MKULTRA PROGRAM

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146165
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: November 29, 1963

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29 November 1963 -'
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT : MKULTRA PROGRAM
1. A meeting was held in General Carter's office on 29 November.
1963 to discuss the subject program. Those present, in addition to
General Carter, were Messrs. Helms, Kirkpatrick, .1Gottlieb,
and Earman. The main thrust of the discussion was the testing of
certain drugs on unwitting U. S. citizens. Dr. Gottlieb gave a brief
history of the MKULTRA program which was not in any way at variance
with the IG report of August 1963 on this subject.
2. Messrs. Gottlieb and 1!argued for the continuation of
unwitting testing, using as the principal point that controlled testing
cannot be depended upon for accurate results. General Carter, Mr.
Kirkpatrick, and I do not disagree with this point. We also accept the
necessity for having a "stable of drugs" on the shelf and the requirement-
for continued research and development of drugs--not only for possible
operational use but also to give CIA insight on the state of the art in this
field and in particular to alert us to what the opposition is or might be
expected to do in the R&D and employment of drugs.
3. _ _Inoted that there was no 'disagreement with the
recommendations of the IG survey on MKULTRA with the exception of
the unwitting testing problem. In response to a query from General
Carter, he stated that since the IG report such testing has been held in
abeyance.
4. General Carter made it clear that he understood the necessity
for research and development of all types of drugs, to include their testing.
However, he was troubled by the "unwitting aspect". This led to a brief
discussion on the possibility of unwitting tests on foreign nationals, but
according to "ithis had been ruled out as a result of several
conversations he recently had with senior chiefs of stations�too dangerous
and the lack of controlled facilities. (This seemed an odd conclusion
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to me since the same dangers exist in the U. S. and from what we
were able to find out during our survey, the facilities we have for
uncontrolled testing leave much to be desired--I made a point of this.)
5. After further discussion, it was agreed:
a. That the charter of MKULTRA Would be revised
along the lines recommended in the IG survey.
b. The procedures for testing drugs are to be reviewed
and new alternative proposals submitted.
c. If it is concluded by the DD/P that unwitting testing
on American citizens must be continued to opera-
tionally prove out these drugs, it may become
necessary to place this problem before the Director
for a decision.
B. I made the point that the IG survey had found other problems
with the MKULTRA program in addition to the unwitting testing, but
stated if the charter is rewritten along the lines recommended, I
believe these problems would be corrected.
7.. NOTE: The IG Survey of MKULTRA was handed to
later the meeting for his use in redrafting the charter..
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