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Document: Report of Inspection of MKULTRA, 26 July 1963 Agency: Central Intelligence Agency Date: 26 July 1963 Notable: Released as part of FOIA case F-2014-00281, this report details the CIA's MKULTRA program, a secret research and development project focused on controlling human behavior through chemical, biological, and radiological materials. Provenance: This document was released on 10 April 2019 as part of the Central Intelligence Agency's response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Mr. John Greenewald on 19 November 2013. The request sought a copy of the final CIA Office of the Inspector General report on alleged CIA experiments on the brain, published circa 4/1/1998. The CIA processed the request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and the CIA Information Act, and located a document consisting of 46 pages, which they released in segregable form with deletions made under FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3). The Document: MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence SUBJECT: Report of Inspection of MKULTRA 1. In connection with our survey of Technical Services Division, DD/P, it was deemed advisable to prepare the report on the MKULTRA program in one copy only, in view of its unusual sensitivity. 2. This report is forwarded herewith. The MKULTRA activity is concerned with the research and development of chemical, biological, and radiological materials capable of employment in clandestine operations to control human behavior. The end products of such research are subject to very strict controls, including a requirement for the personal approval of the Deputy Director/Plans for any operational use made of these end products. 4. The cryptonym MKULTRA encompasses the R&D phase, and a second cryptonym MKDELTA denotes the DD/P system for control of the operational employment of such materials. 5. MKULTRA was authorized by the then Director of Central Intelligence, Mr. Allen W. Dulles, in 1953. The TSD was assigned responsibility thereby to employ a portion of its R&D budget, eventually set at 20% for research in behavioral materials and other purely internal and compartmented controls. Context: The CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, Riggs Monfort, explained the exemptions used to redact certain information from the document, citing Section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 and Section 102A(i)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947. Outro: This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. Storyflo.com. Document URL: https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/cia/F-2014-00281.pdf

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This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process.

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Report of Inspection of MKULTRA, 26 July 1963 (Proper FOIA Citations)

JUL 5 · 2026Narrated by daily-declassified-report-of-inspection-of-mkultra-26-july-1963-proper-foia-c4 minLast updated July 5, 2026

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Document: Report of Inspection of MKULTRA, 26 July 1963 Agency: Central Intelligence Agency Date: 26 July 1963 Notable: Released as part of FOIA case F-2014-00281, this report details the CIA's MKULTRA program, a secret research and development project focused on controlling human behavior through chemical, biological, and radiological materials.

Date: JUL 5 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)

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What was Report of Inspection of MKULTRA, 26 July 1963 (Proper FOIA Citations) about?: Document: Report of Inspection of MKULTRA, 26 July 1963 Agency: Central Intelligence Agency Date: 26 July 1963 Notable: Released as part of FOIA case F-2014-00281, this report details the CIA's MKULTRA program, a secret research and development project focused on controlling human behavior through chemical, biological, and radiological materials.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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