•1 ' C licJ' JJ ' 1 ' J f'1 t JV - 4 • mc J -J ti it r n icl to fi tl - - r 2 l - l c 1- 2 c 1 0 t -c 1 i - --• 'it i ' ·--r-- O - - -ch - 1·' C r - -• C ' C - - L - '-c _ '-o· ·L - ' ·- -s -- --- -· r • 41 i _ · v-v-- -1 1_ _v_ v J- -• ' - - ••- - iuitc cc t L--i 1 -2 - - - c · rc t --i t J l o· - J ' l - t l - crJ l l c 1 llL - t1J -t t -1 - 1 f ' · 3 C Dt ci il · c 1J t t o · o ' ' - e rl •····c- ' ' - 0·1 • - ' ' - - - 1 u '-' - ' _ _ a - O '' - - • ·1 • '•-wW• · v •• _-_ u v - - -v 4 -•• v _ _ - n L - 'l -J or _tc -lc 1 tr- t t _ ld tc t· i c Z J '·ll j L- _ 3d L ' tiic i6 1· i 21 tc t t 1 i ·ctt r t o c - - J o- ccc i3 •J - · 1 - • v-o - • -' t t i 1• o cd on 13 t ti·i to M d ft - tl tl1c Oht -- of r --J - cf ·- c J 'u fo i rc eiS C l rA r Olr Cl t 1 t 1 2 t _r· G tt· if-1 t I ·• ·- t· SJ 10 I I 5 FoJlowinr t' -G -t reported on the rJ -61 ·ncnt o the f cililics i nd L1Lor'1 tori1 s of the U S Dcp -trne f i -icultt c both t Dcltsvillc ncl ' ashinr ton for future use in conncctie -1 with ARTICI10KE wor1 T aJ o pointed o 1t th - t the V S Dcp rt cnt o Agriculture had been cnli tcd to speed up _the brinr in in o the · United States various bot 1 nicals for the ARTICHOKE prc n -n and he Department of Ac riculturc had given fine co-operation in tr S conr ection 6 then spoke of the conference with y$ £ r-- t fZ and certain specialists in the Food and how foll co-operation had been promised and Drug Adrr nistrn ic - by these indiv duaJs --V Wllclescribed the various laboratories and testing facilities o the Food and Drug Administration that would be made available to the ARTICHOKE work when and if necessary 7 At this point there was a general discussion cor erning the problem of the ret rning POW s from K o r e a - gave a detailed description 0£ the problem to that point a d told of t - e ARTICHOKE efforts to assist in the interrogation o the re urneeE · All ha nds agreed that the hard cor · 11 group and those vho had bee successfully indoctrinated were excellent subjects for AR' ' ICHO · - ork · but it was the general opinion of those presant tha' owir g publicity and poor handling the ARTICHOKE tech dqu es c- uJd nc p -o _bably_ be brought to bear tli'1 'f stated tha he was making every effort in this connection and pointe·d out that he kne - all tr e Surgeon Generals personally and was endeavorbg to fully a cqua 1t them Vith the p ssibility of ARTIC 101 use in connectior vith t e returnees ·s • A t t h 1s point t' i' • - ' s _- presented the paper S t ' of the Medical Sta££ on his research • v •ntten iy c the h -·pc--· spray and related bstruments This paper which cove -s in de a and various devices and problems in _connection with the se of e hypospray reflects as a conclusion th2t at the present ti -1e the hypospray does not appear to be useful for the A TICHO E wo - stated however that the Medical Sta ££ inter ds Jo 1 ee in touch with the entire field and any new developments c-'2ol1g tr ese lines_ will be studied to see if they have an ARTICHOKE teres · ·· · 9 F S5t% ' P - then cHscussed •the Explosive c se 'f p · pointed out that the individual known as Explosive had een dropped from any possible operational use and that t e civision that controlled his future activities were preparing to b rn him · - - ____ _ _ Copy · loose 1 · sJ 4 -- is _ ± r _f_ itz f i - '•·• ' -- o • _ _ _ • 3- r- t - - i t - Oin te d ou 1 t SO l 1 id 0 · t ci U ··_d ' - 1 r it y point of v - w be c rn i c of t g0 meclical report on E - plosi 'c 11 d a cardcl ar ly is of the facts in the case by '2 and ' t j fro - 1 a security basis · 't t' · 10 then stated that he had recently been ir tou·ch • with Senator Lodge U S Representative a the Unite ation and Senator Lodge had sho vn a great interest i 1 the potcr t ality of the Chinese and Soviet use of ''brain wa_shing as a prop2 ga da weapon fr · ·use by the United States at the United Natior s 1 sessior s Senator ·Lodge stated he was seeking a very dramatic word whic i wou - indi te horror and would condemn by its sound So - et prc ctices of at ackir people's minds ' » stated that he had mentioned use of the word impermissible means as a combination of wore s t o be used b · Senator Lodge since the Soviets themselves ' ad widely u ecl these words in connection with the recent rel ase of the doctors who had been charged with p isoning Soviet ofiicials il fu gave a brief report on spire-oxy-ba bit- irate which he was having tested He stated that to date results ave • b een disappointing but work in this connection will continue lZ f- then sugg·ested in view of t 1e widesprez interest of the AR TIC HOKE group a- d the fact that the R TIC OKE 'Cgram of necessity continually moves in ope -ationa 1 cha r els that a 1 OPS man of senior rank possibly attached to the office of DD • should be invited to attend these meetings egularly stated this ma -i should have suificie - t al lthority to discuss the ARTICHOKE work with high level OPS peo ile and srated he shou also have suf£icient knowl clge of operations to underst d the AR TICHOI E problems i -_ 'eiati_on to o erat ons · stated he would talk to t ' · Z All 4-- ri in this conr ection agreed this was a very sound idea - z r' ' ' - ' 13 The meeting adjou -ned at pproxi iately 4 00 a ter Thursday 21 May 1953 had been agreed upo - as tl1e tir e of the next meeting This meeting to start as usual at 2 00 P •f ar c to be held in the SO Conference Room 'i