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HNoRMNDUM FoR: Director of Security:.

SUBJECT : Iroject APTICHCKE

1. PROBLEM:

How to provide the medical research required in support of Project ARTICHOKE.

2. ASSUITTIOINS:

None.

3. FACTS DEARIIG CN THE FROBLEM:

a. Project AüTICliokE in research in uature.

b. The rescarch required is escentially medical.

e. The sensitive nature of the project, dewands Agency control.

4. DISCUSSION:

Facts a and b cre solf-evident. Fact c ny be somewhnt forrotten in view of rocent pro.jeet developannts. Hevever, the tirn is not too long Past when the project wns considered Top Secret and enly discussel through rigid control procedures. The need for control and secrecy has not airinished with a lower clnssification.

The noed for control is not only inherent in sensitivity, It 1s also a product of project requiremnt. Froject needs are those pec:iinr to intellieonce ard research incilentnl thereto mist be directed toward operational neeis. Experimentation in the hands of those wfamiliar with field requircments will, at best, be inappropriate.

The need for control should not be compromised by buleotary considerationn. The mre fact research facilitles micht concelvably perform experlmontntion without reimburremont dces not fernit the Agency to rolinquish its control or authority even for the cnke of econesy. The exiensive needs of this project mist bo faced and pald for by this Ageney if the project is to succeed on behelf of tiie Unitel States Government.

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5. COICLUSIOI:

The Ageney mist establish and maintain rigid standards and procedures of control of froject ARTICHOKE:" It can cnly accouplish this by establishing its own rescarch program.

6. RECOMEINDATIONS:

It is recommended that the Agency attcupt to establish at an H-B/3 whose endowment and key porsonnel otem frem the Agoney. The project and allied Agency needs could thus be served with cceplete control, legnl performnnce, and appropriate cover.

Dictribution: Cy #1 & f2 of 3 - Addressee Cy #3 - 1O Fil0

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