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What did Helms order the destruction of in 1973?

  • CIA's mind control program files

  • His personal memoirs

  • White House tapes

  • Secret moon base plans

Answer

In 1973, CIA Director Richard Helms ordered the destruction of CIA's mind control program files, including documents pertaining to MKULTRA, a top-secret program which experimented on human subjects in the 1950s and 60s. The destruction of these files made it difficult for historians and researchers to learn the full extent of the CIA's involvement in mind control research.
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