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University of

Oklahona
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Dear

Mr.We

are grateful for your cooperation and the helpful responses

frooyouandIErcoourcorresPondF.c.1ast'year-abouE
the
now
IIKULTRA

progren as

it related to the Universicy of Oklahoma.

once again.

I.le

find iE necessary to solicit your cooperation and assistance with

respect to this nr*..r

We

have received froo the Attorney General of the United

States an opinion which deteraines that t.he Central incelligence

Agency, on behalf of the Uuited-StaEes Governnent, has a duty to notify
persotrs wno were the subjects of drug experimentation under the (<ar'r ) I0cijlcra progratr, lf it can be reasonably established that:

(a) the subjects. Eay still .be suffering harnful long ' aftereffects,

term

(b) the drugs sere admi.nistered without the knosrledge of the subjects,
fand

(c) the experJments were conducted under direction

conErol of
CT-A.

and

sufficient

to es'Eablish CIA liability

for

t:t.conseguences Ehat may have befallen che subjects.

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If there is any doubt about the actual notice of participat.ion given to volunteer subjects, or the particular testing they underwent, . ....
We

those subjec.ts also should be norified.

'.:

have fo,rtta tr, r"ry cases chat CfA was lnEerested 1n the
and sponsored, by other organizacions.

'.'. '

'-resu1 ts-of research lnitiated

and conducted enllrely in accordance wlth professional and ethical standards applicable to the particular clrcumstances ac the tine.
We have

found no evid.ence an1'where that CL{ exerted' undue influence

or attenpted in aay way to coerce individuals or inscitutions to un' .dertake research that they night not otherulse have undertaken.nor did the Agency atteEpc to cause any compromise of professional
and as

echical standards under which the research vas conducted- Insofar ' by private lnstitutions

we are able to teIl from our records, none of the research conducted,
was clandestine in any way; sEudies sere

carried out openly and the rdguldi ltr Eany cases were published.
IJe assr-rae that vork done at the Unlverslty of Oklahooa fits
these

general descriptors or the University r.rould not have become lnvolved.

Unfortunately, however, our surviwing records are far from

complete and we cannot iu all cases state with absolute assurance

what the fact.s are.

We

must solicit

the cooperation aad assistance

thac

of institutions that were inJlQved to clarify the facts in order

gation. This letter is addressed to you in that spiric.

inforroed judgaents can be oa?e about the true nat.ure of the CIA obli-

As you r"'irl see from copies of docuilenls relevant co ILKULTRA si:bpcoject 43 furnished to by lerter from Mr.'ar'orr"rr"r,"

-Frt septenber 22, L977, there js an inplication Ehat drugs were used on human sub.jects in conjunc.tion with experiments involving hypnotiza' bility
c7ou1d

and suggestibility.

There are a number of unknowns that'

We

we

like to ask you to address.

cannot tell

froo our records

whether experiments using drugs were in fact cond.ucted.; nor can lre te11r. if such expeiinents were conducted, what drugs rrere used, whether they could have caused long tera afcepeffects froa whLch the subjects nighc still be suffering, or whecher the subjects wer'e suf-

to have given their inforaed consent. Fina1ly''our records contain no evidence thaE crA exerted any dlrect lnfluence over the foru, or content of the research. Recognizing thac the statutory prohibicion againsr our furaishing you the identity of the person(s) l'ho conducted the research may pose an insuraounE.-2' able impedi-ueat to your findihg the answers t,o these unknowns, we
EusE nevertheless ask that you address thes, as the first

ficiently

well inilued

step toward

assisting us io the discharge of the Agency's obligation

.Ac che sane time, however, we musc acknowled.ge that you are under no obligation to respond. f;rdeed, iE. nay be thac you are precluded froo responding by the laws of the SEare of Oklahonra, rules of the university, or other regulations thaE nay apply c.o your circuo-

scances. The larvs of privacy must, of course, be observed in any response you Eay feel. inclined to give

Your assistance

in this natter rrill be appreciated.