Doc 0000146379
CIA
This CIA Office Memorandum from October 28, 1953, discusses conferences held in September 1953 and mentions a chemical that was tried, with significant portions of the text redacted.
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Ask the archive about this →. -~·~ .,-A>eAom-HD.U . Office Memor!tJ.dum . • UNITED STATES GOVERNJ\IENT TO Chief, Technical Branch DATE: 28 October 1953 .. FR. OM , SUBJECT: Conferences with . . . .· ... =-·· .. 11 and lJ September 1953. \ 1. - a . s fully co-operative; made several __ useful suggestions, and lent me three pertinent reprints (one in French which would haye been difficult to find elsewhere). These I returne9 the following week as desired. aft~r-abstracting ~ A chemical (Tetrae discu.-;sed wi tr:iilr. ~ was taken up later with , wix>doubted i~_...r... ~ to us; if we sh it how~ver, further, he said it had been tried a A • • i I I I I .. t I r • -~ , ., IIi'."''- • •. I ' • :-... , . ' f . ~ I!' ; I t ~- .; I ;
The page displays a digital graphic with a large, stylized text that reads "THE BLACK VAULT" at the top. To the left, an image of a bank vault door with intricate mechanical details and a blue glow is visible. The right side of the page contains text explaining that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database for declassified government documents, specifically referencing the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, which houses over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA. The text also provides a website address for accessing the collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
The document is a Standard Form No. 64, "Office Memorandum," dated October 28, 1953. It is addressed to the Chief, Technical Branch, and is from an unnamed sender. The subject is "Conferences with" held on September 11 and 13, 1953. There are significant portions of the text obscured by black redactions, particularly in the "FROM" field and within the body of the memorandum detailing the conferences. Handwritten annotations include what appears to be a numerical/alphabetical code "A/B,5, 254/3" in the upper right corner and single letters "A" and "C" scattered throughout the document, likely indicating review or action. There are no photographs, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
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