Event
1977 Senate hearing on MKULTRA
Joint hearing of 3 August 1977 on the MKULTRA records the CIA had just found.
- Dates
- 3 Aug 1977
Connections 4
involved
- Stansfield Turner testified Primary record 1
- Central Intelligence Agency its director and officers testified Primary record 1
- Edward M. Kennedy chaired the Health subcommittee Primary record 1
located in
- Washington, D.C. Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 3 Aug 1977 1977 Senate hearing on MKULTRA
Proof 1 source
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Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification: Joint Hearing, U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Intelligence and Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, 3 Aug 1977.
Primary record
In my letter to you of July 15, 1977, I reported our recent discovery of seven boxes of documents related to Project MKULTRA
The material in question, some seven boxes, had been sent to our Retired Records Center outside of the Washington area.
First, there are 149 MKULTRA subprojects, many of which appear to have some connection with research into behavioral modification, drug acquisition and testing, or administering drugs surreptitiously.
In general, however, the recovered material does not include overall status reports or other documents relating to operational considerations
I am personally persuaded that there is no evidence of any attempt to conceal this material during the earlier searches.
The institutions include 44 colleges or universities, 15 research foundations or chemical or pharmaceutical companies and the like, 12 hospitals or clinics (in addition to those associated with universities), and 3 penal institutions.
No such names are part of these records
The names of 80 institutions where work was done or with which these people were affiliated are also mentioned.
Admiral TURNER. I have no way to prove that, sir.
These new records were discovered by the agency in March. Their existence was not made known to the Congress until July.
The destruction also prevented the CIA from locating and providing medical assistance to the individuals who were subjects in the program.
Senator INOUYE. Admiral Turner, are you personally satisfied by actual investigation that this newly discovered information was not intentionally kept away from the Senate of the United States ?
We are to hear testimony from the Director of Central Intelligence, Adm. Stansfield Turner, and from other Agency witnesses on issues concerning new documents supplied to the committee in the last week on drug testing conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Eighty-six universities or institutions were involved.
The Central Intelligence Agency drugged American citizens without their knowledge or consent.
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman
Washington, D.C.
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