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.. . :. . 'I •• ( --; I I (f) J 29 November 1963 ·' MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT : lv'U<ULTRA PROGRAM 1. A meeting was held in General Carter's office on 29 Nove:::~ber 1963 to discuss the subject progra~. Those present, __ in addition to General Carter, w·ere Messrs. Helms, Kirkpatrick,. "!Gottlieb, and Earman. The main thrust of the discussion was the testing of certain drugs on unwitting U. S. citizens. Dr. Gottlieb gave a brie:£ history of the MKULTRA program which was not in any way_ at variance with the IG report of August 1963 on this subject. ·.· ... 2. Messrs. Gottlieb and ~!argued for the continuation of unwitti•·1g testing, using as the principal point that controlled testing cannot be depended upon for accurate results. General Carter, lvi:r. Kirkpatrick, and I do not disagree with this point. We also accept !l-Ie necessity for having a "stable of drugs" on the shel! and the requirement for contbued research and development of drugs--not only for possible operational use but also to give CIA insight on the state of the art i::l tl-..is field and in particular to alert us to what the opposition is or might be expected to do in the R&D and employment of drugs. 3. . . _lpoted that the~e-was no disagreement. with the recommendations of the IG survey on MKULTRA with the exception of the unwitting testing problem. In response to a query from General Carter, he stated that since the IG report such testing has been held i:::l abeyance. · 4. General Carter made it clear that he understood the necessity for research and development of all type;; o£ drugs, to include their testine. However, he was troubled by the "unwitting _aspect". This led to a brief discussion on the possibility of unwitting tests on foreign nationals, but according to-__ ·;this had been ruled out as a result of several conversations he recently had '\vith senior chiefs of stations--too danget·ous and the lack of controlled facilities. (This seemed an odd concl_l1sion I - I I r -..,... ' . ·,· ( . ) ( --, I j to me since the same dangers exist in the U. S. and from what we were able to find out during our survey, the facilities we have for uncontrolled testing leave much to be desired--! made a point o£ this.) 5. After further discussion, it The image displays a graphic with the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font. To the left, there is an illustration of a vault door, featuring a large wheel and complex locking mechanisms. On the right side of the image, text explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a URL for accessing this collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The entire page consists of this graphic and accompanying text. ) ( --, I j to me since the same dangers exist in the U. S. and from what we were able to find out during our survey, the facilities we have for uncontrolled testing leave much to be desired--! made a point o£ this.) 5. After further discussion, it was agreed: a. That the charter of MKULTRA would be revised along the lines recommended in the IG survey. b. The procedures for testing drugs are to be reviewed and. new alternative proposals submitted. c. I! .it is concluded by the DD/P that unwitting testing on American citizens must be continued to opera tionally prove out these drugs, it may become necessary to place this problem before the Director for a decision. · 6. I made the point that the IG survey had found other problems . with the lv1KULTRA program in addition to the unwitting testing, but stated if the charter is rewritten along the lines recommended, I believe these problems would be corrected. 7 •. NOTE: The IG Survey of MKULTRA was handed to laiter the meeting for his use in redrafting the charter• .. . JSE:cm I J This page is primarily text-based, featuring a typed memorandum. There are no photographs, diagrams, or organizational charts. The only visible annotations are handwritten notations at the top of the page, including what appears to be a page number or date "417" and a circular symbol with a "1" inside that may indicate a classification or routing mark. There are no official stamps. The text mentions the "MKULTRA PROGRAM" and discusses a meeting concerning drug testing on unwitting citizens, but there is no visual evidence of experimental procedures or equipment. Some content is redacted, indicated by blank spaces within the text where words or phrases would typically be. The document is a typed page of official text with some handwritten annotations. At the top right, "414" is written in black ink, likely a page number. Near the bottom, there's a signature line with a handwritten signature and the typed title "J. S. Elfman, Inspector General." Another handwritten annotation in black ink is present in the right margin of item 7. There are no photographs, diagrams, forms, tables, or evidence of experimental procedures visible on this page. The text itself appears to be unredacted.