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SUBJECT: Change of Responsibility within CIA with Respect to Project ARTICHOKE

1. Your consurrence as CPP (Chief, Staff 2) has teen requested in the enclosed remorandum, which proposes transferring the responsibility for Froject ARTICHOKE fron OSI to I&SO.

2. By neorandum dated 15 Vay 1952 DSI requested the ccmments of Col.paDSO, ADPC and the Chief, CIA Kedical Staff on a preposal to transfer the ultimate responsibility for Projeot ARTICkCkE frca OSI to I&SO.

3.. ADPC's reply of 22 Kay 1952

a. asserted OPC's interest in the Project,

b. questicned the advisability of the proposed interim program of fiold tosting without a fuller understanding of the obiectives.of ths Project and

c. recomzended that ADSI discuss the Project with Chief, TSS toward Ceveloping a line of collaboration.

4. On behalf of DD/P, Nr. garranged a meeting on  July 1952 between reprosentatives of OSI, OSO, OPC, CTS and I&SO. The agreements reached at this meeting were sumarized in a mezorandun from ADSI to DD/P dated 14 July l952 which vas concurred in by r. reon ADPC's behalf. The agreesent may be surmarized as follows:

a. Overall project responsibility was to be transferred from OSI to I&SO.

b. Full responsibility for rescarch was allocated to OTs.

c. Training, staffing and directing all lield teams was to be the responsibility of I&sO with the understanding that all field activities were to be under the control of the CIA rission chief cenccrned.

2 September 1952

MEHORANDUM FOR: CHIEF, POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

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d. Thc scope of tho Project is research and testing to arrive at zeans of control rather than the more linited concep embodied in "special interrogatiens."

5. In a memorandun from. z- , dated 15 July 19-2, OTS dcclined to undertake the full rosearch responsibility but azreed to undertake certain research discussed with Col. Edvards.

6. The enelosed remorandua for DD/? fron ADSI dated 29 August revises the lh July menorandun to roflest the position of OTS. It does not spall out the responsibilities in quite as much cetail as the l July menorandum. Your concurrence is re-uested. The prc;:ssi and ADSI.

7. Kr. Sshas seen the mezorandum and reccimends your ccncurrence.

8. It is undorstcod that DrAcssms does not want to concur plans to send the memorandun for.DD/Iis and DD/a's apzroval with the statement that the paper is believed to be ccnsistent with the position of OTS.

9. Your concurrence is recomnsnded.

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