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- -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 3 February 1959 IIIIIIMI& lutlnce o( Weald Heddi A411ktiOD lt.-rcla C:•at• U.S. PUUc Haltla S.rria Hoepitd Laiactoa. Caaaacty ------------------- ---------- ----- ·---·----· •·-:·····-·--·----- ------ ·----·--··--- ~--- I am two copies of project -- enclosi~g descri~tion The Addiction Liability of Synthetic Substitutes for Codeine -- which requests renetval of our contract for fiscal year 1960, beginning l July 1959. The amount of money requested is approximately the same as that allo"Jad during the current year •. As you know 1 am trying to get Nlr-iH to pick up part of the tab for personal services in this project. If they are successful we can refund whatever part of the money they might obtain.· But since we have no way of telling what success we will have with the Bureau of the Budget I am asking them to go ahead and send this renewal through • . I hope soon to .give you a full on Psilocybi:l. repor~ With kindest personal regards, Yours very sincerely, ~(/t/v<---; Q,t.a--e__ j Harr~lsbell, M.D. Director HI: tkh Enclosures !1-112 The page displays a graphic representation of a vault door, symbolizing the containment of sensitive information. Text overlays the graphic, indicating that the document originates from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also states this collection contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and provides a URL for access. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures visible on this page; it primarily serves as an introductory or provenance page. The document is a declassified letter from the U.S. Public Health Service, dated February 3, 1959. It features official letterhead with a seal for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Public Health Service. There are handwritten annotations, including numbers "149" and "(66)" circled at the top, and a signature that appears to read "Harris Isbell, M.D." below the typed name and title "Director." The top right corner also includes a handwritten marking "B-112." Otherwise, the document is a typed letter with no photographic content or visual evidence of experimental procedures.