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8 October
1980
MEMORANDUM FOR:
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE
ATTENTION:
MAJOR JOHN
F.
HAY
SUBJECT:
INSCOM Input to GRILL FLAME Briefing
for Under Secretary of the Army
1.
(U)
Reference:
BG Wilmot/DAMI-IS message, DTG 201^207. Aug 00,
oUbject.
Grill Flame
(U).
(S/NOFORN)
Following information
is forwarded as requested by reference
message.
Data
is keyed to format contained m reference:
a
SHORT BACKGROUND:
In September
1978,
INSCOM was tasked by
to
-tablGh a training
.
systenTfor responding to intelligence
Jrospectivo
P
INSroM RU
data is quickly
and efficiently used.
Screening/ se xectiun
w
p
personnel was accomplished during the period December
!978
tc
Fab
-
Y
1979
employing
a general sketch
of personality traits which had
n
CQJidJedt
by
SRI.
251 INSCOM personnel
in
^prospective candidates,
12 were
117 of these were interviewed.
Of
30-4U highly prospective,
,
,
hi
, itv .
finally selected based solely on their respective future ^nment ava
b 1 ty
In February,
SRI researchers
in conjunction with
IGFP.^^ews conducted at
the final
12 candidates for training base
on Persona
fessionals fr0m the three
Ft Meade,
MD.
Of those selected,
a cross
PHnTTNT
and SIGINT)
was
genera! inteiligence collection disciplines ^H0MINT^PHOTINT,^and^SIGIN^) ^ ^
achieved.
In-house
^ IN^
0M)
familiarization/
^
in February
1979.
RU protocol
to prepare for their 5RI
•
in
seSsi ons were conducted.
During the period April-October
»
personne i were progressively cycled to SRI
During the period April-June
1979,
P^^Lh they received training in RV
for
5 consecutive
RU training days ea -h,
,
mber
197g
five
of
the original
"beacon" technology.
During the per
y
ach for further "honing"
Six
RV'personnel were
earlier
training sessions.
During
?h-i
n
?iainina cy^e
emphSs was placed variously
on "beacon",
geographic
September
1979,
IGhf
/
, pnnrurren t to onqoing training activities,
intelligence gaps
at
a low
level,
and
c
'
1979 ^
onget
0 f the US hostage
This posture «ss abruptly modified in Nove^er^
since
then ,
situation m
Iran and a JCj leques
t
„ reai world"
US intelligence
iprp kqq been fully operational in ito re^pono
..
xns RU
IUtr has Dcen
i uj.xy
i
„noraH nnql
sessions toward that end.
Of these
nv
needs,
and has conducted
385
P
_
t aUppor t
0f JCS requirements
stemming
sessions,
171 have been performed in direct support
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US hostage situation.
Tho remaining 214 RV sessions have been
in supper
of NSC,
CIA,
ACS I
,
DA,
AF,
and INSC0M analysts.
(See Inclosure
1 and
f
overview of program development and summary
of sessions.)
b.
DATE OF YOUR EFFORTS:
We have been operating
in
a training mode since
late February
1979 and responding to operational
tasks since September
-
.
(See Incl
4)
c.
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL
INV0L\ED:
8-13
d.
FUNDS EXPENDED:
See Inclosure
3.
e.
NUMBER OF TESTS ATTEMPTED!
Seo Inclosuro
2.
As far
as
coordinates
have used the following for "targeting"
the Ro”°te Viewer:
geographic eoordina
UTM,
pictures
(of individual or place),
geo coord/time/event,
sealed envelope
containing target data,
unit
ID codes, pictures of objects,
time,
and street
address/name.
f.
TEST
RESULTS:
See Inclosure
2.
g.
OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM:
As stated
in para
2a.
h.
CONCLUSIQN(S)
:
RV
as an intelligence gathering tool,
has provided
useful and timely
information involving numerous operational situations.
We still cannot explain the how’s and why's
of
RV
,
but
. believe v/ehav
.
data base
to demonstrate that
RV produced information
is useful
to decision makers.
Therefore,
work
in this
very sensitive and unique area must continue.
i.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1)
Continue working
in conjunction with DIA,
to establish
a system
to
respond
to intelligence collection requirements.
(2)
Continue work designed
to identify and define and exchange,
if
possible,
individual RV capabilities.
(3)
Continue work
to define parameters
of operations,
to include
accuracy,
reliability,
and repeatability.
4Incl
as
CHAD
B.
WRITE
/
Colonel,
GS
ADCSOPS-HUMINT
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PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
TIME
EVENT
OCT
- DEC 78:
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEC 78
- FEB
79:
SCREENING & SELECTION OF PERSONNEL
APR
- OCT
79:
IN-HOUSE TRAINING
MAY 79
- DEC 79:
SRI ORIENTATION
NOV 79
- PRESENT:
OPERATIONAL TASKING
*
JAN 80
- PRESENT:
TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED
*
HAD RESPONDED
TO EARLIER TASKING,
BUT NOW COMPLETE EFFORT DEVOTED
TO OPERATIONAL
MATTERS,
NOT
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AS OF 26 September i960
SUMMARY OF SESSIONS
TRAINING:
176
OPERATIONAL:
385
PROJECTS
-
A.
COMPLETED:
3.
WORKING:
C.
INACTIVE:
INTELLIGENCE PROVIDED:
A.
USEFUL DATA PROVIDED 17 PROJECTS
B.
FAILED
TO HELP
16 PROJECTS
C.
DATA STILL BEING STUDIED CONCERNING
7 PROJECTS
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