MORI 149512

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HElNORMNDUM FOR: Director of Security :

SUBJECT : froject ARTICHOKE

1. PROBLEM:

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

2. ASSUITTIONG:

None.

3. FACTS BEARIIG ON THE FROBLEM:

a. Project ATICHOkE in research in uature.

b. The rescarch required is essentially medical..

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

4. DISCUSSION:

Facts a and b ere self-evident. Fact c my be somewhnt forkotten in view of recent pro.jeet developannts. levever, the timn is not too long past when the project was considèred Top Secret and only discusscl through rigid control procedures. The need for control and secrecy has not dlninished with a lower classification.

The need for control is not only inherent in sensitivity, it is also a rroduct of project requiremnt. Froject needs are those peciiinr to intelligonce ard research incidentnl thereto mist be directed toward operational neeis. Experimentation in the hands of those unfamiliar with field requirements will, at best, be inappropriate.

The need for contrcl should not be compromised by bulgotary considerations. The mere fact research facilitles might concelvably perform experimontation without reimburremont dces not Fernit the Agency to relinquish its control or authority even for the cnke of econesy. The expensive needs of this project mist bo faced and pald for by this Agency if the project is to succeed on behelf of tiie Unitel States Government.

5 May 1953

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5. CONCLUSIOII:

The Ageney mist establish and maintain rigid standards and procedures of control of Froject ARTICHOKE: It can only accouplish this by establishing its own research program.

6.RECOMEIDATIONS:

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

Distribution:

Cy #1 & #2 of 3 - Addressee Cy \$3 - 1O File

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