Doc 0000148091
CIA
This document is a memorandum for the record dated August 26, 1952, concerning "Project ARTICHOKE," which discusses the expected completion of final reports and the need for concerned individuals to meet.
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Ask the archive about this →6/1 /1/477%1~ •· 26 Au;::u::;t 1952 ,.·; ;.IE:~ORANDU'i.l FOR RECOP..D S~BJSCT: Project ARIICHOKL: • ~· I• tc1e!Jhonc c:U1 lie said that t.~e had s ktrt-:?d fo nea.rinr; co:npletion and that the final reports fro:n t-.... o other o JUS men wor%int; in tl1<2 sa:ne field r.ere expected in b'O or three i·.·ecl:s. He said he f~l t it -r:as. oui to i..":lpo:rtant t:.hat so1nconc concerned ;-;i th tiH~ nroj':::ct co:nc to ~ tQ discuss thG p:rogrc::;s -.·.'i th hi11 and the other ;ncm bc!'o:-e these fim.1 said he co'...lld be reached by phone at - 2. On 22 Alq;ust 1952 I p110ned t.'1is i.nfonation .'.·. ; !_j_SO, who s · J,Ud 1onlc 1.nto the matter of ;·;ho shoUld 4 He said tha i-z c:1rrentl:r out cf the co:m try as are ~ nu:nber of those concerned Y.i th this project. He pro!n3.sr:>d to phone me in a day or tl'To. . ~ - - 1 -,. • -_~ . . . - . . , ,-. . ' • ~ ' : f - • ' • -. ' • •,1 -· ~ I • < • •. . ~ . . . l. • Cn'i.ef, Operatio:-13 Staff , cc: Dr;-?ut:r Assis t~nt D~:m't-J ty (Ad!ii..n) for Scc~i I I I' , ( I . . ; - .-- ·~. ' . - ·_.:: . ·:·, ~ _:..... /~ ~-· . ·. .. >:- . '-_ -"'::. .. : - '~i:·~J:- ~ . . . • • I '
The page displays a stylized title, "THE BLACK VAULT," set against a dark background with a glowing blue outline. To the left, a detailed illustration of a bank vault door is depicted, featuring a complex locking mechanism with various gears and knobs. The right side of the page contains a block of white text explaining that the document was obtained from "The Black Vault," an online database of declassified government documents, specifically mentioning the MKULTRA/Mind Control Collection. A yellow hyperlink is presented at the bottom of the text. There are no photographs of people, locations, equipment, or subjects, nor any handwritten annotations, signatures, official stamps, forms, diagrams, tables, redactions, or visual evidence of experimental procedures.
The document is a typewritten memorandum with handwritten annotations. It appears to be a report related to "Project ARTICHOKE." There are several black rectangular redactions obscuring text throughout the document, most notably in the body of the report and near the "cc" line. Handwritten annotations in ink, including a series of numbers and letters and what appear to be checkmarks, are present in the upper right corner and in the margins. The document also features official-looking stamps or markings. There are no photographs, diagrams, or explicit descriptions of experimental procedures visible.
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