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IEOPANDUM

TO: Chief, Security Staff,G FROM A

SUBJECT: ARTICHOKE Project

At present, the.AETIClOKE Team comprises ofel on FCS and on TDY for a periodof six (6) months or less. A Technician assistant will arrive about 1 April l954. The ARTICHCKL project has three primary functions to accomplish in therea.G

I: ORIENTATION:

It will be the duty of the ARTICHOKL. Tenm to visit 'all principal\_stations, missicns, and installations in the.area and orient the Chiefs of Missions, Stations or Installations: concerned and anyvothers as determined by the Security Chief,on a "need-to-know" basis as to the mission and purpose of the ARTICliOKE Team in thearea.In conjunction with the orientation, an inspection of the physical facilities and determination of the availability of indigenous groups will be performed by the ARTICHOKE Team for the purpose of conducting future operations and experiments as outlined below:

II. OPERATIONAL SUPPCRT:

At present, the ARTICHOKE Team is fully preptred to cope with and rendler operational supiort as required through the use of appropriate drugs and/or hypncsis. llew information can be extracted from a SUBJECT voluntarily

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or inveluntarily with a maximum possibility of complete, if not partial, amnesia of the whole procedure conducted to secure that information. This would be directly applicable to indigenous individuals presently held in isolation or custody because of}the, inability to make a final determination as to' their true loyalty and/or intentions, Also, operationally, this would be an adjunct to the intcrrogation procedures and techniques now in effect because of the applicability of ARTICliCHE procedures and techniques to an involuntary SUBJECT as long as controlled physical access to the SUBJECT can be obtained. No operation of this natúre will be undertaken without the specific authority of the Chief of Security,

TII. DEVELOIIENT AND RESEARCH:

In view of the fact that all available knowledge and materials that are presently at the disuosel of the ARTICHCKE Tean pertains mainly to English sreaking individunls,,it is essential thát the proper technigues and procedures be develoned that would pertain to the different racial grouns predominaw/in the

;namey All the aveilable medical sources in the area; (e.F. hospitals, medicel schools, and private prectitioners) must be utilized and all the pertincnt available material be compiled so as to minimize unnecessary expentiturs of tire, money and man power in pursuing'something that has already been acccmplished. All this will be done under appropriate cover.

When AlTIClOKE methoás and cecliniques applicable to the different racinl grours are ccmpleterl accordjing to the peculiar requirenents related to language, racinl and cultural background and philosophy of each group is concerned, then operational experiments and exercises can be performed

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on selected indigenous groups to determine the feasibility of the following objectives:\_

a. Use of ARTICHOKE as an offensive weapon; that through the use of hypnosis and post-hypnotic sugtestions the SUPJECT, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, weuld perform acts as indicated and/or desired with complete'anmesia of the procedures and techniques involved in obtaining that goal.

b. Use of ARTICHOKE as a defensive weapon; that through the use of hypnosis and post-hypnotic suggestions a suitable and effective security neasure can be instituted beyond the control of an individual to safe-guard the disclosure of classified informaticn. For example: Having a key word or thought containing information pertaining to a particuler sensitive project act as the stimulus to induce unconsciousness. Or, to have classified information erased frcm a courier's memory until it is recalled at the arpro-. priate time of delivery by a pre-arranged verbal, auditory, visual or physical stimulus acting as the key.

2. It is felt that Part I, ORIENTATICN, will be accomplished within a reasonable length of time. In respect. to Part II, OPERATIONAL SUFFORT, the ARTICHOKE Team is presently ready and able to render that support on call frcm. the Operational Sections. Part III, DEVFLOPIENT AlD RESEARCH, like any development and research program, is a time-çon-. suming, tedious process requiring careful planning and coordination. Estimation, of the time required for this part of the project can not be made at present because of the insufficient infornation on hand to make that determination.

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