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1 j!J·' ... •'· /. .·~-' 3 1 DCT 1375 N£1-:0RAriDUH FOR: Director of Central Intelligence FROH : Inspector General . SUBJECT : Kennedy Committee Interest in IG Surveys of OTS 1. This memorandum for your information. ~s 2. OLC recently asked us to revie\., the IG surveys of.OTS for information of possible interest to the Kennedy bf.the Com~ittee. three such surveys (1957, 1963, and 1971), only the 1957 report had not been reviewed previously. Our review of the 1957 report revealed several references to the drug related aspects of Project HKULTRA. Copies of a number of pages from that report have been sanitized and coordinated \·Jith Qr. Stevens for passage to OLC and, \·re presume, eventually for the Kennedy Committee. They contain the matters of interest. follo~ling . . 3. The organization, functions, and methods of operation of Chemical Division (CD), TSS are described. NKULTRA appears as a ·- funding procedure for sensitive R&D including expenditures prqgra~s in the field of influencing human beh~vior. A section on inf1uencin~ human behavior includes a general description of CO's interest and objectives, mentioning improved interrogation techniques through the use of psychochemicals and the development of defensive measures against hostile interrogation. . 4. In discussing the problem of arranging for tests and experimentation in the behavioral the following statement is made: progra~. ''Some of the activities are considered to be professicnally unethical and in some instances border on the illegal. These difficulties have not been entirely but · sur~ounted good progress is being made. Another problem is raised-by (.!...ti.l) the lack of professional knm·tledge of lysergic acid,&eie basic substance \·tith \·lhich CD is concerned. Very little-- research has been done by the medical profession and CD new ground in its efforts to develop this is·breakin~ material for operational use." I 'f'' ,. i t . .. I f ..A;;;;... . • I 4 5. The report notes that preliminary tests are conducted on animals, and the best results in human experimentation have been obtained from mental institutions under controlled conditions. It goes on to comment on "security" hazards surrounding some aspects of the human behavior program as follows: "Precautions must be taken not only to protect operations from exposure to enemy forces but also to conceal these activities from the American public in general. The kno\'tledge that the Agency i.s engaging in unethical and illicit activities \·tOuld have serious repercussions in political and This page features a digital graphic on the left depicting a stylized, metallic vault door with complex locking mechanisms and a glowing blue light. The right side of the page contains text in an off-white color, overlaid on a black background with a faint blue glow. The text announces that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection and providing a URL for download. There are no photographs of people, locations, or equipment, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. human behavior program as follows: "Precautions must be taken not only to protect operations from exposure to enemy forces but also to conceal these activities from the American public in general. The kno\'tledge that the Agency i.s engaging in unethical and illicit activities \·tOuld have serious repercussions in political and diplomatic circles .and would be detrimental to the accomplishment of its mission." 6. Apart from the general descriptions and statements outlined above, the 1957 report does not go into detail on the subject of human experimentation. It makes no recommendations on discontinuing such activities. Its on the subject of human behavior involve ··· recom~endations · ... - · I . .· . --. ----· . \ ....... - •.·-· ... ·-· ---· ·-:--·:·· .. . .. . . · . 'b~~- Donald F. Chamberlain Inspector General cc: OLC DDS&T -· . .. --· - . . .- ·- ·- . : · . - . . : .· · . ·: ·-. . · .. :- -. . .. ·-· . ·• .. -. . ".· -· - . --, l"" The image displays a declassified typewritten memorandum with handwritten annotations. In the top right corner, there's a handwritten "Sanitized" and "418", along with a stamped "Executive Regist" form with entries "75-8671/8" and "75-3871" under "INSPECTOR GENERAL". There are also circled markings and a handwritten note "(LSD)" next to a specific section of text. The page contains numbered paragraphs of text related to MKULTRA and research involving lysergic acid. There are no photographs, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typed report with handwritten annotations and a signature. At the bottom right, there is a signature that reads "Donald F. Chamberlain Inspector General" above a typed version of the name. There are also handwritten notations to the left of the signature and at the bottom left, including "cc: OLC DDS&T" and a number "1" with dashed lines. Some text at the bottom of the page appears to be partially obscured by vertical lines and speckling, and there are some faint vertical lines that could indicate the edge of the original document or a printing defect. The overall appearance suggests a scanned, declassified document with standard report formatting.