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... ·-... ··. . ·• ·~ - -· .. -- .:... --- .. - ·. : .. .- .. ~ . ME:t.&OR..A-~DU:M FOR: Mr. Mr. . I • . . . - - SUBJ'ECT:· .. . 1. For your iclor'mition 11la~e ~o-; bee~bdefed on the _.;...arious· Agency i?lerests subsumed under the word •'brai:lwa.shlng••. This wae made J::ecessa.ry because o! the r ..e or this office to represent. CI..A in research matters with the botb in the c:ontex:: of-~nd the .. fl Z. Speci!ica.lly we are now being consulted by the £ _.on a~roposil for research on "Study o! the l~ature of Brainwashing and the l.!etbGda :r~ecessa:-y to Build Resistance to lt"'. I bave n-.ade.a.rr.a.ngeroen!s to work with tbe of!'ices concerned iD /1- pre_pa.ring a reply to the · These a.rra.ngemenls .. have 'been ma.cle .v-ery c.a.refully due to. the e,.treine s_e:l!:ith·it)'· surro~·diog our interest in this suoJect.. 3. ·.;I'be com.DJ.ittee on POWs =d its secretariat ha.ve various officers a.a&igned in bnmediatc support of its wo~k. .ltesearch support is_pro,-lded oy ~ • • 'APPR0\1El5 FOR-RE[EASE p_ate -"""11r-_,-¥-"i,;~~t:~\9rfl~i;- -- . -;··::" ....... - - - --" - - - -- - - - - ...: ·- . I {8 July 1955) • .. .. '-f-2-73 ·, ·. . ... . . . _ .-· .. ...: ~ .• I ~ '-':. ~-. -~ .. _ . ~ _, '."I"- ........ ~-·~" -·:f, '· .• " \. ~ -~' .. ..:.r-.·~ j. ·- .,. ._ t • .•. ~- ...-.. ·. . )' . -~ :;..:· .. w - ., ~ ·' ., ' ..... 70 .i . ' .• J :.- The page displays an image of a vault door on the left and text on the right with a stylized heading "THE BLACK VAULT". The vault door appears to be a digital illustration with a metallic texture and blue lighting effects. The text explains that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically referencing the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It also provides a URL for online access. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typed memorandum dated July 7, 1955, with handwritten annotations. Redacted sections, indicated by black bars, obscure names and specific details within the text. There are several handwritten annotations in the margins, including initials such as "A" and "H", and a number "4-273" near the bottom right. An official stamp "APPROVED FOR RELEASE" with the date "1 JUL 1976" is present. The document also includes handwritten distribution details like "O & 1" and "1 - Chrono," and a notation "(8 July 1955)" appears below the distribution line.