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No.o es S SEP 30 1952

ORADI FOR: Assistant Deputy(Atziristration) for Security : Assistant Director for Scientific Iutelligence

SUEJECT : Project ARTICHOKE

1.-It has buen egrced by the various officos ccncerned, and concurred in by the Deputy Director/intelligence and tha Deputy Director/Arainistration, that over-all responsibility for Project ARTCHokE should be transferred frca the Office of Scisntific Intelligence to the Assistent Director (Asnisistration) for Socurity. Your offices will therefore tcke the necsssary steps to effectuate this trensfer irzediately.

2. The Office of Inspection and Security váll call upon the CIA ladical Staff and the Office of Technical Sorvices for such research and support as may be required and appropriate.

3. The responsibility for the foreign sciontific aspects of the subject covered by Project ARTiColE vdll reaain in the Office of Scicntific Intelligence.

L. The responsibility for nonitoring the Rescarch and Development Board study initiated by that Board in response to the Director of Central Intelligence's lstter of Karch 5, l952, is trersferred frcm the Office of Scientific Ihtelligence to the Office of Inspection and Security.

5. Responsibility for liaison vith Ary, liavy, and Air Force reprecentatives established at the recuest of the DOI in the IAC Executive lecting of 2 Aoril i95l is assigred to the Office of Inspection ad Security.