Doc 0000144713

The image displays a digital certificate for a declassified document from "The Black Vault." On the left, a stylized depiction of a bank vault door with intricate mechanisms is visible, rendered in shades of gray and illuminated with electric blue light that emanates from the right. To the right of the vault, text explains that the document was obtained from The Black Vault's online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, housing over 20,000 CIA-declassified pages. A hyperlink to the collection is also provided. The overall presentation suggests a digital gateway to archived, sensitive information, with the vault imagery symbolizing security and accessibility to classified content. July 21, 1952 SUBJECT: OSI Proposal for an Interrogation Field Program and for Organizational Changes with Respect to Project ARTICHOKE 1. Project ARTICHOKE is a research project with the objective of developing special interrogation techniques such as narco-hypnosis. By a memorandum from ADI to DD/P dated 13 March 1951 concurred in by PDSO, ADPC and the Security Officer, CIA, responsibility for initiating and coordinating activity in this field within CIA and for coordinating such activities with the IAC community was placed in OSI. 2. Enclosed is a memorandum for your signature in response to a memorandum from ADI requesting your comments on a proposed interrogation field program for special interrogations. This memorandum was addressed to OSI. 3. The OSI staff study proposes an interrogation field program and appears to place ultimate responsibility for Project ARTICHOKE in OSI. The organizational arrangements proposed appear to provide that OSI will, with the help of medical personnel provided by CIA Medical Staff, conduct covert special interrogations in the field on personnel supplied by OSI all under the command of the OSI station chief. TSS is left out of the picture entirely. 4. In my opinion, the proposal is an effort to cover up the lack of accomplishment in this field by OSI and to block TSS from undertaking any program. 5. On 13 February I arranged for a meeting between TSS and OSI. Subsequently, TSS has let some research contracts in this field with the prior concurrence of OSI. 6. Because the objectives of Project ARTICHOKE are closely connected with "Operations" and because DD/P now has a research organization to support covert operations, I believe that TSS should have a primary interest in this field. The memorandum in this field ~-ti th the prior concurrence o~~~~~.~> ": 6. Bacnuse the oojcctivcs of ProJect A!tT'IC1:o:c:: arc closcl:.t com~cct~d with "Cpcrations11 and br;c:-.u:.;e D'J/? no•.J ho.s a res~arch o~·;:::.:niza ticm to · suppor·t covert ope:t·ati·~m~, I b~liovc til:lt 'l.';:;s should h:-.-\•.c a pri::::iry interest in this field. 'l'hc ::.:!::.or<l!1d:m t.o ADSI 1·~o.:-:.:ends co!'l::ult;.;.tions bct...:ccn OS! o..nd 'l'3S to dc.:t~:.·,-:U.::~c t.:1e~ i"ilt~ro of this Proj .:!ct. 7. f' : l The document is a typed memorandum with several handwritten annotations and obscured text. There are no photographs, diagrams, or forms present. Various sections of text are blacked out, particularly in the left margin and in the body of the text, indicating redactions for security purposes. Handwritten numbering, possibly a page number "(144)", is visible in the upper right corner. There are also some scribbled lines and marks throughout the document, as well as some stamps that are partially visible.