Doc 0000144832
CIA
This document is a declassified CIA memorandum from August 16, 1951, recommending the project designation "ARTICHOKE" to replace "DLUEDIRD" due to the latter's wider knowledge.
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Ask the archive about this →-----------,.- --------- ..... ) 1/; 0 UNITED S1'ATES u-OVERNl-..rE:NT..-.' ·/q~ ~-- .A:;~i::; t..<nt Dircc t.or/SI . DATE: 16 AU(,ilS t 1951 FR.O!.l Security Officer •. SUB]£CT: l:cw Designation for Project DLUEDIRD. Reference is r.~de to your r::e:::!oranci.u.'J of 8 .!~u;ust 1951 ~ugz~stinG th<lt a ne·. . ,. cc:i.:;n.:J.tion be ~ven to. t:1e lt:!:. . UEDinD Project on t!1~ basis that the ccsir:;~aticn DLlJZBI?JJ is no~r ·.ri.de1y kno'::!l a."'ld ori~in.:tlly ·;ras consic!crod for _a.linited c~eraticn. It is recon::enC.ed t.'rlat t.'le r.ew desir;nation be Project ARTICHOKE. For -jhs. Ao s r-, - 11-<r-t"" ct&.Jl ,._ (!_- 1"1/?Tt. --,- - I •. ., .. .
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The document is a typewritten office memorandum, dated August 16, 1951, concerning a project designation change. Handwritten annotations are present in the bottom-left quadrant: "For memo," "For the record," and "ASI notated orally," followed by a signature that appears to be a two-letter initial. Another handwritten notation, "C-ARTI.", appears in the bottom-right quadrant. An official-looking seal or stamp, largely illegible due to the image quality, is present in the middle of the document. A circled number "99" is noted in the top-right corner. There are no photographs, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
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