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Chief, Security Staff DATE: 24 July l95J Rese~rch FROM Chief, 'lechnic:?.J. Bra.T'lch •• ... aspects •. 2. ~s very co-or-~rat:i.ve and offered certain su~gestion~ded several indi \"iduals for future. contact in connection w"i~nd -cossible culture of n<trcotic and toy.ic mushrooms. ~stated he dirl not knoH i..£ he '.Tould be able to grow any:-mushroons himself sj_Tlce he h.'ld very cor:uni t- h~a2.v:;..r Ments at the present ti.'Tie and his staff of tee s >-rere engaged in nany projects involvin:; "uar uor:<" tated, however, tho>.t he 1:onlrl. gladl;r co-operate •-rlth official requests were made upon him along these lines nd .A the writer infomeci him they did not' believe th I J sary and that the mush1·oom study of the .ARTICHOKE ·Ho'rk was ba~ic research staGe at present. ;tnd it 1-1as essential of research on mushrooms, D odd unusn~l ~YJ)CS and those having quali tif!s that 1'1\i.r;ht aff'e~t the P'lwna·n mind. ·' · 4 For mi'ltt~r of r"'cord, it sh·:>nld be notn.d th;~ ~sin the r-roces:; of bei.nr: cleat·ed for Secret~ clearr'lnce anri ;m ~~eel 22 July 1 C:'5J incLi.c:1tes th::1t the final clear;mce on~ should be available in the next week to ten days. The image displays a stylized graphic reminiscent of a bank vault's secure door, rendered in metallic tones with blue lighting effects. This visual serves as a header for text that indicates the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online repository of declassified government documents. The text further specifies that the document is part of the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, containing over 20,000 pages declassified by the CIA. A website URL, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com," is prominently displayed in yellow, inviting users to download the collection. No photographs, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redacted content, or visual evidence of experimental procedures are present. The document is a memorandum on a government form, likely from 1953, based on the date and the form's header. It contains several handwritten annotations in black ink, including a large "A" and "C" with a "B/3" notation in the margins, possibly indicating a classification or routing. There are also several large, heavily redacted black boxes, obscuring significant portions of the text, particularly in the subject line and throughout the numbered points. The document's text discusses a conference with a specialist in plant diseases and mycology, and mentions "narcotic and toxic mushrooms" and "ARTICHOKE work". No photographs, diagrams, or stamps are visible.