U. OF OKLAHOMA TELLS CIA DRUG TESTS IN '50S

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400160008-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 4, 1977
• Content Type: NSPR

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NORMAN,"Osla[UPI3: The itniver sharp said.Dr:Lows:.Jolyon West'
.sity of Oklahoma conducted LSD- tests : chief of psychiatryat':Oklahoma. from
-on animals during the 196bs,'presumably -? 1954 to 1969, -conducted--animal-research.;
as part of the Central"Intelligence.Agen with LSD in the:aarly: . West, -now
a y .s mind control d xperiments,':Paul : chief of ps-~ciriatfy`- t?_University of
:Sharp, university president,-said Friday. 'California at Los:.:Angeles, said his re.
Sharp said-the ' CIA'recently `notified -search was canftned .to;animals and lac-
him of the research He said ..he .has;.cidentaUy. kiilled Z7;(Xs4-poinid :elephant.
'written to,.-the CIA-requesting, aT.infc+r- - .;at-:.the Oklat om .City Zoo frr' 1952.:lIe
U.-of Oklahoma' ells CIA-drug. es i- in'
' 50S
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fizound the Nation
C.T.A. Tells Oklahoma U.
Of Mind-Research Role
NORMAN, Okla., Sept. 3 (UPI)-.The!
University of Oklahoma conducted LSD
f
tests on animals in. the 1960's, presum-
ably as part of the Central Intelligence'
Agency's, mind--control,..exoeriments. thei
university president,. Paul. F:. Sharp, said
yesterday. I . ". . ,:
Mr. Sharp said that the-'C.I.A. had re-
centl notfied_.ih'm that his schobi Was
among 80 that unknowingly conducted
such research. He said he had written to
.the agency and requested all information
possible about its project at the university.
He said that Dr. Louis Jolyon West,
chief of psychiatry at the university from
1954 to 1969, conducted the animal re-
search with LSD in the early 1960's. Dr.
West, now chief of psychiatry at the
University of California, Los Angeles, said
that his research had been confined to
animals. He said he gave sponsors of the
research his,..opinion_ that LSD was too
redi[?ablP.. to be used on. humans, but
un
p
said- that others at the school were doing
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