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In October l951. RDD and OSI Agreed that linited laboratory
facilitiea ars ogsential to the dovelopmentof certain epecifio itens
which will-beavailable vithineix nonthu.OsIagreed totake aotion
elther to set up the facilitiss within OIA or to obtain appropriate
facilitiet outaidethe agency.After diacussion wi
vasconcluded that the sonaitive nature of, the vork inrolred made the stabliehment of,laboratory faoilities under our direot controladvisablo At a meeting of the Adia concorned with Projeot Artichoke on
30 Hoveaber1951. Ss brought up the problom of tha
establishaent of'alaboratory'within CIA. raskndthat the.
matter be deferred: in viav of the many detaila vhich auat be considereie
before ve agree.to set up.such a facllity. noted the
facb that he vas working vith'the Nodical Department of the egency in
connection with dArtichoke work,and,would lika to explore thoir interast
on the subject. r. Ae of this date, no conclusivonction hae been taken by-Fand the itens under development are now ready for laboratory
testing. It ia essential, therefore, that the agency eithpr sszeblinh small'faoility for such testing. or eliminate this possibility in ordex that ve may go ahead with outside facilities and sccept the security riakainvolvede 4.k Informal'diucuasion on the subject vith pergonnel in I&s and the other ofrices concerned indicate that the pergonnol required for the laboratory taating involved are now available vithin the agency andthe only problem ia the obtaining of: two or three rooma vhere ve may coto work. The typa of teating planned will notinoluda any items vhich vill endanger,or eeriously effect the subjecte used and in faot, initially rowould do, the testing on sach other. A meeting hae been scheduled for 1l a.m., 13 Haroh l952 to explore the matter further." It is hoped that from this meeting we can come up with speoisio suggeations regarding the vork intolved. and the fnoilities required in order that the laboratory question can be rasolved.

12 March 1952