The Lacuna Project

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Exhibit 226

Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification

Exhibit 226 ยท Congressional hearing

Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification

Until the recent discovery, it was believed that all of the MKULTRA files dealing with behavioral modification had been destroyed in 1973 on the orders of the then retiring Chief of the Office of Technical Service, with the authorization of the then DCI, as has been previously reported.

Records unwitting drug experiments, document destruction, and recovered financial records.

Source
United States Senate
Date
3 August 1977
Quoted from
Joint hearing, 3 Aug 1977, statement of Adm. Stansfield Turner, PDF p. 8
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-hearings-95mkultra.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding MED-12.9
Primary record The CIA destroyed MKULTRA records in 1973; surviving financial records brought additional experiments before the Senate in 1977.