Doc 0000146370
CIA
This document, from the CIA's MKUltra program collection, inquires about a drug known as "Tebun" which may act as a "truth serum," detailing its reported effects and potential antidotes.
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This page is not descriptive of a declassified CIA document as it is an informational screencap from "The Black Vault" website. The visual content consists of a stylized graphic of a vault door on the left side and text on the right. The vault door graphic is metallic, grey, and appears to be an old-fashioned bank vault with intricate locking mechanisms and a circular dial. The text explains that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically referencing the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection housed there. It provides a URL for accessing the collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
The document is a typed letter dated March 12, 1952, with a handwritten annotation in the top right corner reading "A/B, 5, 240/2". There is a circular handwritten "C" near the top left, and a handwritten "A" near the bottom right, both possibly routing or review marks. Several large, dark, smudged redactions are present: one obscuring text near the top left, and another covering text near the bottom center. The content of the letter discusses a drug named "Tabun" and its potential effects and antidotes. The document appears to be printed on aged paper with some visible blemishes and speckling.
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