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BLUEBIRD was the cryptonym for a CIA program involving special interrogation methods, including the use of drugs, hypnosis,[1] and isolation. It lasted from 1949 to 1950 when it was renamed "ARTICHOKE", and would eventually become the infamous MKULTRA. Responsibility for the project mainly lay with the Office of Scientific Intelligence.[2] Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Declassified pages of ARTICHOKE-MKULTRA Click Project ARTICHOKE was a CIA project that researched interrogation methods and arose from project BLUEBIRD in 1951 August 20. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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BLUEBIRD is the cryptonym for a CIA mind control program, lasting from 1951 to 1953.
During this time the CIA authorized experiments to be conducted by licensed psychiatrists.
The research also included placing brain electrodes in people and controlling their behavior from remote transmitters, administering daily dosages of LSD-25 to children for extended periods of time, and using electroconvulsive therapy to erase memories.
Project ARTICHOKE was a CIAproject that researched interrogation methods and arose from projectBLUEBIRD on August 20, 1951.
A memorandum by Richard Helms to director Allen Welsh Dulles indicated it became projectMKULTRA on April 20, 1953.
The project studied hypnosis, forced opiate addiction (and subsequent forced withdrawal), and the use of other chemicals, among other methods, to produce amnesia and other vulnerable states in subjects.