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MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

Ecalled me yesterdoy to say that aad completed his work and is now prepering his final resaid that as soon as this report is received, Hill go over it and prepare "simple findings" to roport to Findicated that may be somewhat slor in conpleting the report and suggdated that we might bring some pressure tobear.to accelerate his efforte.

ackmozledged receipt of my check and said that the sum was suffioient to purchase the materiala. from which they manufactured the heavy water.needed.

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10 February 1953

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hns offered nnd alrerdy given his wholehearted cooperetinn to us in connect
ion vith.pending. problenn discugsed vith him, lie haa boen a continued rource cignificant
of information relating to plant renources ond plant collectors in this
country . He han turned over to us plont moterinl of tho, narcotic Dubonia,
containing mong its lkoloids those uned in co-cnlled tiuuth serunn ,for
exploitation fron n atratogic point of view . llo has obicined aced micrial
//py. of recanum hrrmala from Afganinhlon for cultivntion in Arizona unier
his direction, to he turned over to v- for thn proluction of the nlkloid roputedly ed curelani agont H-B3
harmine and harmaline , 'used by the

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In July 1951 two agents were soized in the of Fach of thom carried a clear plastio oylindrical containor one and one-quartor inohes in diametor and four ani ono quartor inches long. Tho containorwns dividod intotwopections,ono of.whichwas onoand ono-qunrter
inches long. The center or the circular partition dividing the two soctiono wao
perforated by a saall hole. Othor than this the snaller section had no opening Tho larger, section was closed at tho ond amay from tho partition by a friction lid ,tho width of: the tube dianster.n In the larger section was a collapaible tuba which had been equipped witha neodle. The :agent stated that the, collapsiblo tube contained a drug wlich, whon injocted into any part of, the body,,would render the viotis coapletaly amenable, to guidanco of hio captor. for an indefinite period of tine... Tho
vlotim could walk, otand erect, and would show no exidence of narcosis. One of the cylinders was turned overto a field laboratory, and aftor a routine chock of tho oommon drugs, reportod thst they could, not idontify tha material, The othor cylinder, through 0/Si,was.turned over to, anoutsido company whooe.facilities and accomplishmontainthedrug fiald are;unsurposood. This company muaminod tho material, and have given a prelininary report as followa: Thoro is acortainanount of one-celled vogotablecontaninntion. Thore were larco quantitios of a material vich was idontifielaa calciuna sulphate. Thorefore the material-is probably not a biological, and may, bethe, caiciu complex of an alknloid.

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Through spoctrographlo analysisthoy havo dotorminod that the

'matarial is not soopolaninoj is definitoly not sodium barbital, and

probably is not a barbiturato.

They have rocontly completed their work atteapting to find a matching aboorption