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A advised at 0930, 19 November1951, B that was in
C town and had contactedt r on the subject oi Project Artichoke.
A C quoted as steting that he had heard of certain CLA Teports on the subject and would like to talk either torrrrss. or to someone in the Agency who might know about these reports.

was advised that he should ask to see C at ll:00 a.m., this date. This action was taken because shad mentioned tothat he would be contacting the handat erreon the subject and would also like.to cover CIA while he was in towm.

j 3.caed or Project Artichoke.yshad previously adyised that was working on a speciel project for thcp en drues. Sostagreed that it would not be desirable for rto be inquiring around town, probstliuite some of our C own contacts, unless he was properly controlled. acagreed to seer at l0:00 a.m.

kaathen attempted to contact 5s:of t recalled A but in his absence called to teour previous adviçe d s activities end our attempts to coordinate with him. thanked yforthe informationthat would be in town and contactinarespersonnel today and agreed to take appropriate steps.

5 A C. 5. With the arrival ofe at 10:30 explained the background of the wecactivitieg and the neea fon co: ordination.: It was recalled that rrser of th had on several occasions referred mattors connected with research on drugs to CIA and the other services. This wes a logical outcome of his not teing briefed on Project Artichoke and not knowing of the present setup. is to carry on active work in connection with drugs for interrogation purposes it is essentisl that his activities, be cocrdinated and the best mechaniamewould probably be through s at..
十 :also advise that we had learned oray and's visit to referred to us by This is most sensitive because we have and their inquiries there which were C

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indicated towrrrepresentatives on two separate occasions that there is no research on this subject going on in the U S. Govermment but we are veryanripus to learn of amthing theta  mey know about the subject-also adviseoew that this is one of a number of contactshas made at various points in the Agency attempting to find out more about our interest and activities in this field.

p agreed that we had done the right thing in agreeing to seoWrtrwat ll:00 this morning in order to learn of his specific inguiries and to establish a point of contact within the Agency. also agreed to contact thr: immediately and investigate the best manner in which their projects could becoordinatedwithin the and throug with CIA.

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