Document classification: TOP SECRET (A1+)
Report author: NAME STRICKEN FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS
As I type this report, I'll emphasize it's importance
by saying that I have already opened my box of government issue Cracker
Jack and consumed the contents in compliance with C.I.A. directives. The
box is now empty - except for the prize at the bottom.
The events which led to the current situation are
described in the following statements:
"I, (Name deleted for security reasons.), was fulfilling
my duties as a U.S. Army drill instructor on the 17th of June, 1968.
I had just introduced myself to my new company of recruits all of whom
were draftees. Needless to say, they were a bunch of commie loving, pinko,
pot smoking, hippie, long haired momma's boys who desperately needed to
have a little patriotism beaten into their heads. As a preliminary step
in this direction, they were marched off to the barbershop to be given
regulation whiffles. 75 namby pamby recruits were delivered to the base
barber shop, but only 74 were returned to me. Upon taking a roll call,
it was discovered that the missing recruit's name was I.T.T. Addams."
The next account concerns the events that transpired
in the barbershop itself:
"I, private William Tecumseh O'Brien (No need to
delete name. Person has already been deleted.), was carrying out my designated
duties as the base barber. After trimming non regulation follicles on several
recruits I was confronted with the damnedest thing I ever saw. The recruit
in question was entirely covered in hair from head to foot. A rather nice
bowler hat was on top of the hair and a pair of sneakers were sticking
out from the bottom. Immediately suspecting this to be a ploy of the psychological
warfare boys to test my combat readiness, I nonchalantly spritzed the recruit
with hair tonic, reached for the hedge trimmer which I reserve for my toughest
jobs and, removing the hat and drop kicking it as per official guidelines,
went about my work. It was the hairiest job I ever undertook, fur was flying
everywhere. After several minutes it became apparent to me that the only
thing in the chair was a few clumps of hair, the rest having been scattered
about the floor. Those psych boys are good, I remember thinking as I swept
up the hair, really good! And now you guys come around here pretending
to be the C.I.A. Wait until I tell the wife!"
After making inquiries into the identity of I.T.T.
Addams, the difficulty of keeping the incident quiet quickly became apparent.
It was revealed that Mr. Addams had recently been engaged in the acting
profession and had occasionally appeared in a nationally televised TV show
under his stage name of Cousin Itt. After identifying several witnesses
who were deemed unlikely to keep quiet they were eliminated along with
one or two other people I didn't particularly care for. The hair tonic
was impounded and sent to a chemical warfare specialist for analysis. The
specialist's report follows:
"A thorough analysis of the sample of hair tonic
you provided revealed no defects to the formula which was devised by this
laboratory as directed by the leader of Project Yuppie. As anybody with
an A1+ security clearance will know, this project was devised to develop
and distribute hair care products containing minute quantities of X-14b
nationwide. This formula, when applied to the head over a period of several
years, leads to suppression of anti-establishment impulses and nurtures
the need for material possessions and conformity. It is estimated that
by no later than 1980 Project Yuppie will begin to bear fruit and that
by the beginning of the new millennium we should be firmly in control of
the minds of everyone in government. My conclusion is that this formula
in no way contributed to the mysterious demise of I.T.T. Addams. I suggest
declaring him awol and conducting the usual smear campaign to make his
family look like a bunch of weirdoes and freaks."
It will be realized by anybody with sufficient security
clearance to read this report what my feelings were when I came into possession
of a document containing A1+ secrets. Having only an A1 security clearance
made my only course of action apparent to me. I have no regrets as I sit
here and look at the almost empty box of Cracker Jack. I've always been
proud to serve the Agency. I would, however, like to make one final recommendation.
I would hope that in the near future the Agency will revert to the previous
policy of suicide by cyanide capsule. Any cost savings benefit gained by
reducing the inventory of the Fidel Castro Assassination Department's poison
Cracker Jack stockpile is, in my opinion, offset by the lack of dignity
such an end entails. And now I'll just open my prize...and wait.
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