Doc 0000184357
CIA
This document, dated June 1, 1951, discusses a potential application of an electronic speech recording device to work being conducted by the CIA, possibly for OSO and TRD activities, and recommends a demonstration.
This is one record. The archive holds the rest — ask it anything across the MKUltra files and every answer is cited to the page.
Ask the archive about this →4 cpuly r\flvisor for l,Aanagement 1 June 1151 Deputy Secudty 01ficcr Special Oscilloscopic Device B ,....1-1 . . Reference is n·1<\de to your notation concerning llli! .. . - .. ~ I ~. .- ... ~.-. - ·.. ,-.; ( ~vhich m<l.nufactures an electronic device for recorcling of speech cha rn.cter is tics. There is a ;ossibility that this device may have application to work being CO!lducted by r&s. His believed that this device might also be applicable to some aspects of OSO and TRD activities. •' It is recommended that arrangements be made for a dcmon!ltration of this cquip"l'lent with the inlerested personnel of the Agency prcsenl to determine whether or not this machine may actually be o( benefit. , ... A - '· ; ~· 'f ,, ·, !. ..... .,;... ...
This page features an image of a vault door on the left and text on the right. The vault door is a detailed illustration, with a circular combination lock and various gears and levers, rendered in shades of gray and illuminated by a bright blue light. The text announces that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, and specifically mentions the "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection." It further states that over 20,000 pages of this collection have been declassified by the CIA and provides a URL for downloading the entire collection.
The page contains a typewritten document with some handwritten annotations and official markings. There are two prominent handwritten letters, "A" and "B", possibly used for categorization or routing. Overlaid on the page are several thick, black redactions obscuring portions of the text, the largest of which is near the top center. Another handwritten notation, "ATB, 1, 44/5", is present in the upper right corner, along with a typed date "1 June 1951". There are also several thin, horizontal lines appearing at various points on the right side of the page, which may be some form of marginalia or official marks.
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