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                 E,,cecutive Assistant SI
                 IT'qlli'T fl-01" 00 E"ield Office
                      1.  If pr,-,ctic-,-Lbl(, we woulc@, 11@p2i,ecip.to vour ficl(-.1 o-rfice
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                 PliqrmicolorT,                        i-ledical School, as follows:
                          a.  I-Ihat are the cornon uses of nicotinic acid for
                      me26ical or therapeutic purposcs?  (A brief concise sum-iiry
                      of the circumsta,ices unc'@er which it r,,iiy be iiseci and the
                      affcc,.t ol-)t,?:Lnc(- wz)nted.).
                                                            1-nowlt  -r-, of past or
                                                    a-ve any 2,    - c', @,
                      present researcli  on nicoti-ilic acid for purposes a-lu-her than
                      stated above or  foi, -rvelopinf, nicotinic acid either
                      indepencietiti-y or in corribinition witli oth(--ij substancos to
                      produce rr@,ntal or psycho-chemical effects.  (A brief
                      surl-inry o.L' aiiy-t,hing significant in this direction is
                      wanted.)
                      2.  1,@'hil,7@ t':,i-.- si-ibject ir, r,,tlier ronsitive it is believed
                 tl-,nt a ncne c';icck and clonr;;-rre ti-rot,,r,rh Confi-cleiti,-l :if the
             6    souilc,,i-- --ill be       The 00 ficlfl o'fice c-lioli 1 c,, 't
                 instructed to treit t@ip in-.iuiry with discretioli L-nri to
                          not to rev
                                     eal CIA's interest in.the rk-tter.