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This document, from the CIA's MKULTRA collection, is a letter discussing the potential narcotic and antidote effects of a substance and requesting testing of its narcotic effect on patients.

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~- /' 5 Ul~'"Ch I 195~ Dl·. lb.rris Isbell U.s.· ?ttbli.c E~clth S::l·\:-:Lce Ecs:pi"~t:..l Kentucky L~::dnGton, ~nr Dl:. Isbell: At !r-.J req_u..~r.it Dr. A~r-:.~on is s~nd.i!"_z l"'OU s. vic:.1. . ·o~ S.:!.::a oz BOL-~48. As ycr-to! lfiil s;;;e frc:1 tb.~ e~~lo3~d 1n~or-~tion ~ thls t:leteric.l 1 it b.:.s a rix~..al i:::J.~~:rc3t fro-w ey ~oi"-lt o:r v:i.:::w-: c.s (1. !l!ll·cotic end a.s on a.n·tido·te for LSD-25. If you fir.d. it conveniant, I -:-;ccld. like fo~ you t~o ter..t :ttg n!l.:"cotic effect in ooz~. of yot.u- r.ct5.ents. Ths;,·~ ~c-!o-:l·'t be enott-;;h I!l.!!.terla.l to do BirJ e~ens:tva "!r~::-:.:.r 'uu~ e:!scn:i;f.~J:ly-· I an in·t.~rectecl in con.:t"ir#.n.:; the Sfliss ::.·o_port. IE you >rill ci:..-.~ r.ra c.. c~ll en tJ.1e tale,LJ~one vb.en you !~.:J."\. . :!,/!;0:!!:9 ~.ni'o;;~o.t.io:l on ti.ds ! rrot.lld cr>- ~raci~te it ve17 o . n , ch. ~-- -- .. ---- I t~JJ::;;d. t;;, D~ ~ r•;;:;:-.r-0. to your tri? to !;.tlru:rtic C:tt:t c~ a lett~r au~hori~i~3 tb.o a.l:o trc.~tel, z.~"' no:~.; y;;;ar in t:le :lea!" r-~;.·ttu."e • I ·,:ill il!!'cr:::. you. -.:ilen thn:t. ohculd. b-a :f'orw-.areed to him. Hoping to hear you I fr~~ ~con, r~~~in, Sincerely yours, . vlliiiilr -·--~~--·:r· .- .. .£ • ----- . - . f.-.< ;,•· ;....' The image displays a stylized graphic of a bank vault door with glowing blue accents on the left side, set against a black background. To the right of the vault, white text proclaims "THE BLACK VAULT" in a bold, slightly distressed font. Below this title, a block of white text explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text further states that the collection contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA and provides a URL for downloading the entire collection. The bottom of the text is highlighted in bright yellow, emphasizing the URL. There are no photographs of people or specific locations, no handwritten annotations or signatures, and no official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The visual elements are purely graphic and textual, serving to brand the source of the information and direct the viewer to the online repository. The page is a typed letter dated March 5, 1954, with handwritten annotations. A circled number "26" is present in the upper right corner, and a handwritten note resembling "4-8-5" is in the bottom right. There is a scribbled-out section in the lower right, and a shorter, fainter scribbled-out section below the salutation. The document appears to be a formal correspondence, with an official seal or stamp partially obscured at the bottom.

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