MORI 184565

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12 August 1954

KUORADU TO: Chier, Contact Division

ATTEITIOR G/A

1. We have taker steps to obtain spprorirately two pounds of sun dried seeds and several carefully dried specimens of the entire plant of both types requested in your memorandum of 22 July on subject case. This is being obtained through a contact of ours in the B

This raterial will be brought to by our contact atring the veek of 16 August and ve epect to bring the terialto the early part of that veek by auto. It is my mderstanding frax disoussing this matter vith our coatact that the &ried specimens of the entire plant vill be very fragile. Although ve vill be able to get this material hand carried to tne ofrice vithout any Aifficulty, ve vould appreciate some suggestion frou you as to the best peansofgettingit frotohesögnarters

use H 2. We have been unable to detercine shether or not any resezrch work is in progress at present on the hypbotic or nareotic effects of either of these plants. We vere able to lesta that

as to the possibility of utilizing the Pegam Hericamm plant as a polio cure. We have obtaired copies of this correspondence and ere enclosing them as an attachnent to this Eencrandurs. In this connectionillyou please advise us vhether or notw should be contacted and.if so, vhat questiona ve should put to his rearding this subject.

3. . Ve vill be reouired to make sae special cxpenditures to reinburse our coutact in for both his time and travel comnected with obtaining this raterie? for ns, At present we do kov hov much this will emunt to. As soon as ve have an exact figure, we vill request proper allotment muierfrcyon.