Doc 0000144793
CIA
This document is a memo dated June 13, 1951, concerning a project, possibly named "BLUEBIRD," that lists individuals with knowledge of the project, including former members no longer employed by the CIA as of December 1950.
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The image displays a graphic with text overlay, featuring a stylized image of a vault door on the left and text on the right. The vault door appears to be made of metal, with a complex locking mechanism and a blue light emanating from it. The text, in a white, handwritten-style font, reads "THE BLACK VAULT". Below this, more 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 and providing a URL for download. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
This document appears to be a memo pertaining to a project called "BLUEBIRD." It includes handwritten annotations in the top right corner, one circled with the number "75." There are also large blacked-out sections throughout the page, indicating redactions of information. The text mentions a "revised list of persons" and "former members" with knowledge of the project, suggesting a list or table of individuals was intended to be presented, though the content is obscured. Scattered throughout the page are other small, illegible black marks and some faint lines of text that are mostly obscured.
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