TWO COLLEGES CALL CIA TESTS A SHOCK

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400330006-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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By KAREN CURRAN'
SPOKESI>EN` -for Rutgers' acid -:. nat informed that the research was
they were surprised by. letters from Lapharn said that until three
the Central Intelligence;:-, Agency ..::. documents were found in 1973, it was'
:informing them that the schools had believed that 'all Project MKUL.TRA.
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