Doc 0000146258
CIA
This declassified CIA message, likely a telegram or memorandum from January 1956, contains heavily redacted text and mentions "ARTICHOKE" and "INVESTIGATION.
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The image displays a stylized graphic resembling a vault door, with a prominent "THE BLACK VAULT" logo in a stylized font. The vault door is depicted with intricate gears, a dial, and a heavy metal structure, suggesting security and hidden information. To the right of the vault, white text details that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. The text also provides a URL for the collection's online access. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
The document is a declassified CIA message, likely a telegram or memorandum, with significant redactions obscuring parts of the text. Handwritten annotations include "F", "G", and "B/3" which appear multiple times, possibly indicating routing or classification. An official stamp reads "CLASSIFIED MESSAGE" at the top. Another stamp indicates "ROUTINE" and "PRECEDENCE". A routing table with checkboxes is also visible. The bottom of the page features "ACTION COPY" in large, stamped letters with a smaller printed text and a "Copy No." field. The presence of numerous blacked-out sections suggests a high level of sensitive information that has been redacted for declassification.
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