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VEKORUDUE FOR: Assistant Dincctor, CI Chief, Ledical Stafr Chief,OTS

SUBJECT: Projcct ARTICHCIE.

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1 1. Feferoree is rade to the staff study dated 29 August l952 fren Assistant Dircctor/SI to DD/P, DD/I and DD/à. The stafi study has teen concurred in by the appropriate officers whercin the responsibility for Project ARTIGiCiE has teen allccated as follons:

a. Overall responsibility for the project should be transferred fron OSI to IisO.

b. I&s0 should call upon the rescarch and support facilities of CIA ledical Staff-and of the Cffice of Technical Services as required.

e. Liaison with the Research and Developrent Board and with the Service coaponents should te the responsitility of I&SO.

d. Responsibility for the eveluation of foreign intelligence .aspects of the project shculd rerzin in CSI.

2. In confority with the above allccaticn of responsibility for Project AnTICHoiE, IoSO delegates responsibility for the implementation of this project as follors:

a. The Chief, ledical Staff should be responsible for medical research in support of this project which shall consist of research of a basic and operational nature éetorained by Chief, Ledical Stef as appropriate and necessary within the scone cf his facilities in support of this project. In addition, Chief, Ledical Staff will conduct rescarch and furrish operational support in response to requests by I&so and within the-lirits of facilities available to the Ledical Staff. Roquests by Jaso wiil consist of specific elements of rosaarch, -aterials and personnel in support of operational use of Project ARTICiOkE.

b. Chief of OTS has advised that in'view of lack of facilities and other requirements, his staff is not in a position to undertake full-scale support of this progran as outlinsd. In addition, OTs advises it will not undertake operstions within this project on its owm but vill restrict itself to laboraton type research and eperimentation. In accordance with this understandirg OTs vill concuct,

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within linltations of their facilities, resnarch in the basic ficlds of seicnce in support of this project. In addition, OTs will conduct, within linitations of their facililies, specific rescareh, other Vhan reaical, requested by Ii0 in support of operational aspects of Project AricHore.

3. Liaison wiüh the Roscarch and Developzont Doard in support of this Projeet will te the responsibility .of CTs wnder an arrangenent already efrected by Grs.,

h. Rosponsibility for evcluation os foreign intelligence aspećts of Project AliChOiE mill rnain vith GSI.

5. Tas0 will conduct liaison with the Service corpononts concerned in this problen and in relatien to eperational aspects of Project ARTICliciE.

6. OTS and ledical Staff each have estahlished liaison vith the .Service compenonts in cenfornity with their respective fields of responsibilities ard it is fcreseen that research cordccted by OTs and Ledical Staff in support of Project AnrIoHOiE will include liaison with the Serries 'components in this rogard. Fer the sake of clarification, I.s0 will restrict its liaison to eperctional aspects or ANTICiOlE and OTS and ledical Sta will rostrict their lisison, as regards AStickc:S, to the research fields. .In order to prevent duplication and sore crcssing cf channsls, coordinatien and exchange of information in this regard will be necessary betreen the threc elezents concarned.

7. In order that inforation and activities may be apprepriately. discussed, IüsO ill call ponthly zeetings of Nedieal Staff, OTs and Iiso.

6. In order to provide facilities for the actual use of ARTICHCiE, I&sO will budget for and recruit personnel-for ths establishzent of at least tuo tears.

9. Concurrence in the above allocation of responsibilities is raquested.

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