Doc 0000146156
CIA
This document excerpt from the CIA MKUltra collection reports a psychiatric patient's death following a drug injection in a 1953 Army-contracted test, noting it as the first reported death from extensive Army-sponsored drug experiments involving approximately 4,000 soldiers and civilians.
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Ask the archive about this →JlSTRlBUTION II .,.. - iHE SCDVEREO THAT R PSYCHIATRIC P2TIENT"DIED AFTER CI~IL!RN RECE!~ING DRUG lNJECTION IN R 1953 TEST ugDER fiRHY CO~TRACT. :T HAS THE FIRST DEATH REPORTED AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE ~MY-SPONSORED DRUG EXPERIMENTS DATING SACK MORE THAN 20 YERRS. ~ESE EXPERlHENTS INVOLVED ABOUT 4~000·soLDlERS AND CIVILIANS. - ,. ' fENTAGON SPOKESMAN JOSEPH LRITIN CALLED A NEWS CONFERENCE TO · . . . RLE CIVILIAN PATIENT THE COURSE DF A DURG TEST PROGRAM -~}IN .. lNSTITUTE UNDER AN •• Ri-1i .. CDNTF:RCT. '·· ~- i . . - I RKES IH THE SAYING _THIS HAS DONE IT TRIED TO LOCATE CASE~ HH~LE URVlVING RELATIVES AND ATTEMPTED TO PIECE TOGETHER MORE ~NFPRKRTIOH N THE CASE. c .i _;. "iHE DULt OTHER .DEATH REPORTED"SD FAR IN THE DISCLOSURES OF DRUG . . ~PERIKENTS BY GOVERNMENT "AGENCIES ~RS RTTRIBUT¥D TO R CENTRAL ·= t I" : \ T a : :-:"- a t -!.. .. . t A> ~ """ t*:"- ! t .! ~ r - -! ' : - ' , A ' ; :. : ..: ~ . ! ... . .. ! ' ~ " . - ': 1 · 1 w ~ ' ~ -r ~ . ~ . · . . ~ " : I . '! . ; '- . : : · . ~ : ·- .. : . = . . ? ... · I ·· .. ~ .. 1 ~ 1 . C : . · . -· ~ •• ~ w - = . : .. : . " J ... , !. . ! - • : -r:.: ..-.. -;: - t . .. - . n r. . ~ - · : . - :. .. ; ; f , : : r " -. , PLUNGED TD HIS DEATH FROM R HOTEL HINDOW SHORTLY AFTER" A REPRESENTATIVE DF INSPECTOR GEUER~L liSCOVERED A-FILE DISCLOSING THE SECOND HHILE ~ERTH EXR~INING ~ECDRDS LAST TH~RSDAY IN R VAULT RT THE £DEENDDD RRSENAL IN MARYLAND. GENERAL IS CONDUCTING RN TEST PRDGRRHS WITH .. -··· ·· .. ·---·····- ... - ·--· - .. --:.-.--. ....... ~·-·-~--·--.. ~--. -- ----·····--·-···-~ ··----··-.... _ . . __ _ . . ··. ··--;:'"'"-. :;·. ;;. . ·.- c=J U~C~A.SSIF!E~ ... "· •·.• .... · "'·· '! • •. • . . :~
The image displays a dark background with a stylized graphic of a vault door on the left and white text on the right. The vault door graphic features metallic textures, circular mechanisms, and a bright blue light emanating from its center. The text announces "THE BLACK VAULT" in large, distressed white font at the top, followed by explanatory text detailing the origin and content of the document, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection and providing a URL. Below the main text, a hyperlink "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com" is highlighted in yellow. The visual elements are graphic and illustrative rather than containing specific document content.
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The document is a declassified news service report with handwritten annotations and check boxes at the bottom for classification marking. A circled "403 (526)" and "DK-2" are visible in handwritten script at the top. There is a signature in cursive near the bottom right, and a stamp or handwritten notation "75-176" near the signature. The document includes checkboxes indicating "TOP SECRET," "SECRET," "CONFIDENTIAL," and "UNCLASSIFIED," with "CONFIDENTIAL" checked. No photographs, diagrams, experimental procedures, or facilities are depicted.
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