[PAGE 1]
Proposed liesearch

l. A suggested research progrem for ARlIciokE purposes is horeby prosented.. Although it has been impossible to go into this idea in great datall, some of-the pertinent facts follows

2. The undersigned served in tha with In an informal discussion with him, in which I:did not iss my particuler interests, I have' learned that carries on many of ite experiments within the iederal prisons. Sevéral so-called dangerous experiments were conduoted in federal prisons and there is Ereat co-operation betwoen the Buroau and the resenrch organization.

3. Interesting from tho ARTICHOKE point of view is the fact that there are some four thousand (4,o00) American mllitory mon who are serving court martial sontences in the federal prisons at the present time, These men are acattered through tho federal institutions accorcing to their age -- some being.at reformitorles, others nt prisons. It is administratively possible that tho sentences of these' mon can be reduced by direction of the Adjutant Genoral's office.' Thorefore, if these men should be wanted for work on a dongerous research project, it might be possible to motivate thoir interost by promising that récommendations would be made to the Adjutant General's office to have their sentonces appropriately roduced if they co-operated in the emperimentation. Also many offensos of military men were comnittod in circwastancos which might tend to lossen the feeling of gullt on the part of the individual and such cases might reveal Luitercsting information.

4. Anotber. blt of information that came up is that ths warden of is an H.D.Such an individual might be very interasted in experiments along./jiTi-CilOKE lines. Tha olosest federal institution (with the excoptlon of National Training School) is at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

5. All foderal prisons have hospital sotups vith doctore on the permanent staff. Such thiinge as the size of the institution and current population would have to be considered but it is a fact that the federal prisons are not overcrowded as is tho case with many state prisons; thus, it would be much easier to obtain working space in a federal institution.

E/13,30/1

Chief, Security Rescaroh Staff VIA1 , Chief,. Technical Branch

23 Soptember 1953

[PAGE 2]
6.. In order to pursue the possibility of carrying on AnTI-Cioks rosearch in federal prisons, ti tould be pecussary to clear my friend, who would be tho contact, and the wardon ol the institution. selected. It may not even be necessary to clsar tho medics in the institution if the /RTCHOkE team would represent itsolf as a research team fron a university or a research organisstlon. At mostlt would be necossary only to cloar tho chief mesic. Sineo both are located in the city,, it would be very easy to deflnitely determine the feasibility of such a project with no axpenso. I understand that o uho has B/
been asfince its inception, has engaged Iin nany high-
". level govertment nctivities and may alrnady be cleared for contact by this Agency.

7. May I requst that you consider thlspossibility and adyise mo uhether you desire aiy furtber action to be taken.

Aeor

B16