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writer talked :it Lin his office at at his.resuast conccernin end tho proolems arising from ts vork in connection vith the ARTICilckE problem.

Istated he islong tbe horns", of a conplote dilerma. lie pointed out that has worked alinot l00,, of the time on the AlliiCuOil problen for the past fot: montis and heretofore this has not cost hin any particular embarassment as he had other emplorccs to carry out the vork but n Estatos with the new budet and porsonnel ceilings, he hes lost tie sorvices of tuc emoloyeos and that he has received specific instructions from his division concornihe: a nunber of nroblems wiich roquire aosolute deadlines.s atod that to comnloto these prójocts he noeds the services ols er corcone who can carry out the ork thet should bo donege: we stated tha B. services sro outscandin: in that he is a brilliant research man but he has for many months en ored in edioustive researeh werk commected with RTiorek) ineluding the trin tore.es and F the further work that rolted from tnis trin cfter his roturn.

stoted ho in no te mninired the vork of the ARiI ok project and he kneu, of oourse, thet much of the work of the nric. projoct vont acress the board into many projects that his division is orin: on. ie stctod he folt that cefinitcly jnTiCcks required more rosearch and t'hat hc mas concorned in tr:in to find a vay whereby the AnTicuOle uerk rnt his divisien conid toth have the benetit of,

provosed that consideration he siyep so soie
thin; along the followvin; lines. iie strtod the had
retired a nuber ef rears aro and is cubsemontiy orou mnt baek to
-OSI. iie stotc. Beould ratire ot anr Jine snd thore was
no problem involved.e statad ho edtelked t COncernin; the possibic transfer e this subjcct hed boen turned down (possi on tho basis that So had no slot for a man 5 position and salary.

In vicu of/ihe Toltovin: idea had occurred to hia a. Arranrenents couli be made for to in the A eney ac a eonoultant to bothüii Sccnrity. norticulirly the Aichcl3s rrojeet. He stated Lie t tn thet vay so neny days a veok he could devote to osI vork tai tho rost of tho tio ho erud rive fully to AarteC.

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13 October 1953

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He stated that in that way, it would giye bim a chance to bring another man in to fill the slot so occupied by Fand would not encumber a alot in OSI or Security. The writer ash "has been made cognizant of these ideas and he stated emphatically thit had not been informed of these ideas since they were merely thoughts being expressed to.the writer at this time.

The kriter..assured he would certain not mention this patter The writer then asked whether or not hinself would support tne idea of a consultant who would be used in connection with the ARTICHOKE work and whether they both A would suppor in a consultant capacity.. stated he would·support for such a consultant position and stated, furthermore, he was absolutely certain thatrwould also support in this connection.

The writer made it very clear te "that he could do nothing along.these lines himself since it was a policy matter, but stnted tc Athat he would not support anything that would affect position unless it was with. consent.