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sUnjECT: .Development of Team Personnel

1. Reference is made to our recent conversation concerning the development of a basic team for Artichoke operations on the oocrational level. The writer is in complete accord with the views of and yourself in. these matters and proposes the following as imnediate steps to the establishment of such a team:

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Information hasibeen received in the pastseveral days that
will be in the next few days.

It is proposed that authorization be obtained\_to permit the writer to personally intervier and to discuss with him his well-knowninterésts in Artichoke type work and whether or not·he personally would like an assignment directly to the Training Research Staff as for Artichoke work.

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Kas. in the past few days, returned to his residence in from a'business and pleasure cruise in-southern waters. In view of his professed interest in the Artichoke type work and view. of his well-known capacities, particularly and with psychiatrists ip the writer proposes that every effort be made to grant a full security clearance to Tand that the writer, thereafter, approach him with a view toward obtaining his services as a covert consultant to the Technical Research Staff.

2.. The writer believes that if we can obtain the services of and at least the part-time services of ve will then 1

Office Menorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

DATE: 17 Narch 1952

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have available a hasic team.that can te thrown against any problem requiring advanced interronation methods or related matiors. Furthermore, the writer is of the opinion that this team, if so constituted, will be able to handle any new type of drug, new instrument, or new technique that OSI or any -other source may develop for the Artichoke work.

3.. The team would be set up as follows:

ould handle the administration of the drugs, the anesthetic work, and the specific medical researchrequired. would tring to bear the best and most advanced stage and clinical hypnosis that is obtainarle; ill pro-

A elect onie, p, mechacal installations tohuical, the work; and the writer will act as administrator lor the team, will carry out research problcms, will handle the hasic interrogation in all cases, and will act as the IaSO control. when the team is actually operating at home or in the field.

L: The writer's schedule at this point. is flexible enoughfor him to-leaye immediately on the matters set out above to approach sndr soauthorized.