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19 llovecibe.r 1953 : Project : Dra.""t !-~..l:d.u::: to Pro; ec t ?.e!_Jreeentatives f'ron Dire:tor o~ Sec-..::rity, B'ioj~t: Project; · Restater::ent :0~ ,Prcg:s::I. ~. ?.ei'ere~e is i7de ill S1..ibject ~~'..:::::l 't.? the state~-!; o~ fU:l:ticz .• :-Z:l~ Ch!e!', =~...ic!ll. Sta....eo.;>, :r.:!11 :t:rc·;it!e r.~rlical. GUJ?POrt. 1'or Project fieJ.d tea::s" • 2. Ti:e 1-!eC..i~~ Oft!.ce ccnti:'..les t.o -<>-v.ee in -prir!ci:-le to tl-..c pro·;id·h;g of suc:a 5"\l?!X):t. It !3 t..~ i::+..e:1t ot: t::.e i-~d:ie~~ O:eti~ to use t!:e o..""dil.:!2 of ov:!rsee.s psyc•.,-i at:rlc te~s to sa.tisq th!3 re.:;_"d.re t:ent. ~~ Proi ect Co::t::d.t~~ s!::.ot.ll.d "1::-:: ~~.:a:--e1 bc~~v-er__, ~a.t th~ estab~s:h=!lt o"f t:e psy::ia"t--i.c tea!:S !.s :lOt a::1 e.cc:cmplisced f'ect dt:.e to ~le o:f ers-.,."li.zai;io: ci~c:"'.JJ.ties. I 3. ll!l"tll the es-tabllsl"o!n~ o:f ~syc"!lle.t::'ic ten=.s is a.."l. l e.ecor.:_pJ·'!shed i'act, the l-~dical. O!':ice, W:..il3 ~ei::.g to s-u~ I the :re~IlSib:Uity a:ld. p:-1..,.iple, imica:tes reservations ill regard its ablli-cy o:f acce::glish:.~. i I --- l . i I ·- -. - . . . -· The visual content of this page consists primarily of text on a black background with a stylized blue glow. A large, image of a bank vault door is present on the left side of the page. The text details that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically within the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It states this collection comprises over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and is freely available online at http://mkultra.theblackvault.com. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures depicted on this page. This page is a scanned document, primarily containing typed text. There are a few handwritten elements: a circled number "274" at the top, and a handwritten annotation "53-243" near the bottom right. A line of text under a heavily obscured area includes "Chief, Medical Staff". There are several areas of black redaction, obscuring content at the top right and in the middle of the page. The document has the appearance of an internal memo, with header information like "MEMORANDUM FOR" and "SUBJECT".