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. . , .. , l . il..T ~- - . i i i . . ! . • . ..· -- . . . . . . . . ' ~ ' Office Me11zora1zdzt11z • t '\ uNITED sTATEs GovERN11ENT t \ i ~ ..~ . : ~ ~. TO DATE: 17 rlarch 1?52 ~. ,• . 1 . 1~ FROM SUBJECT: • · D.evelopment of Team Personnel '· 1. Reference is made to OUT recent conversation concerning the develop- ment of a basic te~m for A_rtlchoke operations on ~-i~1 lev vel. A- The ririter is in compl~te accord with the views o:~nd yourself in. the:;e Jnatt'ers and proposes the following as l.rrunediate· steps to the establishment of such a team: · .•. 1) It is proposed that authorization be obt~ai!tol ~d writer to personally ;i.ntervi . ~the ~nd to discuss with him his well-known nter- . ests in Artichoke type work and whether or not-he personally would like an the Training Research Staff a or Artichoke work. G. • 2 t. ew days, returned to .• from a'business and aters. In view of his · ( Artichoke type work and 'i •. rticularljr' with psy e writer proposes every grant a full security .\ clearance t t'h.; t the writer, th'=!re after, appro toward obtaining his ~·'~ . services as a covert to the Technical Re- search Staff. ~e writ~r ~- ~Prvices of~ believes that if we can obta. ·n t . . . ~d ~t least the part-time ae~~es of e ~ .. I I· ~ ....... \ '· . ·~·. ~ . .- - -·- - . re have av:lilable a ha5ic t~am. that ca:1 thrown a~:ain:;t any problem re quiring advanced interror.ation methods or related F\lrtherrnore, m~t1,crs. . the writer is of the opinion that this team, if so constituted, ~rlll be. able to handle any new type of dru!;, new instrument, or new techniqu~ any that. . .OSI or ..o:tner source may develop for the Artiehoke 'WOrk. I( J , • . ~ T ,_ I _ 1 e team would be set up as i'ollO\-lS: JS ~ould handle the ad.J'Ilinistration of the ,..· ·~~sthe~~ the specific me~c~tJ. '-"' research requirecl~oulcl TlriH!: to 't'-ear· the best and most advanced sta 1 hyp- ... nosis that is obtainnr.·le; pro- It cure, develop, and operate cal, electronic, installations to support ~no mechan~cal the work; and the The page displays an image of a bank vault door on the left side, with the title "THE BLACK VAULT" prominently featured in stylized white font against a dark, blue-hued background. To the right of the vault image, white text provides information about the document's origin from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection and its hosting by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). A yellow URL, "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com," is also visible, indicating where the full collection can be accessed. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, subjects, handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, or redacting visible on this page. as i'ollO\-lS: JS ~ould handle the ad.J'Ilinistration of the ,..· ·~~sthe~~ the specific me~c~tJ. '-"' research requirecl~oulcl TlriH!: to 't'-ear· the best and most advanced sta 1 hyp- ... nosis that is obtainnr.·le; pro- It cure, develop, and operate cal, electronic, installations to support ~no mechan~cal the work; and the writer will act ~s ~dministr~tor for th~ team, will carry out research problems, vill handle the t-asic in all cases, ;>!ncJ will act as ./ interroe~t.ion r(so the control when the team is actually operating at home or in the field. h~ The uriter.'s schedulE' at this point. is flexible enough"'~ ~e ~~he matters set out above to approa~l~ ·~a--;.-- so authorized. ,,. . ..... .. ... . ? . .... ~·~.·· ' • :f... ' ..~.~. .... ~' ' ' ... .. ·. . • .,• . •r . ·. ' ; • ~· • • .. 4 . ' . . '·· . ,,; ... ' . .~. . . .. . . This is a typed memorandum on official government letterhead, titled "Office Memorandum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT." There are several handwritten annotations in blue ink, including "A" in multiple locations, "H-B/6" near the left margin, "BC" and "B/6 C" near the bottom left. Large portions of the text are obscured by black redactions. The document contains standard fields like "TO", "FROM", "SUBJECT", and "DATE" with the visible date "17 March 1952". There is a printed form name "STANDARD FORM NO. 84" at the top. The document is a typewritten page with handwritten annotations. There are handwritten notes in the left margin, including "B/b" and "C", and a large "A" below them. There are also redactions, indicated by black marker, obscuring portions of the text. In the lower right quadrant, a large "A" is handwritten, followed by more black redactions. The page quality is poor, with visible grain and toner dots throughout. There are no photographs, official stamps, forms, diagrams, schematics, organizational charts, or tables visible. The redactions suggest sensitive information within the text that the CIA deemed necessary to obscure.