ORLIKOW VS THE UNITED STATES-CIVIL ACTION NO 80-3163-(DDC)-DOC ALSO MENTIONS-A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CIA CONCERNING MEDICAL TREATMENT BY A DOCTOR WHO UNDER A GRANT FOR A CIA PROJECT CALLED MKULTRA SUPPOSEDLY PERFORMED TESTING ON UNWITTING PERSONS

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00040176
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 25, 2024
• Document Release Date: February 21, 1989
• Publication Date: December 11, 1985

Sharon F. Kleefield, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
George F. Baker Foundation
Boston, MA 02163
Reference: F89-0020
Dear Dr. Kleefield;
1 FEB 1989
In the cou-se of their processing your 14 November 1988 Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request regarding the United States Tort Case Orlikow
et al. vs. the United States of America, the Department of Justice located one
CIA document and referred it to us for our review and direct response to you.
We have reviewed the document, a memorandum dated 11 December 1985, and
have determined that it may be released to you in segregable form pursuant to
FOIA exemptions (b)(3) and (b)(6). A copy of the document and an explanation
of exemptions are enclosed.
The official responsible for this determination is Russell J. Bruemmer,
General Counsel. You have the right to appeal this decision by addressing
your appeal to the CIA Information Review Committee, in my care. Should you
decide to do this, please explain the basis of your appeal.
Enclosures
5iverejy,/
/:
� .d. 4/L.
John H. Wr'gh
Information and Priva Coordinator
/
/
cc: L. Jeffrey Ross
Chief, FOIA/PA Unit
Office of Enforcement Operations, Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Room 3126
1400 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
ATTN: Jean Kornblut
ISD/fpo/taj/17FE669
Distribution:
Orig - Adse
1 - Chrono
1 - ISO F89-0020 GIP (0(3) (b)(6) Denier: OGC, RJBruemner
- ORIS
1 - fpo
ID# 16636
fteine.-� !CS,'
1 1 DEL li-)23
The Honorable Fete Wilson
. United States Senate
Washington,.D.C. 20510
Dear Senator-Wilson:� �
� - --Re: Orlikow v. United States
.Civil Action No. 80-3163 ID.D.C.) .
,
This is in response to your letter of 18 Obtober
concerting an 40guiry-by Dr. Zarvey-weinstein with -respect to -
the lawsuit which his father has filed against the CIA. As
� .-you will. recall, that suit concerns medical treatment
provided to Mr. Weinstein by Dr. Ewen Cameron at the Allan
.L.,.Memorialinstitutei..McGill University. At my request, our-
Office of General Counsel has thoroughly reviewed the letter
from Dr. Weinstein and the material which he submitted. It
has provided the following information in order to clarify
for you (1) the circumstances surrounding the minimal CIA
financial support to Dr. Cameron, beginning in April 1957 and
--terminating aarly.in 196-0, 42) the treatment received by 7_
- Mr.-Weinstein from Dr. Even Cameron-atMcGill University,� 'I
. and, �(3.) -the merits-of Mr. Weinsteirv's-claim and allegations.
of CIA liability.
The genesis for the small-grants to Dr. Cameron was a CIA
project known as MEULTRA, conducted from 1953-19E4, under
which a wide variety of sensitive subprojects were funded
� involving, among other things,.reseerch into technically and
operationally-oriented intelligence methods. One aspect of
-this program-included research into-the efficacy of various
drugs as well as various theories of behavioral
modification. Notwithstanding publicity which has cast this
program as a sensational example of intelligence abuse in the
form of unwitting experimentation, only the minority of
subprojects involved human testing and only a very few of
these involved unwitting testing. The project under which
Dr. Cameron received grants began in April 1957, terminated
in early 1960, and involved less than $60,000. aoreover,
allejations the the patients, their fariIies and their
referring doctors were unwitting can only be described as
utterly specious.
fCC:1 1
;. it@ VIFEB
�
I
�
while generalize:. ..: t:r..-L'IRA program are
difficult, the fintin tf . -ire: Iurner, former Director of
Cent:E1 Intelligence . Center, in his 10 Xay
1979 :ette: to the Cti:77E- tr.f Senate Select Committee on
Intel.imence with re: E cre instructive
as well.aS demonstrat.., ci gtvernmentie legal defenses
in tnis litigation:
...the picture th: is one in which the
research conducte-'; was t-,rforhed in a responsible
rahmer. e:her C::E:.FtE'%:y ::.appears that subjects of
research were vol.: _ .hf that the type and amount of
drugs adlunisteref 'are 7.: to he.:e caused
long-berM. aftereffitts. MEC": findings are buttressed by
thE fact that the vEfir.! inyeF:igations were conducted
undar-tne Er.177-:: of responsible -
institutions and er
I believe it to observation that in most
CaeeS .the'leSetrC: VrIVEte institutions '
would have pone support from CIA funds.
"ivpically, research Dr:,:rE'S ve:e initiated and sponsored
by the institutioh'j,=,-� cricr to supportino funds beinc
rade available for eYtE:7L: contributors. In many
oases, proorems Invi.2v2n: CIA funds were funded
previously, concirrently c: subseouentiv by otner
..In tleberal, then, -tbe research was
conceived, planned and carrtaf out in accordance with
institutional Prh--h--- and :rocs:tures, without.direction.
or coMtrol by CIR.
Our review discloses n: oars in-which the research
conducted stands o.t as a deoarture from Professional and
ethical standards of tra tire. Pesults were available
oenerallv to those interested, with concealment only of
the fact Of c -d sort. (Emphasis added.)
Inasmuch as the :f responsibility in this context
can best be measured vitn reference to the laws and the
professional standards of tnat t.itf, as well as the intent of
a person, the cbservations cf Dr. Rocert Principal and
Vice-Chancelor of Molil) th.versity, are also instructive.
Writing in 1979 on tne CI fl. Camaron, he observed:
::e:ythin: I have heard about this ratter convinces me
Cam.eror was a sincere medical practitioner who
despeiately trying to find a way to help
psy:iietric pat:ertr, ma-: o -hor had been
- :efe::ed to him as -e last p:2. In mahv cases, it seers
one hes 4C, ask-a fa :::a. recall question; which
rrore.hunin, to sut)L'! E pat:ent to a harsh
irocrem of treat:Fent, or to 4e,.ve the patient in his or
_ _
ner.hrn.eless cohdltl.on? Not being a medical man, I
� :zhhct even .ha-raid a.ouess at the answer in this case.
fE:t that r:. Cameron's clinical research was partly
:.:n:::ted by. the SIEE [Society for the Investigation of
Zoology]. which in. turn was partially supported by
-nc :::,, is largely irrelevant. In perticular, it does
io ti6eai of 'Di. Car.aron's.clinical '
LE if ::.W-ere a mprc;e:t cf
we believe that the followino salient points
beYbnd any re'aso-nabie arcument that the United
:teare no legal obligation to the plaintiffs.
the CIA did not instigate this research, create
the or EpErViSe the work. Rather, CIA contacted a
tro:tnent 4nd highly respected Canadian psychiatrist, Dr.
rweh Cameron, who was conducting research into treatment of
7ental ilftess�with drugs-soct-es-LSD, and the CIA provided
rint:al and partial funding for a short time period. In
CIA _received peziodic reports on his research
:ntc behaioril-mddrTicat-idn-through 'a process which he
terms: mcsyd-hic'a.tf�tint:'" "t-
��
Second, ail of Dr. Cameronts patients and the referrinc
Tnys:cians were -fully witting that Dr. Cameron was using
experimental drugs and procedures to treat their illnesses
which had previously been considered intractable and which he
:.r.ped co.:2S be cures or managed more efficiently than with
�--spandarl Freudian psychotherapy. -At no-tin were any drugs
ad:instered to or procedures utilized on unwitting
patients. For exarple, with respect to Mr. Weinstein:
n.
ill
lia 45
44 4:
a
Ill �
w .4 i,
Ul ..� 4 .C.: �4 (I.
- %4 61 .11 10
�. I 44 44 ii# ,1
4:
.1,
441 ri U. 4.� A..:
�' ..) 4-4 0341
C w NJ 4 4 .� 4:
10 4.11 to . ul C C�
���� Oa 4-: 0
111 � d 01 01 01 ....1
'S AU: 1 � �-� mi Ul
itl 4, 4 1 ci.
mil w ni 11)
`1:. au ;..., Cy 44 ail
'0 1.4 a) - 1. .1)
C A .../ C 'A n
On 0 U tiJ
C >, S. 44
�-� 74 ,(4 II, k/4 144
Al � '3 t� 11/
1
� � ;41 Id 4 � � 1
;,.� I: yli 4.) ll Al
^ lo
Le 1:
ta� A.) � 4)
0. I : .. .� el
' '� - Ci C) 44
I: 6 4. c C
-...1 �L''. le 4. 41
1.0 46 . . .1. 1:
bi to .0 !.� :-
4 � .. .� . � , 1
11. � - .. � � (1
1' � ' ' " '`'
4. 1 14 a :
1: I. � i
�
11
� . .. � � 4. 4
��� I � 1' 11 414 ..
k � . ,11... . 4... Id.
.I .� � � LP
. .� kt�
1 11 11.4
` � L'' .1` 44
.1 /10 1 - 4 . .1
L, � I 4) C. t: mu
�-� :1 IU Q. U1 1 t
4. 0 L: -� 4 41
IL, ,-4. Oa .. It 11.
' 44 I), 1/1 i.0
al 1. L4 k C
, I-. :II 0.1) ck. 0
IP S.
ii 4/./ .JI 9 tii
�
(II
U.
Al
' ii
U) ill:i :I I
���
74 it 44 i. I � ti al .4: Al
ill 0 4U aj
46.1
11
04 0) A) 4-4
.I1 .11
41
al
.,4 .0 IS. S4 SS 12I I...414 U" I ::11 � t /4
f� a, -4-4 LII a.) 0 .0 -.. 1... 111 .11 414
...� L: 11.1
44
14 ..0 �J 4: ..1 1:: 41 ra U1
`()
14 4 r
11
r 414 C: Ill C 1.11 '1-1 0 .0 44 A1
01
44) C la 40
41
Q1 ci, 43. 44 40 .44 Si L: C 41 .( 0
4 4
.C. 0 Okl)
1-4
01 0 41 ili 610 0 0 �-� 4J
.4-4
111 1'1: 40. lb
'0.1
41 10 �..1 0.. 44. C ��-� 11.1 io al el
1.11c laii �141.
C
L: 9,,C.
.1,41 .t.1 1111 10
u, ft:, cu. f:.., .44 ..: .1.:
:3
0.13 4-1
a
4 a It:. 4.4 4.'
raj .41.0 '401 11411 1441 .
4/1 � 4 4,
III
.C.gi :ta ill 4 , 1
.444.11
4.� 4 i
.0
5. il) 4.1 :AL 4. 41 4-4 41 0.-I 44
4.1
lig �ILI6i...
s � 111 41 4/ Q. 411
9
C r103 4
141j. II:: �41:
44
0e
x. 01-4 441 :
IA
43..
.4
;�� 0 .4.4 1� 11.1 4 'Cli
4 ��-� ��
4 � CI .41 Al 24: CU la l� IP 44 43
0
44 0 .-4
s()
el
al � 1:4., at -1 -�-� .C. 444 a,
41
10 iti S. 41
�-� A.: 41
(1,
11:;{ �
141 'o a.e 9 :..-#, du ii. 44 .4: 4 �
.c.n .9 � 0 ..-: tit �1 ill
0
'.....
:4 i � 1.11
44. U1
Us ki Al Ul ;rt. 1, 44 it C .-1 0.
41./
0 40 C.:
3, 1:
4-4 r ,', .-1 C 't) a.t. >, A) -� f .0
/../ 44 -C: 4"
9 iti
1: S. 1... ILI 4/ 0 C: 1t) 4-1Ili 64
...- al
44 I.
41 (� .1 � 6. 6, 40 CO lei :4 -re
CZ
01 LI, O.
41 .1 (II 411
41, 0.
t)
1: 14 S. Iil 11, 11! 41 U. r I
� � 144 � ..4 Cl 4.4 .0 Os �44 4.4 0
.1
c ,* t: .C.:
.44 1.
0.-I n.4.4....ui 6. 4. in �� --4 :.�,�11
0 UI . � 4_1
.-� .Ci L : -�-�
,-. #1,
�-�
.4: (I, oc �#. j .4 itl C 0 C-1 4-1 el 414
tii a., 0 w .4.-4. sa.,
nrj
�1 0. as
c (L.
gUI 41-14 00., .041
7. ji
wi a>,.
11.1 U. .. 4ill 4:
11 .14 (I III -,4 C ilil r t'l a, ger
a'
41, 44 to
.0 41
0,1 c p I �-4 41 4.0 C .11 1.1 L:
C
1.1)
q� 1.10 �
L.
#0 41
; 4. 4: tMiatt:. 671 CU; 2:1 fa 1/4' �� �Cl. 0: ":11
4.
C. � � U)
(1. q.
i,'. i ,a It4 .1 4.4 4 �i; 4.0 ki. � '.4.
114
I � a 1. 0.
441 411
: i i Us �41 1 : -1
4
u. t / :J
�41 � t
. . .44 � 4:
ti. 41,41 14 4: i a 1 t / 41 414 �-
�
U.
44 i 4. S.
.11.(3
C :-
r1 4. 141 i... 41 Ill 1: 4; 4.. .L� ....,
,. #1 1.1 11..4.' 11�11 ill �-4 ...1 �-� .0 l�
.11.
:I;
all 4. IC 4i. Ile (1 al 44., U) 44 4
Us
:Ili
1'
Co' II-1.1.
III 10 .� 1 6. 41 :�� ��� I. .1 ���
4.
CO 1 � 14 A:7.
lij *1
� . ../ 1, 01 .4
:ill 6. 4.
14
III 6. h I ... r, 4 1 4 / 1.1 � I Ili 11 1,
:0
.1
4� ,.
L.P.:
-4' 4, 04 :p I.
.i : .4; tUki 4_40, .�
4,55
41 .� 1. 41 AI I, ...4 .1 I, I: .1/41 41
. 4. 1/ C 5.1
./ 4 0- 1" kl; 60 a 44 11 44 44 -� .
't i
'....
a � 41, .4
.4.
! / 1: % a us 4: 1.Z J. 41, � i to 4... I;
, ;
.- 4
, 1
U/ 4,
6 � (1) 0
4., a./
4.: 4/
C1 'II 141 1.4 ea 41.4 -44 r4 J.1 4, Al 11 44
.COIL) lil 441 61 '. � Lb L1 6/.
14I
a]
4-;
44 LA atill
.11.:ti
pi 6-� 4* 0 01 ri �-� �I .0
4'
4, :4.-44
c (4
, a .0.14 .cup 4c.�,, 1,14
IS.
C I �?-1 4.7.
S. 1.
4-I 441 41 Fi till, 44 111 Ls 04 4--4 (J. 14
L:
:1i it, -�-�
44) � i
� lii I).), :I as (1) 14...� 41.
41.
in - i tZ
> i::
CZ 41'0 0.i .rm ..::, X: SI 'ea ki in 4c)
4()
CUO'nOn
� OCDCL.0.44-11U
4 : .41 C:
411 3
1.../ CO Ai 0 (1
. ti #u -/-#4
I
� i
41 0 0 4) 1-. in 41 1.4. 'n
If
rer:tat.
eny g,:estaons, :: n7:
Et
5:n.te..7e2 .
Zr.sties- A.l�
c.-f�
..�_
WU,