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| author          = H. Keith Melton
| coauthor        = Robert Wallace
| pub_date        = 2009
| publisher       = William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
| subject         = Deception, Tricks, Sleight of Hand
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| language        = English
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| isbn            = 978-0-06-172589-0
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'''The Official C.I.A. Manual of Trickery and Deception''' is a book authored by H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace. The book center's on [[John Mulholland]]'s Cold War era manual that he created for the Central Intelligence Agency.

== Contents ==
Acknowledgments<br />
Foreward by John McLaughlin<br />
Introduction: The Legacy of MKULTRA and the Missing Magic Manuals<br />
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<br />
Notes<br />
Selected Bibliography<br />
About the Authors

== External links==
* [https://www.wired.com/2009/11/cias-lost-magic-manual-resurfaces/ Wired: CIA's Lost Magic Manual Resurfaces] from November 24, 2009.
* [https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/06760269 CIA Reading Room: Project MKULTRA] published on April 3, 2018.

== See also ==
* [[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]

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