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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Dr. Sidney Gottlieb approved of an MKUltra subproject on LSD in this June 9, 1953 letter.Precursor experiments. In 1945 the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency was established and given direct responsibility for Operation Paperclip. The program recruited former Nazi scientists, some of whom had been identified and prosecuted as war criminals during theNuremberg Trials. | [[File:330px-Mkultra-lsd-doc.jpg|thumb|Dr. Sidney Gottlieb approved of an MKUltra subproject on LSD in this June 9, 1953 letter.]] | ||
Precursor experiments. In 1945 the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency was established and given direct responsibility for Operation Paperclip. The program recruited former Nazi scientists, some of whom had been identified and prosecuted as war criminals during theNuremberg Trials. | |||
Several secret U.S. government projects grew out of Operation Paperclip. These projects included Project CHATTER(established 1947), and Project BLUEBIRD (established 1950), which was renamed Project ARTICHOKE in 1951. Their purpose was to study mind control, interrogation, behavior modification and related topics. | Several secret U.S. government projects grew out of Operation Paperclip. These projects included Project CHATTER(established 1947), and Project BLUEBIRD (established 1950), which was renamed Project ARTICHOKE in 1951. Their purpose was to study mind control, interrogation, behavior modification and related topics. | ||
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*A material which can be surreptitiously administered by the above routes and which in very small amounts will make it impossible for a person to perform physical activity.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra MkUltra]</ref> | *A material which can be surreptitiously administered by the above routes and which in very small amounts will make it impossible for a person to perform physical activity.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra MkUltra]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||