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This document is a letter dated May 8, 1961, from the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, referencing material familiar to the sender from Smith Kline & French Laboratories.

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e)· / DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION. AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE lii.Uooal b•tll"te o( Meatal Healtll A44ictioa lleuarcb Ctllter U.S. hbllc Health Sci'Yi« .HoopiuJ LG!Actoa,_ X:caNcky "I ---------- --·---- I am enclosing thermofax of a letter from Glenn E. Ullyot, ~ Smith Kline & French Laboratories, indicating that the material 1n which you was interested is familiar to us. Very sinoerol.y yo~ J~.D. Director ~- BI:lw Enclosure • The image displays a graphic design featuring a stylized bank vault door on the left side, with bright blue accents. To the right of the vault, the words "THE BLACK VAULT" are emblazoned in a bold, white, gothic-style font against a dark background. Below this title, white text details that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents focusing on the MKULTRA project. The text further explains that the collection contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA and provides a URL for the collection. There is no depiction of people, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typed letter with some handwritten annotations. At the top right, there is a handwritten annotation "195:". There is also a circled annotation "(6)(3)" in handwritten ink. In the bottom right corner, there is a handwritten annotation "B-352". The letterhead indicates it is from the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and is dated "8 May 1961". The signature at the bottom of the letter is handwritten, and is followed by typed text: "Harris Isbell, M.D. Director". The document contains no photographs, diagrams, tables, forms, or other visual evidence of experimental procedures.

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