Claims

Jolly West corresponded with Sidney Gottlieb from 1953 and took Geschickter Fund money at Oklahoma

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Psychiatrist Louis Jolyon 'Jolly' West corresponded with Sidney Gottlieb (cover name 'Sherman Grifford') from 11 June 1953, two months after MKUltra began, proposing drug and hypnosis studies, and at the University of Oklahoma sought permission to take money from the Geschickter Fund, which the CIA later acknowledged was a Gottlieb cut-out. Whether he was the redacted contractor on MKUltra Subproject 43 is a separate, held record.

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
documentstheintercept.comThe Intercept 2019 (from West's UCLA archive): first letter to Gottlieb 'dated June 11, 1953'; Oklahoma permission request for Geschickter Fund money; 'Geschickter was another of Gottlieb's fictions'.
documentsen.wikipedia.orgReleased CIA MKUltra documents (Subproject 43)

Sources

SourceRelationAt
Manson, Jolly West and CHAOS (O'Neill 2019)reports

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
MKUltraWest corresponded with Gottlieb and took Geschickter (CIA cut-out) money1953–1966Documented · occurreden.wikipedia.org
Sidney GottliebWest's 1953 correspondence with Gottlieb1953Documented · occurred
Jolly West was the redacted contractor on MKUltra Subproject 43split into (Subproject 43 identification clause)1955-1957Structural

Tied from

FromRoleYearsVerdictSource
Louis Jolyon Westthe graded claim1953Structural
Jolly West was the redacted contractor on MKUltra Subproject 43split from (Subproject 43 identification clause)1955-1957Structural

Claim

Psychiatrist Louis Jolyon 'Jolly' West corresponded with Sidney Gottlieb (cover name 'Sherman Grifford') from 11 June 1953, two months after MKUltra began, proposing drug and hypnosis studies, and at the University of Oklahoma sought permission to take money from the Geschickter Fund, which the CIA later acknowledged was a Gottlieb cut-out. Whether he was the redacted contractor on MKUltra Subproject 43 is a separate, held record.