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.----··------ ---~--~-~-~--~ ... • UNITED TO Chief, Technical Branc.h D'ATE: 13 November 1953 FJlOM ,<!._, ~U.DJE.CT: Conference wi .. .. .... .. ~ ' - gave the impre~sion of reine the be'st informed, as well as expressing the. Mr;hest degree of cooperation, ·:· =:·. of the five _puthori tics "Whom I hav.e cont~ctcd in behalf of ARTICHOKE. · • "Truth Serums" - He quoted historical sources not generally known, that described the obtaining of reliable and most important information from a - ·-..Givil War captured Confederate Officer through . interrogation chloroform anesthesia. ~der ·- ·• Hecent narcoanalysis of certain unwilling sub- hfld succeeded through this ruse: _an ject~ exhaustive physical exP.mination, including the taking of b)ood for tests, finally assuring the subject that he showed evidence of nn incipient fatal disease that could be averted only b,y an ilmn~diate· intravenous· ·injection! · ., ·c- "Schci~todt" - .-._.ommented that ·pistols so ~ i~" German manu- . facture for JII!Ily years. Chemicals other than teargas "Would in all probability have been used: ted tin I . . • e -----------------·- ~ ·~ Electric Fields \·Ji t.h the po t.ential of radar waves or clectro~gnetic fi~lds, to effect' confusion or sleep, he was unfamiliar. ·- ' lr .. ·, . . .. . ..... . . ·~:·. • - . ·- ·• ·~- .... - - .. .. . •··· ~~- ....... .. ..... , . .. . . . . ' • The image displays the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in a stylized font, with a graphic of a vault door on the left side. A text block explains that the document was obtained from The Black Vault, an online database of declassified government documents, specifically the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection, which contains over 20,000 pages from the CIA. The image also provides a URL for accessing the collection. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor are there any handwritten annotations, signatures, stamps, forms, tables, structured data, or redacted content visible in this image. This page is a typed memorandum on "STANDARD FORM NO. 84" with several handwritten annotations. The top right corner of the document shows some handwritten numbers and symbols that appear to be a date or reference code. There are also large, handwritten letters "A" and "C" in the margins, along with other scribbled markings like "H-B/6" and "B/6." Significantly, large portions of the text are heavily redacted with thick black marker, obscuring what appears to be critical information, including names and specific details of the conference and experiments. The page appears to be a typewritten document with some handwritten annotations. One significant handwritten annotation is the letter "A" in the upper central portion of the page. There are several smudged or obscured sections of text and what appear to be partial scribbles or marks, particularly in the upper and lower sections. It is difficult to discern specific details within these obscured areas. There are also numerous small black dots scattered across the page, which may be remnants of the printing process or unrelated marks.