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.. ; . 10 FEB 1975 ( NOTE: These 2 memos were seen by D/~15 on Friday, 7 Feb 75. jv i • l • - •I 0. I I ! t ~ l tr. r :. j· ; .. ; !"· -...... - ... .. .... I ;·. -: .... ~ 0 .t-J 0 •. .- ... S February 197S J.iE~fOR.ANDUM FOR TilE RECORD SUBJECT: Review of Project File 1. At the request of D/MS I reviewed the Project file which had been maintained and held by D/lv1S. The request sterns from an earlier require ~ent f~cm senior Agency Official for information on fhis Project: 2. The purpose of rny revie>., was to select for reproduction docur.tents frorn the file l.,.hich liould be representative of the file and \'ihich would shot., development ahd direction of the Project. This I have done_ and a group of documents have been re produced and assembled. These ldll be forwarded to the Inspector General through a senior Agency Official. A coinn·v of those i terns fon,rarcled lvill . ~ .. be maintained a separate file by p/~IS. . . Agency Physician ~. . :- L: -- --- -- -.... -... . ··- ··-: ...... -~ .. . : i • .• 1 I .· " . CL BY: 061378 ·31 December 1983 . , . ! . . t : · _ · . r t.,.. ~ . ---'• .I . .• r...., _ ~:. .:.· ~ . 75'". ...7 9 .. . . . - - ( ( I . I I 3 February 1975 NE·10RA!'Wll·1 FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Request from A~encv Official. for Infor mation on Project:File 1. On 28 January 1975 at the close of the regular morning staff meeting, senior Agency Official kept the group to brief them on Mr. Colby's. meeting with the Rockefeller Commission on 27 January 1975. At the conclusion of that briefing he handed out a list of questions for information. As I under stood it these were questions that had come out of Nr. Colby's meeting the previous ~ay with the Commission. One of the questions centered around th.e Project. The responses _ were to be in by close of business 28 January 1975. On returning to the office I gave the list of questions to .O:.!S Officer and asked him to contact those ueople in the office he needed to in order This page displays a graphic resembling the exterior of a vault door on the left, rendered in shades of blue and gray. To the right of the vault graphic, white text on a black background forms a title and introductory paragraph. The title reads "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font. The paragraph explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically referencing the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. Below this, a yellow URL is prominently displayed: "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com". The graphic and text together create a thematic presentation linked to the source of the declassified information. On the page, there are handwritten annotations at the top: ".400" and "OMS." A circled number, "494", is also visible. A date, "10 FEB 1975", is printed. Below this, there is a note indicating that "These 2 memos were seen by D/MS on Friday, 7 Feb 75." The initials "jv" are also present. Towards the bottom right, the handwritten text "75-78" appears. The document appears to be a typed page with the aforementioned handwritten markings and printed date. of the questions centered around th.e Project. The responses _ were to be in by close of business 28 January 1975. On returning to the office I gave the list of questions to .O:.!S Officer and asked him to contact those ueople in the office he needed to in order to compose a reply and-instructed him specifically to contactan Agency Physician, · on the Project or any similar projects. I told O.MS Official that I remembered participating in"'!!~ sometime du:ring my assignment in=·~ in a so-called Project activity and I stated that to the best of my recollection. /' · tl'I'O Security officers and a Psychiatric Staff consultant visited ~ -se~m~·for the purpose of using this technique on a foreign national of interes.t to the Agency. I advised him that I had no other knowledge of this Project. This report of mine was included in the summary we prepared· and fon-:arded to a senior Aecnc-..· Officialon 28 January 1975. miS Officer could find no doc- . - . - umentation referring to anyone else in the office having knoHledge of the Project and it l~as so stated. , 2. A couple of days later I received a call from a Senior I Agency Official who stated that an Agency Official, had in some file somel~here found a meJ'Ilorandum referring to the Project with a meetin2 bcin2 held with r;~~curi•v · '":/Nedical Staff, and others at tending s aia ·me.eti'hg. "t ,advised Senior ARency Official that we had checked all available records and could find no documentation of any kind on the _ Project. I advised him that there was only one place • ': . . ; .- .-·· • • .. CL BY: 061378 31 December 1983 ; •J . ; . I - ~· : .••. -<.\ Lj{) {) ( ( SUBJECT: from ADDA for Information on Re~uest that had not been looked at and this was Dr. ~ll§l~ ; private safe. Dr. E d a. was then on TDY in r Fill and I i ' . was not due to return to duty until 3 February 1975. Some consideration \'las given to opening that safe by · . Dr. ·1] 1 A secretary, who had the combin.ation ., i I • . to it. However, that step was not undertaken and sen1or Agency was al-rare of that and he expressed his willingness to \fait icial i· 1975. Some consideration \'las given to opening that safe by · . Dr. ·1] 1 A secretary, who had the combin.ation ., i I • . to it. However, that step was not undertaken and sen1or Agency was al-rare of that and he expressed his willingness to \fait icial i· for D/US to return to duty before· pursuing this matter •· further. · · IIMif'J! 3. On 3 February 1975 on Dr. return to duty, I briefed him on this matter and shortly thereafter he advised me. that he had a file on the Project l-:hich had been in his private safe. He stated that he had scanned it but had not read it fully and he wanted me to see the file· and knol'l of its existence for tl'I'O reasons. Firstly, that as m.IS Offi.cer. I should knoH about it and secondly there is material in it that confirmed my partict,gation in one effort by the so-called Project team in Sl ~ in 1954. 1 l'i'ent through the file and later told him that this is the first time I l'las are of the tence of the file at}d secondly. a,~· ~xis i. it as the first time that I was a\vare of arid had read a \'I' report on this particular ProjeCt I participated in. He .asked me to go through the file again identifying those r / documents l·:hich gave indication of the de·velopment and the .~- . '· history of the Project. ·This I have done and have paper- ; clipped "those documents I thought to be pertinent. He then called senior Agency Official in my presence him that he . an~.advi~ed had found some data on the Project. Senior Agency.Of£icial invited him to his office immediately for further discussion. .. r· .t: OMS Officer f ~:· I. i ; .f.-. t.:· • •• . t .·•. 1 . ! . '· .· ;. . ' (. r . .. . ·-t. . - 2 - i - .. ~- This page contains a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations and a stamped number. The memorandum is dated February 5, 1975, and concerns a review of a "Project File." Handwritten annotations include "400" and a circled "491" at the top of the page, and "75-79" at the bottom. There are no photographs, diagrams, forms, or evidence of experimental procedures visible on this page, only text and handwritten marks. The content of the memorandum discusses selecting documents for reproduction and forwarding them to the Inspector General. This page is a declassified memorandum with handwritten annotations and a circular stamp. At the top, the number "400" is handwritten in the upper right corner, and a circular stamp with "USA" is present to the right of the date "3 February 1975". The body of the text is a typed memorandum, including a subject line and numbered paragraphs detailing a request for information. In the bottom left, there is a handwritten "CL BY: 061378" and a blurred, dark stamp. Further to the right, "31 December 1983" is typed, and handwritten numbers "75-80" are visible in the bottom right corner. There are no photographs, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The page is a typewritten document with handwritten annotations. A circled number "491" is in the upper right quadrant. A number "400" is written above and to the left of the circled annotation. Another handwritten annotation "75-81" is in the lower right corner. There are several blotches and lines of black ink obscuring parts of the text, particularly names of individuals and project details. The document appears to be official correspondence, with a subject line and numbered paragraphs.