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FRO ActingChief, G

Your Nemorandun of 1November l95l re üse of SUBJECT: Artichoke on D/F

. l. Your request to conduct an Artichoke interrogation of IF agent is approved.

2. Your pecple in the field, horever, must reinforce their disposal plans beyond those mentioned in paragraph & of your nemorandum.ke nust reject the thesis that shouid Artichoke be wsucsomehor advise his superiors of our sucessfulandshoulà apparent incoapetence in this field, thatevaluation ofour capabilities would later be an under-estimation and vould thes re-(or the irformation he ney act to our advantage. Agent obtainâuringtheArtichokesessions) must be dcnied the for at least a year or two. The fact that this agent is pnysically nou inour custodymakes it feasible for a soliù and effective disposal plan to be arranged, and such an arrangenent should be a personnel now handling agent primary goal of the

AFPROVED FOR RELEASE Late -1-JUiN 1978

9 Noveber 1951