OSWALD AND LSD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404810005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 11, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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UNTTED PRESS TNTERNATTCNAL
11 FEBRUARY 1983
OSV~'A LD and LSD
B}? TCAN HANA L'ER
gee ~'ar?,~ey~ Cskcld, the assassin of President John F, r:enr~edy, r,,ay have been
_r~.: ~= those given ~SD in a CIA test program in the lzte 795fls and early
'_'~~~ ?~lliny Store Magazine contends. "If Oswald was sent to Russia cn score
covert task, then it's quite possible that he was given LSD as part of his
training. " Osczald, some believe, may have been a U.S, agent chile in the Soviet
'Jno^, and the CIA, the article claims, often administered LSD to agents who
were destined for dangerous overseas missions so they could experience the drug.
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