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----------------------------------- ------·-- ' , . , 23 October 1953 MEuORAliDUH FOR RECORD SUBJECT: Brain \lashing ... •. 1. ~e responsibility for bre.in ve.shing hae; been scattered ·.• among various people in the or[a,.-tization, both in DD/I and DD/?. ~ ~~ .. i. IF 1 (j -bas had Cc1:11f:Oable to do Vi th it. .._.., ~-· ic interested ar.d. they have a.f:LC:d en their staff \;hom they / c:..~ 1 1 are trJing to I!'.n.ke the brain vashing e::-:pert. He has been told ?;z,:~r'.<~-, ..! , tbat he should take six months vork in psychiatry in order to . ~ · . becor.~e experienced. -- ~ co~sul --~ :~ 2.Q has been ting ,,..i th · n:e and is troubled· about . . . , his respcnsibili ties. I heYe recc=::ended. to hi.":! that he -use "'"~ , ·-·~~.,..~~t:t.rAe· Pc;pH.,., 1-!ie·..- Yc::::-1':;-N .-Y., e.n~---~ ~ ~;p..;,~i~l;mr(2W~-~~ ::cs~i-t.s.l .• ~, as his adv:isers "t.YJt.~ ·'".. end consulta."lts. Eotb. of these r-en are fully cleared.. . 1 3- •'( 3· It vould be ~uch wiser, in ~ opinion, to use consultants . .. : . . ~ of the above caliber rather than psychiatrists in the V~dical Office . of the Ar;ency. -~ "'- .. - " .. . Distribution: SA-AD 1 AD/SI - l .· - -··- ... . ... .~ •· . . .· • The image displays a black background on the right side of the screen, with a graphic of a vault door on the left. The title "THE BLACK VAULT" is written in white, stylized font at the top center of the screen. Below this, white text describes the document's origin from an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, containing over 20,000 pages from the CIA. A yellow hyperlink, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com", is provided for accessing the collection. The document is a typed memo dated October 23, 1953, concerning "Brain Washing." It contains numerous heavy black redactions obscuring content from the top of the page down to the bottom. Handwritten annotations are present, including a circled number "267" in the upper right, and notes such as "wonder!" and "Pat -" in the right margin. A section labeled "Distribution" lists items like "SA-AD" and "AD/SI" with numbers. Another handwritten note, starting with "To whose attention," is also visible in the right margin, partially obscured by redactions. Finally, a stamp indicating "Scientific Adviser" is present, with the text below it also heavily redacted. There are no photographs, diagrams, or forms with filled-in fields visible.