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"l -- ... 1. .J ( ( .,. •·'· J 1 5 $[p i975 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence .SUBJECT MKULTRA/MKDELTA Statement from IG Report of 26 Ju~y 1963. 1. l\1KULTRA encompasses the R&D phase of a program concerned with "the research and development of chemical~ biological, and radiological materials capable of employment in clandestine operations to control hu!nan behavior. The end products of such research are subject to very strict controls including a request for the personal approval of the DD/P for any operational use made of these end products .. "- 2. MKULTRA is the R&D phase~ MKDELTA denotes the DD/P system for· control of the operational employment of such materials. 3. 11lt is firm doctrine in TSD that testing of materials w1der accepted scientific procedures fails to disclose the full pattern of· reactions and attributions that may occur in operational situations. TSD initiated a program for covert testing of materials on unwitting US citizens in 1953." · ';:: 4. "The final step in the research·and development sequence is the delivery of 1v1KULTRA materials and the:MKDE.LTA control :;ystem governing their employment in clandestin~ operations. 11 5. '!As of 1960 no effective knockout pill, truth serum, aphrodisiac,. or recruitment pill was known to exist. MKDELTA was described as inherently a high-risk, low-yield field of opa-ations~-~--- ... .. __ .--~ \. . · · ~~--~:· .:~ .. · "\ . l \ . I \ t ·- -:... _-;· .. 1 J -....... -. . .. ·•. ( C. ''he 7. In a 1960 Gottlieb report (IG has no cop}r o£ this)~ obscn-ed· that the Clandestine Services had encouraged TSD on various occasions to develop and maintain the operational capability in special drugs and chemicals, but that TSD had received. little or no guidance in directinr; the work and that the Clandestine Ser.vi.ces had up. to that time shown little inclination to use the end products operationally. -~-. . __. _j . ~--~: ~:·~--: '~- ----- . .. - .... - . :: .. l .. - 8. Specific records are scarce, but below are listed summaries .. of actual uses: 2 _j I J .:.1.' .. ... J ~·.. ( ( .• I ) ~ }-t,~' (1"'-.J._) Donald F. Chamberlain Inspector General .• . .~ .· . :·•- . _". ·. : ·-.·-.. , . .. - ., . · . . . -.-. . - _ . The image displays a stylized graphic of a vault door on the left, with bright blue light emanat ing from behind it. To the right of the vault, text in a white, blocky font reads "THE BLACK VAULT". Below this title, in smaller white text, is a description of the document's origin, stating it was obtained from "The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents," and specifically housed in their "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection." The text further explains that this collection contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA and provides a URL for online access. The bottom line of text, in a yellow font, is the website address: "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com". There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible in this image. actual uses: 2 _j I J .:.1.' .. ... J ~·.. ( ( .• I ) ~ }-t,~' (1"'-.J._) Donald F. Chamberlain Inspector General .• . .~ .· . :·•- . _". ·. : ·-.·-.. , . .. - ., . · . . . -.-. . - _ . . .. · .. -:· ~. ~~ . ~ .. 3 This page is a declassified memorandum with official stamps and handwritten annotations. At the top right, a stamp indicates "15 SEP 1975." There are also handwritten notations in what appears to be blue ink, including the number "413" and some scribbled text. The document is a typed memo with the subject "MKULTRA/MKDELTA," detailing information from an IG Report dated July 26, 1963. No photographs, diagrams, forms, or visual evidence of experimental procedures are present. The text content describes the nature and control systems of MKULTRA and MKDELTA programs. The page contains typed text, with numbered points 7 and 8. There are handwritten annotations at the top right, including the number "413". The text of point 7 discusses a 1960 Gottlieb report regarding Clandestine Services, TSD, and operational capabilities in special drugs and chemicals. Point 8 mentions scarce records and summaries of actual uses. There are no photographs, forms, diagrams, or structured data. No redactions or visual evidence of experimental procedures are visible. The page contains a handwritten signature that appears to read "Donald F. Chamberlain Inspector General," along with an illegible handwritten notation in the upper right corner. There are also several instances of scattered ink marks and smudges across the document, along with some faint printed text at the bottom left that appears to be a page number. A faint vertical line, possibly a ruler mark or fold, runs down the right side of the page, and a horizontal line is visible in the upper right. The document appears to be a scanned page with some artifacts of the scanning process.