ATTACHED MEMORANDUM FROM CHIEF, CONTACT DIVISION (RE (DELETED) ETC.) WITHOUT ATTACHMENT RE ARTICHOKE RESEARCH

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00184378
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 21, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: April 9, 1953

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114TE: 9 ftpri-1 1953
TO: l*uty Director of recurity
Chicf,neCrity 7'J:scare% rtaff
Chief, Technical ;'ranch
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:177J7CT: Attached 7:mlorandum fral Chief, Contact Flivision
(no etc.)
1. Th rier harr CrTe Nllr c=ani.ned the re:lorart.hrt Cron the
Cont-ct Eivision dated 26 :'.arch 1953 and is of the opinion that LC the
fac ts are as . stated, a very scrioua situation =lots.
2 . Pe:march in connection with the A1ITICTIC1.C: prorram has vary
clearl;f sham that one of the standard techniques used by mediums i3
the use of hypnosis and in the opinion of the writer and in the opinion
of others who axe profess.ionally competent in the field .,cr lupnosi3,
the entr....ctien of infornation fro:i persons under hypnosis Ic .--mtirely
:10.131b13, .1.1:11:: tio rtenoran2u:: dons not describo the technica1 con-
ditions uer which U1')33 seances are held, suc..h 7enerally are .
conducted -inder .condit:LOW.; idc1 for Ippnosis citht.r for one individual
or a group of inclividuals. As a rule, the. Tne...as arc darlz.1:md and
various "props", are used which vary st-xply con be the basis for gaininc:,
directed attention and hence facilitating �144inosis. Since it would
appear from the nenerandum that none of t.lte indiviqualz Cncr.c.s.d are
comected in ary wf_ri with this 17ency, th:? ;miter is of the 0)inion
that the natter quite possibly should be referred to the 70deral
rurean of Investigation.
3. l!c!.-711-rnr, :Lt Is 1:elioved Isy th proplr antlioritir,.7., that
this natter can prcrpr1:7 l'e handled by Vls tkr!ency, particularly the
cirity r.).'fice of li.h.Ls A.:7erey, the v."riter :71-,7er;[.,1 ti el1ouin:
1. 4 d!):711fAc el.tr..,eillance on
deter117!.n'l tl!o w:1!!!..flnollt:; or
to
2. broad surv.lillance on all a!,t/laci.171.3 the
!-..rr1t171:;;;) :Ctr tlto '7277t;".%11:tlf7.111, t.: 11 12011i.lt jai
of those 7articipatirv;.
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3. P. co-Trehonsive toc!inical surveillance of the area in
which Nic rac�ctinc;s tal:s place :thr:I.1 7peclfacally vt the
plantinc of aicrophonos in the arca with consideration
alno liven to the takin.r; of identity photoiTephs in this
connection.
Posnit)le rlz-ntinc of n. v-ry cit1id otylervt-n�
the f:,roun t:ustr.lt:h a develoref! ttith
mxployee.
5. In effort at:Quid be tlade 'either titrouji or Mir --
rtrptitioucly to trace and obtain the stenographic notes
radeh1 he wonan in question at the nectinuo.
. It. I'or of r,*.coi-1, th2 ;mit, or ,.:1:1117Fa to o t.at in 'nil
int11-,r.tr.'.uell ndorlvfpno1 can re(1..:.c to very coflple.x
che:tical .ancl !-tathena forrralas ;ratod in a
closely related narcier by the CTIC:!-.):7:: wort: on numerous cocas/arm in
thin Office.
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