[HARVARD UNIVERSITY SAYS IT CONDUCTED TWO HUMAN BEHAVIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS]

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CIA-RDP88-01315R000300550019-2
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December 16, 2016
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September 17, 2004
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19
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September 27, 1977
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CIA OP E RAY O" ~r QetWQOrp,(10/13 : CIA-RDP88-0 NEWS SERVICE DISTRIBUTION II N1149 H Hsi `'fiRn-CIA 0055$ 9-2 2 7 Sep-3-7 Item No. 3 Ref. No. CAMBRIDGEt MASS. (RP) -- HARVARD UIIVERSIT SAYS IT CONDUCTED TWO HUMAN BEHR'IIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR THE CIA BUT DENIES. PARTICIPATING IN CIA-SPONSORED TESTING OF LSD AND OTHER DRUGS ON HUMANS. HONDA'"'S ANNOUNCEMENT.- WAS HARVARD'S FIRST DISCLOSURE ON ITS INV'OLV'EMENT. IT GAVE. NO DETAILS OF THE WORK DONE FOR TH46 CIAY BUT SAID A FULL STATEMENT ON THE PROJECTS IS BEING PREPARED. THE HARVARD ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIA' S MK-ULTRA HUMAN BEHAVIOR PROJECT FOLLOWS SIMILAR REPORTS BY THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND CALIFORNIA'S -STANFORD UNIVERSITY: DUTLIWING TiiEIR INVOLVEMENT IN CIA-FUNDED PROJECTS. THE BOSTON GLOBE CLAIMS THE NEW DISCLOSURES POINT UP FNCONPLETE RECORD-KEEPING ON THE EXPERIMENTS BY BOTH THE CIA AND THE INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED. THE GLOBE SAYS MIT WAS II VOLVED IN AT LEAST THREE OF THE 135 NK-ULTRA PROJECTS CARRIED ON NRTIONWIDEf ALTHOUGH THE INSTITUTION AND THE CIA Ci IEND ONLY ONE SUCH PROJECT TOOK PLACE THERE. EDWARD SCHEINi AN KIT PROFESSORS SAID TWO WEEKS AGO THAT HE . DR . TOOK' CIA MONEY FOR BRAINWASHING RESEARCH. THE,-STUDIES RESULTED IN A BOO: ENTITLED "COERCIVE PERSUASION." AN MIT SPOKESMAN SAID MONDAY THAT THE CIA HAD NOT NOTIFIED THE SC-HTITIL OF SCHEIN'.S RESEARCH. THE UNIVERSITY HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED ONLY A STUDY OF SOVIET SCIENTISTS IBS POSSIBLE DEFECTORS. 09*27 22GPfl)) Approved For Release 2004/10/13 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000300550019-2