Doc 0000184582
CIA
This document appears to be a CIA memorandum detailing the acquisition of various drug tablets and placebos for a double-blind study at a hospital, including instructions and precautions for their use.
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The provided image is not a declassified CIA document, but rather a digital banner or header for an online archive of declassified documents. It features a stylized illustration of a bank vault door on the left, with glowing blue accents. The text overlay announces "THE BLACK VAULT" in a distressed, white, hand-scrawled font. Below this, white text explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection housed there. The text also provides a website address for downloading the collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures present in this image.
The document is a typed memo with handwritten annotations and several redactions. The date "20 January 1951" is visible at the top right. There are several blacked-out sections, indicated by rectangular redactions, obscuring names and possibly sensitive information. Handwritten notations, primarily in uppercase letters (e.g., "H," "G," "B," "F," "C," "A," "I"), are scattered throughout the document, likely indicating routing or emphasis. An "APPROVED FOR RELEASE" stamp with the date "1 JUN 1978" appears near the bottom left. Additional handwritten numbers, "4-296." and "124," are present on the right side of the page. The text describes a "Double Blind Study" and lists quantities of "mg tablets" and "cc vials," along with "placebos."
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