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' ' (. _ / ,. OJ(· fi ce M e11zo.fa1z d 1 f1JZ • cr... I v / 7_..:::J ut~ITED sTATEs GovERNMENT TO DATE: 1.5 July 1;;su· • ' FROM ~UDJE.CT: 1. Between J:OO and 4:JO PN, Wednesday, 14 Ju~y l95h,~. and the writer discus~ed · problems ln con- nection with th~ situation pri~y discu&sion was concerned with t l:le immediate necessity of obtaining /J {3 a Headquarters House for After considerable dis- cussion, the basic essentials as set forth ru1d aGreed to tent~tiveli. by the writer were as follows: a) The house shou.ld be located betwee tiitJID1d t~~ betw~en ~ the it should be sorne;.;here .. if possible. b) The house itself should be of the brmmstone ro~-house - . . ~.... ... type l!iaving a!basic area of no l.e s_s than·..:tlirce Jloors·: ' . . . , or possibly four. The house should have tw~ entrances, preferably on~ fore ~d aft. The house itself must not ~ervice, dqorm~n secretari~~­ 6ave janitor no and no service. It should be of suff:fciently sttong c_onst.ruc- . tion to accomodate at least two or three 4of th~:standard drat·rer-type safes together in an:-r 6ne aiven area. C) The house should be large enough to hav.e internCll area for the following rooms: l. Director and Assistant Director. : MM 2 . . . pinistrative). -------- -----~------------------------ -- ---- ------- ------------- )- , ~ •} , , , ., ;1 J. 4. A secretary and receiptioni::;t office.(situated at the entrance to buildinc) 5. Conference room 6. A special purpose operatiops.room. ,. ·. d)". In addition, the ~house should ht-e ·tiving faciliti~.s, . . ~ possibly at least one bedroom, .living room, toilet and kitchen on top floor. e) House JTTUst have at ).east three toilets and refrir;erating facilities other than mentioned immediately above o.r area s.ui table for this type of ptirpose. . ) f) service for the house is not to rUn directly ~elephone ."\ '\ • through the t is to be private lines. \ g) · The location of the house must be as· f~ .removed as pos-_ - :• - ... sible ~lnd preferably be abutted on each side by private dwellings. In this cormectio~and ~nsisted ~curity poi.~t ~view that fror.i a of the . :: - . area be cleared by Security before any: o . . . ccupan . . c .. y el:i.4 :;. .. . ~· The page is a promotional graphic for "The Black Vault," an online archive of declassified government documents. It features an illustration of a vault door on the left, with intricate mechanical details and a glowing blue light emanating from within. To the right of the vault, white text describes the nature of The Black Vault and its MKULTRA collection, highlighting the origin of the documents and a URL for access. The text also mentions that the entire collection is free to download, with the URL presented in bright yellow text. ... sible ~lnd preferably be abutted on each side by private dwellings. In this cormectio~and ~nsisted ~curity poi.~t ~view that fror.i a of the . :: - . area be cleared by Security before any: o . . . ccupan . . c .. y el:i.4 :;. .. . ~· by the project h requested Security to check out the house completely and make : reconu,,endations for any and all neEc::;::;n_ry safety This to include a device for burning precau~ions. and destroying classified papers and material. : . . h) 1~4>~ -:.~~!~-:~l:'-·~·t. esires air-conditioni.nt; in the house on an ... ··- -· ---·- ------:---- ---------- ------ --··. ·----··-- ),_ •. II; individual· roor.1 basis particularly the conference room J . , and important rooms \Ji th wire screenine or rzhatever necessary protect.ive devices are on the windows. " 2. The matter of 24-hour protection was discussed and it 1-1as aereed that this wol}ld be impor.tant. In th:iis conne?tion, it l·ras IBI~ToU.ld re~de r'\Lrl. felt that if it could be arraneed properly, in the hous·e in the apartment :on the top flat~·· ., All present ae~,eed . . that livin.r; in the hou.se would not be _a c;ood idea and a ~irls suitable watchman who resided in was. not, sound. A ). In connection with the above, s to go to B/:3> lis date (15 July 1954) and make the initial payment "tto ·. ·. start the proj~ct and explore the real estate~ situation through the ;4 this l-Tas not•us c'ce'5sful, ,, asked if Security would offer support along these lines il1 an effort ... 'to find a proper location for t.hese headquarters. The writer inforrncd ~at ourfl~. 1$/3 this cou:d be arranged throueh - and in addition ~,.e 'ou~e would .·assist in all ways ' possible includine physical security measures • . 4. A conference was'scheduled .for 10:00 AH, Friday, 16 July 8_,h_ 1954 and at this conference ~.·~.~-report on the' -: situation and surther steps will be agreed upon. .. . 4 . : This document is a typed memorandum on a standard government form. Handwritten annotations appear in the margins, including "A", "+B/3", and "B/3" multiple times. There are several black redacted boxes obscuring text throughout the document. The top of the page features a header with "Office Memorandum" and "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT". The form includes fields for "TO", "FROM", "SUBJECT", and "DATE", with the date "15 July 1954" filled in. The main body of the memo contains numbered and lettered points detailing requirements for a "Headquarters House." The document is a typed list detailing requirements for a house, likely for official use. It contains several handwritten annotations in the margins, including "A", "B/3", and "A", as well as what appears to be an arrow pointing to specific text. Significant portions of the text are redacted, indicated by black bars obscuring words and phrases throughout the document. The content discusses various rooms, facilities, and security considerations for the house, suggesting it may have served a sensitive operational purpose. There are no images, stamps, or forms visible on this page. This page is a typed document with significant redactions across numerous lines of text. Several handwritten annotations are present, including "A", "B/3", and "B," appearing in the margins and next to specific points. While there are no photographs, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or visual evidence of experimental procedures, the widespread black redaction marks suggest that a substantial amount of information about the content has been classified and removed. The annotations likely serve as internal notes or cross-references related to the document's content.