LSD TESTS ON HUMANS IS DENIED HARVARD OUTLINES ITS CIA WORK

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27 September
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search was done as part of the MR-ULTRA
e; :Harvard .University` said `yesterday that
~~?r~??~s .:~_. . CIA Director SfansfieId Turner has re
i -.:n,,.An M..ul -.. ..;:..::.._l- ...__t _.~a..: IVI ! 1 c admission --' nl ~ sr.v~lwo_
CIA's controverslalMK-'ULTRA human be- , ...., ""r'? .._.. ..~..?... , ~s...~a ?~, ?,~
inent in only One MKI~ ULTRA detailed z1ecords on the research project. be-
havior project but'deniecl Involvement t r? ;
t cause most 'of those documents were de-
tthe prpgram's'testtnO of LLSD A'rt4 other proiac# a conte;lt;or.oU.,porteu
N' stroyed.i t 1973. Only financial documents
drugs on httmar-s
by CIA officials` in .'6Jirginta yes- pertaining to certain projects remain.
.= A spokesman for the university; outlin- r:. Stanford revealed yesterday that be-
tirg the extent of: the university's partieipa terday-?directly contradicts in-'-'
iween 1953 and 1961 the CIA covertly spent
;tiori for the first ttme, said a'tull statement for111atinn.. T'he' Globe';:-", has -.ob- .more than $385,000 on faculty research de-
detailing?the fipectftrr research projects was :3 }., ; signed "to identify materials and methods
being prepared ,; 'Jalned.inyolving at least 'tivo and
f r ,. e useful in altering human behavior."
The announcement came shortly after, perhaps Other. ?MK-ULTRA . pro -
`Stanford Universlt~i fry California released a 4 i r ?~ A Stanford spokesman said yesterday
nf
t
r sta;ement outlining its involvement efts. ' 4 q t "there "was mention of human experimenta }
a
was issued by the Massachusetts Institute of out trial the university was unable to deter-
i T hnolo yon its CIA research mine if that research had been carried out. .1
C aG s he ;;un1verslttes+ disclosures followed #' y3 ':"_ _ t tl:- One of the Protects annarently involved
~cvcrttl wC c,Y; o{ relUgbanC$ Lq.. (1lscuss'tnff :; tattu"a v, p vuvn ~utitxru tr.ueFqve rersua "practicing psychiatrist" on the Stanford
research until alter the' universities were
faculty who served as a consultant to the
apprl~ed. bf their involvement by the CIA.,:. -. A spokesnian'for MIT said yesterday that `;controversial George H. White, a CIA opera-
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But .the news opermesa also appears t pears t
b acy of records keps t? Schein's research. The university previously Francisco and used prostitutes to administer
point up_the inadequ
oth the CIA and the individual research in-' had disclosed only a project' involving a' LSD to unsuspecting citizens. study of Soviet scientists as possible defer-
$titutions onhaws where, and for hawlong tors r .,Other projects at Stanford included re-
the projects ope-ated search on alcoholic intoxication, analysis of
Other researchers at the university also sedatives (including a species of ticks) used
~.~, Fgr xamplel MIT'a admission of yin have reported knowledge. of lumber in developing a knockout drug, development
volvemgnt~?in` otlly.tane 141K-UVIRA~ CIA projects during the 1950sand early' work on a miniaturized lie detector and i
project--a contention supported by CIA of. ` 960s, but said the_ Slid not know if there literature search on blood-type groupings,
ficials in.Virginia yesterday--- directly con,'
? tradicts inforinatlon?Th~ Globe has obtained
involving at least two; and, perhaps ,other;`.
M ULTRA projects. , i' r 1;t i ,
f pt Edgar Schein, mi fIT proles ior,.said
two wee}cs ago that he` cnowingly i ccepto: . 11
C.A'rnoney;for research-into brainwashing
; tec}tn gitey;:that late `r suited In the publi
MORUCIDIF,
project.
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