COORDINATION OF CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT DRUG EXPERIMENTATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00142R000200100016-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: October 27, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel
General Counsel
Inspector General
Director of Public Affairs
FROM:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE
John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
Coordination of Correspondence About
Drug Experimentation
Multiple Addressee Memo from DDA,
dtd 16 Aug 78; Subject: MKULTPA -
Program to Identify Subjects of
Agency-Sponsored Drug Testing
(Copy Attached)
1. memorandum of 16 August .1978 (Reference)
named as the MKULTRA locator program
coordina or. s involvement in this program is now
such that you may find it useful to coordinate with
him any correspondence relating to drug experimentation.
He would find it useful in the fulfillment of his respon-
sibilities if such coordination were effected.
2. Your cooperation will be appreciated.
is located in Room 4E27 Headquarters, he may be
John F. Blake
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16. August 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technology
Inspector General
Director of Technical Service
Director of Security
Director of. Medical Services
FROM: John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT.- MKULTRA - Program to-Identify Subjects of
Agency-Sponsored Drug Testing
REFERENCE: Memo dtd 24 Jul 78 to DCI via DDCI fr GC, same subj
1. Reference memorandum, a copy of which is attached for your
information, contained recommendations to the DCI by the General
Counsel on how to proceed on subject. The DCI has approved the recom-
mendations. The General Counsel and myself, having mutually reviewed
the almost in-finite scope of this activity have agreed that the
organization and conduct of this undertaking will be under my cogrri
zance and, additionally, I will appoint a senior staff officer to be
responsible for the matter.
2. morandum is to inform you that I have
appo~i need as the MKULTRA locator program 25X1A
coordisat*01 s ?ime would ask each addressee to natif
office by phone identifying their referent on this matter-..
will then establish "contact with that referent in order to acquain
himself with the file holdings and records that exist.
3. Our initial endeavors will be to try to size the scope of the
problem. After that has been accomplished, we will implement the 25X1A
General Counsel's recommendation that a task force be created- It may
be necessary to ask you to post a full-time detail for an un
period to the task force.
John F_ Blake
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Remarks :
Jack,
Attached is another bit of correspondence
for your signature. It is stimulated by the
letter from Mr. Carlucci to Congressman Ryan, copy
also attached, which I learned about almost by
accident. A copy was sent to?Frank Laubinger in
QTS who,ais working with me out here nearly full
tune . . :.
He brought it to my attention when we found
it in his box downtown. The. letter was.not..co-
ordinated with. him before - it .was sent', either.: _
There- is no: big deal here, but I.would have sug-
gested somewhat: different .wording.. , The..facts. are
alright as far as they o, but the .are.not
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complete.
er experiments were conducted at
in which radio-active 'iodine uptake of
.,the thyroid and T-4 uptake of red cells, and
several other:. measures .which--we: have, developed, are
being related,-;to, previously. studied variables..';,?
This, J. gather, is.a standard. kind of: procedure
and.: is;_ not,; ,on the surface;,,: at: : least:;- drug related.
:I: don! t' think,this is worth:. a. -corrective
letter to Ryan but it'suggests that we need to.be
careful about how specific we get in our responses
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correspondence,
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Remarks :
Jack,
Attached is another bit of correspondence
for your signature. It is stimulated by the
letter from Mr. Carlucci to Congressman Ryan, copy
also attached, which I learned about almost by
accident. A copy was sent to Frank Laubinger in
OTS who is working with me out here nearly full
time.
He brought it to. my attention when we found
it in his box downtown. The letter was not co-
ordinated with him before it was sent, either.
There is no, big deal here, but I would have sug-
gested somewhat different wording. The facts are
alright as far as they go ,-but they are not
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which?"radio-active iodine uptake of
the thyroid and T-4 uptake of red cells, and
several other measures which-we have developed, are
being related to previously studied variables."
This, I gather, is a standard kind of procedure
and is. not, on the surface, at least, drug related.
I don't think this is worth a corrective
letter to Ryan but it suggests that we.need to be
careful about how specific we get in our responses
to correspondence.
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