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···-·----·· \ . . . aJZdt,mz UJ jicr: Memor • UNITED I 15 July l9SJ TO Chlel', Securit;r Re::;~~rch St;:1,ff DATE~ FROM Chie.f., technic~ I,rQ!lch .. Attached .. SUDJECT: •· ·- 1.. Th-:: l·ll'i t~r lms c.xam:i..nerl th0 attachcrl doc~u,ent and is of tl1e i.'""'pres~ion thnt it r.t::l:)'" pos:>ibly b~ of can:::id~r:.:hle vnlue to our fu'1TICi!OJCI.!: wor~{. Since the document directs tho?. t the ; Office 11~1 t~ro qualified tcar;IS. · o nc in the on~ do p:3ychi.:tt.ric uor:c :in nent~l c~s0s, l. / obY.L . OUS th::tt in adrli.ti<Jn to their duties conn~cted Hi.th this docUJ11ent, th~~~ te::.Jns cculd very lttell hanr:1le the ARTIGHOI~S uork. The te;uns are to be pl.:).ced exactl;r l·:here •,.;e l.:ould u~.nt th~m and if they are to be oent from ·,·fa.nh.i.n;:;t011, the7 could v·~ry enr.ily be briefed on AJtTICtiC'l:Z before they GO to their posts of a.s:;i;_;n- ment. 2. It is th~ trri.to;:r1:; o'::-~m.0n i~h~t th-:-se med:l.c:il te.'J..'"'tS certainl:/ ~:.i.ll n0t h;J.ve a full-time ,job !mwll Lnc ment<tl cn:;e:-:; for thi::; Ar;ency ;J.nd since they Hi.ll citli~r be !JS:tchia tr:i.st:; r'lr doc Lor:; h~.vinr.; con::;iderahle e::-:pe-ri~nce in mr.:!ntal p1·oble~•1S, they t·rill bP. ideally suited for· the AJ.l.TICHOKS ·t.:rre of opera:.tion3. dis- as a si.-:;plr:: The page displays the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font, juxtaposed with an image of a secured vault door. Below the title, text explains that the document originates from The Black Vault, an online repository of declassified government records, specifically highlighting the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text further states that this collection comprises over 20,000 declassified pages from the CIA and provides a URL for accessing the entire collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible on the page. This page is a declassified Office Memorandum, dated July 15, 1953. The top of the page features the "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" header and the memorandum details are typed, including "TO Chief, Security Research Staff" and "FROM Chief, Technical Branch." The subject is listed as "Attached." There is a handwritten letter "A" in the top left margin and another "A" further down the page, also in the left margin. A significant portion of the text is obscured by black redactions, obscuring parts of sentences and entire words. A handwritten "F" is present in the right margin, next to the text mentioning "one in the F". There are no photographs, diagrams, stamps, or any visual evidence of experimental procedures.