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C.I.A.Tells Columbia, Princeton Of Secret Behavioral Research

By JOSEPH B. TREASTER

The Central Intelligence Agency has informed Columbia and Princetown Universitles that they are among 86 institutions where secret research is belleved to have ben conductedin an attempt by the agency to.dévelop ways to manipulate the behavior of human beings, spokesmen for the-universities sald on Wednesday. The agency did not indicate what kinds of experiments were .carried out at the universities,when they were done and who participated, the spokesmen said Nor, they said, did the agency indicate whether the experiments resulted in deaths or injuries.

A team of New York Times reporters disclosed the scope and general outline of the C.IA's investigations into behavior and thought. control, ranging over 25 years and costing some. \$25 million,. in articles published on ·Aug. 2. and 3.. At. a Senate hearing onAug. 3, Adm

Stansfield Tumer, the dirctor of Central Intelligence, gave additional details, including the fact that S6 institutions were involved. He said the agency had financed: the wock of 185 nongovernment researchers at these institutions-universities, hospitals, prisons and pharmaceutical companies-on 149 separate research projects.

Admiral Turner said.a few daysi after the hearing. that the C.LA. wouid notify the institutions that appeared to have been involved in the program, but that they would have to decide whether they wanted their roles made public.

In recent days officials at several acadernic institutions have acknowledged to inquiring reporters that they. were involved in the experiments. Among them are the Unversity of Pennsylvania, Ohio StateUniversity. George Washington

University and the University of Maryland. The Times had previously"independently confirmed·that the C.IA. had planned to test drugs on terminal cancer patients at the Georgetown University Medical. School.

Columbia and Princeton were notified in letters:last week, the spokesmen said, that they-had apparently been involved in a phase of CLA. testing between 1953 and 1964!..

The letters said the universities: had been among"theinstitutions: at which some portion of the research zppears to have been performed, or with which one ormore individuais: performing some aspect of it were affiliated."-

Spokesmen for Columbia and Princeton said the universities were."Iooking into the matter' and.had requested additional information from the.C.LA.

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NEW YORK TIMES 26 AUGUST 1977