Doc 0000151838
CIA
This declassified CIA document from the MKULTRA collection is a letter dated December 29, 1958, from Harris Isbell, M.D., Director of the Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, to an unnamed recipient, confirming a meeting and expressing hope to provide information on Psilocybin and LSD.
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Ask the archive about this →-~- __ ..._ DEPAR-TMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLlC HEALTH S.EAVICE 29 December 1958 Jladealll ladiftte o( Meatal HaJda Allcllcdoa l.aean:ll Ceacer t1.S. P•b&ie Healda Scrricc Hoapll&l Lema-, &:•ncar ---------··- ·.~.-..-:.- ---------·-·-·-·----· Thank you very much for your 1 et ter. I wi 11 come over on the morning of 7uesday, January 13th, as indicated in letter. yo~r I hope to have some information about Psilocybin and the LSD congener with sedative effects at that time. With kindest personal regards, Yours very sincerely, Harris Isbell, M. D. Director HI: lw JJ-9
The page displays a graphic with a stylized "THE BLACK VAULT" title across the top, overlaid on a dark background with a glowing blue outline. To the left, a detailed illustration of a heavy vault door with intricate mechanical components is visible. The majority of the page is filled with white text on a black background, describing the origin of the document: a declassified CIA record from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, available for download at a provided URL. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects. There are no handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
The document is a declassified letterhead with a circular seal indicating "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE". Handwritten annotations at the top read "148" within a hand-drawn oval and some other illegible scribbles. The main body of the letter, dated "29 December 1958", discusses the author's intent to come over for a meeting and hopes to have information about Psilocybin and LSD. A signature, "Harris Isbell, M. D. Director", with a handwritten signature above it, is present. Additional handwritten notations "HI: 1w" and "C-56" and "B-9" appear in the margins.
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