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This document, from the CIA's MKUltra program, contains a partially redacted excerpt of a July 1950 memorandum discussing personnel assignments and security protocols related to a project involving "indoctrination" and the use of "LSD.
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This page is a typed memorandum with significant handwritten annotations and redactions. The title indicates it is a "MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILES" dated "25 July 1950." There are several handwritten notes in the margins, including "Call [redacted] 1. 27," "ost," "consels," and "all (b)". There are also several areas of black redaction covering text, particularly in the "SUBJECT:" line and throughout the numbered paragraphs. The document appears to be an internal memo discussing project assignments, personnel availability, and security clearances. No photographs, diagrams, or evidence of experimental procedures are visually present on this page.
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