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This document is a declassified CIA memorandum dated June 8, 1956, with handwritten annotations and redactions, concerning interest in a new drug.

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I Office ~1e1J2ot ~- NIT ED STA ... ....::s GOVERNMENT .•. TO DATE.: (3 Juno l'.)GG . "'' I 4 • •• • .. 100-SG .. l'RON Chief fico ------ SUBJECT: A •.. ,,, ,J. .. Dear - ~t . ' ... H . \t · . .. ,'. ' ... ." 'I .• . . .. .... ::; very much intor;eoted in o. new druG bcil1r; put out It io li. P. 208 •. Do you h:1vo n.ny · ituonno.tion on :_:· ·'· '· ~ ~otl~d you c;et a :nnnll r1u~.mti ty o.r it for~ . I • . :. ·--·· t•' \.· - I ,. i Pleo.se let me hco.r from you at your convenience. i ~· . .. .. - ... A . ' ' I .. · .. .:-, .._r. .t : • .... ~' . ;· ". ' 4-!,; . ... . - ...· . ... ... '.l.j ..: .,. . .. ' ! '·•.. ~:.··) 1 . '·· .,.: :~' J ~·. i.' ' 1 .:. • '. ~ -:~,, :· .. •.· .. .. ',~.·I ·, .. r . .~.· ~ . - . . ... ... l · f ,, 'r . ·~·.··: '· . . . . . . . .s · '· · . .II' ·--·:. The image depicts the cover page of a declassified document from The Black Vault, an online database of government documents. On the left side, a stylized image of a bank vault door is visible, rendered in shades of gray and blue. The right side of the image contains predominantly black space with white text. The text details the origin of the document, stating it's from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, a compilation of over 20,000 declassified CIA documents. It also provides a URL for accessing the entire collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions present in this visual. The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. It features several black redactions obscuring text, most notably in the "TO" and "FROM" fields. Handwritten additions include "A" in the top right, beneath "TO", and "H" next to "FROM" and "SUBJECT". A more extensive handwritten annotation appears in the top right with "A/B, I, 2/1,3" and a circled "C" to the right of the main body of text. The document's layout indicates a standard memo format with fields for sender, recipient, subject, and date, which is visible as "8 June 1956".

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