- £ _ ' · #- J T ORAlffiUM ii'OR VIA D puty Dlr ctor Plnn3 1 2 JUL 11 1952 Deputy Director I11tcllic·cnco Dcp y Director A l l1n1strnt1on Project ARTICHOY E SUllJ iCT l In occorclnnco with o DD P 'l'S L1c io1·c ndU JI of 17 J'uno on i ho bo'lc c tl jc ct ucctir t Wtlll held today to rcr ch i'i inl roco mcndaUons for DD ' s dccin1on Pl·cocnt woro CIA l- cdicnl Stn f w s unable to l o prosont d- 2 It vns nerccd by t'hoco prccont that o ·er-all roi c lsibil ity for ProJoct Artichoke hould bo trnnoforrcd fro OSI to y J ' 30 with full l· upont'loHity fCll' roso wch boin nlloc ted to O'i'S I wau nndcrstood c r d nnc ci th t thore should bo the cloaoG - 1 f • t' y -r co r lin '1t1on bot · cn I _ i_01 a i -·S with co plcto intcrch C of infor i itlon conc c rnil t -c cnrch d toct 1r · Ii thin the pu -poses of P1·0Jcct Articho rn t no w d cri tood t lso that 1 50 hns a fund i mental i ccur1 t rosr ousibili t r in relation to· tho nppro riatencco nnd pr pricty of nny resc rch projects -u ndcrtnkcn by the J 50ncy a i nddiLion i lly duo to ttc hiJh ucnn1t1vJty of roaonrch projects in Lhic 1n rLlculnr flul1l i uch J rojocl o should bo cleared thNU h ll S --- -----·--1 3 Undor thin broad alloc tion f l'Mponsibil1tiec it 'ns f r cd thnt dct nilcd rc ipom1ibil1ticn tbould bo nllocntud ao Collo· ·i ' ·T · · • ·• - 1 i I i ' 1 1 i l I • I ' ··' n 'l'ho h- i 1nir stt ffir nnd dircct1 of all field t c mn r hould bo tho rc ponni b Lli ty of I S0 with th i u d or- utnndir th t in tho field nll ncUvitice nro lndor tl e control of ti o CIA r iis 1101 chiof' concerned In the discha ri o of th13 ror n 1cibllil y Ii' SO will coo1•dinoto with OPC ti i d OS · fo1· 01l • u· l lot ll caappurt nud 1·1itb CIA J odicol Stni'f fo1• nc ccci a ·y 1 cdlcnl UUJ O ·t l - r«A ''° '· _ bJ b llc iponi ibilit y for tho foroi n i11toll1c o ico l 6 or to c f t l I II r nh J ' t 11hm 1 t l 1·1•nr1 i 11 1 o 03 I • ·' ™ · • · •t1•---- t • · c•· _ ' • • ••• ' 4 · • · 14' u J - ·•- - y '·· _ 4_ - i -' c 'fho r cr pon I ill t ··· 1 t · nHorh ' tho oh ly by tho Rnoo rch nnd Dcvclop cnt Eo rd DcfBrtncnt of Dcfcn c should bo t rnnr rnrrcd fro 1 1 OSI to O'iS in Hnd with tho l ilt e1• 1 o o -nll rc io rch rc ponci bill ty · d Rccpon ibility for continui11 cont1 ¢t with tho Dopartncnt of Dcfcn o roprc nt tlvcs cstnbliched nt tho re • quest of t ho DCI in tho IAC r ccntlvo Scor fon of 2 pril · 1951 Ghould bo trnnororrcd from OSI to OTS '•• It wa u1dc r tood nd confin1cd by tho so prctiont that n cpitc of variou intcri dcfinltionn tho scope of Pr jcct Artie in rcnc 1rch and toct fr to nr1·lvc n t L1oanB of control rr hor th' l _l 2 _ _ 1 2 1 i - - oncc t c n odicd in hs 2_ocinl foto1·r2 t n btt -·- S It ms rcc or 11 icndcd thnt DD P confh· n and orclol tho abo-- -e allocntionc of rcsponoibilitics -•II _ ·r •· ·• ' ' l - · Actine IC f - • x · 1i t 'D rcctor Scientific lntolliGCUCO Date Dnto Chi cf - cdi cnl Slnif t • - ·- 't -'i _ _ · • • • I ' • I - ' • • ti ·· • ••• h•• '• • # - · • •l t ' ' ·' i 11 · ' J _ • • h l ht 1 1