NEW DOCUMENTS REVEAL CIA TIES TO UW STUDIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000100730002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 22, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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-human behavior'- ?` at. user ~.
.secretly underwritten - by the-CIA
according to documents obtained.
recruited from a.-church. group for
-.in personality Half. thevolurteer
-. under~vent;.psychotherapy=and
=The documents. -indicate that. the
CIA used the special expertise of.the
modification techn`qu 'arid in. un=
he-res2archers:T%eW--for.-Who m
they were-wo.Tung and-theobjects of
Ihe-.research; accordiag=.to?the dccu-
.}lave been kept.from-then university:,
Ac least one. and: probably,.Iioth of`
the projects apparently were'fi ,'.
,concea - the- ultimate-. source:: of:: the:
to3TheJourni1=in 'response to a request
'under'thefederaFFreedom of Information
Act: for."iifformation?'about CIA involves:
sent with.:UW..Deleted* from?-'them-'are
the' names.; of_'those involved _ and._.the
crnneiinc, of the process Of vathoRenesis
=One: project- - for- which- $4160 was?j [the production or development of a di-
Dec.31r 196x - sought to determine the
:difference, if any, between strains-of a
.disease-causing : bacteria- as: they affect
:animals and humans..
-The research*design called for batter-
'iologists to-study staphylococci bacteria.
.?obtairied'frpm boils in humans, mastitis in-
-cows, ..arthritis in chickens -arc -bladder:-.-
.infectionsin?mink ?
The other project LL- for which$8,750-
in CIA: money was authorized on Aug. 11,
=,1959.' :::studied' personality ' changes in
normal persons "and in schizophrenics, 24 ?
persons altogether, ~ during at- least' six -
:*months of psychotherapy.
such basic research is a matter of specula- study. include a' similar .inter nal: C[
tion The. documents offer, only cryptic :memo. This one is more explicit about t
clues.: _ covert. nature of the study-'The project
Thte pra es were part of a series of purpose, it says, is to "provide a meth
`.what were called MK-ULTRA experi? nism for evaluating certain techniques-
rrientsthaf-Were.conducted.in the':1950s; influencing human behavior that ma
wand early 1960s". haveagencysignificance':.,, -
. As has been gradually learner! in recent r The memo calls the $8,750 grant '`sti
ears,. I;IK-ULTRA=w the-ccd~=name: plemental" and says CLA support "wi
':for 149 human-behavior experiments that make. it possible to have continued fre
included giving mird-altering'drugs such :access to the project and, when appli
-as-LSIY ro unsuspecting human subjects, - ble,' use the facility for consultation an
The'IYIK-ULTRA experments and simi- support."
-lar projecs have since-been-repudiated by .'The memo says the project ~,I
:the CIA as inappropriate-in that the test- ULTRA Subproject 97 -=' was finance
ing was done on subjects kept in the dark ' through an unnamed agency "for secudt
ab
k
"
out
ey elements of theresearch~ and cover purposes
,. _
Th
s
"
e memo later refer
to
the Society
ColuTal ~caLied
as the funding agent This
robabl
p
y was
.. :-,A 'CIA spokesman told--:heJournal that reference to the Society for the Investi
a
g
the NYK-ULTRA-experiments "continue to lion of Human Ecology Inc-, a foundatio
present a problem fd,; as in that, when we that issued grants to universities withou
think"we've.- turned up all. the records; .. - `
identifying the CIA''as the'source ol.th
some more-turn up:' funds :_ - . _...
He' said many of. the exper rents now- i ;`"
appear to have been misconceived, but he The memo- suggests-that.MV official
were unaware of CIA involvement whet
added by way of explanation: - it says
"It's impossible to re-create the climate .,Prof [name withheld}holds a- cove
of the Cold War berzcx -"
-agency. clearance -and is witting of-spon
The bacteria study- inay_ have. been of ' ?sorshipi all others are unwitting
,
nterest to the CIA for its possible appli Both
cations to biological warfare: A specificezpe arch shave the.look:of le
aim,of the project, according to one docu- gitimate research' such 'as might be fi
'nient,-was to -deter-mine -whether,: the ;ranted by any-,scientific foundation an
strain of staphylococcus that causes.-in- -Writterrup for later publication is antler
tific journal. i a.
. fection in-humans-,is- the same as- the.
strain that affects dogs The design of the study suggests a lea
Referring to-the study,. a-CIA gitimate research interest in the effects of
=riemo. of Dec'he bacterial
calls .the. work,' psychotherapy on acute and chronic
termed MK-ULTRA-Subproject;-105,--"ari schizophrenics. It_is'?unclear' from the
1-important. fundamental investigation proposal,.however?whyit.was necessary,
'other tha
t
n
o create a control group, that
which care lead to an increased under-
Welt-adjusted. normal ? people" were to
seasej.
;-Researcher was cleared
_=The=:rarr:es=o?=all=parties=involved=aF
purged- from the- memo, but it. includes
this cryptic note:
"Dr. [name crossed : out]is cleared
through SECRET and is aware of the true-:
purpose of the program."
. A -document signed more than two
months later consists of a grant.-proposal,:
but. much of the information has been
crossed out. It may have been written by
the researcher, at the CIA's suggestion, to
a foundation through which CIA .money'
.was passed. Thus, it could have been pos- In recruitinw elt-adj1usted
Bible for the CIA to conceal its role from recruiting -'w se-
lected, to . undergo _ psychotherapy. the
undergo psychotherapy. -
_.An- item under "significance of the in-
.vestigation" offers a hint. It says the ex-
periment will .address the problem of
"therapy for the individual who does not
consciously wish therapy or consciously
resists it." -Such therapy may be related
to brainwashin3z. '
''=The psychology study identifies-three
-.sources-.of "normals".to be used in the
:'study:."alocal church couples'- club; ', 'a
:general hospital personnel list of low-in-
. employes, "references from rural
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