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This document is a declassified CIA MKUltra/Mind Control Collection header graphic from "The Black Vault" online database. It also includes a heavily redacted handwritten diary entry dated March 15, 1955, referencing experiments and a Dr. "Artichoke," with various handwritten annotations and an approval stamp for release.

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·- _, . .. .. -.~· ..., . ..... ·--. . ___ _ . -~·,_ , . fr A ltefereneeJ DU!ry Yt.c::, II -· .'· I 1 # c .- "' .... .. - «~--... .... ~-· ...-;; The image is a graphic that serves as a header or introductory screen for a collection of declassified documents. On the left side, there is an illustration of a stylized vault door, possibly representing a secure archive. The right side features the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a graffiti-style font, followed by text explaining that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically within the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a URL for accessing the collection. There are no photographs of people, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The page is a handwritten diary entry dated March 15, 1955, pertaining to a project involving experiments and a Dr. "Artichoke." There are numerous black redactions obscuring text, particularly in the upper half and scattered throughout. Handwritten annotations in the margins, including the letters "C," "H," "A," and "F/I," likely indicate routing or categorization. In the lower portion of the page, an official stamp reads "APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE .... 3 JUN. 1978...." and there are handwritten numerical notations "4-241" and "142." The overall visual impression is of a heavily redacted document with administrative markings.

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