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TO: VIA: Director of Sccurity VLA: Chief, EecurityRescareh Staff FRO: Chief, Technical Pranch

Raferonce is nade to our recont conversation rosardirt possible uso or the ARTICHlOKE techniques in tho cases of certain selected Set out bolos is a brief statemont of proposed activities, along/dhosc linos for your consiceration:

ARTIclok is interested in handling through its verious toch
niques 1) the hardcore re end 2)thoso(tacst
who have beon cxposed to and acceptod in varyin, degrees Conunis
indoctrination. The roasosfor whis are sipic: 1) wo wish to
use theso as unigie roscarch material in the
work and 2) these (particularly the hericore types) have extromoly valuahle Infommation fron an intolligence point o vic
whisH this Agoncy, can use. This inomation in Cenoral, thich Tzck voil atet to obtain, would bo along the folloving lines: l) Cozrmuist perowration of ;2) Cominist nethodls of Commication snd ostablishnont of identities; 3) Comanist instricticns and trainim for nonbers of '8 Tkyh) indiyidnl nanos and their work; 5) Conunist indoctrination teciniques, education conters, carps,
. etc.;, 6) Exposz of secrct instruction for contacts, missicns, etc. fo 7) general mo ienk infomaticn and on sther

DATE: 29 April 1953

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D. RIMR OF CASS ERSETD

Mry key subject or subjects would to of intorist to AniClck but a basic nininua of fiva (5) hardcore tpes and five (5) isicctrinated types vould be essontial for a detailod study. orc tien this, of courso, would be cninontly cesiroi.

C.COVR FOR THE ARTICHORE. TECHIQTS

Cover in this situation is perfoct -- n irs rodical cove in a controlled area. All fare reccivincp nncdical trcatment and sone probably uill receivo psychiatric care. The ATiCiic Teaa nedically will be top-flight doctors and all ouhers with Grunuhd ARTICHCKE are basically ned in special covers.

D. ARTICHCG TCTIG

If given thc opportunity of applyins TiCliCkE tocieiquos to thaso cases, tho Sollosing techniques ill bo usod -- (individually or in cobirations):

1. A stauklari pontathol -Desan-tpe e.

2. iypnosis (eiuhor narco-iypnosis or direct Igpnetis).

3. Use of a nou spocial chonical (StuNEi). Details follcr:

n. AnTICiokt has succossfilly uscu a nodified "uuth serun" approach. Various drags ar usod gonorally folloiing pentothal. Ti.s ethol is intraveous injoction. Direct quasticns, rogrcssion, rooriontation, etc. are all attempted.

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b. Also succosstully usod is lrypnosis. It can bo usei afier a chenical starter such cs pentothal (very snall cosagos) or undor certain circunstances can be used diroctly. Post hypnotics for contimod vork are alsays given.

c. Uso of Clilfli: This nou chanical is in the dovelonment stae. It procuces disoriontation, confusion, tali, mpansiveneos and other peculier phonanena. Intelligonce effectiveness is uncertain but s te hlgh.Scmo characteristics and data are as follos:

TETS:-=

(1) To date the chonical has boon tasted on ho noral subjects and a largo nxibor of sehisopimenic pationts. lo fatalitios, no troublo indicatod -- tha taric quality is atrerely lou.

(2) Tosare levols: frostio cose - 30  toilo nicrograas per nan vith doseces given without harm up to 300 ricrogras per nan. Calcated lathal dose --k,50,000 nicrograns Sor a Lh0- pound nan.

(3) Fsfoctivo Porisd: In dosages af 70 to 150 nicrocrans, the cfrect bogins aboit eno-hais how artor ingesbion; poak reached in aboit 2 to h hours; and the effect lnsts fro  to 13 hors after ingcstion.

(h) Frovortics: Thc chonical is colorloss, odorloss, tastoless and soluble in water. It aay lo civen

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To bring tho ARTICiOks techniques to bear, the follsring Tear

and nocessary obscrvers aro proposod:

2. ATop-flicht anosthesiologist (possibly an

or could bo assigned by for chose fron the es

A nan of tho type of an anesthosiologist who is faniliar vithi the ARTIchoks problen and has Gons considerable work in thlis field would be ideal. probably could not to brought East in tino and it is doubted if hs could loavo tho

(to handle tachnical arrangemonts).

to tho ARTTCHeKD Projoct.

7. An official observer fren to act as consultant ani give advico in the uso of the chenical .Tuilli.

F. AEA RUT FOR

Tho ARTichokT wora will reqiiro one roon of a hcspital-tyre

bedroon or sittingroon bedroon al an adjoining rooi for cbserretion

purposes and monitoring. Also roquirel is a nearty or preforably

edjoining teilot. The ATICsk technical arrangenents willo caried

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tapo recordings and tio-vay corrnunicntion systons ill be cot up and if at all possible a two-way observation rirror vill be installed. These tochnical cotails will bo inplomentod by and all technical equipent will be furnished by the ATIGtokL Teaa.

G. TIE REUMED FOR EACT SUEJECT

It is difficult to cstinate tho anoint of tino requircd for each individual subject but previous NTiC!OS sessions have lasted from 2 to 4 hours por session. It is posniblo that tireo subjects could be handled per day. Tho AnTIChOkE Tean as a rulo requiros more .than ono session with caci subject.

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If the full AuTICliOk treatment iirvolving Wo teciniques as sot
out in tho basic neorandu cannot le brcagit to lear in those cases,
It is proposod that thoso tochnigues wlicil can bo uoed in a subtle thir
nanner mlgit bo aticanted iubnmo. A

In conncction with this, those choricals which could Lo given orally and could be successfully conccalod in caron liquids risht possibly be triod in tiis typo of mporineniation. This particularly holis true for tho now chenical rerorred to abovo, SiwEi, wiich es noted is colorless, corless, tastoloss, solcblo in water and tho effective dess is in vary small quantitios.

At the same tiae, a nethadl night bo worked out porhaps couplad with the above cicsosted chericals of obtaining hupnesis in the handling of son: of tho cases Alticugh Uis probably could not ke achioved directly it :ight be achinved throvch somo very subtle approach or in conicction with the cffccts of the previously sontionod chenicnls.

Whilo the uriter has no kowlodgo of what treatnents nay lo necessary for tho irxiivdidusl , it arpears conccivable thai some of the ATICiCkE wark right bo brought to bonr in cir et cennectlon with nodical troatnent. Tus posnibly shouldmrtainly be cqlored.

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