LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER FROM EDWARD M. KENNEDY

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2004
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• Publication Date: March 13, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
March 13, 1978
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
As you will recall, in your appearance before the Subcommittee on
Health and Scientific Research on September 21, 1977, you were asked
what efforts were being made to locate the subjects of CIA sponsored
human experimentation in order that there might be follow up medical
examinations to determine whether any adverse effects may have
resulted from the testing. You replied that your agency had
turned this matter over to the Attorney General, who had in turn
turned it over to the F.B.I. You indicated that you had been advised
by the Attorney General that the F.B.I. was working on it but had not
yet located any of these persons.
I would appreciate it if you would advise me of the results of that
inquiry and the current status of the follow )P action.
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Senator CHAFEE. Mr. Chairman, I do not have any questions. It
seems to me that this matter, as you know is going to come up with
the general guidelines that will be set forth by the intelligence Com-
mittee, and it seems to me we have cleared the air to some extent.
And I think, as has been said too often here, it is well to bear in
mind that all this took place many years ago, before thesegentlemen-
and, certainly, Admiral Turner-was involved in any way, or the
current regime in the Defense Department...
Senator ScwEI ER. I have another queson.
Admiral Turner, last time we were here, I think the chairman and
other members of the committee discussed your plans for notification
of the institutions and investigators involved in MKULTRA. Could
you bring us up to date on whether that notification has taken place?
Have all the institutions been told of their former involvement'!
Admiral TURNER. Is General Counsel here?
Senator KENNEDY. Would you identify yourself, please?
Mr. JULIEN. Emile Julien; I am with the agency's Office of General
Counsel. We are still in the process of working out notifying individ-
uals, where we can find individuals, with the Department of Justice.
Admiral TURNER. All the institutions have been notified, have they
not?
Mr. Jvz,IEN. All the institutions, yes.
Admiral TURNER. All the institutions have, and in each case, we
have offered, if they want, to provide them all the back-up material
that is unclassified that we can. We just sent them a letter and de-
scribed the fact that we were involved. Some of them have come back
and ask for those details. Some of them have sent representatives here
to our offices to review the materials. Others have not responded at all.
But, we are available to give them everything that we have given you
on an unclassified basis that they want.
Senator SCRWEIKER. What about efforts to locate subjects of previ-
ous research projects for medical check-ups or follow-ups, or informing
unwitting subjects that something might have happened to them dur-
ing the testing program? What is the policy of the agency, and where
are we in that regard?
Admiral TURNER. We are doing everything-we can there. But, of
course, I am being very careful to keep the agency out of investigating
and searching for American citizens inside the United States. We have
turned that over to the Attorney General who has turned it over to the
FBI. I asked him just yesterday how they were going, and he said they
are working on it, but they have not yet actually located anybody.
But, we are giving them all of the information we have.
Thera are only a few cases where we think it is likely they would
even be able to find people, and that is like in an institution. A penal
institution might have kept some records. They have some problem
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Admiral TURNER. Yes, is there a legal check here? I thought it wa
a matter of informing people and doing medical followup, or am
missing the point?
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