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t-/35 /-=·, .. r ..., ' ' /I. ";) /,/,~. ,~,·J . \ !'J,/ ' Office . • UNITED STATES GOVERNSU:.:/N T DATE: J.5 Scpte:r:-J::;a:r- 1$59 '1. st::sJEc:r: Possible Use o:f Drugs a."ld E;r.p:-:osis i.."li%8 Operatio:Jal Casa · ... Re.ferctce is :rr.sde -~o previous discussions con::erning t.."'"ie above. ~~.for.,-arded tha attac-"-:.~d r:e:;::o 1-hlcll i!l sel.f-o~~la.natory. ~ clso ta:Ltced to the l-.rlter and stated~ "l vie;.; of t.'le TSS pc1,::;er the ette:rpt had to be CC..'-Celled. D:::-rd i 4il"'1~as so notified. AB'IIDr ia t!nha:ppy about this, b'J.t he belie•~s that it ;.;-auld be us-eless to t:!7 to force tba issue now. }!y view is si;-..llar to..,.... in t!::at I felt it ;;as a good cl:~co to try so:;e:J:ir.g ll."lUSUll, •=ith ths kno~lecl1;e i."ld the results co".JJ..d be to a ccrt2in e~tent pre-tes·~-ed be!o re a-:-;;;l fir:.al co~"-d tment ~~ rr~de oi-the _ ·subJect. The cost see~ed to :r.e to be very l.it ;~lc in ViE:n of: the possible · · - _·::_ : experience a.;d kno~.;led.ge that could be gained. ~ r:m sure, ag:re~d · ~=- · idth this ;-ierr. .. ._ . ·· .. ... -. I -··.·-.. -'--' =--: . ·.-....... . Attached ere some notes regexd~,g the bac1:ground of t.ho · pr~blcm. Ple::s'e ~:)~ ~=oil!'~ cc=:ne~ts o::J. the bud~ aho!:lt. Attacbnent I I I I' p :'' The page features a graphic of a vault door, possibly symbolizing a secure archive or repository of information. To the right of the vault, bold, stylized text reads "THE BLACK VAULT". Below the title, white text states that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also mentions that the collection contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA and provides a URL for downloading the entire collection. Below this descriptive text, a bright yellow URL is clearly displayed. This is a typed document, likely an office memorandum, with several handwritten annotations and redactions. At the top right, there is a handwritten number "435" and a circled mark with the same number. The document is an "Office Memorandum" from "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" dated "15 September 1959" regarding the "Possible Use of Drugs and Eypnosis in Operational Case." There are multiple black ink redactions obscuring names and specific details within the body of the text and at the bottom of the page. One handwritten annotation at the bottom right appears to be "58-3;". The term "Attachment" is typed, and there is a diagonal line that might indicate where an attachment was once connected.