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Dear
Mr.We
frooyouandIErcoourcorresPondF.c.1ast'year-abouE
the
now
IIKULTRA
progren as
I.le
We
(a) the subjects. Eay still .be suffering harnful long ' aftereffects,
term
(b) the drugs sere admi.nistered without the knosrledge of the subjects,
fand
and
sufficient
for
'
If there is any doubt about the actual notice of participat.ion given to volunteer subjects, or the particular testing they underwent, . ....
We
have fo,rtta tr, r"ry cases chat CfA was lnEerested 1n the
and sponsored, by other organizacions.
'.'. '
and conducted enllrely in accordance wlth professional and ethical standards applicable to the particular clrcumstances ac the tine.
We have
or attenpted in aay way to coerce individuals or inscitutions to un' .dertake research that they night not otherulse have undertaken.nor did the Agency atteEpc to cause any compromise of professional
and as
echical standards under which the research vas conducted- Insofar ' by private lnstitutions
we are able to teIl from our records, none of the research conducted,
was clandestine in any way; sEudies sere
carried out openly and the rdguldi ltr Eany cases were published.
IJe assr-rae that vork done at the Unlverslty of Oklahooa fits
these
We
must solicit
inforroed judgaents can be oa?e about the true nat.ure of the CIA obli-
As you r"'irl see from copies of docuilenls relevant co ILKULTRA si:bpcoject 43 furnished to by lerter from Mr.'ar'orr"rr"r,"
-Frt septenber 22, L977, there js an inplication Ehat drugs were used on human sub.jects in conjunc.tion with experiments involving hypnotiza' bility
c7ou1d
and suggestibility.
we
cannot tell
whether experiments using drugs were in fact cond.ucted.; nor can lre te11r. if such expeiinents were conducted, what drugs rrere used, whether they could have caused long tera afcepeffects froa whLch the subjects nighc still be suffering, or whecher the subjects wer'e suf-
to have given their inforaed consent. Fina1ly''our records contain no evidence thaE crA exerted any dlrect lnfluence over the foru, or content of the research. Recognizing thac the statutory prohibicion againsr our furaishing you the identity of the person(s) l'ho conducted the research may pose an insuraounE.-2' able impedi-ueat to your findihg the answers t,o these unknowns, we
EusE nevertheless ask that you address thes, as the first
ficiently
well inilued
step toward
.Ac che sane time, however, we musc acknowled.ge that you are under no obligation to respond. f;rdeed, iE. nay be thac you are precluded froo responding by the laws of the SEare of Oklahonra, rules of the university, or other regulations thaE nay apply c.o your circuo-
scances. The larvs of privacy must, of course, be observed in any response you Eay feel. inclined to give
Your assistance