FROM: [name deleted]

SUBJECT: "Artichoke-Bluebird" Conference

On 21 December 1951, 10:30 AM, a conference relative Bluebird was held in the office of [name deleted]. Those present were [many lines deleted]....

[name deleted] stated that a very serious crisis had developed in the experimental work and that the experimental projects were running out of volunteers for drug and chemical experimentation... he complained that they could no longer continue to to use their own people as guinea pigs since the work was hazardous and ill effects had been felt by many of the subjects. [name deleted] indicated that all agencies were looking toward the CIA to produce volunteer personnel for this type of experimentation...

The conference again discussed the use of alien subjects and all hands agreed that this presented the best possible means for human experimentation work. [name deleted] stated that one of the most acute and perplexing problems in this matter was the disposal of individuals after they had been treated by "Artichoke"....