Doc 0000184426
CIA
This is a typed memorandum, dated March 2, 1953, from the Chief of the Technical Branch to the Chief of Security Research Staff, concerning "Piule, etc." and referencing a conference and analysis of materials, with significant portions redacted.
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This page is not a declassified CIA document, but rather a digitally displayed informational screen overlay. It features an animated image of a vault door on the left, symbolizing a secured archive. The text on the right explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It states that the collection contains over 20,000 declassified CIA pages and provides a URL for access. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
This document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. The header includes "Office Memorarum" and "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT", with a stamp indicating "A/3, 1, 38/13". The memo, dated March 2, 1953, is addressed to the Chief of Security Research Staff from the Chief of Technical Branch regarding "Piule, etc.". There are handwritten markings, including upside-down "A" symbols, next to numbered points in the memo's body. Significant portions of the text in points 1 and 2 are obscured by black redactions, and there are further redactions below point 3. Additionally, there are several instances of small, illegible handwritten marks and faint lines throughout the page, and a line of what appears to be handwritten text at the bottom edge.
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