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17. The final stage of covert testing of materials on unwitting subjects is clearly the most sensitive aspect of MJOTI/rRA. No effective cover story appears to be available. TSD officials state— . . that responsibility for covert testing is transfe rred to the Bureau of . . Narcotics. Yet they also predict that the Chief of the Bureau \vould • . disclaim airy lmbwledfe of the activity. Pres ent practice is no records of the planning and approval of test programs^The prbi~ . \.y '- cip'al respon 3 ibility for the proptiety of such^^Hng ^8 ta V/ith the .• - . C*' *' -I-.V • V- . - ' * ; _ .. V ...» " . ’ ' - MKUL.TRA program director and the DeputyChief ofTSD.-The ,.y . handling of testlsahjacts m the last analpis ^***** yit^thel^rcotlcs . ’• . agent worUhg alon^ Suppression of kr owledge of or itlcM^es^ts from the ciArma^gem»~at is an jnMrent ^sltinJ^.e9.i' . 1ft. Finalise testiggof MKULTRA substances or devices on .-fitting subjects is recognized to be an activity of genuine importance . . in the development of of such testing ^ould have some) but an essentiaU^indeter^isate, e#ect . ; on the development of operational capability in this field. Of more critical significance, however, i^therisk^f serious dama^e^to ttie Agency in the event of compromise of the true nature of this activity. . A<i rumv performed under Bureauof Narcotics auspices, non-Agency . . ' personnel are neceisarily fully witting^f the true nature and sigMi£fecoi of their assignments, and of the^ponsorship of CIA. Compromise