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I 1"1 ft ry)v i .. J. " . / "'l \ ' / C r"" i ! "" ! '.... O , rt • t?,.t. ltftt;1"/1"'7J • UNITED STAfES DATE: -· ~l ·-·~ \. St;BJECT: rl . + ..; J v . :: . t .. . . . . . . . . . . " .. - . . . : - :.. • ~ • £n8'7w :fP l_, Ll'"-a c:.llo-:1 a~ ll:G\J }. .. !·L., 20 .._7n:l'.!.U~ il1 con:t3c·~icn '\.lito t~e atts:::he-:i docu;-;·f~nt. He st.:.ted. tr..at the .docu.-::ent was not delD-yed. in renchine tte Secu.:-ity Office but had been routed wrongly, an:l he had sent tha doc\Zlent to 2'ji;Sillll!l 2 F 116 for study and concu....-re.-,.ce if Security app::-o·vc:i the operation. · !!! tated that TSS had approved and that the Officer to eive the with its use and had worl-:ed ;;ith the technique in Europe. he ;~ould call tha !-~ed.ics and be was certain that their approval ~o~d be forthco~g. Ee stated be thought he could save tL~ a~d a co7""'1ittee meeting by sending the paper around for concurrence or disappro-;al and requested that .:e act on sarr.e. He stated that the case ;.;as an old ona, that eyer.Ything as far as be could tell -..as in order and that approval ~ouJ.d · · · · be needed in the Field by 1 February. --- -· ;~ ~ - < ..... -:. . -- •• - -_. : ··: . 2. Exa!'lination by -the ;.;riter reflect-s that for a 'i-:( int~~c&~tion;~'~··:_. • :~. is there sufficient i.r1.fo~tion in the attac!!ed tc recom:r.en::i approval prov:i.ded, - of cours~, the ~sual Sec~ity"precautions are taken as to control o£ Subject, physical surro~.:...··d:i.ngs, a:-~d Subject 1 s health. It is the writer 1 s ·belief, ho;z- · ever, that <:e shQuld ascer...ain specifically if this is to be ·a true P-1 interroeation; t!--..at is by use of l.SD. If a P-1 interrogation is t.o include ot-her t)7eS of proce~~-es used in the Artichoke Operation£, further study is rcco~~ande including a spacific tr..at i.."'l either case niedicar authority -will be present d•.l!"ing the operation. · .- ... \ .... The provided image is not a declassified CIA document page, but rather a header or title page. It features a stylized graphic of a vault door on the left, symbolizing "The Black Vault" as an archive. The text on the right explains that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically from the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a URL for accessing the collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or any visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. It begins with official letterhead for "Office Memorandum" and "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT," with a date of "20 January 1959." Significant portions of the text are redacted with black ink. Handwritten notes appear at the bottom of the page, including a paragraph starting with "Subject is," and what appears to be a signature or initials. There are also several scattered handwritten marks and numbers throughout the document. The page also contains a circular stamp next to a handwritten "58-2."