Doc 0000151814
CIA
This document is a letter dated January 21, 1958, from an individual to Dr. Harris Isbell at the National Institute of Mental Health, discussing research materials and a preliminary study on a substance identified by the structural formula K-302.
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Ask the archive about this →• • -~- Jo.nuar:r 21, 1958 Dr. Harris Isbell Natieno.l Institute of l·lenta.l Health Addiction 3e3earch Centar u. s. Public Health Service Hospital P. O. Box 2000 Lexington, Kentucky Dear Dr. Isbell: I am ver,r bappy to hear tbe.t you viU be 1n We.shillgton soon. I have set aside acme time in the afternoon ot Febl."Unl"Y 7, so U you will stop here at your convenience, we can go into the details of sane at this work. I bave collected a coruJiderable amount of material that r::ay be of interest to you. ,. As ;;ou indicated. in your letter, I am most interested in a prel1m1nary study at lea.~~n the K-302, since progress in the extraction depends upon can:f'L""m&tion of the an1nal testa. In the future :t '11 try to i::prove the for: and content at the pbarmacologire.l report on tbe various materials. The structural f0r:m1la. in question is e.s follova: \ .. I have acme other il:l:romation about this substance but I vould. rather hold it until we can discuss it vhan :rcu are here. Sincerely', · '· -· ........ -~
The page contains an image of a vault door on the left and text on the right. The vault door appears to be made of metal with a complex locking mechanism, including several circular dials and levers, and is illuminated by a blue light. The text provides information about "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It states that this collection contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA and offers a URL for downloading the entire collection. There are no handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible on this page.
The page contains a typewritten letter dated January 21, 1958, addressed to Dr. Farris Isbell. Visual elements include a hand-drawn chemical structural formula and a circled annotation with the numbers "122" in the upper right quadrant. There is also a stamp marked "B-S" in the lower right corner. The rest of the page is white space with a few scattered dots, potentially originating from the filing or photocopying process. There are no photographs, stamps, forms, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
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