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Office Menzo1 D STA. 2S GOVERNlviENT TO Chief, Branch Technic~l ... FllOM •..., . .. SUBJECT: ..t. • ,, delay and future in the ~he uncertai~ ~ ··. the propo?ed ARTICHOKE" program in (.;..... -- some positive steps are taken. J ! -· 'r program. .. •.... . .. to participate in the !-t .;., ,: .::· . . ',I ..• - ~·~· .. :- ·. ... . : 1 . . I C. •To set up a series 9f experiments to deter .... .. min.e personnel requirements and establish .. a defipite place • C. To uefinitely agree on other psychiatrists ...... ·.· ~ be available in the event that~ •"••···!3.s not ultimately cleared by t1lis. · '· Agency. I. J "c The undersigned has not talked -vn since ~, .. . 14 liarch. He has ~ral letters but not been in a .'i· • . position to answer. ............f understandable mystification as to 1'', why nothing ·is: happening sin.ce great interest was displayed in this :,4 . ..' . = . , , - a ,: ~ • . program in • early spring. . . I r ,\ ' -~ .·~~ .~. ·- rr ·" t . . : I -~ ' .. , . . . - .• .. ··:·• ·. ~,, . .. ";·\. ·'' ~· . : ·.,·:., . . · ., .t ···· .. • ' "·I· ·• t\·' ·., . . ,. ~--·· . ------------------~---------- .. .... ~ The image displays a dark background with a stylized graphic of a bank vault door on the left. The text on the right, in white lettering, announces "THE BLACK VAULT" in large, stylized font. Below this title, smaller white text explains that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents. It further specifies that the record is part of the "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection," comprising over 20,000 declassified CIA pages, and provides a URL for online access and download. The bottom portion of the text is highlighted in bright yellow. The document is a declassified CIA memorandum with significant portions redacted. It contains typed text, including a date of "3 July 1953" and a subject of "Proposed Discussion with". There are handwritten annotations, including "A/B, I, 44, 6" and "C" marks in the margins. Large black redactions obscure substantial amounts of text and some visual elements. Additional handwritten "A" marks and darker rectangular redactions are present near the bottom of the page. The document does not contain photographs, diagrams, stamps, or structured data other than the memo format itself.