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S/NF/WN INTEL -135/GC
MEMORANDUM FOR THE
DEPUTY SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE
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SUBJECT:
DIA Psychoenergetics Activity
- ACTION MEMORANDUM
(S/NF/WNINTEL)
(S/NF/WNINTEL)
Under
a Memorandum of Agreement dated
February 1985
(enclosure
1)
between
the
U.S.
Army Intelligence
and Security Command
(USAINSCOM)
and the Defense
Intelligence Agency
(DIA),
we
have taken over
operational
control
of the USAINSCOM CENTER LANE
Unit.
This
Unit was
established
in 1978 to use
an
aspect
of psychoenergetics known
as remote
viewing for collecting
information
of
intelligence
interest.
We
intend to
continue pursuit
of remote viewing applications
as
a service
to the
Intelligence Community.
(S/NF/WNINTEL)
In February 1979,
the Army General
Counsel
determined that
this psychoenergetics
activity employed by the Army could
be classified
as
a
program involving testing
on human subjects
(enclosure
2).
In December
1980,
the Army General
Counsel
determined that the USAINSCOM program did constitute
experimentation on human
subjects
and therefore was subject
to the
requirements
of Procedure
(now Procedure
13),
DoD Directive
5240. 1-R,
which stipulates
that
the Secretary or Under Secretary of
the Army must
approve involvement
in
such activity.
The Army accordingly reviewed
its
involvement
in psychoenergetics
and obtained the necessary approval
in
January 1981,
February
1982,
and September 1983
(enclosures
3,
4,
and
5).
(S/NF/WNINTEL)
Concurrent with
INSCOM's psychoenergetic program,
DIA
established
a joint Service psychoenergetic evaluation effort
(1981-1983)
known
as GRILL FLAME.
Under GRILL FLAME,
DIA and USAINSCOM sponsored
a
contractual
effort with
SRI -International
f or investigating
the remote
viewing phenomenon.
Cognizant of the Army's position
that
involvement
in
psychoenergetics
should
be construed
as experimentation
on human subjects,
DIA General
Counsel
evaluated the GRILL FLAME program and concurred with the
Army General
Counsel's position.
In November 1981,
the Department
of Defense
General
Counsel
arrived
at the
same conclusion and directed submission of
the
necessary documentation to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for
approval
for
DIA to proceed with the GRILL
FLAME Program
(enclosure
6).
The Deputy
Secretary of Defense granted approval
for DIA involvement
in
GRILL
FLAME on
14 December
1981,
provided that
the contractor executed Procedure
responsibilities
(enclosure
7).
ARMY review(s) completed.
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In an abundance
of caution,
the Under Secretary of the Armv
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in view of
the
fact
that
it
is
a somewhat
different type of program than Mr.
Carlucci
approved
in
1981
(DIA wi 1
use
DoD personnel
in
an operational mode
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requested
to approve coXtlnJJtta^of
the program.
It will
be conducted
in accordance
Procedure
13.
with DoD Directive 5240.1-R,
Enclosures
7:
MOA Between USA I NSCOM and
DIA
(S/NF/WN INTEL)
1 cy
Army General
Counsel
memo,
15 Feb
79,
(C)
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ACS! memo,
Dec
80,
(S/NF)
1 cy
Army General
Counsel
memo,
27 Jan
82,
{ S)
1 cy
ACS I
memo,
12 Aug
83,
(S/NF)
cy
DoD General
Counsel
memo,
17 Nov
81,
(S)
1 cy
DIA memo,
Dec
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JAMES A, WILLIAMS
Lieutenant General, U.S. Armf
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