(ESTIMATED PUB DATE) TRANSMITTAL OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146130
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: August 30, 1954

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SUBJECT : Tran:zaittal of Scientific Intelligence Memorandum
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1. Our studies of unconventional warfare have included for
some time the potential agent, LyserAc Acid Diethylemide (LSD)
which appears to be better adapted than known drugs to bab
interrogation of prisoners and use against troops or civilians.
The Soviet Bloc has the necessary supplies of ergot from which to
synthesize this drug. ;oreover, the Bloc is presunably in full
possession of the pertinent informntion on it since it is
comercially available and open literature carries full accounts
of experimental use. �
2. Because we feel that the matter may be of concern to you,
we are foruardins the attached Scientific Intellisence Yer.mrandum,
which discusses briefly the intellisence implications of LSD.
0/SI has in production a detailed study on this drug that summarizes
the literature on the subject, recounts the results of medical
experimentation with it, and deals with'its pe5sible synthesis and
production. This study, "Strategic 1:7.dics1 Significance of
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)", will soon be available to those
who have a paramount interest in-the subject. .
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Scientific Intellizence
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An original qn:1 one copy or the .attached raenorruidum has been
Gent to the persons:
Er. Allen W. Dulles .
Director of Central Intelligence
Er. Charles P. Cabell
Deputy Director/Central Intelligence
Er. Robert Azory, Jr.
Deputy Director/Intelligence
� Er. Frank G. Wisner
Deputy Director/Plans
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