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0 tJ: .3'f/ /i/ ~ .. Office ·MemoratrJum · UNITED STATES' GOVERNMENT TO Chief, Security Research Staff DATE: 10 AUL,'USt 1954 Chief, Technical Branch A ~- Reports; Request for from TSS 1. As you are well aware, your Office sponsored and financed a ~ collection trip byWPR '7[](] J ?, OSI, to 11exico and certain /'\ Latin American areas for the purpose of obtaining rare botanical A materials having properties of interest to ARTICHOKE. •& I J fiR liP f completed this trip about the end of February 1953 and obtained a l' . number of such bota.'licals. Subsequently, during Harch ~ 1953, this Office picked up ~w bot,?I1l.cals ·. 1• .... and transmitted them to TSS,.....I .• our transmitted 'in considerable bulk--cert.ainly sufficient analyses. These types were as follorTS: ~~t;Ji~a. Piule (Rivea) ..-!~ .:. (b. Piule (Rynchosia) Abrus- ' - ~--··p. f' .;j ~ ,...L 'd.. Erythrina tt. .... (; .... o . ,. . 2. In addition, a considerable bulk of the bar~ Piscinula f. ... which ] had obtained was transm:itted at about th-rs- period. 3. It was agreed, if you will recall, at this time, that. TSS working through its various ramifications would have these botanicals studied and examined to determine 1-rhether. or not they were of future val.u e to ARTICHOKE. ,. ' 4. Since that time (April 1953), this Office has not received any type of written report nor have we received anything but a few vague oral statements as to what has been done or what results have been obtained from the study of these materials. 5. It miiht be well to mention for the record that L~ addition ,A to the above, lkJJl··· obtained at least fifteen (15) more in terestlilg botanicals which were also offered in early 1953 to TSS for examination. In this, however, TSS requested us not to deliver these materials since they were already s1-1amped by the above deliveries. Again we have never been asked to bring in these additional materials for study. - .. .. 6. In vievr of the-aforementioned, it is respectfull:r requested that an official inquiry be made through SO channels to TSS for full, detailed and complete reports on the work done and results in the examination and study of the botanicals referred to above in Paragraph 1. /2 7. Since you are well aware of our present cormnitments to ~ ~ it is This page is a title slide for a declassified document from "The Black Vault," a database of government documents. It features a digital illustration of a large, metallic vault door with intricate mechanical details and a blue glow. The text states that the document is from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, containing over 20,000 declassified CIA pages, and provides a URL for free download. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, tables, or diagrams visible on this page; the content is purely text and a graphical representation of a vault. inquiry be made through SO channels to TSS for full, detailed and complete reports on the work done and results in the examination and study of the botanicals referred to above in Paragraph 1. /2 7. Since you are well aware of our present cormnitments to ~ ~ it is certainly unnecessary to urge the highest possible priority in the handling of this matter. ~. I I - This document is a memorandum on standard government letterhead, titled "Office Memorandum." It features several handwritten annotations, including a date ("10 August 1954"), a designation ("A/B,1, 39/5"), and a large "A" in the upper left section, along with what appears to be a name or identifier "Jan / 1955" with an additional "A." There are also several black redactions obscuring portions of the text, particularly near the 'FROM' field and within the numbered paragraphs. The document includes an officer's signature and initialed sections with an "A" next to them. The page is primarily text-based, with a few notable visual elements. It contains two numbered paragraphs, 6 and 7, requesting an official inquiry and emphasizing the urgency of a matter. There are several redacted sections of text, appearing as blacked-out boxes, obscuring specific details within the document. Additionally, there is a handwritten annotation that appears to be the letter "A" in the upper right portion of the page, and a large, illegible handwritten annotation or stamp to the left of paragraph 7. The document also shows some minor physical damage or artifacts, such as smudges and faint lines.