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LJ ;,- 71J ( l. 1 July 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD \ SUBJ'ECT: MKULTRA - Comments o!. . . . . Cliie£, TSD, on Draft Report of Inspection 1. I called__ _lto acknowledge receipt of Dr. Gottlieb's comments on John Vance's draft report of inspection Qf MKULTRA, TSD. I said I felt this reply was very helpful in explaining the TSD posi_!:ion on the most critical P?ints on I our IG recommendations,. l testing on unwitting subj.ect~, .. reminded~ ~-="Jt};at wit~ ___. _. . 1 I .. . his. rebuttal dealt only three of the ten specific recommendations we had made in our IG report. He replied that the balance of these recom mendations really all related to tightening up the administration of the charter and that he personally welcomed the opportunity to have this spelled out in greater detail. 1 said I felt that our recommendations went quite beyo~d the field of administration and cited in particular the problem ·O~- .. J--1 ~aid this was ~uch m~re than .· an administration problem. and that we ~vould like to know what solution he and Dr. Gottlieb _proposed to improve· · \ .. . · _l .:_ . ~-jtended to dismiss this problem partially on the grounds that it was a function a~ a personal . relationship betvteen him and who ever might be the DD/R at any given time, and par.tially because he didn't think there was any dogmatic or systematic solution .. 2. I told ·,that we would prefer not to submit our MKULTRA paper to the DD/P without some more explicit statement !rom him on the problem· of_ · \ "/and that we also felt Dr. Gottlieb's three page indorsement fa-iled to comment on our detailed proposals for· tightening up the administration of MKULTRA activities. Mr. "\-"~"' .. \ J appreciated this but felt that they had registc:::-ed their views on the most important points at issue, and they urged us at this stage to go ahead and submit our report with the Gottlieb indorsement as it now stands to DD/P. 3. Recommendation! I think we have little to gain by massaging this report any further and recommend that we . submit it to the DD/P with a request !or his specific comments on our recommendations. I recommend that we redraft the last recommendation on the audit function in accordance with I the proposal o! =~.. i. The image is a webpage header displaying information about "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. On the left, an illustration depicts a large, circular vault door with intricate locking mechanisms, rendered in shades of gray and illuminated by a blue glow. The text on the right explains that this specific document is part of the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, which contains over 20,000 declassified CIA pages available for download. A yellow hyperlink to "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com" is prominently displayed at the bottom. There are no photographs, handwritten notes, official stamps, forms, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures on this page. little to gain by massaging this report any further and recommend that we . submit it to the DD/P with a request !or his specific comments on our recommendations. I recommend that we redraft the last recommendation on the audit function in accordance with I the proposal o! =~.. i. ... ·.·-. ·. - 2 This document is a typed memorandum for the record, dated 1 July 1963. Handwritten annotations in the top right corner include "4/15" and a circular stamp with a circled "S." There are no photographs, diagrams, or tables on this page. Several redactions are present as white rectangular boxes obscuring portions of the text, particularly in the numbered paragraphs and at the end of sentences. The document appears to be a professional, official communication. This page appears to be a memorandum or report, with typewritten text and a handwritten signature. The text discusses recommendations and an audit function. A signature, "E. J. Applewhite," is clearly visible at the bottom right, along with some handwritten scribbles above it. There are no photographs, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redations visible on this page. The visual content is primarily composed of text and handwriting, with no direct depiction of experimental procedures, equipment, or facilities.