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This document is a redacted memorandum from the CIA's MKUltra program, noting a contact who would provide valuable contacts and a list of potentially useful plants.

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•t. t . TO . Chief, Securitr Research Starr Fit OM Chief, Tcclmical Jl!:-anch with Secret Contact • . .• 1 j ... • / . 3. ~stated he v7oulq_ c~ll -..in th_e l,....o-. next fel-l days uno. Li vc him contncts ivhich he re::;ardcd a:t' valuable. He also fw"nish hirn l'Ti th -a list of plants n!1ic lt uottld be valunble and rmuld make 2..'1 effort to either procure the plant or B) deter- rnine where it could be obtained and hm~ :i.t could be obtained if he himself could.not do :i.t. . .... ·- ... "' .... -•• 1 "' • • . If .. • .. . • \ • • ' ·' "' .. . ~ . . . ... I • .. , ·1' {-.·· ... •• . : .;H, , . . .' . ' 'J .. . . I . I I .I ' :• t ' ~: ,~,· :~. • . , . : . . ~. . ' : . . -.1. . ~ •.• / . • . ' . • . ... . t ~. L ; \ , i . ' . : t · · ·- - . r.: 111 :·.··• . ::I, C:t.co.:::'nnc ~: - ·:"il 0\).t::;tn.w.lln.-; · •.'· -ru\()_ h~.J· Vi'cd.r..~.-i.:~ -::tl :. .- ~ ~ · ,- .. . . • , . ' . . ~;, ..-.. I . .. ' _"f, I . ..... . ·- .. . ·:·;: ~,·:~.,:· The image is a banner-like graphic with a dark background and a blue glow. On the left side of the banner is an illustration of a detailed vault door, complete with a large circular mechanism and multiple gears. The text displayed on the right side describes that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a website address for downloading the collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redacted content, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a black and white photocopy of a memorandum with some areas obscured by black ink redactions. A handwritten annotation in black ink, reading "Noted A", is present on the left side, overlaying some of the text. Several sections of text are completely redacted. There are a few handwritten capital "A"s in the margins, likely a form of marking or annotation. The memo itself appears to be a standard government form with fields for "TO", "FROM", "SUBJECT", and "DATE", all of which are filled in. The paper shows signs of age, with a grainy texture and some minor damage along the edges. The document is a typed memo with blue ink handwritten annotations. The most prominent handwritten markings are alphanumeric notations in the upper right and left margins, as well as circled letters that may indicate a system of annotation or review. There are also rectangular redactions of varying sizes throughout the document, obscuring text. The overall impression is of a working document that has been reviewed and annotated.

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