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TO Chief, Security Research Staff - TILE DATE: 30 Jw1e 1953 , FROM Chief, Technical Branch c A~-'Jc/ So.~_ I SUBJECT: . ·~ ~ l.~s of the outstanding pharmacologist in the United States tod honored for his work in and m as as this Office been h~s citizen although he has resided in the -·great number of years. • 2. poll tics· are unlmovm.· and his citizenship apparently i has been detennined that too great a security risk involv.ed in contacting him in regard to the ARTICHOKE work. ' ' .. .. · ·. ·' il ~ ,~~, !!'! •I I II ~ • . . The image displays a digital representation of information related to "The Black Vault," an online database focused on declassified government documents. On the left side, a stylized image of a bank vault door with glowing blue accents is visible. The text on the right explains that the document originates from "The Black Vault" and specifically mentions the "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection," a compilation of over 20,000 declassified pages from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It also provides a URL for the entire collection. There are no photographs of people, handwritten annotations, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a redacted memorandum from the United States government, dated June 30, 1953. It features official seals and is addressed from the Chief of Technical Branch to the Chief of Security Research Staff. Numerous black redactions obscure personal names and specific details within the text, including the subject of the memo and certain phrases within the body. There are also handwritten annotations, including a series of characters such as "A/B, I, 50, /" at the top right and a single capital "A" near the bottom right. The page is primarily text-based with no photographs, diagrams, or visual evidence of experimental procedures. The document is a scanned page with a grimy, textured appearance. A large, irregular shape dominates the upper part of the page. On the right side of this shape, there is a handwritten annotation that resembles a lowercase 'e' or a stylized loop. There are also several small, scattered black marks and flecks appearing throughout the page, which could be ink spots or artifacts from the scanning process. No photographs, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or evidence of experimental procedures are visibly present.