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/w Jeot of HEALTH, EDUCATION, /-~.~ 'N ·ARE • Public Ha3ltlt Service --------------------- . .. ./ '---/· ·' NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH -- r ~ I 0 Apr t I I 9 56 --- y·; .<(- ... , __ IN ICPLTIIIQ, ADDIIISt TMI· ~- ADDICTION RESEARCH CENTER NllnONALIMnTUTrS o• MlMTAI. HULTII tJ-;61/5~~ U. I. I'VWC: KlALTII SlR¥1Cl HOSI'ITAL 8011000 LIIIII&TOII, K&KTUCIY ---- -----·---.. --------- ----- --·. -···-----· This Is to Inform y~u that Or. Harrh Isbell und~rwent s u r g e r y for ~ c u t e c h o I ~ e v s t lt Js I a ·s. t we ~ k a n d , t h ~ r e f o r c , he wlll.not attend the feder:tStlon mt:ettngs In Atlar.tic Ct tv on Apr ll 16-21, 1956. · Although Do,tor Isbell's convalescence ls proc~eding very satli.fictortlv, .tt appears l Hety that h~ w..t.fl. not r~tur>l to fvll dutv: for pe:rhaps s lx weeks from th.e da tt of ope rot ten._ ·Doctor Isbell rcc;uested that ·1 tran_smtt this informatton to y~u with hts regret1. Stnc~rely your~, Abraham ~iktert M.D • .A sst. Director of Res~a~e~ AW :rn [:.· 1,2~ ..: > i The image displays a large, metallic vault door, reminiscent of a bank vault, on the left side. The right side of the image contains text detailing the source of the document. The text indicates that this document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It also mentions that the collection includes over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and provides a website address for downloading the entire collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms with filled-in fields, diagrams, schematics, organizational charts, tables, structured data, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. Therefore, the visual content is limited to the vault door graphic and the explanatory text. The document is a formal letter with official letterhead, including logos and institutional names. It features handwritten notes in the margins, including cryptic symbols like "(b)(3)" and "65", as well as what appears to be a signature above the typed name "Abraham Wikler, M.D., Asst. Director of Research." A distinct handwritten annotation, possibly identifying a code or reference, is also visible in the upper right corner. The content of the letter concerns a medical procedure and its implications for attendance at a conference. There are no photographs, diagrams, tables, or redacted information present.