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This document is a declassified CIA MKUltra program memo detailing an experiment with a drug called "Dolitrone," which caused complete amnesia in a patient.

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Office Me1Jzo1 T/. . 2S GOVERN11ENT ro H lCP-Jr·:·, oo/c .t FROM Chief Office, A/P1~;i. ~I I; ---- Doli tronc SUBJECT: • • c 1. I sa·.,r for about 30 seconc.s on 22 /\nril 1!)?5. He vas on l1is \Tay to rt to enplane for ~her~ he is gi vinr:; a sctics of !'i ve papers-. ·-ne vanted me to give you this ;· .· information! "'Icll our ir:tend that Doli trone is n com~'lctc n.1uJcsia in small do~es. I ga.·.re o.· patient, a ;;:an of l~O years -- of ace, veic;ht 1:;0 poumls, who ui(l not rcs~1ond to o -- 'lccal'tvelve cc's or tva and one hnlf percent solution intravenously. Tbe doses gi vcn ,.,ere one cc evc::y minute for '12 minutes,, and he (the patient) didn't knov what.. ·. hap pfllled." , • ,, - • t 2. ~seemed most enthusiastic abou< this cx_re.J:ir;t~n t. . .. .. .. . . .. ··-· ' ~" - . . ... • ~ ~. ~· • ~ !~J • • .. : 1 •• ' • .. t •• J · l " ' ' " .. .... .~.·: ,.· .~ .. ~ •• .I". , • ,·.·.·""'~~; .. ·' The image displays a digitally rendered image of a bank vault door on the left side, with bright blue light emanating from it. To the right of the vault, white text is overlaid on a black background, stating "THE BLACK VAULT". Below this, further white text explains that the document was obtained from an online database of declassified government documents, specifically housed in the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, and provides a website address. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, signatures, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures present on this page. The document is a typed office memo with handwritten annotations and redactions. It includes a date stamp and contains typed fields for "TO," "FROM," and "SUBJECT." Portions of the text are obscured by black redaction boxes, particularly in the header and in the body of the memo. There are also a few handwritten characters and numbers scattered throughout the page, including a large "A." The visual presentation, with its mix of typed content, redactions, and handwritten notes, suggests information control and a sense of ongoing process.

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