bahamas. Duncan: He loved hiking. [citation needed] Characteristics were thus diagnosed as syndromes emerging from the brain. The family continues to own the house, estimated to be worth more than 1m. After his treatments patients were unable to function; they had been reduced to a state of infancy. Inheritance tax is applied to the value of the estate, not individual bequests, as originally implied. And one of these risks was the treatment that he was using. Ex-husband of Enid Agnes Maud Watson. Like Freud, Cameron maintained that the family was the nucleus of social behavior and anxieties later in life were spawned during childhood. Husband of Marielene Schlumberger. Do you remember that? The behaviour of a mental patient could resemble the behaviour of a patient with, for example, syphilis, and then a somatic cause could be deduced for a psychological illness. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 until 1967 in the riding of Wentworth and then from 1971 to 1975 in the riding of Wentworth North. This was made into a TV mini-series directed by Anne Wheeler in 1998, called The Sleep Room, which also dramatizes the lawsuit of Cameron's ex-patients against the CIA. Ben: But we also asked about something else, that he was a little uncomfortable talking about: Orlikow vs. United States, the 1980s lawsuit that ended up giving $750,000 total to 8 of Camerons victims. Father, Son and CIA by Harvey Weinstein p. 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[25], Cameron had been hoping to correct schizophrenia by "erasing" existing memories and "reprogramming" the psyche. She said she received 12 boxes of her husbands papers after he died, but that, quote, If I had these papers, I wouldnt necessarily let you see them. He never got one. His brutal techniques involved a three-stage method for brainwashing in order to eliminate the will and establish control: first, mental depatterning achieved through drug-induced coma; massive neuroleptic drug cocktails induced extended sleep lasting up to eighty-six days. And I think you have, as much as love that you had for him you also had respect for him. Berryblue Enterprises Limited and Gaucin International Holdings Limited put money into Astors schemes in 2010. Through his instruction of nurses and psychiatrists he became an authority in his areas of concentration. Duncan Cameron: No. I think he wanted to be famous. The prime minister declared a shareholding in Carlton Communications, where he had been head of corporate affairs, on his register of interests in 2002. Thus, this group would have to be studied and controlled as a contagious social disease. Though he does seem to imply that it was done by him or someone in the family. Therefore, society should function to select out the weak and unwanted, those apt towards fearsome aggression that threatened society. Amory: The study, which was published a few months before Cameron died, found that Camerons methods exposed his patients to unnecessary risk, and that there was no clinical proof his methods were any more effective than standard forms of treatment. Ben: Her dad couldnt afford childcare, so soon after Marians mother went into the Allan, social services took Marian and her two younger brothers away because there was no parent to take care of them. 5, p. 2227) As a result of the lawsuit, the CIA agreed to pay $750,000, the maximum allowed under U.S. law, to settle a case without conceding liability. He came up with the idea that if he presented the world and confronted the Germans with the atrocities committed during the war, the world and the Germans would refrain from repeated acts of extreme aggression. He spoke about Germans, but also to the larger portion of the society that resembled or associated with such traits. We encourage you to research and examine these records . Donald Cameron (bishop), better known by her family name Ewen Donald Cameron, is a popular Australian assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. The described types were the enemies of society and life. They fear the stranger, they fear the new idea; they are afraid to live, and scared to die." What Hebb and Cameron both have in common is their contribution in establishing the scientific foundation for CIAs two-stage psychological torture method. And he didn't achieve that either. Advertisement. Here, patients were exposed to a range of RF and electromagnetic signals and monitored for changes in behaviour. Ben: Did you ever get a sense of at least some of the things that he was trying to accomplish while he was at the Allan? Research genealogy for Donald Ewen Cameron of lambeth, as well as other members of the Cameron family, on Ancestry. [citation needed] He furthermore wanted to understand the problems of memory caused by aging, believing that the aged brain experienced psychosis. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to upcoming bonus content from the making of our series. Amory: They bounced around between foster homes and orphanages for years, experienced emotional and physical abuse. There's Edgar Allan Poe stories and Sherlock Holmes stories. And you see this actual physical manual on how to break down the human mind. To Submit Content. Not all the time, but it's always there. It has to do with another of his Adirondack hikes that changed the Cameron family forever. Mr Donald Ewen Cameron. [14] Hess later confessed that he had faked the amnesia. Ben: Today we grapple with Dr. Ewen Camerons legacy. And here he is with me many years ago. By literally wiping the minds of his subjects clean by depatterning and then trying to program in new behavior, Cameron carried the process known as brainwashing to its logical extreme., The dehumanizing nature of his methods were published in premier medical journals without any complaints from other psychiatrists; Cameron read papers about depatterning with electroshock before meetings of his fellow psychiatrists; and they rewarded him, electing him president of the American, Canadian, and World Psychiatric Associations. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. But none of us trained in psychiatry. The defendants had moved to partially dismiss the case, but Quebec Superior Court dismissed the defence's request on Feb. 23. Their diagnosis was amnesia and hysteria, per a short commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When Cameron started his research, he was the head of the Allan Memorial, which at the time was McGill's psychiatric treatment facility. Jim: But again, you know, the deposition transcript, you're going to have to rely on that, like we did. The only cure for mental illness, he theorized, was to eliminate its "carriers" from society altogether. He died in 1958, leaving an inheritance of 57,000 worth about 1m today. In 1929 he moved to Canada where he worked in the Brandon Mental Hospital in Manitoba as the physician in charge. Cameron's experiments at McGill were numbered MKULTRA subproject 68, which gives you an idea just how many other subgroups tested . This is Part 5. He has an open, amused look on his face. Cameron was born on December 24, 1901, in Scotland and graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1924. So I think the complaints of the doctors and nurses had reached their ears. They claim the governmentplayed a role in the supervision and control of these experiments, whichwere part of the CIA's MK-ULTRAprogram of covert mind-control. Duncan: And I've said Im unable to do that. Known as an effective businesswoman, she set up the furniture company Oka, where she serves as chief executive. As a child he was nursed by the wife of a tailor who lived at Blar na Cleireach, near Lundavra, hence his by-name. He is famed in history as The Gentle Lochiel. Inherited 1m Cameron family home in Kensington, split equally with Tania. Kinzer: Later on, it became the basis for manuals that the CIA provided in the 1980s to police forces in Latin America that were known to practice torture. in psychological medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1924, a D.P.M. Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu. Its in the Netflix show, Stranger Things: Amory: Or the hit video game Call of Duty: Ben: They're talking about it on The West Wing:C.J. Ben: About halfway through, Prosecutor Joseph Rauh starts quoting statements that Camerons wife Duncans mom made on the record. Its not a very popular mountain to climb, its steep. [5], Cameron was involved in administering electroconvulsive therapy and experimental drugs, including poisons such as curare and hallucinogens such as lysergic acid diethylamide, to patients and prisoners without their knowledge or informed consent. Cameron believed that mental illness was literally contagious that if one came into contact with someone with mental illness, one would begin to produce the symptoms of a mental disease. He married Marjory, daughter of MacLean of Drimnin in Morven, and had four children, the eldest of whom was afterwards the famous Sir Alan Cameron, and the youngest, a daughter, who married Cameron of Scamadale, and had a son, Lieutenant Alexander Cameron, who commanded the 79th Highlanders at Waterloo, during the last three hours of the Cameron further argued that "the weak" must not influence children. (McCoy, 2007), According to Leonard Rubenstein, an attorney for plaintiffs [Mrs. David Orlikow et al. Heres journalist John Marks. The Panama Papers reveal that in one development, his investment partners include two British Virgin Islands companies, which were backed by private equity money. Ben: When Amory and I spoke to Duncan Cameron about his dad, he also told us about his own work, as a lawyer. Dr. Ewen Cameron wanted to win a Nobel Prize for his work in psychiatry. in psychological medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1924, a D.P.M. . The prime minister now says neither he nor his family will benefit from any offshore funds now or in the future. Duncan: I think the furthest I got was to his office. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. My recollection was that I wasn't able to provide him with much information that he didn't already have. He died three years later. Cameron began to explore how industrial conditions could satisfy the population through work and what kind of person or worker is best suited to industrial conditions. He demanded that political systems be watched, and that German people needed to be monitored due to their "personality type", which he claimed results in the conditions that give rise to the dictatorial power of an authoritarian overlord. Samantha Cameron has worked at the luxury stationery group Smythson since the 1990s, gaining shares in the company as part of her role as creative director. Ben: He looks like hes having a good time. [37], Whether or not Cameron was aware that funding for his experiments was coming from the CIA is unclear; it has been argued that he would have carried out the exact same experiments if funding had come from a source without ulterior motives. Duncan: They got close to the top and James looked around and my father had passed away. Duncan: I have no recollection whether there were any papers relating to any of the--. What started as short-term depression before the Allan, morphed into chronic depression, as well as diagnosed schizophrenia and bipolar disorder afterwards. "[36], Cameron is the subject of Stephen Bennett's film Eminent Monsters (2020), which was funded by BBC Scotland and Creative Scotland. Amory: The answer might be in the idea of brainwashing itself. Particularly because we put that question to him today. . Ironically, his lasting impact would be on how to destroy the human mind, not how to repair it. [citation needed]. Charles Tanny was a former patient of Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal in 1957. You know, my job was to look out for the cops. I mean, he was that much of a scientist. More about the Cameron family name; Sponsored by Ancestry. For example, something like rock music could be created by mentally ill people and would produce mentally ill people through infection, which in turn would be transmitted to the genes. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Despite the horrific abuse, the American and Canadian psychiatric establishment closed ranks. Although Cameron rejected the Freudian notion of the unconscious, he shared the Freudian idea that personal psychology is linked to the nervous nature. cold," and "that monster, Dr. Ewen Cameron" enacted on his unwitting experimental subjects. Click here for the donation page. They had 11 children: Allan Francis Cameron, John Donald Cameron and 9 other children. Married in Ontario, Canada Father of: Duncan H (b 1935 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) Aurlie A C (b 1938 Massachusetts, USA) Contributor: Chips (47271788 I mean his father was a very prominent psychiatrist, so destroying rather than preserving personal papers of someone of that prominence is a very unusual thing, especially for a family member to have done. Who hasnt talked about this in a long time. You know, all of us not only respected him, but loved him, and not just myself, but my brothers. If we can succeed in inventing means of changing their attitudes and beliefs, we shall find ourselves in possession of measures which, if wisely used, may be employed in freeing ourselves from their attitudes and beliefs in other fields which have greatly contributed to the instability of our period by their propensity for holding up progress, In Cameron's book Life is For Living, published in 1948, he expressed a concern for the German race in general. Amory: Duncan struggles dealing with his dads legacy because he cant speak to why his dad did what he did. It was reported that none of the patients sent to the Radio Telemetry Lab showed any signs of improvement. So we don't have. Joseph Rauh (from the transcript): But as far as you know now, neither you nor your brother or sister or mother have *any* papers left that are not sort of public documents? Just as Sigrid Schultz stated in Germany will try it again, Cameron fostered a fear for Germans and their genetic determination. He has yet to do so. In some cases, the same phrases reappear all through these. When Ewen Alexander Cameron was born in 1800, in Fort William, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Muillear Cameron, was 28 and his mother, Margaret Frazer, was 22. After one test he noted: "Although the patient was prepared by both prolonged sensory isolation (35 days) and by repeated depatterning, and although she received 101 days of positive driving, no favourable results were obtained." So you can see that the work of Ewen Cameron, filtered through Gottlieb, definitely informs the interrogation techniques, if we want to call them that, that the United States has been using on its prisoners in Guantanamo and in black sites around the world. [8] Ben: Robert Cleghorn, a former member of Camerons staff, took over after Cameron stepped down. In 2001, the couple took out a 350,000 mortgage on their house in Dean, Oxfordshire, with the interest covered by the taxpayer. . We put this to Harvey Weinstein, the psychiatrist we heard from earlier, whose father was a patient at the Allan. Ben: As for the CIAs MK-ULTRA program itself, it never had an official end date. Ben: But some key documentation of Camerons time at the Allan is straight up missing. And, later on to guidebooks for what we now call enhanced interrogation at places like Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Or do you remember any of --. It petered out in the early 60s as the programs director, Sidney Gottlieb, came to a realization. Very different. He subsequently established Blairmore Holdings Inc in 1982, the fund now at the centre of the Panama Papers controversy, and where he was paid $20,000 a year as a director. Marian Read: So for me, the importance of all of this is to get it out of the shadows of pulp fiction, you know Amory: This is Marian Read. Please join meon Wednesday, April, The last generation of Holocaust survivors and their children express their concerns about current events A Five-Part, Copyright 2023 Alliance for Human Research Protection, 1950s1960s: Dr. Ewen Cameron Destroyed Minds at Allan Memorial Hospital in Montreal, Law and Mind Control Mind Control Through Five Cases, Join Robert F Kennedy Jr. April 19 in Boston, Vera Sharavs documentary Never Again is Now Global now available. Clan Cameron Archives. [17] Cameron argued that it was necessary for behavioral scientists to act as the social planners of society, and that the United Nations could provide a conduit for implementing his ideas for applying psychiatric elements to global governance and politics. Cregg: What do you know about mind-control experiments? First I have to say that my father was exceedingly committed to his field. In 1745, when Charles Edward Stuart came to Scotland, Lochiel at first refused to meet him but eventually went to the Bonnie Prince. Ian Cameron followed in the footsteps of his father to also become a director at Panmure Gordon, in 1957. I'm sure that they loved him very much and knew him in a very different way. Our username is. John Cameron, the son of Sir Ewen, was exiled after the 1715 Rising and it was his young son Donald who became clan chief. 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