Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
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Jr .1
TO:
SUB.MT:
Copy of 2
9 �210-t-en-1-,er 1951
Your Nemorandr_m of I November 1951 re -Use or
Artichoke on
. 1.�. Ycrur request to conduct an Artichoke interrogation of
agent 111111.7 is ,approved.
2. -Your people in the field, .bore-ver, must reinforce their
disposal -plans beyond those mentioaed i paragraph E of your nem-
randIsn. .be must reject the thesis that ,ssuld Anichcke be,
sucessful and should somber.: advise his superiors of our
apparent inco7.7oetence in this field, that evalpation of our
capabilities would later "be ..an ,Inder-estimation and would this re-
act to our advantage. Agent (or the ir.formaticn
obtain during the irticholfe- sessions) must be dr.nied the
for at least a year or two. -- The fact that this agent is pnysically
now In -our_ custody makes It'faasible fox a solid and effective
dis-
'osa]. Plan to be arranged, and such an arrar.genent should be a
wir.ary goal of the personnel now handling agent NNW
Ai:PROVED FOR RELEASE
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