Doc 0000146255

TO : t.:hiei, til{::; IJAT£: 5 flovember 1956 - - FROM t. . ~~... • ... .~.. - ' ... SUBJECT: Attached Re1u~:;t for ARTJCHOK.t; A studye~ ota .ched requ!'st for use of ART r.t.:HOKt has been ·f1 made by 3\5 . , and in the nriter' s opj nion the use of AUTIGHOKE in J. p icular case should be denied. - ct~1x:1-~ H/ B/3 I , f l.th11 _I£ he rertainly 1-;oould than be !:Ore, p::tr tte cnse, there fore, In nndition, su?gests tnat the entire analy:;~is m~terial matter could well be a~in;,pired operation. • - ~\lrthennore, even if the need for the ARTICHOKF: over1..,1led the ~hove objections, 1or t,hc record it sho1tld be noted th:1t it T"'"lttld be very diffiC11lt to ?:;:;embl~ an ARTICHOKE toa:-ro in lP.s:> than three or lour week~ since we have no in.fonnation as to -r;bathcr onr medical officer--•· or a m.Ihsti tu te tor him could be obtained upon suc11 r.hort no t.ice particularly at this time of year. •.Ei .i In mmnary, ali.hour.;h the ar,e, health ami mental attitude o:f the -~-1bj ect appear sat.israc t.ory, the objections to the use of J\il'l'IGHOKt: in this case in the opinion of t>1l5 011tweigh th-e need for the uso or the technique. ' ' The page is primarily a digital banner for "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. On the left, a stylized, metallic vault door is depicted with mechanical elements and glowing blue accents, symbolizing security and access to restricted information. To the right of the vault image, white text explains that the document was obtained from The Black Vault and is part of the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a URL for the collection. There are no photographs, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or evidence of experimental procedures, equipment, or facilities visible; the page is purely informational. The document is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. A "CLASSIFIED" stamp is not visible. There are several redactions throughout the document, appearing as blacked-out rectangular areas of varying size. Handwritten elements include a large "A" in the margin near the top left, another large "A" in the bottom left, and a notation "H-B/3" in the left margin. There's also a handwritten notation "A/B 2, 21/4" at the top right, likely a filing or routing code. The document contains no photographs, forms, diagrams, or structured data, only typed text and the aforementioned annotations and redactions.