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This document is a declassified CIA report from the MKUltra mind-control program detailing a meeting about a project's progress and CIA participation.

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"('·'' ·'·· .. sun.J t·:CT: 1~ .....1 hrl-called on 5 hours lh ;.:ay 1951 to h~L~JJJiL). ·1c ~ vist::d that the project is proceadinc quit.n nuccc:;sf11ll;:r, nltlrnnr~!'l it in the pl had conver0.1ti':>11:> \7 3entat.ivc, out.ljnccl the cn\.,ir h::tvc received case. Pespitc case that CIA ;rould have been nskct.l by to as;:;ist. and :1rr;mr:C'!nrm t.s h~vc been m~dn to .provic.l~as :JJlce. t is cxpcctcrJ that we ·;1iJ J receive n record- inc ~~interroc;ations and Tlill transcribe them as a sen·ice to . ~m~ ~ 2. ~·.-ras briE-fed on the attj.tuc.l~ of tl •·d.th respect to CIA 1 s participA.tion in the project, nn.'Tlely, under control nnc.l v;iD. welcome ur, if w~ have somnthinr:; to contribute. This is a loGical ntti tude, but indic<~.te::; that t.hcy hnve not been impressed with the 11coordin:1tl.on" role wh::i.ch CIA is exp~ctc~,J ay. ~·.r~ do not fet1ae · tl ·,-. neccs::;ary to brine thj.s up at the-~::tin at prc>r.cnt, since ~· .:ts ~.mlic<lted a sincere der.::i.r<>. to cooperA-te. ··re will aclvis . . if at any time it appears thn t such coopera Lion is not being obtain~d. of~ som•;~cs on oc su nf EL'JbO;J lU1 to n. The mectinr,~ will he nt.tendcd by in 1e capacity of pr::i.vn l..c intli wo ::;cern · CIA nrranr:e for at t:.cndancc, am! wa~ sucr_:e:::ted :t.sked that a mr.mor;mon:n he ::;rmt to this may be taken up from a policy standpoint. . ~~ .. ~ the mcmorandUJ'I.~ ·~ .. fJ ,'~' \' ,., , ,1. .. 'I ·..· 'i'··· '(, .·. , . \ . ~ I ·· I ~· ) l ' ' .i ... J ..... : .... ~ The image displays a digital representation of a document from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. On the left side, there's a graphic of a large, circular vault door with intricate mechanical details and blue lighting effects. To the right of the vault graphic, the title "THE BLACK VAULT" is prominently displayed in a stylized font, accompanied by informational text in white. This text explains that the document is from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, a compilation of over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA. The text also provides a URL for downloading the collection. No photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions are visible in this image. The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. The annotations include a date "A/B, 4, 23/11" at the top right and further annotations in the margins such as "H-B/3 B/6" on the left side and "A B/3" below that, and "A H-B/6 B" further down. There are significant portions of the text that are heavily redacted or obscured, indicated by black bar redactions. The document appears to be a standard memorandum with clear headings such as "MEMORANDUM TO THE FILE" and "SUBJECT." --- OCR Start --- A/B, 4, 23/11 15 May 1961 A H-B/3 B/6 A B/3 H-B/6 B MEMORANDUM TO THE FIE SUBJECT: Conversations, between 1. and called on at. 1715 and that the hours in May 1951 to brief him on BLUEBIRD. He advised project is proceeding quite successfully, although it is still very much in the planning stare. We have had conversations with for repre- sentative, he has outlined the entireзгортал We have received from considerable information on thong case. Despite the instructions from at the beginning of the case that CIA would have nothing to do with this matter at present, we have been asked by to assist and arrangements have been made to provide such assistance. It is expected that we will receive a record- ing of the aginterrogations and will transcribe them as a service to the 2. was briefed on the attitude of the with respect to CIA's participation in the project, namely, they have it under control and will welcome us if we have something to contribute

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