CIA ACID ARCHIVE
"Information from Europe Related to Ego-Depressants, 6 August to 29 August 1952," September 4, 1952, "If the concept of contaminating a city's water supply seems or in actual fact is found to be far fetched (this is by no means certain), there is still the possibility of contaminating, say, the water supply of a bomber base, or more easily still, that of a battleship....It requires little imagination to realize what the consequences might be if a battleship's crew were so affected."
"Artichoke Conference, 22 October 1953," From Chief, Technical Branch to Chief, Security Research Staff, November 16, 1953, "ten (10) kilos of LSD....the Agency should purchase the LSD as soon as possible....price estimated to be $240,000 or less." [2 pages]
"Use of LSD," Memorandum for: Inspector General," December 1, 1953, LSD stored at CIA field stations in Atsugi, Japan, and Manilla.
"Project MKULTRA," June 9, 1954: Covert plan to "place [LSD] in the drinking water to be used by a speaker at a political rally..." [2 pages]
Untitled, July 14, 1954, "Our experiments on tolerance to LSD-25 have been proceeding well.... I have had 7 patients who have now been taking the drug for more than 42 days.... We have attempted to break through this tolerance by administering double, triple and quadruple doses."
"Potential New Agent for Unconventional Warfare," Office of Scientific Intelligence, August 5, 1954, "Of all substances now known to affect the mind...LSD is by far the most potent....To date, no antidote more specific counteragent is available." [cover sheet plus 4 pages]
"Potential Large-scale Availability of LSD through Newly-discovered Synthesis by [deleted], Memorandum for: Director, Central Intelligence, October 26, 1954, "[deleted] feels that in a matter of months, LSD could be available in tonnage quantities."
SPECIAL INTERROGATIONS
Undated Artichoke field report, "..the subject was groggy, somewhat nauseated, was primarily in a semi-conscious state and was, for a considerable period of time, unresponsive to muscular coordination tests....he required assistance and was staggering on his feet..."
Undated CIA Medical report, "It became apparent toward the end of the third interrogation that Subject's physical condition had suffered a considerable deterioration....Subject became completely irrational and disoriented ...then apparently felt he was dying as he asked for the crucifix, crossed himself numerous times, prayed aloud and made gestures of as religious nature."
""Artichoke", Special Comments," November 26, 1951, "We are now convinced that we can maintain a subject in a controlled state for a much longer period of time we heretofore had believed possible."
"Draft," June 8, 1954, "Our professional consultant in the H [hypnotic] techniques and the medical advisers do not understand why H was attempted after a long continuous use of chemicals, after the subject had vomited and after apparently a maximum tolerance point had been reached with the chemicals."
MK-ULTRA
"Testing of Psychochemicals and related Materials," Memorandum for: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, From Richard Helms, Deputy Director for Plans, December 17, 1953, "...to maintain a capability for influencing human behavior, we are virtually obliged to test on unwitting humans."
Subproject 2 - "To study the possible synergistic action of drugs which may be appropriate for use in abolishing consciousness." "To study methods for the administration of drugs without the knowledge of the patient....A survey of methids which have been used by criminals for surreptitious administration of drugs."
Subproject 5 - Memorandum For the Record, May 11, 1953, "Hypnotically induced anxieties..."
Subproject 5 - Memorandum For the Record, April 20, 1954, "...induced pain as a form of physical and psychological control."
Subproject 7 - Memorandum For the Record, June 9, 1953, "work to be done with LSD and related materials....Emphasis will be placed...on operationally pertinent categories [such as] Disturbance of Memory; Discrediting by Aberrant Behavior; Alteration of Sex Patterns; Eliciting of Information; Suggestibility; Creation of Dependence"
Subproject 22 - Memorandum For the Record, June 25, 1959, "..the isolation of compounds having psychogenic and related properties from...Rivea Corymbosa [and] Amanita Muscara..."
Subproject 35 - "Draft," 5 May 1955, Seventeen drug applications pursued by the CIA, including:
"1. Substances which will promote illogical thinking and impulsiveness to the point where the recipient would be discredited in public."
2. Substances which increase the efficiency of mentation and perception.
3. Materials which will prevent or counteract the intoxicating effect of alcohol.
4. Materials which will promote the intoxicating effect of alcohol.
5. Materials which will produce the signs and symptoms of recognized diseases in a reversible way so that they may be used for malingering, etc.
6. Materials which will render the induction of hypnosis easier or otherwise enhance its usefulness." 7. Substances which will enhance the ability of individuals to withstand privation, torture and coercion during interrogation and so-called "brainwashing."
8. Materials and physical methods which will produce amnesia for events preceding and during their use.
9. Physical methods of producing shock and confusion over extended periods of time and capable of surreptitious use.
10. Substances which produce physical disablement such as paralysis of the legs, acute anemia, etc.
11. Substances which will produce "pure" euphoria with no subsequent let-down.
12. Substances which alter personality structure in such a way that the tendency of the recipient to become dependent upon another person is enhanced.
13. A material which will cause mental confusion of such a type that the individual under its influence will find it difficult to maintain a fabrication under questioning.
14. Substances which will lower the ambition and general working efficiency of men when administered in undetectable amounts.
15. Substances which promote weakness or distortion of the eyesight or hearing faculties, preferably without permanent effects.
16. A knockout pill which can surreptitiously be administered in drinks, food, cigarettes, as an aerosol, etc., which will be safe to use, provide a maximum of amnesia, and be suitable for use by agent types on an ad hoc basis.
17. A material which can be surreptitiously administered by the above routes and which in very small amounts will make it impossible for a man to perform any physical activity whatsoever."
Subproject 43 - Memorandum For the Record, March 21, 1955, "...research in the field of Psychobiology of the dissociated states and of hypnosis."
Subproject 110 - "...provides a source of exotic pathogens and a capability for incorporating them in effective delivery systems."
THE SPOOKS' MEDICINE CHEST
Memorandum For the File, Subject: Truth Drug (T.D.), April 5, 1946, "[Marijuana] defies all but the most expert analysis, and for all practical purposes can be considered beyond analysis."
Undated, "Cocain Derivatives," "Procaine injected into the brain's frontal lobes...produced free and spontaneous speech within two days in mute schizophrenics."
Memorandum For the Record, "Exploration of Potent Plant Resources in the Caribbean Region," February 7, 1956, "Stupid Bush...Information Bush"
WEIRD SCIENCE
"Ultrasonics," Undated, "...it is possible that a temporal approach...will eventually be devised without the cutting of a hole in the skull....Modifications in techniques that use Ultrasonic energy should be followed for our purposes. It may be that not only frontal lobes, but temporal lobes, amygdaloid nuclei, sleep-centers, etc., can eventually be usefully stimulated without being destroyed, by Ultrasonics."
"Memorandum to the file," May 15, 1951, "...the lowering of resistance to questioning through upsetting bodily functions and debilitation through feeding a diet to which anti-vitamins had been added."
"ESP," January 31, 1952, "He was certain a system could be worked out whereby individuals having high ESP capacity could use that capacity on problems of interest to this Agency."
""Project MKULTRA, Subproject 136," August 23, 1961, "research effort is moving beyond the question of whether the phenomenon, extrasensory perception (ESP) exists." Instead the focus is on "the twin questions of what are the functional relationships between other personality factors and ESP skills, and what are the factors that must be considered in using ESP as a method of communication."
CHAMBER OF HORRORS
""Artichoke...Bluebird Conference," December 21, 1951, experiments on "alien subjects" "Ultimate-type experiments on human subjects..."
To Assistant Director, Scientific Intelligence, From Project Coordinator, "Project Artichoke," April 26, 1952, "Habit forming drugs – heroin.... These items can be useful in reverse because of the stresses produced when they are withdrawn from those addicted to their use."
Memorandum For the Record, "Discussions of MKNAOMI," undated, "...material to anesthetize the inhabitants of a building so as to allow its entry, material to dissolve the Berlin Wall, aphrodisiacs for operational use..."
Memorandum For the Record, Discussions with [deleted] on MKNAOMI, undated, "...a stockpile of lethal agents and disseminating systems in readiness for operational use..."
To: Chief, Security Research Staff, From Chief, Technical Branch, mid-1954 "...a highly sensitive project will soon be set in motion...which will involve ultimate type experiments on human beings never previously performed."
Undated, "Natural Causes," "Knock off key people...Method produce cancer"
Memorandum For the Record, February 4, 1952, "[Berylluim] is certainly the most toxic inorganic element and it produces a peculiar fibrotic tumor at the site of local application. The amount necessary to produce these local tumors is a few micrograms. [deleted] suggests a study of the effect of inhaling small amounts of berylluim in the lungs, and other studies to evaluate the potentialities of berylluim as a covert weapon."
"Artichoke Report," January 22, 1954, "...it was proposed that an individual of ***** descent...be induced under ARTICHOKE to perform an act, involuntarily, of attempted assassination against a prominent ***** politician or if necessary, against an American official."
Memorandum For Inspector General, "Project OFTEN," May 6, 1974, ",,,the project had three primary operational purposes. First, it was hoped that new compounds could be derived that could be used offensively. An example would be to come up with a compound that could simulate a heart attack or a stroke in the targetted individual..."
CAPTAIN HUBBARD
Excerpts from a report on Captain Al Hubbard's DMT Experience, March 23, 1961...
"Flashing stars and a deep network of blue...very intricate design, spirals interwoven within spirals....Great enormous peace.... Extremely beautiful... Beautiful streams of color, very friendly, A pull sideways in time... Picture of Christ on Cross viewed on the opposite wall...You can walk right into it with great ease....They are projections of ourselves...project the most perfect part of us...then proceed to worship it....Even your bones feel good...My oh my...My oh my.... More powerful than LSD, any resistance would be like fighting a monster....What a wonderful world! ....We make our devils and they laugh at us....This is the soul expressing itself--that's why resistance is so painful...It is so terribly intense...It seemed an awfully lot like death. Old Al Hubbard was gone....
Father Leo Brown, turned on to LSD by Captain Al Hubbard, Cathedral of the Holy Rosary in Vancouver, "Introduction to LSD Experience," December 8, 1957...
"Friends: True scientific knowledge is the honourable objective of man's inquisitive intellectual faculties.... We are aware of man's fallibility and will be protected in our studies by that understanding and recognition of the First Cause of all created things and the laws that govern them. We therefore approach the study of these psychodelics (sic) and their influence in the mind of man anxious to discover whatever attributes they possess, respectufully evaluating their proper places in the Divine Economy. We humbly ask Our Heavenly Mother the Virgin Mary, help of all who call upon Her to aid us to know and understand the true qualities of these psychodelics, the full capacities of man's noblest faculties and according to God's laws to use them for the benefit of mankind here and in eternity."
LEARY & PALS
Jack Kerouac to Timothy Leary, January 1961, after Kerouac experimented with magic mushroom pills supplied by Leary..."Mainly I felt like a floating Khan on a magic carpet with many interesting lieutenants and gods....We were at the extremest point goofing on clouds watching the movie of existence....Everybody seemed innocent...It was a definite satori. Full of psychic clairvoyance (but you must remember that this is not half as good as the peaceful ecstasy of simple Samadhi trance as I described in Dharma Bums).... Jokes were the sacred jokes of Heaven....we could develop the greatest scholars and scientists in the world with this stuff..."
Handwritten letter from Aldous Huxley to Timothy Leary, June 6, 1961..."You are right about the hopelessness of the "scientific" approach. Those idiots want to be Pavlovians not Lorenzian Ethnologists. Pavlov never saw an animal in its natural state, only under duress. The "scientific" LSD boys do the same with their subjects. No wonder they report psychoses."
Memorandum For the Record, "International Federation for Internal Freedom (IFIF), Alpert, Richard, Ph.D., Leary, Timothy F., Ph.D., November 1, 1963 – Leary under CIA surveillance before he was fired from Harvard --"Uncontrolled experimentation has in the past resulted in tragic circumstances....Any information concerning the use of this type of drug for experimental or personal reasons should be reported immediately....[A]ny information of Agency personnel involved with...Leary, or with any group engaged in this type of activity should also be reported."
RONALD STARK
Il Giorno, November 6, 1981, "Ronald Stark, agente triplo fra Gheddafi, I fedain e la Cia" [Ronald Stark, triple agent for Qadaffi, the PLO and the CIA]