MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD RE ERGOT RESEARCH

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146421
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 17, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: April 27, 1954

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.rer4rted to have teen active in eruot-recearoh.for'"e=a1.727.
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3. 4,===.4airo LLat*:r.s 50=4 eight sources (mere
or less) roporti.ng on ergot renearch. NC stated
Vere
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only persrnllitics involved in who= inr"VmMtlhad expressed:a zartic,:lar
interest. Ile erso stated thst additionnl irdscraction concerning the
willbe-cbtafned in the nornal cou.e:le of r.vents vitheut or
taking any further initctive.
4. Kr.4===p4k gave me a rdes.n4'of his Imovledge ofssourc..s
concerning ergot researches. Fee stated that scveral American firms are
doing considvrablo work in this field for nIX He further stated that
ISTy.77177=ksgr#was rarticularly interested in this au:Z.:et rind was mainly
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resocneible for L.Afm.lating the interest o thcrein. he stated that az-
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parently--4......satakhod not been able to obtain as nuch infornation
4 Yes he desired concernii.g the