Doc 0000190629

.... - -·· _._ ------------------------------------------~ ~---------------------------------- _ V',,'. i ..• .. , . ... 1~~ ~- , : • .....;, ' \ \~1.: '. •·., ~:·.1 l'/ .. ~ .. To: File Subject: SI and H Experimentation, 29 April 1953 .. group was • In view of the fact that this was the first effort for the new subjects, one hour of tQe time was devoted to a security briefing approximat~ly to~~ and a.general briefing of the work,of the girls in connection with the overall ARTICHOKE program. Thereafter, the urit er tool< each one of the girls in turn and tested them on the standard "falling back" tests and all suhjccts responded in a more or less average fashion. After some discussion, the •,rriter then tested.all subjects on the "hand rising" test. fiesult:J were fair on.ty ·.vith some of the girls responding to a sllgh t extent arrl others showing little in clination to respond to the suggest.ion. H<Y..;ever, the wri tcr does not regard :l'! this as unusual since all were new subjects and close together at time. _th~ \ In general, it may be said the tests were completely inconclusive and · in the opinion of the writer all subjects acted somewhat below average which was due to the that people were very closely associated with each other fa~t and the girls could not concentrate as well as if only sent • . A.J.l tests.were conducted by the writer since he wished ·and ~llllliillf:to listen to his explanations of the security factors and ~to the general briefing on new subjectn. Furthermore, the writer felt that the main objectives of the night were not to produce exceptional results in the tests but to obtain the interest and future co-operation of these sub jects. ..•.7:,: I I ( • <I ~. j The image displays a digital representation of a historical document's landing page, featuring a large, stylized title "THE BLACK VAULT" in white lettering against a dark background. To the left, a detailed illustration of a bank vault door with intricate gears and a locking mechanism is prominently featured, rendered in metallic grays and blues. The right side of the page contains text explaining that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning that this record is part of the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection and provides a URL for download. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, filled-in forms, diagrams, schematics, organizational charts, tables, structured data, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The content is purely textual and illustrative, with no visible redactions or obscured content. The page is a scanned document with handwritten annotations in the top right corner, reading "A/B, 3, 2/61". There are also several black redactions obscuring portions of the text, notably in the heading and throughout the body of the document. The document appears to be a typewritten report, with clear, standard font. There are no photographs, diagrams, stamps, or forms visible, only text and the redactions/annotations.