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TWO MEMOS RE A FOREIGN PRISONER CONSIDERED AS ARTICHOKE SUBJECT; ALL NAMES ARE DELETED
Document Type:
SPECIALCOLLECTION
Collection:
General CIA Records
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
00149531
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
U
Document Page Count:
3
Document Creation Date:
January 17, 2025
Document Release Date:
January 15, 1983
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
Publication Date:
January 25, 1952
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ce Memorant,,anz � 'LlTITEP;S,TATES L,OVERNMENT � . 4y. TO : File FROM : 1111111111 /14� SUBJECT: /NW ase DATE: 25 January 1952 /� / On Friday, 25 January 1952, the writer was called to the office 04 for the purpose of a conference with one concerning the instant case.all.1.111V explained in substance the. case as follows: (whose real name isill1111111, is a 29-year-ol sand was the head of a small political paEI2_122ed ixf and ostensively A working forillililligindependence. 111111114as described by as being young, ambitious, bright (elementary colleee education), a sort of a "man-on-a-horse" type but a typica' Politician. Ac- cording to1111111111 our people discovered tha 'intelligence Service Viird attempting to brib ,and make him a double agent and 011111-was looking with favor upon the offers. Accordingly � plot was rigged in whichlillirwas told he was going t6 be - � and as a '12=1,22tion", he was placed in custody of th a nonce who threwillillrinto a! prison. 411111Pas held in th ri- son for six months until the authorities decided tha a nuisance and they told our people to take him back. Since our Deo le were unable to dispose of _they flew him to .here, through arrangement; he was placed in a as a psychopathic patient. IIIIIIrnow has been in th hospital for several months and the hospital authorities now want ta get him out since he is causing considerable trouble, bothering other patients, etc. 1111111is not a psychopathic personality. 1111111111111exp1ained that they can dispose o v the simple process of sending him to a friend of his , and as far as they are concerned, that type of disposal is perflec.tly o.k. However, because of his confinement in 111.111prison and his stay in hospital, has become very hostile toward th and our Intelligence operations in particular. Hence/. considering an "Artichoke" approach t1111111rto see if it would be possible to re-orientllillrfavorably toward us. This operation which will necessarily involve the use of dru s is being considered by with a possibility that will carry out the operation presumably at th Also in- volved in this would be a a consultant to this Agency since neither 411111111111111pointed out to "that this type of operation ick could only be carried oul'with the authorization of Security and that, under no circumstances�whatsoever, could anyone but an authorized M.D. administer drugs to any subject of this Agency of-any type. 111.1111111117 pointed out that there was a strong possibility that the military � .11.1������� puma. I S.� _.� n � � ...���� � L �*7.7:= �� "� � � � ". � �� � ..11�Arc � I � 6 ' ,/ this authorities would/not permit their hospital to be used for/type of work and also that ;a/re-conditioning operation of this type might take as long as 30-60: 111111111111aurther pointed' aLq that kkkk if such an operation were carried on, Security woulA have to be cognizant of it, would have to be co-ordinated into the (oTganiz'ation and would possibly take over and run the operation themselves since this:tye of work is one ti which Security It was agreed between111111111111111111111 and the writer that a conference would be laid on Sonday afternoon whengirrepresentatives and thd interpreter return from 'and their talk with At which time, the angles would be explored and a dis- patch xicxxgx. would be forwarded to our people indIIIIIIrdirecting them to find out whether the would permit such an operation and whether th011111nould allow the Agency to have the use of the necessary rooms, medical facilities, etc. as would be required for this type of operation. At this time, it was also to be determined whether the disposal oillir--73 11111111111Vcculd in fact be laid on. J.(1������� Comment: This particular o eration was mentioned in generalAerms to the writer by approximately thirty days ago on an in- formal basis but no significant details were given at this time. While the technique that ar considering for use in this case is not known to the writer, the writer believes the approacbC -e: will. be made through the standard narco-hypnosis technique. Re-conditioning and're-orienting an individual in such a matter, in the opinion of the writer, cannot be accomplished easily and will require a great deal of time and the t fact that an interpreter is necessary in the case com- plicates it considerably more. It is also believed that with our present k knowledge, we would have no absolute guarantee that the subject in this case would maintain a positive friendly attitude toward us ev.en though the is apparently a successful response to the treitment.: :Me writer did not suggest toMilarhat perhaps a total amnesia cOuld be created by a series of electro shoCks, but merely indicated that amnesiii, under drugx treatments were not certain. � A L�;p:- L_ T � 1 .4. - � . � � 0/1 POO . ceMemoranaum � UNITED ESTATES GOVERNMENT TO FR.OM SUBJECT: File DATE: 7 February 1952 eVe / 1. On Wednesday, 30 January 1952. at 9:10 AN, the writer called relative th case. Itated that the official and interpreter had made a trip to and had seeri, ellillir 1111111111kstated thatfilliErand the interpreter had reached, complete ' accord on the handling of thallirtituation. AIIIIIIII[then stated that he was trying to arrange that thIllillircase could be lined up completely before he set up conferences with I & SO relative the trip romised to call the writer at the end of the week. 2 2. On/February 1952 t 12:15 AM, relative the,11111117aii7 stated that some opposition had AKisen to the handliu of the 141 .called the writer 4et the top level, ;case in the manner that had been proposed. AIIIIIIIIIStated that since this opposition of the higher-ups had arisen, nothing would be done relative the case.AIIIIIIIIIstated that he would developments along these lines. The & SO 4ould be glad to consider the was brrlught up again and would await velopments. 460' call immediately upon any new writer informed illiMarthat matter and would wait until it his call relative any new dc,- _ � _ 1000000me. PN14.#. L. t.st�=` pmm -
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