Doc 0000146330
CIA
This document is a declassified CIA memorandum from May 25, 1953, concerning a request for the renewal of a consultant contract related to research and experimentation.
This is one record. The archive holds the rest — ask it anything across the MKUltra files and every answer is cited to the page.
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The image shows a secured digital vault in blue hues, with text overlayed. The text explains that the document is from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The collection, housing over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA, is available for download at the provided URL. The visual of the vault suggests security and access to sensitive information, complementing the textual description of declassified records.
The document is a typewritten letter with handwritten annotations. It includes a date at the top right, "25 May 1953," and what appears to be a numerical/alphanumeric classification "A/B, I, 44, 15" in handwriting. There are several large black redacted boxes obscuring content within the body of the letter. Margins contain scattered handwritten letters in dark ink, likely notations or markings related to the document's routing or review. The text discusses a "Request for Renewal of Contract" and mentions an "ARTIGIOKE program," suggesting a business or administrative context with some sensitive information obscured.
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