Doc 0000146252
CIA
This is a heavily redacted CIA memorandum, dated March 6, 1951, with handwritten annotations, discussing the preparation of drugs for troop attention and intelligence gathering.
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This page is a typed memorandum with several handwritten annotations. The document is heavily redacted, with large black bars obscuring portions of the text, particularly in the "TO," "FROM," and subject fields, as well as throughout the body of the text. There are also several handwritten marginalia, including an initial "G" next to some paragraphs, a stamp-like marking with "6 March 1951" and a cryptic "A/B, 2, 11/6" at the top, and a handwritten entry at the bottom right corner that appears to be a date and initial, possibly "28/Mar/51 G." The presence of these markings and the extensive redactions suggest a document of classified and sensitive content, possibly related to intelligence gathering or operational procedures.
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