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In one episode of M*A*S*H, a CIA man's commanding officer says he has to go through surgery without anaesthesia, because he might unconsciously leak secrets. Was this a real policy at any point, especially in the Korean war?

by /u/flatworm-spirit in /r/AskHistorians

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