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MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT:Project "Artichoke"

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1. A few weeks ago, PG5, informed me of an incident which disturbed him and which he believed called for remedial action. In the course of a meeting in the Pentagon which he attended dealing with coordination of external research, he was asked certain quèstions which indicated that several Defense officials were awarc of ignorance with regard to the questions, but was placed in a position wherc it was desiraole that some reply be made to these questions. of inlormal group cornposed of representatives of the various CIA components concerned with "Artichoke", so that problems of the kind he had encountered could be considered and a consistent policy adopted by all concerned. He envisaged this group as informal and flexitle, called together when probiems arose, and not necessarily all members being present, but rather those whose offices had an isterest in the problem. He asked my views on this idea.

2. I told him it seemed to me it would be a step forward in the right direction, and that we in the Support Staff had recently been aware of a lack of coordination among the various activities relating to "Artiehoke", and had also encounterod a Defonce interest in "Artichoke", which might have had embarrassing consequences.

yinformed me he had 3. In a conversation last week been working on his idea, and that arrangements were now completed for the informal group, on which OSi would be represented. I assue such representation was arranged through AAD/Si or Chief, Medicine Division.

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20 gul15o.

19 July 1955