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SUBJECT: Project OFTEN History

1.·The first contract in support of Project OFTEN was apprcved by the then on 10 March 1966. The DCI at that time was Admiral Raborne and the DDCI was Richard Helms.

2. The memorandum in support of that proposal stated, "This work is in support of continuingIneeds for better and safer behavioral control tools and in support of 1 Division's requirements concerning chemical and biological agents affecting behavior."

3.A Materials Analysis Project was initiated by in 1970. Work in this area hed already begum in 1966 under the old Behavior Control Project. The work, initially a drug screening program, he3 developed into a large, ciosely held, computer based project concerned with world-wide developments in toxicology leading to potential threats to American officials and technicians. The project is intended to enhanc Agency capability to detect and nullify exploitation of U.S. personnel by means of material agents (drugs). At present, the project consists

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of nine contracts including two no-cost actions plus one large in-bouse effort with its owu dedicated computer terminals and isolated screen room.

4. During the month.of Juze ${ \bf 1 9 7 0 _ { \circ } }$ a comprehensive briefing on this project was given to 1 and Dr. $\underbrace { \phantom { \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) } - \phantom { \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) } } _ { : \ : } - \underbrace { \phantom { \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) } } _ { : \ : }$ This group approved the project. i.e., its scope and purpose..

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