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Operation ARTICHOKE













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CIA ARTICHOKE FILES
"Manchurian Candidate" ARTICHOKE CIA Files - ARTICHOKE was the CIA'S cryptonym for the
study and/or use of special interrogation methods that have been known to included hypnosis, drugs
and total isolation. It grew out of the Agency's Operation BLACKBIRD and was a forerunner to the
Agency's MKULTRA.



Pr oj ect ARTI CHOKE al so known as Oper at i on ARTI CHOKE was r un by t he CI A' s
Of f i ce of Sci ent i f i c I nt el l i gence. The pr oj ect went deeper i nt o
i nt er r ogat i on met hods st udi ed i n t he CI A' s Pr oj ect BLUEBI RD. ARTI CHOKE
of f ensi ve mi nd cont r ol t echni ques exper i ment s at t empt ed t o i nduce amnesi a
and hi ghl y suggest i ve st at es i n i t s subj ect s. ARTI CHOKE f ocused on t he
use of hypnosi s, f or ced mor phi ne addi ct i on, f or ced mor phi ne addi ct i on
wi t hdr awal , al ong wi t h ot her dr ugs, chemi cal s, and t echni ques.

The mai n f ocus of t he pr ogr amwas summar i zed i n a J anuar y 1952 CI A memo,
" Can we get cont r ol of an i ndi vi dual t o t he poi nt wher e he wi l l do our
bi ddi ng agai nst hi s wi l l and even agai nst f undament al l aws of nat ur e,
such as sel f - pr eser vat i on?"

One pr ogr amexper i ment at t empt ed t o see i f i t was possi bl e t o pr oduce a
" Manchur i an Candi dat e. " I n Ri char d Condon s 1959 novel " The Manchur i an
Candi dat e" an Amer i can sol di er , who has been pl aced i nt o a hypnot i c st at e
by Communi st f or ces, r et ur ns home t o assassi nat e on command. Fi ve year s
ear l i er t he CI A consi der ed t he possi bi l i t y. A J anuar y 1954 CI A r epor t
asks t he quest i on, Can an i ndi vi dual of [ r edact ed] descent be made t o
per f or man act of at t empt ed assassi nat i on i nvol unt ar i l y under t he
i nf l uence of ARTI CHOKE?

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