CIRCUMCISION TEST IN '61 DISCLOSED IN C.I.A. DATA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100120103-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 103
• Publication Date: October 2, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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2 October 1977
CIRCUMCISION TEST.IN'S1
-DISCLOSED IN C.LA. DATA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. (Reuters)-
The Central Intelligence Agency conduct-
..ed experiments 16 years ago on circum-
cised boys to determine whether the
operation left any emotional aftereffects,
according to secret documents released
Friday by the agency.
The aim was to determine' whether cir-
cumcision at a significant stage.of a boy's
development produced anxieties such;as
fear of castration, according to the heavi-
ly censored documents.
"The inability:. to - resolve castration
npiex is linked- with the later emotion-.
al disorders, notably. homosexuaiity.7. said
one C.I:A research paper that discussed
the experiments.-
In 1961; the, documents showed,. 'the'
agency approved a series of -tests-on 15
boys between ::the .ages :.of -5'and 7. from
'low-income families.. The National Health
`Service. chase: the boys. from a- culture
.whose identity -.was ' deleted-from the
documents, .which are .:the latest-`.in; ai- -
series released by the C.LA. in response
to a request under the: Freedom.of-Infer-
mation Act . = 'z
The documents chronicle a'.massive
program, code named MK-ULTRA; con-
ducted in the 1950's and '60's ,to. control
human behavior through the use primari-
ly of mind-altering drugs.
Adm. Stansfield Turner;. the-Director
of Central Intelligence, said recently, that
the agency no longer conducted such ex-
periments : and had taken steps to insure
that such tests-would never be conducted
again.- d 1. - s ....
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