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1. The ARTICHOKE Team visitecduring period 8 Jamuary to 15 January 1954. The purposa of the-visit was:to give an evaluation of a hypothetical problem, namely: Cai an individual of \*\*\*\*\* descent be made to perfor an act of attempted assassination involuntarily under the influence of ARTICHOKE?

2. FROBLEM:

a. The essential elerents of the problem are as follows:

: (1) As a"trigger, mechanis=" for a bigger project, it was proposed that an individual of \*\* descent, approximately 35 years old, well educated, proficient in English and vell established socially and politically in the \*\*\*\*\*\*\* Government be induced under ARTICHCKE to perform an act, involuntarily, of attempted assassination against a prominent \*\*\*\*\*\* politician or if necessery, ageinst an Aaerican officialt The SUBJECT was fornerly inReniy but has since terminated and is now employed with the \*\*\* Government. According to all avaiiable inforration, the SUBJECT would offer no further cooperation with r. Access to the SUBJECT would be extremely limited, probably limited to a single social meeting. Pecause the SUBJECT is a heavy drinker, it was proposed thet the individual could be surreptitiously drugged through the medium of an alcololic cocktail at a social party, ARTICHOKE applied and the SUBJECT . induced to perforu the act of attempted assassinacion at some leter date. All the above was to be accomplished at oneinvoluntary uncontrolled social meeting. After the act of attempted assassimtion was perforned, it was assuned that the SUBJECT would be taken into custody by the \*\*\* Government and theraby "disposed-of." Other than persoral reeasur- 1

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project, techniques, personnel and disposal of the SUBJECT were not indicated. Whether the proposed act of attempted assassination wes carried out or not by the SUBJECT was of no great significance in relation to the.overall project.

3. CONCLUSIONS:

a. In answer to the hypothetical question, can an individual of \*\*\* descent be made to perform an act of attemuted assassination, involuntarily, under ARTICHCKE, according to the above 'conditions, the answer in this case was probably"No" because of the limitations inposed operationally as follows:

(1) The SUBJECT would be an involuntary and unitting SUBJECT.

(2) We would have none, or, at most, very limited physical control and custody of the SUBJECT.

(3) Access to the SUBJECT is strictly lizited to a social engagement among a mixed group of both cleared and uncleared personnel.

4. The final answer was that in view of the fact that successful completion of this proposed act of attempted assassination was insigificant to the overall project; to wit, whether it was even carried out or not, that under "crash conditions" and appropriate authority from Headquarters, the ARTICHOKE Team vould undertake the problem in spite of the qperatioml.linitations.

ADDENDUM:

Two main problems presented itself in relation to answeringthe abovehypothetical-question.

a. Seçurity: Insufficient consideration was given to the fact that any leakage of ARTICHOKE through performance of the proposed problom would jeoperdize the entire future application and proposed activity of the ARTIChOkE Tean in the area.

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b. It was the unanimous opinion of all ARTICHOKE
menbers that unless the ARTICiOkE Tean had more detailed ec
cess to the operational plan it would be extrenely difficult,
if not impossible, to carry out the assigned mission. 王 二

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