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_,--...__ r .·~· ~-. -Jepartm of HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND ~LFAr;-c- • Public Heahh S~rvic·z NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN Jtii"&.YIN4 ADOAUS THI 27 December 1956 NATTOIIA~ INSTTI'UTI Of' NtHTAL HtALTit ADDICTION RtSIUC:M CtNTllt U.S. PUWUC HULTH SIRYICI" HOSPITAL / I I ~- . J l_,.J f" P. 0. 801 zooo (I /i . (~ ,. I / i LUIIIOTOII, KIIITUCKT J ]/;;; I (GXs) .... Thank you very much for;:" the sample of the barbiturate antagonist. I *ill look forward with great interest to learning composition and more about its~chemical its pharmaco 1 og i"ca 1 act! ons. Meanwh i 1 e, perhaps we can attempt s,cme pi lot work with animals. It w;::>uld be of interest to see whether it \•:ould. orecioi tate abstinence from barbiturates in addicte~ dog;. All best wishes for a happy and successful New Year. Yours very sincerely, / 0 ~ J () [4 .v tt ,p~ ~~...:~:r r ""'-. arrfs Isbell, M. D. Director HI: lw - r.-~ The image is a digital representation from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. It features a graphic of a heavy vault door with intricate locking mechanisms, symbolizing security and access to restricted information. To the right of the vault, text explains that the document is from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, a compilation of over 20,000 declassified CIA pages. The text also provides a URL for downloading the collection. The overall visual design uses a dark background with glowing blue and white accents to convey a sense of mystery and digital archiving of sensitive material. There are no photographs, handwritten notes, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typed letter with handwritten annotations. The letterhead indicates it's from the National Institutes of Health, dated December 27, 1956. There are several handwritten markings, including a circle with "17" inside, some scribbled text that appears to be a name or initial, and parenthetical notations in circles, "(6)(3)", at various points on the page. A signature appears at the end of the letter, followed by "Harris Isbell, M. D. Director." Below the main body of the letter, there is a notation "HI:lw" and a handwritten "A-251" in the bottom right corner. There is also a faint circular stamp or seal in the upper left corner. The document contains no photographs, diagrams, or explicit visual evidence of experimental procedures.