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This document, dated January 26, 1953, discusses the feasibility of using a "hypospray" device for Project ARTICHOKE, with the author reporting that advanced work was being done on various types of hyposprays but immediate use for ARTICHOKE did not appear feasible.

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.. I . . . f.. . , . n 1 ~ -..J .1· . .- , 1 , .~ .: t ~ ,. j: • UNITED STATES GOv .wRNMENT . .I ·:· ·. l .. ·~ \ ~•, . -ro. FILE DATI!.: 26 January 1953 i I A .I -. PllOM- a I& ••• lllW suBJI!.CT!'Q'i:il .- . ..... I I I I i' l A ·wr. In order to se quested a special con- )~· tact type of cleara.n. ce 1roug curity . tai•n edrll l:li rnm. ea ··.. ,. apd duling the~ek of 19 January 1953, ~tet'IIJ - llf!ll ~ !l.i 11!li&J~-~,. -~ L ported that thP-y \o7ere doing very advanced work in the fie ospray but that because of their imtbility to resolve the pain factor and several other f~ctors in connection wi t.h the hyp.prg•., ~pany was she~vinr, work on the hypospray at the present time. ~tated. they had a r.reat many different types of hypospray--some · mechanica!J!l~ ered, some powered by gas; and some powered by hydraulic Ill' devices. !IIJ stated that at the present time, based on their work, he felt tha immediate use of hypospray as far as A.RTICHOKE is concerned did not appear feasible, but stated he thought some work would probably be done in connection~high pressure hypospray devices that .'•. might b~. successf,ll. ~is preparing a repori, for the Hedical ·.·· t Division in this connection and copies will be given this. Office upon •:.., "~·"\· completion • •J ]1-L • . ~~-, .. ., ~. 0. , '1 .·~ . '~ ~; (~ ;;: . j, ~ i .~r~~· 1"' ,., .. ' . . : . .v . . 1;. I,f~.. - . • ' 4 ·~· ;t.; :.}; The image displays the title "THE BLACK VAULT" in large, stylized white lettering against a dark background. To the left of the title is a visual representation of a vault door with glowing blue accents, suggesting a secure storage of information. Below the title, white text provides details about the origin and nature of the document, stating it was obtained from "The Black Vault" and is part of the "MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection," a compilation of declassified CIA documents. A prominent yellow hyperlink directs viewers to the website "http://mkultra.theblackvault.com" for more information. This is a typed memorandum with handwritten annotations. The document has a heading indicating it's from the "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT" and includes fields for "TO", "FROM", "SUBJECT", and "DATE". The subject line and memo content are partially obscured by black redactions. Handwritten notes in block letters and cursive appear in the margins, including codes like "B/3", "A H-B/6", and "B1G", as well as the letters "A". There is no visual evidence of experimental procedures, equipment, facilities, photographs, stamps, forms, diagrams, schematics, organizational charts, or tables.

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