COORDINATION OF CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT DRUG EXPERIMENTATION

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CIA-RDP81-00142R000200100016-5
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RIPPUB
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K
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6
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December 12, 2016
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October 1, 2001
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16
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Publication Date: 
October 27, 1978
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MF
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Approved For Re1se 2001/11/23: CIA-RDP81-00142RO 1 l DD/A 78-2930/7 ?-I UCT i978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel General Counsel Inspector General Director of Public Affairs FROM: SUBJECT: REFERENCE John F. Blake Deputy Director for Administration Coordination of Correspondence About Drug Experimentation Multiple Addressee Memo from DDA, dtd 16 Aug 78; Subject: MKULTPA - Program to Identify Subjects of Agency-Sponsored Drug Testing (Copy Attached) 1. memorandum of 16 August .1978 (Reference) named as the MKULTRA locator program coordina or. s involvement in this program is now such that you may find it useful to coordinate with him any correspondence relating to drug experimentation. He would find it useful in the fulfillment of his respon- sibilities if such coordination were effected. 2. Your cooperation will be appreciated. is located in Room 4E27 Headquarters, he may be John F. Blake Att Distribution: li Orig - Addse 1-LC 1-GC 1 IG 1 - D/PA 1 - JFB Chrono 'tp protAF(oeese 2001/11/23 : !CIA-RDP81-00142R000200100016-5 SA/DD!' dhb (24 ) ct 78) 1 ; 1' jam- d - r t.S -a~i i'1 _ .';iii 1t Approved For Re1tse 2001/11/23 CIA-RDP81-00142R0010100016-5 DDA 78-2930/2 16. August 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology Inspector General Director of Technical Service Director of Security Director of. Medical Services FROM: John F. Blake Deputy Director for Administration SUBJECT.- MKULTRA - Program to-Identify Subjects of Agency-Sponsored Drug Testing REFERENCE: Memo dtd 24 Jul 78 to DCI via DDCI fr GC, same subj 1. Reference memorandum, a copy of which is attached for your information, contained recommendations to the DCI by the General Counsel on how to proceed on subject. The DCI has approved the recom- mendations. The General Counsel and myself, having mutually reviewed the almost in-finite scope of this activity have agreed that the organization and conduct of this undertaking will be under my cogrri zance and, additionally, I will appoint a senior staff officer to be responsible for the matter. 2. morandum is to inform you that I have appo~i need as the MKULTRA locator program 25X1A coordisat*01 s ?ime would ask each addressee to natif office by phone identifying their referent on this matter-.. will then establish "contact with that referent in order to acquain himself with the file holdings and records that exist. 3. Our initial endeavors will be to try to size the scope of the problem. After that has been accomplished, we will implement the 25X1A General Counsel's recommendation that a task force be created- It may be necessary to ask you to post a full-time detail for an un period to the task force. John F_ Blake Att Approved For Rele oeiii 1723 , tTP- DOWNGRADE TO A--IUO UPON REMOVAL OF ATT Approved For Re1Lgse 2001/11/23: CIA-RDP81-00142R008N0100016-5 SENDER WILL CHECK CLASSIFICATION TOP AND BOTTOM UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRET OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP TO NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS DDA 2 3 4 5 6 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE Remarks : Jack, Attached is another bit of correspondence for your signature. It is stimulated by the letter from Mr. Carlucci to Congressman Ryan, copy also attached, which I learned about almost by accident. A copy was sent to?Frank Laubinger in QTS who,ais working with me out here nearly full tune . . :. He brought it to my attention when we found it in his box downtown. The. letter was.not..co- ordinated with. him before - it .was sent', either.: _ There- is no: big deal here, but I.would have sug- gested somewhat: different .wording.. , The..facts. are alright as far as they o, but the .are.not .. . FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDER FROM. NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NO. DATE UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRET FOAM NO. 237 Use previous editions 1-G7 Approved For Release 2001/11/23-: CIA-RDPOI-00142R000200100016-5 Approved For Re1L5se 2001/11/23 : CIA-RDP81-00142R009200100016-5 complete. er experiments were conducted at in which radio-active 'iodine uptake of .,the thyroid and T-4 uptake of red cells, and several other:. measures .which--we: have, developed, are being related,-;to, previously. studied variables..';,? This, J. gather, is.a standard. kind of: procedure and.: is;_ not,; ,on the surface;,,: at: : least:;- drug related. :I: don! t' think,this is worth:. a. -corrective letter to Ryan but it'suggests that we need to.be careful about how specific we get in our responses o _t correspondence, ..R..H.W. Approved For Release 2001/11/23 CIA-RDP81-00142R000200100016-5 SENDER WILL CHECK CLA' TICATION TOP AND BOTTOM pP0qRMMfjMea a ffljRb >E D 81 O91OO 0 OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP TO NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS DDA 2 AD /1 27 1976 4 6 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE Remarks : Jack, Attached is another bit of correspondence for your signature. It is stimulated by the letter from Mr. Carlucci to Congressman Ryan, copy also attached, which I learned about almost by accident. A copy was sent to Frank Laubinger in OTS who is working with me out here nearly full time. He brought it to. my attention when we found it in his box downtown. The letter was not co- ordinated with him before it was sent, either. There is no, big deal here, but I would have sug- gested somewhat different wording. The facts are alright as far as they go ,-but they are not FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDER FROM: NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NO. DATE 2011 D ONVI - FORM No. 237 Use previous editions 1-67 Approvg6.lease 2001/11/23: CIA-RDP81.00142R000200100016-5 which?"radio-active iodine uptake of the thyroid and T-4 uptake of red cells, and several other measures which-we have developed, are being related to previously studied variables." This, I gather, is a standard kind of procedure and is. not, on the surface, at least, drug related. I don't think this is worth a corrective letter to Ryan but it suggests that we.need to be careful about how specific we get in our responses to correspondence. Approved For Release 2001/11/ CIA-RDP81-00142R000200100016-5 # 46