NEW DOCUMENTS REVEAL CIA TIES TO UW STUDIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201150066-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: June 22, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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MILWAUKEE; JC'TRi'1-A L
22 June 1980
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secretly underwritten - by the.-CIA
according to documents obtained- b '
In one 'project;- volunteers* --were
.in .personality-'. Half the?_volunteer
underwent;psychotherapy.'and
were tested for personalitychanges ._.
=The documents. indicate that .the
CIA used the special expertise of the
university in evaluating behavior
modification techniques: and in: un-
derutanding.L`te'disease process.
they were-worTcing and the objects of
znects, but th&:ClA sponsorship-may
.have.been kepi from.,theuniversitY;:
administrat.ort.,.,
At least one and: probably.bQth of"
-the-'projects apparently ere'fI-'.
nanced through.arCinnocent-appear
lag organization that. was used to:
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~`under=thefederalFre:edom of Information
.Act : for- iiiforrnacion-' about CIA involve
:meat ? wirh _UW..Deleted - from==them.-'are
'tine' names.; of.those involved _'aud._.the
names:of.the:specific.places.in::which the
experiments.wereconducted:
protect '-:*for which- $4,160 was
=
-`allocated' for thepenod_July-J,? :1961, to
`Dec. '3.1, 1.962'--sought to determine: the
difference; if any, between strains. of a
disease-causing : bacteria- as: they affect
:animals and humans:
The research design called for bacter-
iologists to- study 'staphylococci bacteria.
btairied?from boils in humans, mastitis in'
cows,. arthritis -in=-chickens--and-bladder
infectionsin-mink:
-The other project -- for which $8,750-
in,CIA.: money was authorized on Aug..11,
,1859. =:.studied' personality `changes in
normal.pefsops `and in schizophrenics, 24 ?
persons altogether,: during at. least' six
months of psychotherapy.
The reasons. for the CIA interest?in The documents on the -psychotherap
such basic research is a matter of specula- -study. ? include a* similar .internal-- CL
tion . The. documents offer only' cryptic :memo. This one is more explicit about th
clues.: = covert - nature of the study:'-The project'
The- projects were par. of a series of purpose, it says, is to "provide a rnechz
-What were--called Mil-ULTRA expert- nism for evaluating certain techniques"c
ments.that_were.conducted:in-the -_1950s :influencing human behavior. that ma
wand early l960s" , have agency significance"
As has been gradualy learned in recent =. The memo calls the $8,750 grant sup
'years,. IK-Ui:TRAwfas-the-code- name: plemental" and says CIA support "wil
-for 149 human-behavior experiments that make. it possible to have continued fre,
included giving mird altering drugs such- access to the project and, when applica
asLSLYto unsuspecting human subjects. - ble,'use the facility for consultation ant
TheMY1K-ULTRA experments and simi- support:"
~?-- ".
Iar projects have sincebeen-repudiated by The memo says 'the project T.1K.
:the CIA as inappropriate-ia that the test- ULTRA Subproject 97 -- was finances
ing was done on subjects kept in the dark through an unnamed agency "for security
'a
bout key elemtf thid"
ens oeresearct an cover purposes. ...
A CIA spokesman told-the Iouraai that. reference -to the e Soc ci.... y. ri nay
rety for the e In v vesti
oa
_ The MK-ULTRA-experiments "continue to Lion of Human Ecology Inc, a foundation
.-present a problem for ustr?that, when we' that issued grants to universities withou'
thinlc:we've:-turned up all, the' records, ..
.,some snore turn u identifying the CIA' as the-soutt?e a,.thi
up." funds
He said many of the experiments now" -.;-The memo- suggests-t -at.iJW official:
appear to have been misconceived, but he .Were unawareof CIA involvement wher_
.added-by way of explanatio;r: it says:
.;*.'It's impossible to re-create the climate -..-"Prof-- [name ' withheld) hokis.a covers
of the Cold War perigd
agency- clearance and is witti
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. s ebacteria studymay'have been of sorshiprall. others areunwittina'.'= =, ?:'
tom.
;:interest to the CIA for its possible appli- goth.eYperiinents'have the.lookof le:
cations to biological' warfare:: A specific -'gitimate research' such 'as min tb
fi
e
- aim of the project; according to one docu-'' =
nanced: by any; scientific foundation and
'ment,,was to - determine -whether . the '
writtemup for later
ublicatio
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n a-
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~strainof staphylococcus that. causes-ins
tific journal.
=strain that affects dogs:
Referring to?the,bacterial study, a CIA
memo- of Dec.' 22;.=1959; calls. the- work;
termed MK-ULTRA -Subproject;-105x--`an
`-important% fundamental investigation
which can- lead to an increased under-
standing of the process of pathogenesis
[the production or development of a di-
sease] ." -
Researcher was cleared
Thy-'s2aine%o1=-=all=paYi~s=involved=aFa--
purged. from the- memo, but, it. includes
this cryptic note:
"Dr.. [name crossed - out] is cleared
through SECRET and is aware of the true;
purpose of the program."
- A ' document signed more than two
months later consists of a grantproposal,:
but.much of the information 'has been-
.crossed out. It.may have been written by.,
the researcher, at the CIA's suggestion, to
:a foundation through which CIA,money'
was passed. Thus, it could have been pos-
.sible for the CIA to conceal its role from
'The design of the study suggestsa le-
gitimate research interest in the effects of
psychotherapy on acute and chronic
schizophrenics. -It_is'?unclear? from the
_proposal,.howeverr_whyit.was necessary,
other than to create a control group, that
well-adjusted, normal-, people' were to
undergo psychotherapy. - - : '
;?An? item under "significance of the in-
`;vestigation" offers a hint. It says the ex
?perirnent will.address the problem of
"therapy for the individual who does not
.consciously -wish therapy or consciously
resists it." -Such therapy may be related
- to brainwashing.
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Couples' club usett- - ? _
The'psychology study identifies three
..sources-of "normals".to be used in the
:sstudy:-``a local church couples'-club,?;'a
general hospital personnel list of low-in-
come employes, "references from rural
social-work agents:' .
In recruiting-'well-adjusted people se-'
lected: to undergo. psychotherapy. the;
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