CENTRAL C E N T R A L INTELLIGENCE IN T E L L IG E N C E AGENCY AGENCY WASHINGTON 20505 W A S H I N G T O N D C D C 2 0505 30 30 April April 1979 Dear Dr Dr Gottlieb Gottlieb 1 You are aware of the Agency's efforts to to investigate investigate its past involvement with drugs on the the use use of drugs drugs on on drugs 1 with emphasis on unwitting subjects The Director of CIA CIA made made a commitment to Congress to attempt to identify unwitting if there Ccngress unwitting subjects and and 1 if there was a possibility they had been harmed hanned by by the the experience to to inform infonn CIA's involvement them of CLA s Your oral offer to help in this this effort is appreciated Now Now that our investigation is nearly completed completed we we have have formulated aa few questions answers to which may help fill voids voids in in the final may help report You were not sent a letter earlier as as the the only questions only- questions we then knew to ask you had already addressed in in Congressional Congressional testimony · testimony Al though the primary ari ist the investigation is is to to Although thrust of the identify test subjects per the Director's Director's commitment secondary efforts are to assess the possibility of harm by by the specific drugs in the quantities used and to to flQsh report with with flash out the report enough details of the safehouse operations operations to to lend lend credence credence to to the report which is emerging Any help you you can can offer offer on on the the following following is welcome 1 What drugs were used tested by by White Feldman White Feldman and and in in what dosages In view of the the tiny tiny ammm ts required of a amounts required substance like LSD how as the drug drug packaged such that was the the amount delivered was known known with with any degree degree of of certainty 2 2 What if any test follow-up was was practiced practiced Was Was there there determine the effect effect if any an effort to detennine any on on the the health of the subjects Was tJ1ere an effort to determine determine to there an what the test subjects attributed their their peculiar peculiar symptoms - 1 I • 3 you to you tests to the tests of the results of the results How did White transmit transmit the names contain they Did Were they names handwritten or handwritten tl- 1 ey typed or did or did te or through 1' hi come through of subjects Did all White reports come all reports on drug Feldman report directly Did anyone else Teport drug report on reported N Y 1960's if any reported tests How How were tests tests in N Y unwitting If unwitting reports If those reports to those Who in CIA had access to the procuring the of procuring purpose of the purpose as the testing was was not intended as the was the what was safehouses through the auspices of the FEN what the FBN the safehouses rationale for obtaining the 4 4 testing ''unwitting testing purpose of the unwitting What was the primary purpose sabotaged to see if someone's behavior could be subtley sabotaged experience as an aid to interrogation a la White's OSS N Y OSS N Y experience White in his diary 1960 o occasionally to______ asionally refers ta 5 White a as to well as F as well § or BSSSh ' 0 between distinguish between attempting ta todistinguish were attempting as though he were two coexisting installations Did · support a safehcuse se u karate rate and distinct from w which which wz 6 6 for responsible for largely responsible is largely The term Climax is te ul Midnight Clima any you shed any safehouses Can you the brothel image of the safehouses of the no have no light on its origin Quite frankly £ran Uy to date we have brothel image evidence to support the the brothel 7 7 tests the tests of the number of the number of the Could you hazard an estimate estimate of number con performed con perfo med by FBN in the safehouses and the number numbers absolute numbers the absolute If the ducted in bars nightcl-obs bars nigntcl-obs etc If breakdown be­ are a problem can you estimate a percentage breakdown in tes-ts· in the tests did the cities did what cities tween the two groups In In what place bars and nightclubs take take place oe- 8 8 1961 safesite 1961 Dr Dr Treichler procured aa safesite It Charles Siragusa It through FBN Charles the FEN through the apartment that apartment of that use of denied the use Feldman was denied eldman was appears that _F He in in apartment an apartment procured an He procured by CIA financed by Was the latter apartment provided financed 1962 Was -•••••••••·••a ·-·· __ ____ • ' • details of questions deal with details I of these questions of these I realize that some of 20 after 20 remembered after not remembered possibly not little signific ai ce significance and are very very possibly appreciated be will do will you do Whatever you plus years appreciated years Whatever been searched have been files have Agency-'s files searched of the Agency-'s 2 ll of It now appears that ' all release has- to release whic ft is subject to and that all drug related material hasmaterial which been been released released The into the the Agency’s Agency's drug drug research research The investigation investigation into is June Hopefully Hopefully this this entire is now now targeted targeted for for completion completion in in June entire subject to history history If If II don•t hear from subject will will soon soon be be relegated relegated to d o n ’t hear from of weeks I you within a couple of I will will give give you you aa call Yours Yours truly truly