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This document is a memo from August 8, 1951, requesting a new code name for "Project Fluebird" because the current name is too widely known.

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Vjj; "./ ~,: ..L- , ..!-'-,, • ......_. t~G 8 DATP.: ) :·.ssist.:nt Deputy (In:;pectio:l t: security) TO As:;izt~nt Director !or Scientific Intclligc~~e. sunJEC"'': r::..>·. .r Desizr:ation for Proj0ct Bluebi.Xd .. : Gf!:~~ l. At a mectine of t.'1c military rcpresentativ.esJ e-'1d nys:el!', the su~~estio:l ;;c:.s r:i~de that a ncu dcsi~l'.:.tion cc £?iven to this project. 2. I am i.'l agrcerr.cnt l:it .h this cac<1.use: a. EJ..ucbird .lras chosen to cover a particular field operatic~. b. The t>Ord has been in use for quite sol'!!e ti;tc arrl. is · knO'iin to sever2l persor..s no longer cor.nected ~.;ith the project. 3· ~-Till you plo:..sa dcsiE!'~.te a no·H code r. .a :::e as soon as possible • . • J . .· ·. .. ~ .... -:; -- The image displays a digital representation of a document's header from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. On the left side, a stylized image of a bank vault door is visible, rendered with metallic textures and illuminated by a blue glow. The text on the right explains that the document originates from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, a compilation of over 20,000 declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pages. It also provides a URL for accessing the collection, which is presented in a bright yellow font. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible in this particular image. This page is a typewritten document with some handwritten annotations. The document is a memo concerning a "New Designation for Project Fluebird" dated "AUG 8 1951". There is a handwritten number "96" in the upper right corner. Several phrases and sentences appear to be obscured with black ink, particularly in item 1 and item 3, suggesting redactions. The document is formatted as a standard memo, with "TO," "FROM," "SUBJECT," and "DATE" fields. There is a faint, illegible stamp-like mark in the lower right quadrant.

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