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- T ·,", ;·, ,..,. ••. -~ ~- ··-'\_ LE:-\1\Y 47"1 FEDERAL SECURITY AGEi'-.JCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY- . 26 October 1953 IN IUP\.YINO .... 0011(!1~ THI! ~~" ctSflCf-~ tf4 "JC.)I( ~-e PUCLIC HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITt.L NIMH Addiction P.~search Cer.t~r r: ·. '. ~- •m ot I enclosing i copy our qu~rtcr(y report for your tnformatton~ You wtll be chiefly Interested in the material beginning on J9. Ptgc 7, 17, and w~ arc now b~ginnl.ng preliminary uork with the monoethylamtdc of lysergic acid (LAE-32), but prob•b!y stvdiel with this compound will not be extt:nsivc. .. I have had a letter_ from the Sandoz company Indica-ting that they will prepare a .g"Tam of LS_D-25 for $200.00--and I hdv~ ordered this u e - for ma t t r i a I • T h I s" '· in -o l d ~ a·mp I :c"" any - f u t u r ~ work con t , mp I a t e d , Including animdl peuro;::>)lysiology. I might- sugg(~t that p~rsons who a r c t n ~ e r c s t e d t n t h I s d r u g m_ t g h t w r i t c t o S a n do z , s i n c e i t would s~~m likely the c6rnpany wou-ld_pr~fcr to make 4 lirger batch of t h e til a t e r t a I f o ~ s a l c to t1 1 1 -who a r e i n t e res t e d • l hJv'! become,...interested In d-oir.g som~ preliminary experl:nents with chloroprom~ztn~, a fhcnothlaztne derivative developed in ·France, but ~hich can be obtained through Smit-h-Kline and French. The Europedn clin!ca[ literature states that this materiid is a powerful sedative drug which produces profound effects on the autonomic nervous system as ~el(. Smith-Kline and French has promised me alr~ady ~ su~ply. f • , . _ ,... , f a • l • f - J1o- • " ~ • . ._ . " • .i , . ,. I . l I" . 1 t . l . " • - ,'.t.t. " • ' ~ "4 ' 1 I f I U ~ ~ ~ " - ww r ' J I . t t1 . ~ -. f W " 'l I The image displays a graphic overlay on a black background, featuring a stylized representation of a bank vault door on the left side. The text, "THE BLACK VAULT," is prominently displayed in a distressed, white, handwritten font across the top center. Below this title, informational text in white explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents related to the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, and provides a URL: http://mkultra.theblackvault.com. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redacted content, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The visual elements are purely illustrative and informational, serving as a header or introduction to the document's source. .i , . ,. I . l I" . 1 t . l . " • - ,'.t.t. " • ' ~ "4 ' 1 I f I U ~ ~ ~ " - ww r ' J I . t t1 . ~ -. f W " 'l I - \ • 1 • ! - _;; I" A "\ ~ . .. . . ! 1 ·w J f: ~ - l t ! 1 V - H - r ' ' - " t . : J · hH ·- If • l l l I• ~ . C-. •l U• Boston on November 6ih and 7th. If circumstdnce~- pe:·mit, l r;,~y stop tn ':!'lJshtngton during the foJ£o.,.,ing w~ek. 1 c~nnot bet sure e of t n d u t (: , : i n c e l t .t s a I so po s s i b t e t h J ~ 1 may h a v t to art~nd·.a m·-~eting in N~w York following the r.1ecttng of the Drvg Addiction Committee. Ve~y :inccret~ yours, (.~ / -· ~.. } ,' !'" \!-- ; . ' ~ . , .. · -·. '~ .. i ...I # ~ t '~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~-~. H~rrli-t~bcll, M.D. Director of Res'.aich HI :rn Enclosurf; --- ,/ ,.., .... · /~ (.· ( This document is a declassified letter from the Federal Security Agency, Public Health Service, in Lexington, Kentucky, dated October 26, 1953. The letter discusses research involving LSD-25 and chlorpromazine. Visually, the page features several handwritten annotations, including a circled "21" in the upper right, and a notation "b)(3)". There are also redactions obscuring portions of the text, particularly near the top right and bottom right corners. A stamp indicating "Declassified by" with a date of "4 FEB 1977" is present at the bottom, along with a serial number. The overall appearance is that of a scanned document with typical office correspondence elements.