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MKUltra Subproject 56

1956 to 1961 · 40 documents · 82 pages

Summary

MKUltra Subproject 56 provided funding to a university for research from September 1959 to February 1960. The surviving financial records show expenditures totaling $15,186.07 for salaries ($7,475.00), equipment ($5,423.40), and supplies ($2,287.67). The project operated at a deficit of $471.07 against an opening balance of $15,015.00. The file was reviewed on June 15, 1977 for Drug/Behavior Modification material responsive to FOIA requests. Multiple handwritten ledgers and invoices document expenses across numbered items and memo services from 1956 through 1960, though many recipient names and institutional details are redacted. The surviving paperwork shows routine financial tracking with no detailed research methodology or objectives disclosed.

Indexed terms

tsdgottlieb sidneyproposalexperiments with animalsexperiments with humansuniversities

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