CONFERENCE WITH (DELETED) RE ARTICHOKE

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00184411
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 21, 2025
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: July 17, 1953

11 July
CT Conference !t_th
1. nn :iucsday, 14 July 153, 1),A,;-ecn '11.1 5:39
the ;:riter discussed various m-ttcrs of inLo.rest to and
to the Technical Dranch of SO with , , of
7-1- It should be note-1 that holds a full Ton
Socret clearance frol n cLerrance at the 3ecret
level had leen obtrined on to per-tit the -riter to
dIscuss ccrtrin ilatters of Interest to us with hi- at this til)e.
The ;Triter briefed vory enrefuth on the
security rarnifications Involved rnd then discussed the defensive
aspects of APTICi:nr: and the defensive as)ects of the wor'.:. of the
Technical Pr;.nch with -'-. After perhaps tin hour's dis-
cussion on these matters, the writer opened up with-- - �
and er-lained tffe various fields in which ARTICHn ar0. the
Technical 12ranch had interest that required resoarch'of various
). :.10 the writer diseunod those nntLers for
a considerahle length of time and presented the writer
with numerous ideas which he had devele:)ed and -ixs thinking about
which he feels are of interest to this tv,enc:; and particularly to
30. :ome of the matter appears to be vdry specifically of interest.
to and other co-rponents of the Agency.
4. The ilriter inforled. that cert:lin Meas,
:PAM not e-xactly pertinent to 0.5 own fields of interest, were
neverhol(ss nf interest to the hgency acid the 1:-itcr would eon-
7o: 7;ublilLtod hr to tho 1:,7r offices
u'on r:,e'.-?.1-.;t of �ne.7
caruily Uhn 13ecurtt-i raAfle:?tIons
, the c)nvernat.Thn conetur
rfrisciri to rn...1:1co (-:rf,r11.,1 of hl r7 1�:7:7s to !rnitl.n./., : f
tho-1 tn t.h0 7.11.-Itor Tor consideration ani 71u.t.
C-2-1-nntA7- t!:; ri-b7r!'.7 of tho .7ncnritT 1Jy1LI1.n1)tt,risin1roll7od
;r1-1 Ln t/1Q r f ILei.Tteripl he t,ated tiv:t LITr't c:11T! �
InuAd be tren to concea:l. its ulttrf,te use. The T.u-iter infred
of the conference with _al.11.4 in the
evert th:t mtcrial'or ideas core in fron will
be tnken up at once with .77nd directed to the C=r
divisions of the. igendy 'nay be concerned.
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