Doc 0000144934
CIA
This is a declassified CIA memorandum from April 9, 1951, referencing a research project and requesting information on specific materials and topics, with instructions to keep the Agency's involvement confidential.
This is one record. The archive holds the rest — ask it anything across the MKUltra files and every answer is cited to the page.
Ask the archive about this →I / - . ... ' . .J Cf::NTI"U\L IN"r"EL.LIGCNCE AGENCY .)J. WAStiiNGTON ?.S, D. C. 9 April 1951 · MEMORANDUM TO: Captc"lin John B:tehulus, USN Dc11artmcnt o! The N<1.vy ltoorn 50736 'l.hc_ Pentagon Washinr;ton, D. C. . Rc!e renee is _mad: to rece~ ~?;)v~rs~~-..: ~!·~~!~£{~~..2.ffis}!~Li,search i· proJect under the d1rechon o£ Dr.'--.;;,;,_~-sJ;""~'-"·#;~-:titn·-. .,.,.·;_:Sl:and I i rd:Lt.cd problems o£ interest. to this program and to this Asency. There ;-..Jo al·~ attached h:r:to _two memoranda (blind) rcqucs~ing in!orrnation_ _ a~d,:r . ""~·~1~ materials and 1t 1s t·equ•:sted that these be transm1tted to D:-. ~~for~ __ ,~~Jr- a~y assistance he may be able to provide concerz_1ing these two topics. .........- There is also <1-Uached for information purposes the results of . ! ced:J,pr:~•ten·ogation tests conducted abroad which may be of interest ! . ! • to D: . ...;;;~~ It is requested that the connection o£ this Agency to . thest-... ~csts be held in confidence by your o!!ice and not make known to --~¥........ Dr~~~'":;r.l~nd his colleagues. ··'·r- be Any assi:otance that you can render in this matter will greatly app1·ccia.tcd. : . FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: .. ,. . I • !"·.· SHE.lo~FIELD EDWARDS ,· ! Colonel, GSC t::. ;· Assistant Dcpuly/Inspec:Lion a.nd Secur,ty ~- ,.,. i· ~: '- . .. r\Ll;u.:hmcnls (3) . i. ..~.- . . .~ • ·::. :· 0 . .o r- . ~-. ;·. f ••• ;.! ·. ;_ I·
The image displays a graphic overlay on a dark background, featuring a stylized representation of a vault door on the left. The text on the right announces "THE BLACK VAULT," an online database of declassified government documents. It specifically mentions the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, housing over 20,000 declassified CIA pages, and provides a URL for access. There are no photographs of people or explicit visual evidence of experimental procedures; the imagery is symbolic and informational.
The document is a typed memorandum dated April 9, 1951, from the Central Intelligence Agency. It includes numerous black ink marks and smudges across the text, obscuring specific words and phrases. There are also handwritten annotations near the top right corner consisting of the number "53" and a few small scribbled lines. The bottom right of the document shows faint, scattered marks suggesting a border or seal. There are no photographs, forms, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures depicted on this page.
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