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The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later | National Security ArchiveThe Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later ](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/2025-10/gottlieb-lenzner.jpg) Sidney Gottlieb (left), former head of the CIA’s Technical Services Division, talks with his attorney Terry Lenzner on the day of his testimony before the Senate health subcommittee, September 21, 1977. (AP) LSD, Assassination Plots, Domestic Spying Highlights of Sidney Gottlieb Depositions Church Committee Staff Grilled CIA Chemist on Behavior Control Experiments, Death of Army Scientist, “Special Interrogations” U.S. Military Proposed “Use of LSD on a Fairly Large Scale” in Vietnam LSD Tests and Operations “Probably Not a High Pay-off Program” Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – The CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, according to the October 1975 U.S. Senate testimony of the Agency’s former top chemist, Sidney Gottlieb, the man most closely associated with the notorious MKULTRA behavior control research projects. “\[T\]he results of everything told us that the money expended, the effort expended, the security risk involved, when you add everything up … it was...nsarchive.gwu.edu / open-web / news / firecrawl PROJECT MKULTRA, THE CIA'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION -- JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES\| \| Search form Search Query for FOIA ERR: -AA+A Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room Welcome to the Central Intelligence Agency's Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. What's New on the Electronic Reading Room? !! Nixon and the People’s Republic of China: CIA’s Support of the Historic 1972 Presidential Trip This collection marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard M. Nixon’s February 1972 trip to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – a landmark event that preceded the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This small collection, consisting of three city guides, an atlas, and four leadership profiles, is a subset of the materials CIA produced for President Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger in preparation for the seven-day visit. City guides were produced on Peking (Beijing), Shanghai, and Hang-Chou (Hangzhou)1, as these cities were part of President Nixon’s tour of the PRC. Each guide included a brief history of the city, contemporary maps and photographs, and descriptions of geography, climates, and points of interest. CIA also produced an 82-page atlas of the PRC for President Nixon’s trip. The US g...cia.gov / official-record / official / firecrawl PROJECT MK-ULTRA | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)cia.gov / official-record / official The most concise and comprehensive document available on MKULTRAcia.gov / official-record / official MKULTRA SUBPROJECT 47 (100 DOCUMENTS WITH PUBDATES FROM 550304 TO 64032 5)cia.gov / official-record / official CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, et al., Petitioners v. John Cary SIMS and Sidney M. Wolfe. John Cary SIMS and Sidney M. Wolfe, Petitioners v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY and William J. Casey, Director, Central Intelligence Agency. | Supreme Court | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institutelaw.cornell.edu / open-web / news CIA V. SIMScia.gov / official-record / official Disturbing docs reveal how CIA tortured Americans in mind-control program as battle erupts over missing MKUltra files | Daily Mail OnlineStacy Liberatore / open-web / news CIA CONDUCTED MIND-CONTROL TESTS UP TO '72, NEW DATA SHOWcia.gov / official-record / official MK/ULTRA | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)cia.gov / official-record / official

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