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This document is a declassified CIA memo from June 1952 regarding Project ARTICHOKE, discussing the transfer of responsibility for scientific advice and support from OS! to TSS.

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(:!J) ) . •.. c:z~±~ . • . ·it' \ . C'o :J , ll June 1952 Deput,y Director/Plans : Deputy Diroctor/Inte~1ibence SU!?JECT Project nn.RTICEOi{E" l. The a:t. "w.chcd r.:!!!lO:'cmda C'.::'C rcr•·:ardad for J•our inforl!'.ation and such action as may seen appropriO'.te in t.te light of the follo~:ing: 2 • I no t o n1 '"J' agree •·n'. th• .".. 'h e s ...... ::1 ..... ,;r.:!n t ..~.... ..... ... ... · . .nj·.. : c 's ce.:orandi:.!"":l. for AD/S!, dated 22 ?·:~j' 1952 (Tab F att.-:>.ched), to the effect that TSS should p~rticipate in the res~arch :t.!d tlevclop1ent aspects of this Frojec-t, but also feel th3t one of the b~sic pur;ozcs of the recently a;pro~sd ~ ~ tt ~ .~ '"' - r""CJ·ect, . . . . .. . . . . . .~., to " :" " • '' "CT ... . ~ ~, - ., c•' - le - --: - :: - ,, o""-".~.. .~.",!_l,C '"-' ~---·4- direction, 'dth competent scientific ad·1ice, for projects of this nt'.b.u·e. ConsequentlY,, If eel that ras"='ons;J.?:hlity _ ( f~__!l1is c:d~i_;-e .F.rgj~~t.lif'~~ld ca transferred. .fro::t .OS! to .J TSS, tf~e"l~·ttcr to detcr.:ni::e the need for tnedical. and other support fro:il other ccr,rponents of t!':e .t..eenC'.(. ,,,....., I ! .. I i I The image displays a graphic interface with text overlaying a dark background. On the left is a detailed illustration of a bank vault door, complete with a locking mechanism and multiple gears, rendered in shades of gray and highlighted with a cool blue glow. To the right of the vault, white text describes the origin of the document as "The Black Vault" and mentions the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, part of declassified government documents from the Central Intelligence Agency. Below, a bright yellow hyperlink provides the website address for accessing the documents online. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures in this image. The document is a scanned, typewritten memo with handwritten annotations in the margins and at the top. The top right corner contains a handwritten number "1449" within a circle, and further down, some handwritten notations including "11", "S", and a symbol resembling an "F" with a line through it. There are significant redacted areas across the page, obscuring portions of text and likely other content. The bottom left indicates "Attachments-Tabs A through F," suggesting accompanying materials. The overall appearance suggests a formal internal government communication.

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