Doc 0000153382
CIA
This document is a letter requesting additional funds from the Office of Naval Research for a project titled "Addiction Liabilities of Synthetic Analgesics That Might Serve as Substitutes for Codeine," referencing a prior discussion and an urgent deadline for fund disbursement.
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Ask the archive about this →.~'- PHSHLE. Application to Of'f'tc:e. of Naval ~'csearc:h for Add1tlonal Funds to:contlnuc "Orcmoran" Projec:t:Durlng flsc:~l .. Year 195-t -- I am cnc:loslng five c:optcs of' a proJcc:t entitled nAddtc:tton Llabllttles of Synthetic:· Analgeslc:s That Mlght Scrvt: as / Substitutes for Codelnc" for immediate ·transmlss lon to Or. f. H. Ga1mby, H~a~ of t~t Phy~loiAeY Branc:h, Offlc:e of' Naval Research. You wtll recall that this matter was dlsc:uss~d -.· ·---.....~ur1ng· our telephone c:onvcrsatlon on April 29, 1953. ;! l have been advised by a consultant for the Department ~f' ... O~f~nsc that the Cfflce of' Naval Res~arch has money available and Js very Jntcrcstcd In continuing thts proJcc:t, and that the money cail be made available very rapidly once .th-t i)roJect has be~n submitted to· the Offlc:e of Na~al Res~arch. .., ./ t have also bien ad~tsed ln a separate telcphon~ eonv~rsatlcn on April 30, 1953, ~hat the Offtce of Naval R~search must obi igdtot th~s~ fu/nds by }•i4v IS, 1953, so th~ urmost sp~ed Is · -. nec~ssary. Please k~~~ m« advl~ed ~cncerning th~ progress of n~gotlatlons wtth the Office of Nav41 Rcse4reh • ..., ,. ... •. a. . 1 n L.. ... 1 kt • IW I I t- I.,..,_ a ~ ••• .,_, • . . · H'". . rn·'. - . : ·---~ -: . · · . ~ . · - · ~ - . : -~. -.·. .... ·•. E.nclosure ' :. .· -· Oedas.;ifi.::d b~,4. -p=;=;g1 ..S .'Z.415-.· date r t:.C I'd/{ ~~--~----------
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The document is a typed letter with some handwritten annotations. A circled "6" appears in the upper right corner, and "A-24" is handwritten in the lower right. There is a blacked-out section near the top, likely a redaction. In the lower right corner, there is a "Declassified by" form with a handwritten date, "4 FEB 1977." The overall appearance suggests a formal communication, likely a memo or report, with administrative markings indicating its handling and declassification status.
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