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... l9 November 1951 Jm-IORANDUM FOR THE Rl:n.ORD Conversati~s wi~ C... SUBJECT: c. l ·introduced C -A- equest at 11:00 a.m. ~ A left for another appoint- ! 2.~stated eard of several CIA reports I. I r on the suBject of drugs and had been conducting a ! rrumber of investigations along for some time. He would like i i .. to Jmow whether or not the Agenc:; has az:or appreciation of the il:Iportance 1- ~ of certain lines of drug research as it affects national security an:l outlined the lines which he thinks are most important as follows:· 1 J ·- a. The use of drugs in connection "h"i. th interrogations u.s. either by the··soviets or the (least important) , ... b. The use of drugs to influence the 'td.llpower of an indi _',• -vidmU.. (secon:lary in i.Jrportance) .. i> .,..;-r.· :...• · c. The use of drugs to loosen tongues or cause normally '• discreet individunls to act with indiscretion without their I.!~··. knorTledge (most iznportant). ).~stated that if the Agency was concerned about these matters was perhaps proper that thorough investigation be made and ~t s. no:t-iye be sent out to U. individuals to protect them particularly T I against subparagraph ·c above. .. advis~hat _ A-c_ CIA is interested in any gence rna having a bearing on national security. 'lhis subject has been referred to the Agency a number of times as a matter worth looking into. We have noted, however, that for the most part the subjec,t is covered by a nwnber of extravagant cla.ims which have no basis ~ actual research. While there is a gre::lt deal of research going~t~,he rapeutic affects of drugs the other applications which~ entioned seemed to have been relatively untouched. Shoula some y have a research program in effect which gave promise of positive developments towards new uses of drugs we would certainly be interested in it. .- ' .. · i ·- ·: c.. S·--··--~~autiono~that he should not inter pret from these remarrcs that CIA would become actively engaged in such matters. Urxier the law under -which we operate, CIA 1s job is to in3Ul'e that all aspects of the national security are covered from an intelli- gence standpoint and i! the 'rosenrch is being actively undertaken by a· service department, we liould merely want to t anri make sure that it S is worlting with , we The page displays a graphic background featuring a stylized image of a vault door on the left, with a glowing blue light emanating from it. The text on the right explains that the document originates from "The Black Vault," an online archive of declassified government documents, specifically housing the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. This collection, comprising over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA, is available for free download at a provided URL. No photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures are present on this page. operate, CIA 1s job is to in3Ul'e that all aspects of the national security are covered from an intelli- gence standpoint and i! the 'rosenrch is being actively undertaken by a· service department, we liould merely want to t anri make sure that it S is worlting with , we we should tie in . ~!! !~!n °~~i~:tabl1iscu~s~~t t!~~ ~~~~-~i~ JDI wii.J~iWf',.-;~ conversatio~(f.ith ction project. (In the . :'d:te ~ the matter of getting together with tlMMIJtJ Ill f:iii ~-ai~ven the highest pr and should''· e· /)r accomplished week. ) Cf111 II • ~ . . 1: r!f_ en we h~d established the appropriate arrangements t:i II --r:~~l {3 I · IB£ ] [£ ~ Dwe will get in touch with hilll probably ~hrough that e • . c.. 6. 6/> C B/~ 7-~Qescribed his his conversatLons with· conversations are in they should be kept in a after his conversations with ful in his con~-no :a • versations wit~to --;advised that he would be back in rlashin · have completed our coordination with 111•11 we might develop the matter further at "'· , # .. ' .....· ,' . ·. .. ~· . ~ .. ) ·~ . ~ r · '~ -·~. The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. There are no photographs, official stamps, forms, diagrams, or structured data. Redacted content, indicated by blacked-out areas, is present throughout the document, obscuring names and specific details within the body of the text. Handwritten marginalia, including letters and symbols like "C B A", "C", "A C", and "?", are scattered across the left side of the page and at the top, suggesting internal routing or review. The top right corner contains a handwritten inscription "A/B 5, 25/9" alongside the typed date "19 November 1951". The document is a typed memo with handwritten annotations and redactions. The handwritten marks include letters like "A" and "C" in the margins and numerical notations like "B/3". There are significant blocks of text that have been redacted, rendering them illegible. The document appears to be a report or briefing with numbered sections covering topics like CIA engagement, research priority, and subject recruitment. There are no photographs, stamps, forms, diagrams, or tables visible.