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·i • .. ·• Chief, Security Research Staff DATE: 20 December 1954 TO A ... I,,' FR. OM SUBJECT: ARTICHOKE Oper~tion.5 Rep~ugust-Septernber 1954. .. ... ' Additional copie:s of this report 'are being h~ld in this office for your in.5tructione a:s to di~tribution • • ;:. ... ·' . . \.... !, ·. ... I . I \. • , . ' : i l . . .. .. , l ~.\., ... ..tt ... - ~a ::- I ... ~;J., h 1~ ' 1 \ ; ,\. I \: )7 ~:: . .. 1- .. ) ... - . 1I I ( 1 1" .". . .'. . -~---~ ,. 't:.'. ' '- M r; ~ t ~ :.-· 1 . :t ' ' .-:' ,. \· '· .. ~ • I • t ... ... v· l,· .•· . ' ·" ---------- ---- ----··· -· The image displays the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font, accompanied by an illustration of a bank vault door on the left side. The text on the right explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. It mentions that the collection houses over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and provides a website address for downloading. There are no images of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redactions visible on this page. The document is an "Office Memorandum" from the "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT," dated December 20, 1954. It is addressed "TO: Chief, Security Research Staff" FROM: [REDACTED], and the SUBJECT is "ARTICHOKE Operations Report - August-September 1954." The primary content describes an attached report and states that additional copies are held for distribution instructions. There are several handwritten annotations, including a large "A" near the top right, and another "A" further down. Additionally, there's a partially obscured handwritten note with "ch, sirs" visible. Significant portions of the document are redacted with black ink, obscuring names and specific details within the memo's body and the FROM field.