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Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 V Orkin COPY November 1, 1976 CERTIFIED MAIL -- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED CIA Freedom of Information Coordinator Central Intelligence Agency Washington, DC 20505 I mok_V1L Re: Freedom of Information Act Request The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) requests that it be furnished with copies of the documents specified below, pursuant to the Freedom of Informa- tion Act, 5 U.S.C. ? 552 et seq., and the regulations of the CIA, 32 C.E.R. ? 1900.1 et sec. For each document requested, please provide a copy of the entire document, including all attachments, exhibits, or "tabs" which accompany it. You should notify me of the determination on this request at the address listed above. NORML requests that any search or copying fees that might be charged in connection with this request be waived or re- duced, because furnishing the documents will primarily benefit the general public. See 32 C.F.R. S 1900.25 (a). Some of the documents requested below may have been re- leased by the CIA to Mr. John D. Marks, Center for National Security Studies, by letter dated July 30, 1976, from -fr. John F. Blake, Information Review Committee. It is not neces- sary for NORML to be provided with a copy of any document which was released in that letter, unless the document (or a portion or attachment to the document) is specifically requested below. NORML's Ramsey Clark, Esq. Senator Philip Had Stewart R. Mott Vera Rubin, PhD J. Thomas Ungerteider, MD NORML's BOARD ADVISORY BOARD New York City U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. The Research Institute U.C.LA Neuropsychiatric OF DIRECTORS The Reverend Canon Hugh M. Hefner Aryeh Neier for the Study of Man, Institute, Los Angeles Howard S. Becker, PhD Walter D. Dennis, MA STB Los Angeles American Civil Liberties New York City Andrew T. Weil, MD Keith Stroup Northwestern University The Cathedral Church of Sheriff Richard Hongisto Union, New York City David E. Smith. MD Tucson, Arizona Washington, D.C. Edward M. Brecher St. John the Divine, San Francisco Joseph S. Oteri, Esq. Haight-Ashbury Free Dorothy Whipple, MD Larry Schott West Cornwall New York City Massachusetts Boston Medical Clinic, Georgetown University, Washin ton D C , Connecticut John Finlator Samuel Irwin, PhD Universit of Ore on , Max Palevsky San Francisco Washington, D.C . g . . Frank Fioramonti MD JD Thomas Bryant Washington, D.C. y g Los Angeles Roger C. Smith, D.Crim. Richard Wolfe New York Cit , , D C Washington Erich Goode PhD Senator Jacob Javits Tiburon, California Columbus, Ohio y , . . , sepn Norman Zinberg. MD Larry DuBois Chicago, Illinois Middlesex County, Mass. Qrovedtfor leo 05/O1dr4l2r ,s ~0~$4081 O~fiA5 Gordon Brownell Neil L Chayet, Esq. Les nnspoon, D Peter Lawford New York City h el e n San Francisco bmion, Massachusetts Harvard University Los Angeles Son Francisco Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 NORML requests that it be provided with copies of five documents which were given to the Senate Select Committee to Study Intelligence Activities, and which were referred to in the Select Committee's Final Report, Book I (April 26, 1976): 1. Memorandum from the CIA General Counsel to the In- spector General, dated Jan. 4, 1954, concerning an investigation following the death of Frank Olson, referred to at p. 398 fn. 53 of the Final Report, Book I. 2. "Progress Report, Project ARTICHOKE," dated Jan. 12, 1953, referred to Id., at p. 388 fn. 8. 3. The CIA Inspector General's Survey of the Technical Services Division (TSD) in 1957, referred to Id., at p. 386 fn.3. 4. Memorandum from DDP Helms to DDCI Carter, dated Dec. 17, 1963, concerning MKULTRA drug testing, referred to Id., at p. 402 fn. 68. 5. Memorandum from DDP Helms.to the DCI, dated June 9, 1964, concerning MKULTRA testing, referred to Id., at p. 402 fn. 69. NORML requests the documents listed below on Project MKULTRA. By way of background, NORML filed a Freedom of In- formation Act request with the CIA, dated September 9, 1975, concerning the Agency's marijuana-testing programs. After an initial decision granting this request in part and denying it in part, an appeal was filed. By letter dated Feb. 21, 1976, from Mr. John F. Blake, Information Review Committee, to the undersigned, NORML was given portions of one additional docu- ment, a memorandum for the Inspector General from the Chief, Inspection and Review, Subject: "Subproject #3 of MKULTRA (TSS)," dated Feb. 10, 1954. This memorandum states on page two that four types of drugs had been administered under this subproject of MKULTRA, one of which was "rmmarijuana extract." Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 Approved For Release 2005/01/12: CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 The other three drugs were deleted, possibly because NORML's request was limited to marijuana. The cover letter from Mr. Blake stated that "nearly all of the documents" relating to MKULTRA had been destroyed several years ago. Id., at p. 2. Please provide copies of the following documents: 1. A copy of the entire memorandum for the Inspector General from the Chief, Inspection and Review, Sub- ject: "Subproject #3 of MKULTRA (TSS)," dated Feb. 10, 1954. NORML specifically requests that it be given a copy of this memo which contains the names of the other three drugs administered, and the other portions which were deleted because they did not re- late to marijuana.' 2. Copies of all memoranda prepared for the CIA Inspec- tor General on Subproject #1, #2, and all other sub- projects of MKULTRA. 3. Copies of all memoranda prepared by or for the Of- fice of Inspector General and the General Counsel of CIA on MKULTRA, or any subproject or aspect thereof. 4. Copies of all other documents, memoranda, or files consisting of or relating to MKULTRAR, or any subpro- ject of aspect thereof, which have not been de- stroyed. NORML requests copies of documents which are referred to in the documents released by the Agency to Mr. John D. Marks, Center for National Security Studies, by letter dated July 30, 1976, from Mr. John F. Blake, Information Review Committee. This letter lists 59 documents, many of which were provided in whole or part. A. Please refer to document #59, the Inspector Gener- al's 1963 "Report of Inspection of MKULTRA (TSD)." NORML re- quests copies of: 1. "Tab A" and "Tab B" to the report, referred to on page 1 of the report. Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 2. The CIA study,released in 1960, referred to on page 16, para. 20, and discussed on pages 16-21. NORML specifically requests a copy of this entire 1960 re- port, including Appendix A, Appendix B, and any other appendices which accompanied it. B. Please refer to document #38, a memorandum for the Inspector General dated January 9, 1975, entitled "Amendment to DD/S & T Compliance Statement with Regard to Questionable Activities." This document states that the CIA's "indirect" participation in drug testing programs continued between 1967- 1973. NORML requests copies of: 3. The DD/S & T Compliance Statement with Regard to Questionable Activities, which document #38 amend- ed. 4. All other memoranda, documents, or files, concerning the Agency's "indirect" participation in drug test- ing programs between 1967-1973, including` drug test- ing on inmates. C. Please refer to document #53, a memorandum from the Inspector General to the Director of Central Intelligence, dated Feb. 5, 1975, Subject: "CIA R & D Testing of Behavioral Drugs." This memo has a 4-page attachment entitled "Behavior- al Drugs and Testing." NORML requests copies of: 5. The DDO "instruction" on behavioral drugs -- MKDELTA -- referred to at page 1, para. 2 of the Inspector General's memorandum. 6. All memoranda, files or conference minutes relating to Project ARTICHOKE after 1952. See attachment page 2, paras. 4-5. 7. All memoranda, files, or documents relating to the project described on page 4, para. 8 of the attach- ment. The name of this project was deleted from the attachment. The project was funded for FY 1966- 1972. See attachment page 4, para. 8. D. Please refer to document #29, a memorandum titled, "Subject: Influencing Human Behavior," which states that on Feb. 8, 1974, the DCI "approved instructions to OTS'? on the use of drugs or other techniques. NORML requests a copy of: Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 Approved For Release 2005/01/12.: CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 8. The "instructions" approved by the DCI on 8 February 1974, and any subsequent amendments or changes in the "instructions." E. Please refer to document #10, an undated memorandum entitled "An Analysis of Confessions in Russian Trials." Only the first two pages of this memorandum were released, and on page 2, the memo states that among the newer interrogation methods were "shock methods" using drugs, specifically "metra- zol, cannabis indicia, insulin, cocaine." NORML requests copies of: 9. This entire memorandum, exhibits and.charts. including all attachments, 10. All other cannabis rogation memoranda relating to the use of metrazol, indicia, insulin, and cocaine for inter- purposes or to obtain confessions. F. Please refer to document #31, a memoranftm.for the Inspector General dated Jan. 14, 1975, which concerns a pro- ject in the 1950's for use of a narcotic drug as a truth serum. At page 3, para. 10, this memo describes how to locate CIA documents on this project. NORML requests copies of: 11, All memoranda or documents relating to this project. ?NORML requests copies of all documents relating to CIA activitiesin the area of international drug traffic and con- trol which the CIA provided to (1) the Senate Select Committee to Study Intelligence Activities, or its staff (See Final Re- port, Book IV, pp. 88, 92, April 23, 1976), and (2) the Rocke- feller Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States, or its staff (See Report, pp. 221-24, June, 1975). NORML requests copies of all' documents relating to CIA assistance to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Drug Enforcement Administration in the area of drug con- trol, which were provided to (1) the Senate Select Committee to Study Intelligence Activities, or its staff (See Final Re- port, pp. 88, 92, April 23, 1976), and (2) the Rockefeller Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States, or its staff (See Report, pp. 221-24, June, 1975). Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5 Finally, NORML rquests copies of all memoranda, charts, or other documents prepared between July 1, 1973, and Nov. 1, 1976, by the CIA's Office of General Counsel or by the CIA components which respond to Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests, and which: 1. Contain the number of Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests filed with the CIA; 2. Contain the number of persons employed by CIA to respond to these requests; 3. Contain data on the time periods between CIA receipt of these requests and the agency's decision on whether or not to release the requested documents; r 4. Refer to or discuss the CIA's time delays in re- sponding to Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, PHM:pes Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070072-5