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The image displays a digital representation of a declassified document, complete with a title and supporting text. The title, "THE BLACK VAULT," is presented in a stylized, white font with a blue neon outline against a dark background. To the left of the text is a graphic of a vault door, featuring a circular dial and various mechanical components rendered in metallic grays and blues. The text itself explains that the document originates from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It states that over 20,000 pages have been declassified by the CIA and are available for download online at the provided URL. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects; no handwritten annotations, signatures, or marginalia; no official stamps; no forms with filled-in fields; no diagrams, schematics, or organizational charts; no tables or structured data; no redactions or obscured content; and no visual evidence of experimental procedures, equipment, or facilities. --- ·-· ...... ' .. • .. . - .•.. _ ' . . ZO 'October 1960 ;;~~::~ 4i:.0 ~":'' /f~-~~ : ;. f=.::: ~·' •' .. . . SUBJECT - Implementation Progrrun II 1. It b suggested that since several elements of the Ag_cncy! /1 are involved in the dual program of laboratory-field .-r experimentation, a firm work program :might well be advanced by -G- the.St:a!f. TSD, as you know, is most insistent on the point that, although they will assume full responsibility for guidance of la.bora• tory experimentation, they count on .ta!f operations guidance on field experimentation. z. ' Although several cases in several areas o! the world exist which might profitably be explored through this technique. we have borne in mind the following £actors a£fecting the immediate useability of the operator: A. Most, ator1s prior" ' ' r/r. has been with -nee with ' B. The only foreign language in which the opera• tor has equivalent native fluency is - more par r/£ ticularly • C. Despite the over-all sensitivity of the .... )rogram, the rather extensive .screening of phyai~ types of marginal intelligence significance has probably left them with a pool of essentially low-level, low sensitivity rejections. This could be a useful vineyard !or our first labors •. r/:r D. As you have suggested, whatever we do in the-field should be, in view of the urgency of L. ;s=~~:· ,,;_;~:;:'i1i. -::~.: ~;~::~~i?::=;;~::i~r>::''~:;_. .;:;=::,~:: ·;:;:~;:·'::=::?:;:.:::,:·;:;_.;<=:::':;:~~::; >~ ·f·~,:z·t= 6TI!iii;t'- · · :<:: ::·,>· :·: ;_.: r. ·- --· -·P- •• :··. . .. ·: . ~ : -· - . . -· . ~::~: -z- ·' :;} 'tbclr task,. a service to them rather than an arbitr~ry ~~ • .; of their !acillties for experimentation. · ;:/r , . -. . . .. - ·;;'":-. ·;r , . . . . · · :;~~\~ft.:;~je::_/~·cJ·rder, therefore, to make the !irst experiments on- · .p/:c_-~/~tte"a.at on~ without intruding on problema, f1 ·the following p~ The Committee on should, if 6- a!tcr tta Z4 October meeting with the operator be convinced as to the · desirability o! field experimentation, request the Office o£ Secu to !or !or experimentation through the !i -- is suggested because both Washington and t I ..., .. are to •orne extent unsuitable for the purpose. It should be noted in t..'lia ·connection ~t-the Office of Secu has previously conducted the e~- ~~lltl~' 0 peri.ments in collaboration The document is a typed memorandum dated October 20, 1960, with handwritten annotations and redactions. Several sections of text are obscured by black ink redactions, particularly in the subject line and within the numbered points. Handwritten marginalia, including letters like "G," "H," and "F/I," appear throughout the document, likely indicating review or categorization. A handwritten number sequence "4-226" is visible on the right side of the page, and a page number "149" is at the bottom right. The visual presentation does not include any photographs, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. Office o£ Secu to !or !or experimentation through the !i -- is suggested because both Washington and t I ..., .. are to •orne extent unsuitable for the purpose. It should be noted in t..'lia ·connection ~t-the Office of Secu has previously conducted the e~- ~~lltl~' 0 peri.ments in collaboration wi and also that thd' t. ::·· operator on a. unofficial i with the 8 I i should be contrived so that de representatives o! the Cornznittee /I and of the chi~progra:m might clandestinely view them. i (The cdhief of i £ hhas inhdicated thait his ~h1ie£ his most anxalious to # / &- ~ t_ _.. .. :..~ ..• aee a e~nonstra.t on o t e tee n 1que pr or to g1v ng is s.pprov to use h; the:~ ::·:::~;. lea~t ~r~,' o£ r;::::: at within the .staH, that w>->t we G- ! hope to prove through these techniques will not be proven or even con- j . vincingly demonstrated through the experiment outlined above. As you !1 ' know, what we hope to prove, or disprove, through intensift laboratory- field:::;~;;~~: •~tremely ~~,w can be InduCed rapidly ln,an ' I I· • B. Hypnosis having been induced, durable amnesia can be implanted. I ..,. C. Hypnosis having been induced, durable and useful i ! post-hypnotic suggestion can be implanted. I The demonstration experiment using criminal subjects can only hope to bring forward evidence in support of the first point above. The other two points ca.nnot on the !ace of lt be a subject of experimentation with criminal subjects, nor, in our opinion, should they be tho subject of , - I - ·~ ! r·--. -3- .. I experimentation with significant intelligence subjects, such as, for example,- We aug·gest that initial experimentation on amnesia ,1·· -...l :uu1 post-hypnotic suggestion could most efffcicntly and with the least /. risk o! embarrassment be tried on rejects in experiments # IZ l;t.~L: i ln which we would go no further than to them forget the hypnosis l"' ...,. ·.- ..• -episode and on Groundhog Day 1961 have an uncontrollable impulse to F;:i .. return to-and commit a nuisance on the steps o£ the pjr; -- ·.· -. · s. Concurrently with these more or lese longer range experi- ment& on low level ....s ubjects it would be feasible to experiment ~ _ /-- r;-'- with hypnosis as a.n on technique by F;:i .. return to-and commit a nuisance on the steps o£ the pjr; -- ·.· -. · s. Concurrently with these more or lese longer range experi- ment& on low level ....s ubjects it would be feasible to experiment ~ _ /-- r;-'- with hypnosis as a.n on technique by reopening certain now/ ·8ffi10.' dormant unsettled cases in and elsewhere. Specific cases ... ;.; :. ~-~ can be' placed on the agenda ch are of continuing interest, potential profit, but of low security and flap risk. 6. U these recommendations arc accepted it is further rec.om- & mended that once the Committee o£ . . .h as given the ral • I a.pproval to the program and the experiments in have given credence to the basic techniques, that an operations group be established · for the ~:~election of cases and forwarding of recommenc!ations to the if ·committee on_, Members.hip on the operations ~roup , it is suggested, should be one or more representatives each from TSS, OS, G- -.J and. on an adhoc basis • one or more area division representatives. \-;> ' ' . -- )~;~,~-~ \~tq·~=;t;;.~ ~--·:::::;:~~>:: ;;:~ ~ :;?;;'~T :':~:~F;;;:~w::::;~;;'~;r:.;;;L~E:;~~:~::~;;~:~~i;; 1 ~(:!~1!'; .• :: ':,: :i --;::;:: -, :;··=- <;;;=:: '::::: =::::: ·::: ': :: ::· :L ... .. , The visible content of this page is primarily text-based, with a few handwritten annotations. There are no photographs, official stamps, forms, diagrams, schematics, organizational charts, or structured data. The document contains numerous black redactions or obscured content, primarily in larger blocks and some smaller instances, distributed throughout the text, obscuring specific names, places, and details. Handwritten annotations in blue ink appear in the margins and between lines of text, particularly on the right side of the page. There is no visual evidence of experimental procedures, equipment, or facilities. The document is a typed page with handwritten annotations and several redacted sections. The page is numbered "-3-" at the top. Handwritten markings, including "H/I", "F/I", "I", "G", and "A", are present in the margins and next to specific paragraphs. There are also two horizontally oriented redacted boxes with "A" written below them, suggesting a structured format or diagram that has been obscured. The content of the page primarily consists of numbered recommendations regarding experimentation with intelligence subjects, particularly concerning hypnosis and amnesia.