MKUltra Subproject 12

Subproject 12 of Project MKULTRA is documented here mostly by a fund ledger and a stack of receipts from the spring of 1955. The records track a small cash fund. The ledger shows obligations near $3,000.00 against the subproject. A detailed statement of funds runs from 21 March to 17 May 1955.

The spending points to field work with air or aerosol sampling gear. Listed purchases include a toy motor power kit for sampler development, tungsten wire for a special project, an acoustical blanket to diminish noise in a special sampler, specially fitted nasal filters for sampling at $12.50 each, and batteries for a sampling kit. There is travel for a survey trip of an operational area, billed by mileage. One entry buys a book on the birds of Britain and Europe for a continuous bird survey in special areas. Another covers air freight to ship a specimen for analysis.

The receipts include an order form, an invoice for tungsten wire, a tetanus toxoid purchase, and a six person cabin reservation in a park for June 1955, with a rental fee plus tax of $73.44. An office memo dated 8 April 1955 records a $3.47 payment for a long distance telephone call made to establish the mode of travel of a field operator after travel orders went to an incorrect address. The memo notes that security was involved.

Names of people and several vendors are redacted. The paperwork shows routine field and logistics spending, not the research aim itself.