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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20310
2 January 1980
SUBJECT:
Minutes of Meeting of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of Tha Surgeon
General’s Human Subjects Research Review Board - 20 November 1979
The Surgeon General
Headquarters,
Department
of
the Army
Washington,
DC
20310
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1.
Under provisions
of AR 70-25 and OTSG Reg
15-2,
a
special meeting
of an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of
the Human Subjects Research Review Board
(HSRRB) was convened at 0900 hours
in Room 3S368
in
the Pentagon on
20 November
1979
to consider human use
issues represented
in protocols
presented by SRI International .[Proposed Grill Flame Protocol: - Task II
(U)
PD '$ I Il/PLFRRHONREPNTS
(U)
-
15 November
1979] and
the US
Array Missile
Comma::.
(MIC0M)
[RPT
(U)
-
7 November
1979].
a.
Members present were:
’
C0L Edward
L.
Buescher,
MC,
Chairman,. HSRRB.
COL Harry Holloway,
MC, Professor and Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry,
USUHS ,
*3 Hoc Member,
HSRRB
Dr.
K.
C.
T.
-.-son,
Ph.D.
,
Consultant Ad Hoc Member,
HSRRB
Dr.
Herbert :!.
I,ey, M.D.,
Cc.- ;ultant Ad Hoc Member,
HSRRB
Dr.
Chris
J.
D.
Aarafonetis,
M.D.,
Consultant Ad Hoc Member,
HSRRB
Ms. Annie
L. Young,
Systems Analyst, AMSAA,
Ad Hoc Member,
HSRRB
LTC Richard W.
Severson,
MSC,
C,
Human Use Review 0? Tee,
USAMRDC,
Recorder
CPT
(P)
Steven M.
Porter,
JAGC, Judge Advocate,
USAMRDC,
and Member, HSRRB
b.
Obgervers/Irivesttigators
resent were:
Dr. Billy
Z.
Jenkins,
Ph.D.,
Grill
Flame Principal Investigator,
USAMIC0M
Dr. Edward May,
Ph.D.,
Grill Flame
Project Leader,
SSI International,
Menlo Park,
CA (contractor)
Dr.
Hal Puthoff,
Ph.D.,
SRI International,
Menlo Park,
CA
Dr.
Russell Targ,
Ph.D.,
SRI International, Menlo Park,
CA
Mr.
John Kramar,
Assistant Director,
•
my Materiel Systems Analysis
Activity, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
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SUBJECT:
Minutes
of Meeting' of
the Ad Hoc Subcommittee
of The Surgeon
General's Human Subjects Research Review Board - 20 November
1979
2.
Mr.
Kramar presented
a resume
of
the progress
to date on
the AMSAA
Grill Flame Protocol [PBAAADREVGPL]
(U)
-
23 March
1979]
dealing with
phenomenological validation of technology
to be transferred by SRI.
The
AMSAA effort began
in March
1979.
The following summarized committee
views of
the review and discussions:
a.
The study has accomplished
the
initial objective outlined
in
Protocol PBAAADREVGPL
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—
23 March
1979 and
is now exploring new issues.
It
is clearly exceeding
the validation
of
technology,
and appears
to be
beyond the work scope originally examined -by HSRRB and approved by TSG.
•
The basis
for
this expanded scope
is
unclear and the current effort appears
to
involve human experimentation.
The concerns
of the ad hoc subcommittee
as detailed
in
the previous minutes are now more relevant:
"Army sponsors
and action agencies are presently unprepared
to address
all anticipated,
problems.
Specifically,
the concerns
include? (1) provision
for
a 1 cuate ^
scientific review of research protocols,
(2) provision for collaborating
behavioral
scientists
in execution
of protocols,
and
(3)
provision
fo-
credible Human Use Review processes
or committees
in action agencies
id
review of protocols."
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b.
There clearly
is no
ixed and
formally appointed professional
oversight for work being done under "Grill Flame";
rather,
oversight
appears
to be ad hoc,
incomplete and by multiple groups,
resulting
in
inadequate continuing assessment.
Conclusions and decisions based
on
data generated from the research will be divergent,
depending on which
ad hoc group
is
evaluating
the data;
evaluating emerging evidence and
deciding which evidence
is worth pursuing will be
an uncoordinated
effort.
c.
The subcommittee recommends
the ad hoc supervision of
the
Grill Flame program be discontinued and
vi a command responsibility
for
the
program;.*?'
identified.
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3.
Dr. May presented the SRI International protocol
to
the Ad Hoc
Subcommittee.
Dr. Jenkins presented
the JIC0M variations
of the
same
protocol.
Subsequent
to discussions,
the following
is
the unanimous
consensus
of
the
subconanittee members:
a.
The SRI International and MICOM protocols do indeed constitute
research
it waiving human subjects.
The immediate risks
to
the subjects
appear
to
minimal;
however,
there are potential
latent related effects
which deserve explanation in
the subject
cqp.--.--nt
form.
Recommend
the
consent form be amended
to
include:
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Minutes
of Meeting
of
the Ad Hoc Subcommittee
of The Surgeon.
General's Human Subjects Research Review Board -
20 November
1979
(1)
^You may
lose
the esteem or respect
from certain colleagues
because
of
the nature
of Grill Flame activities
since some may consider
participation in^such activities
as
indicating
a belief
in
the ''occult
or magical.
To -slw knowledge of—tfee—iiwe3-t#g-3=fei»s no-one has
suffered
such career damage from
a Grill Flame-related activity,
but
the potential
for such
is brought
to your attention.
(2)
Some participating subjects may come
to believe
that they
can possess the capacity
to use
and/or
powers
for
personal profit
in risk-taking situations
(Example:
participating
in
games of chance or speculative investment)
Some
individuals who have
served
as
subjects
in
this kind of experiment have acted on such as-
sumptions
to their apparent disadvantage.
Thus,
the risk exists
that
you may come
to believe
that you have
a power
that you do not possess.
You are advised of
this risk and warned
that you assume responsibility
for any assumptions which you make about your personal powers
or capa-
cities. ”
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b.
The concerns expressed
in the minutes
of 29 March
1979
(ref.
paragraph
2a above)
concerning, the Grill Flame program are also appro-
priate
for these protocols and should be addressed.
Responsibility
seems
to be divided between multiple principal
investigators and
direction
of. J;he . program
is vague and needs definition.
The reviewing
subcommittee felt
the Army sponsors and action agencies
should-address
the
following concerning
the Grill Flame program because of
the pu -Lie
and political
sensitivity of human subjects participating
in
such
a
classified project:
(1)
Scientific
review.
(2)
Command and control
of
the Grill Flame program needs
to be
delineated and liability concerns properly addressed.
•
(3)
Public Information Offices
for DA and DoD need
to be
knowledgeable of
the ongoing and proposed work.
(4)
The Chain of Command
(and responsibility)
for
the Grill
Flame program (this protocol)
from DA
to DoD needs
to be identified.
(5)
. Security classification of the studies under
the Grill Flame
program
is
perceived
to be
a major impediment
to continued credible
scientific pursuit.
If
the actual R&D effort
is biomedical/behavioral
science,
as
it has been published
in the open
literature,
the need
for
classification
is
in question.
Classification of .the military appli-
cation
of
the
specific
science would seem appropriate.
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