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This document is a declassified CIA memo from January 22, 1952, requesting further information on experiments involving nicotinamide and privine for treating schizophrenic patients, including spectrographic data, dosage, results, side effects, and patient conditions.

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---------------------- - Chief, Contact Division, 00 . .. . 22 January 1952 .. ATTih .. - ··--· ·, OS! . . ~-' ... === Case·-· 1. 'lhe report on Case-, dated 8 Ja:rru.ary 19$2, delivered to me by several da~S ago, is one of the most helpful an::i constructive we have rece i vcd in a long time • . in:iicated to me that he was following up on the lead in paragraph 6 with : • 2, In the mennt:imc ·He worrler i.f you cou.ld obtain more infor- mation from ' at the Hedical ~chool on his use of nicotinomid with privine for the treatment of schizophrenic patients. ~ecific information we would like to obtain ist a. A spectophotometric curve of the nicotinomid priv ine combination. - b. Exact information on the experiments conducted including dosa~e, results achieved, undesirable side effects, if' any, condition of the patient after thA shock ree1ction c.nd whether or not he h~d amnesia wi U1 respect to the shock. (An easy - way of drawing out the information wanted is to ask hi.m to I I compare this shock re~ction with tha~ achieved with items such as insulin, electric shock, etc. Actual case histories, of course, wou.ld give us the best informa-tion, but he may not wish to release these.) 3. Thank you again for the excellent work you did in this case and we will appreciate anything you can do with regard to this additional requirqment • . . OSI/_ I. ! - ., ;.I• -- . . . : . l 1 : 1 .. . : ' ~ - • _ . : ; : f o · ,. .... · . _ ·- - -"' .: ...;....""::.~. , · •• '..;. :-: '~ . l. 4 ~ • • -..~ ......... .;_ The page displays an image of a vault door on the left, with the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in stylized font across the top. The text below the title explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It states that this compilation contains over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA and provides a URL for downloading the collection. There are no photographs of people, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. This document appears to be a typed letter with handwritten annotations. The header includes "Chief, Contact Division, 00 ATTN:" and "OSI". There are several handwritten marks, including what looks like "A/B, I, 27,4" in the top right corner and initials or codes like "H", "A", and "C+B" in the left margin. The document also has a handwritten "A" with a line below it in the bottom right, and "OSI /" near the bottom left. There are no photographs, stamps, or diagrams visible. The content describes a report on a case and requests information regarding experiments with nicotinomid and privine for schizophrenic patients.

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