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This document details the administration of Sodium Pentothal intravenously to a subject, noting the dosage, timing, and the subject's reactions, including emotional responses to a social event and subsequent oral administration of ephedrine and black coffee.

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The image is a header for a declassified CIA document from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents. On the left is a graphic of a vault door, suggesting secrecy and access to restricted information. The text states that the document is part of the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, which contains over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency. The collection is available for download online at a specific URL. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures present on this page. -.- Chief, ~ · 6: S Staff llluobird !ee.m .__==-==..::=:::===------. t.todicl11. Su;:;:ulr/ file Ho. s B';I t10- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 F.=- 2;0 The druc u:~od in thio c~o una Sodiu.":'' Pontothnl. f, solutlon \7n:J r,hcn in "tr117enou:zly. Tho first 10 cc \"/'13 ~hrcn 'lt tho r'\tO ci' 2 c.c 0. ninuto: ucyontl thnt, 1 cc ::'. nintlte. Tho rrt5.r.m1Pnt w-no 11cn;-.odr'in<:l, 10 mr; ornll)'• The totll1 o.notmt of SodiW!l fontotha1 VIM 10 cc of tho solution '1'1hi~h would repro:Hmt not em• quite 0.5 of the druG·· Tho intravenous Sodium Pentothal was stnrtod ~t 1100. At 1105, 10 co had b~cn o.drnini:;tcrC3d. At 1107, tha injoction wo.o a;-:P.in c to..rt.od r>.nd this continued nt 1111, 4 moro co hnvin~; bean o.dminlatored. At th11t ti··o, tho Subject do:r.od off but r.ns OM ily erousod. At 1117, tho injoction ,·:~s "·~llin "tnrtod "n<l thitl con tinued After tho ad.':'linlstrn.tion of 1 mr:Jro cc. Thi:J procedure of ;,i•;inr; l cc intor":littentl:r \7FiS ropon.-t:;od at 1122, 112G, 1130 rmd 1134. E.x::ollcnt trr.~..nsforence r<n::: obtnined in t:hin c 'lee. lie w"3 re;.roca~d to A. ti1:~e when he a:ttendod a pa.rty civon bJ the police ll!ld ho r~Jl.otod emotionally to thn.t cnvircnrnont, includin~ beco~i"G under, tho influence of alo~lol which nrua sorvod t!"\ero. Tho oricinal plan t';a.:J to :;ivo o.n intro.ttenoua ati::~ulrmt but tho noadlo hn.d bccon'O clor:r:od dtw to ll blood clot thc:-oin nud it \'111.!3 1Jcliovod to bo ino.dvi1ln;•lc t;o hn7e to ;,;:;_lc~ <~nothor puncture, h':lnco, tho stim1.1l:..nt ;·:ns sivon orally rs.t 1222 (10 rn::; of Bot';:edrino). At 1235, blnck coffee wns Rr.lnini::;tcrod. The Sub,joct wns thon b structod to reat for a ha.l.f of 811 hour n::tc.i thon oat his mid-day rnolll. Tho mcdico.tion wo.a offoctiYe as to tho dosin:H.l rc::mlts. It is bolioved thnt w!1on this p11.rticu1A.r dnq;, Sodium Pontothnl, is uoed, tho modthod empl,:tod in t!1is cnoe is beat, that is, P.i'tor the initiol o+.Jl.r,o or i::tpn.irod conociou:me:Jl1 bo pro duced, it i:l f'dVbr.!hlo to s:ive intun;tl7-tontly urJnll !W:ounta o.!.' th9 druc; in ordor .. to nainto.in t.lle donirod ctc.to. 'Jhon usine; Sodium f.ny~;A.l, hor:ovor, due tl') t.ho moro prolorL-:ed offoct;, it in not so necoocHI.ry to iotor-op•:tco minute •.io::~:::; in thit: \'"¥. :rJia · q,dv.rmtli.~9 of God h111 Fonte thn.l is thl\t it b much "M ier to hnvo tho r.vm bnr;k in hlt: u:;un.l !ltnto in n comnnro.i;i·.roly :::ho1·t ti'Tio hut nrl..l not :-;uro t!tnt \"TO :~ho 1\'!'..l'lOBi'l. offoct;, it in not so necoocHI.ry to iotor-op•:tco minute •.io::~:::; in thit: \'"¥. :rJia · q,dv.rmtli.~9 of God h111 Fonte thn.l is thl\t it b much "M ier to hnvo tho r.vm bnr;k in hlt: u:;un.l !ltnto in n comnnro.i;i·.roly :::ho1·t ti'Tio hut nrl..l not :-;uro t!tnt \"TO :~ho 1\'!'..l'lOBi'l. ':'Jill be ".:; definite 11::0 ir. the us~ of t;ht"J lonr~or ,~titl·~ drur,. • In this ..... pn.rtic~.Jl"l' Cl'lr.O, r-.r.uloal•t for tho s. I. wn.~ prodttceu. 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