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Project MKSEARCH

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Project MKSEARCH
Codename MKSEARCH
Initiated 1965
Terminated 1973
Predecessor MKULTRA
Op. Agency C.I.A.
Purpose Coordinated R&D into "control[ling] human behavior."

Project MKSEARCH was a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency program conducted in cooperation with the Department of Defense, established in 1965 and eventually becoming a successor to Project MKULTRA, for the purpose of "developing a capability to manipulate human behavior in a predictable manner through the use of drugs."[1] The project was reported as terminated in 1973.

Sub-programs of Project MKSEARCH included MKCHICKWIT, for studying drug developments in Europe and Asia, and MKOFTEN, for behavioural and toxicological research of drugs on humans and animals.

References

  1. "Codeword Projects Identified by the Central Intelligence Agency", Experimentation Programs Conducted by the Department of Defense That Had CIA Sponsorship or Participation and That Involved the Administration to Human Subjects of Drugs Intended for Mind-control or Behavior-modification Purposes, Washington, D.C. 20301: General Counsel of the Department of Defense, 1977-09-20, p. 3, https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/File:Memorandum_DoD_-_1977-09-20_-_02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf