Event

Ford's apology to the Olson family

Meeting of 21 July 1975 at the White House.

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Gerald R. Ford apologised, according to the ABA Journal Primary record 1 2 3
Frank Olson his family received the apology and a settlement Scholarship & press 1

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Nov. 28, 1953: LSD and the death of a CIA scientist, ABA Journal, 1 Oct 2023. Scholarship & press
On July 21, 1975, President Gerald Ford met with the Olson family at the White House, where he formally and publicly apologized for the government’s role in Olson’s demise.
members of the Olson family, who no longer believed Olson died by suicide, announced a decision to file a lawsuit against the agency to force their own inquiry into its simplistic account of Olson’s plunge.
In a settlement authorized by Congress, the Olson family received $750,000 in exchange for dropping their legal claims.
White House statement on the President's meeting with the Olson family, 21 July 1975, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 21 Jul 1975. Primary record
He expressed the sympathy of the American people and apologized on behalf of the U. S. Government for the
Olson v. United States, Memorandum Opinion, Civil Action No. 12-1924, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 17 Jul 2013. Primary record
The Plaintiffs received $187,500 each for their waiver.

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