Doc 0000148318
CIA
This document is a redacted memorandum from September 5, 1951, with handwritten annotations and marginalia, from the CIA's MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection.
This is one record. The archive holds the rest — ask it anything across the MKUltra files and every answer is cited to the page.
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The image displays a graphic representing "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. The graphic features a stylized image of a vault door on the left, with intricate mechanical details and a blue-hued glow. Text on the right explains that the document is from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection and provides a URL for accessing over 20,000 declassified pages. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor any handwritten annotations, signatures, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redations present in this particular graphic. The visual elements are purely symbolic and textual, aiming to convey information about the document's origin and accessibility.
The page is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations, a date stamp, and several heavily redacted sections. Handwritten notes appear in the top right corner, reading "A/B, 4, 19/17" and "5 September 1951," as well as marginalia in the left margin consisting of letter combinations like "A," "B/6," and "B/3." The main text itself contains numerous black ink redactions obscuring significant portions of the content. There are no photographs, diagrams, tables, or forms visible. The visual evidence is primarily characterized by the presence of the typed document, the handwritten additions, and the pervasive redactions, all of which suggest censored information.
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