ž7 ŽķŽ)))))9 CCUxĶĶ ķķķķosted by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in the mid-1960's. Ten ACID DREAMS: The CIA. LSD and the Sixties Rebellion by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain Anecdotes and Highlights: *** You've heard about the notorious "electric kool-aid acid tests" hosted by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in the mid-1960's. Ten years earlier according to previously classified CIA documents -- a group of turned-on CiA agents conspired to „ut iSD in the punch at the CIA's annuai Ch„istmas oifice party. ***Captain Ai Hubbard. a highranking American intelligence operative, took iSD after receiving a speciai commendation from President Truman, had a religios experience during his first trip, and proceeded to turn on thousands of people„ including politicians, church fathers, policemen, captains of industry, scientists and philosophers. Hubbard became the first Johnny Appleseed of LSD nearly 3 decade before Timothy ieary tried the drug. ***A „ysterious con man named Ronald Stark p„oduced 50 million doses o„ "streer acid" in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Stark was the singie largst surce of iliicit LSD during the heyday of the psycedeliic rebeliion. He was later exposed as a CIA informant by an Itaiian parliamentary commission. ***The CIA onitored the activity o„ nemerous LSD researchers inciuding Tinoty Lear. At one point Agency officiais expressed concern that CIA-connected personnel might be involved ith ?eary s research pro?ect at harvard. c**Harr Ans:inger, iormer head of „e Fderai Nar„otics Bureau 3rov:dd cver:nr t„ CIA in Its resting n; LSO 3n unwit„ing Ameri„an citiies. r**T„e CI„ and „i:itary devel3ped a series 3f supe„-hal;ucinogens een „org :„wer;l t„n LSD tra„ wfre epioyd in ietnam to incapacitate iet icn soldi„rs in tn„ iare i960 s. Tese same juper-nailcinogns 'a'e Sen r3„--- -fned f3r „sl is crawd con„r„l jcents in t„e evnt oi iivii:an insurrc„;3n- ''*!ni„a„es at „„e -exin„r3n Narcotics .cspita:. in Kes„„ci:i. „ier':l''' LSC 'c' seventy-five i3nsec„ie da„s 3t te be„est o„ the CIA. *r*An FBi ir„„ tric t„at backfired se„ tne s„age f3r i„e „r„'ar:; ssnrr3n- „a„ion „t;e „n_3„cn in Octobe„ ;96i ien ant;-war prs„esters piac„c':sers 11 -e rifls af so!„iers „uarsin tne 'eaduartrs oT -ne „.5. -iiir„. .R`Ę. H€R@H‡HĒ"ć‰/ rN­Ņ" @’’B`®H‡. H€R@°GfJg |’ł`žH„H†0FŠ@AķĘR00HĄH…HÅŠ…H‡GAķć *5?AWXsĀö÷ YØ°NŸó@m¾ Yģ6VW|ĀSü÷ņļģēāßÜŁÖÓŠĶŹĒÄĮ¾»øµ²Æ¬©¦£ š—”‘@€€€€"S—ą+~“’ I Žüłöóšķźē5XsĀ YØ°NŸó@m¾ Yģ6|ĀS—ą+~“’ I Ž  ŽŽ’’’’S  ō¬f&xrÖü&Š't@B«B« pLßNu/xø—d“t@f°“@g\DøTeźp(J€g 9‚@)€@\DNu$(/8ÄNuHēĄJ‚g8(Bt&Bg.v40 :=ą/Š    Š