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6-29-60 alrtel To: SAC, -ihl suit From: Director, FBI DR. JOHN C. LILLY DRECTOR ARCH INSTITUTE IANDS - On 6-21-60 captioned individual visited Bureau headquarters. He ducing It. silly to me as a life-long friend of Mr. Baird. Dr. Lilly is. presently cqaducting experiments to determine the brain capabilities of certain. animalsand lish. He advised that the Department of Defense b7E are interested in his work in view of possible application of the results'of his experiments on the minds of human beings. 3 Dr. Lilly claimed that as a result of an error on the part of the FBI in May gf 1959 he was refused security clearance and was embarrassed before a. gatbering d professional colleagues and military officials. He stated that the FBI had incorrcatly given informmtion concerning another John Lilly whoghad been con--. victed of a crime to the De t af Defense. He refused to divulge the source. of his allegations concernf A check o Durtmu records reflects that Dr. Lilly is in error. We at no time furnished infara Iam of a criminal nature to the Department of Defense. concerning'him. A chaek by ths Bureau with the Department of Defense reflected that in June of 19ac M made for a "'Secret" clearance for Dr. Lilly.. We advised the Depar Eefense that we had no information of a subversive ..I- derogatory nature a. Adshed no information concerning a criminal record Of Dr. Lilly. Th@ Tolson Ification Diviston contain only two civil prints. Mohr Parsons Belmont 1 - Liaisosy Callahan DeLoach 1 - Mr. Bek Malone McGure 1-M. Rosen Tam Trotten 1060 WC Tele Roo 7 Ingran Gandy MAIL R