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The provided image is a webpage screenshot, not a declassified CIA document page itself. It displays stylized text and a graphic. The top of the image features the words "THE BLACK VAULT" in a bold, white, distressed font against a dark, gradient background. To the left of the text is a graphic of a vault door, rendered in blues and grays, with intricate mechanical details. Below the title, white text explains that this document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. Finally, a yellow hyperlink at the bottom provides a URL for accessing the collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures present. (f;) lt(/3,· ~111/3 f· ·' l' /' l November 1951 • f. •':i: :. . •· I~ . ('.: • . ;.. . . , . , ~ -. • ' . .. . • _ ... • • ~· I ·' ..•... . -.. ;.-. ~ ~l ' •' 0 • 0. • ' ~:. . ~. ... -2- ' I . ' ... ..l d to a relattvely·mort' era -attitude·ind he has b r,un to !urnieh eoneiderRblr more or •.,., !or!llation. Nevertheless the sx t; truth t.nd C':>'Tiplet.ones~ or this information oan not yet ba termin.,d. rr.e field a~ lsell o.a ··-· . f!'!Adquart.era hns agreed that. th~t rocsdurn o! intorrogntton and t.rellt- : ·... .. ;·.·. ment indicated above should be co tinuod and. t.hnt tho /.rtichokn Tech ·; . . • . . .· ;._ . ~ be appl19d at th~ con ueion of tha dcbri~finc eesalona. .' I. 1~3~ vill be notifi'e d wh . en appro . n rinte conditiont . ~ ,· \, .,. . . . . A ~ rtichoke u o pe o r r a t b o r r i s e ! h 1 a n v n e ~ an o d s6 r d t l e e d p ~t t a h ~ ~ t o ~ r b t j h e e c t A ' r a t ic c h o o o k p e e r t a e! t l i " o Tl n , is 'Ih e n o~ t ·~'' required for aucoe!sful applioat1on c\ Artichoke • ·~ ~ubj~ct. . . .. 6. Exhaustive .debriefing o! ie conaidcroo of crucial · import to ucortain the e~t.an~ or conprondeo o! AI~ p!·r~onnol, iri stnllatlune L~d methods o! oper~tion. In addition, it is conr.~~ercd or ~r:ted~ advantage t.o reeolvo the rolat..ionshlp hotli'ecn !:ubJ~ct, ~ ~,~ond the mln~cip9ln indicat~d ~n parnrrnph !Oti~. ""!~~ "•!inli o£ 9ubjec~ o~p_roeruitment, tr;-iJt pcr•onnel, elL••· and modus operandi, and pnrtieulRrly o of ~ntae ~netration ~Group• (an earlier Mie~icn of ~ubject) .nr western intelliG~nce e9rvices may be ~ffeot.ed 11 a succassi'ul drug.:.Supported 1nt.erroaa.Uon. 7. 'Ihe field is prP.pared to renrhtr the ~rtichoko terun all poe eible a!'sieta.nce in availing it. of a cn.rriar,e opernt:.or, prcp(!r pllyei cal feollities t.o conduot. Artichoke, and whatevor other Iacili tieD .: which may be required. o. or This page contains a typed memorandum dated November 1, 1951, with handwritten annotations to the left. The top right corner has a handwritten notation "A/B, 2,11/3" and "#3." Official markings blur parts of the document, particularly across the "Subject" line and below the numbered points. There are handwritten notes in the left margin including "H-B/6" and "B/3 / B/6" repeated twice. The memorandum requests authorization for the use of "Artichoke" for a "drug-supported interrogation of an agent." Redacted content is evident in several areas, obscuring names and specific details of the interrogation. intelliG~nce e9rvices may be ~ffeot.ed 11 a succassi'ul drug.:.Supported 1nt.erroaa.Uon. 7. 'Ihe field is prP.pared to renrhtr the ~rtichoko terun all poe eible a!'sieta.nce in availing it. of a cn.rriar,e opernt:.or, prcp(!r pllyei cal feollities t.o conduot. Artichoke, and whatevor other Iacili tieD .: which may be required. o. or ""t The dbp~!al l=iubj'!Ot ls i~"\odintoly cont.e,plat!!d but e;.:ploratory lnYentlgationo nnd diBcueniono been 1n1tiA.t.l'ld. Ac- h~ve cording to SubJect's own cont!J ion had tw1r.G rmli'itr->ti nnd deS~ert..ed from the n 19~8 and 191!?. Finger- printa, photographs, con!neelon in th1a connection l. • • ' ( . I •, ., • ~ . 1 ~ . ' ~ 1 t :,I '· •I . ' • '. : .~. ~ • I •. I ' . I' •; .. .'' · .' '!:.· .· .. ·.. ... ( . •·. • ' . ! .'. : .• ~ '• .: '". ~ . ' .... ,• _,_ • • I i.· ,.. , ~ have b. een forwarded ~or vorifio~tion. In ~nt. thllt · tltese allegations are round to be true, that the ~are willing to have custody of Subjqct, and providing that the penal~te i~osed is substantial, AIS may turn over fUbjeot to tho . ....... • It this avenue or diepoaal doea materi!lizt, Ain n eny no~ ~hall event a ~tempt. to provide d1~poaal in ter:ns of t.he most sev9ra raA•· suree !easible so ae to insure it Iro" further -aompromlstt by t'ubJaot. .. . • I '• • ; . .. .. I \ . . . ·.. . . • . . · . . . . . : . : . ~ ; ~ t ~ 0 ~- ~ .- •o . i . 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The text discusses interrogation procedures and subject cooperation, with some redactions affecting specific details like dates or names of organizations, and some text is heavily pixelated or blurred. There are no photographs, forms, diagrams, or stamps visible on this page. The image is a scanned page from a document with handwritten annotations and text. Visible on the top right is the handwritten annotation "B/3". There is also a handwritten character "A" further down the page, near a redacted section of text. Several sections of text are heavily redacted with black ink, obscuring portions of the document's content across multiple lines. The overall page appears to be typed text with some handwritten additions and significant redactions, suggesting sensitive or withheld information.