Doc 0000184436
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This document, part of the CIA's MKUltra program, details a discussion about Bufotenin and its potential use in creating a mind-altering substance, with a proposal for an investigation in Haiti.
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Ask the archive about this →.. ------ '0; . . -1 ' - I nm • UL!!OilAJhJUH FOH F JLJ.o; c· 1. , r~rly in ;,<1~', Hl'Ol.O to the llritcr <:.nd stated he bad Sl>,..,c inl'orm,qtjon he ;~:i shod to dJncuss t-r.lt.ll the <:rit.cr nlonr:: }_incs of intorcst,. ·I'J:o writer told h.i.n ho -.rould l,o cl<Fl to talk c to hirn ~md if he thonr:ht.. he coulcl tr.lk on the tel(;phone to cnll tl1c writer Rt the nriter'n expense. stntcd he !t~d atLondcd the 'It-- AFA convention at Atlantic qty Dlld had recent.ly had talks with-. D ~--.-.. NIH, and· ,;,.~:.of the U.S.P.H.S., 1exinp;ton, Kentucky, ·c yf) ccnccming Bufotenin. stated both and told him·they hnd experiT:lented rrith Bufoten:ln and it did not produce the ,. v effects of the :muff that, the natives of Haiti used (Cohoba). f<eithcr nor explalncd Hhy it Has not producing tho results :=md stnted the seeds •..rorc not prepared cr roosted propP.rly at the natives did them. llo stated he h.1d recently seen a friend of l!i.3, J) , Hho 1iv ed in H~i ti. lie st<Jtod he talked the r.at ter over \'lith him and he invited him to Haiti. l'his friend is friendly ;ol.th the witchdoctors or nAtivPs who ~~ke the Cohoba snuff and was certain if . C'--- came dmm he could talk to t.he nativ cs and find out. ho:1 t.he \ snuff was made. I ; ' C 2. l'he •..;ritnr thnn ~slmd exactl~T ·,1hat. he felt. the I writ,cr should do nl:011t it n!d st:>ted 1f the uritor or t.ho tq:;rncy i·10ulcl I pn:r ld s w2y tn ll:;.Jti hr. Hcnld La very h::.ppy to r:r;.kt! t>l\ .invE>sti::;~~tion in the r.attcr and belicvod tbat this s\Jould be succeosful. The writer (~ informed ~-- that he had no ftmd8 for such an exper:i.ment and he . would tllke the matter up with others in the Acellcy rrho wouJd have snch .... . ' C funds. fhe writer then asked if had heard anything about.he . ' ' C: ..:._.:' FHS forms ,he had filed ifHh the A;_:ency and : _ replied in tho ncp;atlve. /l J. On 18 Hay 195S, the wrltcr called a.nd in- ;-/ ry-C_ formed him of the above. st;:;.ted apparently h.!1<..l mflde tl;c offer to certnin oth:·r officials of t.l1c i:.crncy :>nd the c_. rr.attcr imnJ.d b~ t.ukcn up whfm clearance l'lilr> Lhrouch. ~- L I ! I . J .~.
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J. On 18 Hay 195S, the wrltcr called a.nd in- ;-/ ry-C_ formed him of the above. st;:;.ted apparently h.!1<..l mflde tl;c offer to certnin oth:·r officials of t.l1c i:.crncy :>nd the c_. rr.attcr imnJ.d b~ t.ukcn up whfm clearance l'lilr> Lhrouch. ~- L I ! I . J .~. ~ - ..· ~.... . .... . " -.!~- -~- -----~ .....
The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. There are no photographs, diagrams, or official stamps visible. Handwritten marginalia, including circled letters and checkmarks, appear in the left margin, and at least one handwritten signature is present near the bottom right. Several sections contain underlined text, and there are redactions in the form of blacked-out boxes, particularly in the right margin and near the top right corner. The content discusses experiments with "Bufotenin" and financial funding for investigations.
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