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ARMY GENERAL COUNSEL
FOR SECRETARY
OF THE
ARMY
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME (U)—DECISION MEMORANDUM
1.
(S/N0F0RN)
The
US
Army
intelligence
and Security
Command's
(INSCOM)
Project GRILL FLAME investigates
and applies
remote
viewing phenomena in support
of
important
foreign intelligence
and US counterintelligence
requirements.
INSCOM employs
active
duty military and Department
of the
Army
civilians
in the execu-
tion
of the project.
Both the
Defense
Intelligence
Agency
(DIA)
and
INSCOM purchase
the
services
of private
contract personnel
in support
of GRILL FLAME.
During FY
82%
INSCOM plans
to train
two newly assigned personnel
in remote
viewing techniques
and
con-
tinue
to conduct operational
sessions against
important
foreign
intelligence
and counterintelligence requirements.
2.
(S/N0F0RN)
The
Army General
Counsel determined
that GRILL
FLAME activities
constitute experimentation on human subjects
under Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation
5240. 1-R.
Section
of
Pro-
cedure
18 requires
approval
of the
Service Secretary
or Under
Secretary
for intelligence
components
to engage
in
or contract
for experimentation Involving human
subjects.
3.
(S/N0F0RN)
The US Army
INSCOM GRILL FLAME activities
satisfy
the human use
standards
of Section
3>
Procedure
18.
All
Army nRIL
FLAME participants
are volunteers who have executed written
state-
ments
of informed
consent.
Representatives
from
the
Army General
Counsel
and the Office
of
the
Army
Surgeon General
provide
legal
and medical oversight.
All
contracts entered into
by
INSCOM con-
tain
the written commitment
that
the provisions
of Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 5240. 1-R will
be
followed.
The
DIA contract
rnonito
ensures
the
contracted party
executes
their Procedure
18 responsi-
bilities.
The
Deputy Secretary
of Defense authorized DIA partici-
pation
in GRILL FLAME on
11 Dec
(Incl
1).
ARMY review(s) completed.
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ACSI,
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12 Jan
2002
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14 JAN
198?.
DAM I-ISM
SUBJECT:
4.
(C)
Congress eliminated Army FY
funding
for GRILL FLAME.
Af
the
same time.
Congress approved the Army request
ior
five
permanent^er sonne 1 positions
for GRILL FLAME
With tho Commander
tjs
Armv Intelligence
and Security
Command,
I am exploring tnc varx
options
for maintaining a GRILL FLAME effort
in K
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keep you
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authority
to
GRILL FLAME FY
funding.
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14 Jan
82 must
be
renewed.
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the Secretary
of
the
Army approve our continuea
participation
in GRILL FLAME activities within INSCOM
and^wlt:hjjhe
DIA. and
its contractor.
Army participation
ReKU iaticn 5240. 1-R.
cordance with
the provisions
of Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 54
Incl
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S-11.141/DT-1
1 1 DEC 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARYV DEFENSE
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME
- ACTION MEMORANDUM
(U)
(enclosure
I)
established
.This effort ha? been
'^eTtig^o?
ability
of
individuals
to
SUCh
as
remote ^ng
(the
potential
military mdIImS
y
c
c? 11 *ct
data
at
a
distance),
that
have
potential
applications
and iVmitaUo^ o^’Lh^h^
1981
was
on
evaluating
States]
03"06 °f f°rei9n W0'-K. Particularly as
it Say^fa thread tHle'Snited
International
inciude^he
training
0^ selected
a*
1982 j0 ’ nt contract *1th
SRI
prior
experience
in
remote
view^nq
^
Personnel
who
have
had
no
l^fiorun^Toredu^e °fs«
participation
in the program. V«W o^^Ms TXreT^ ^
indjnder' the
au^l’ces “f "tte DIVAmy^roiV^F?V"
COntrac
.ts
entered
Into
written requirement that the provisioning n
LL
FLAME
program
will
contain
the
will
be
followed.
The
contract molunr win
adure
18 ’
Do °
Di ^ctive
5240.
1-R
executes
its
Procedure
resDonsihil if
oc
ensure
that
the
contracted
party
will
be obtained
in writinn ?nH
P
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lbl
. llt, es.
Informed
consent
of
all
subiects
the
Department
of
Health
and
Humin
Sa
a<
: cordan^
W1 th the
guidelines
issued
by
safeguarding
the welfare of^ the subjectT
065 ’
Th<3Se
9Uidelines
set
conditions
JrSn^
as
joint
participant
and
con-
those
portions
of
the joint
DIA/Armv FRiu
rTSS?
1*
perrnissi0n
to
Proceed
with
tute
human experimentation
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Human Use Coordination for Project GRILL FLAME
(U)
OFFICE SYMBOL
DAMI-ISH
DATE
12 Jan 82
ACTION REQUIRED
ACSI signature
of memo
at TAB
A.
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD.
(Describe briefly the requirement, background and action taken or recommended. Mutt be tufficiently detailed to identify
the action without recourte to other tourcet .
)
1.
(C/NOFORN)
BACKGROUND :
The Army GRILL FLAME Project requires annual Secretary
or
Under Secretary
of
the Army review and approval.
2.
(U)
DISCUSSION
:
a.
(C/NOFORN)
The Army General Counsel determined that Army participation in Pro-
ject GRILL FLAME constitutes
"human use"
UP Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 5240. 1-R
(TAB
B
b.
(U)
Procedure
(TAB
C)
requires:
(1)
(U)
Certification
that
an important foreign intelligence
or counterintelli
gence purpose
is
served.
(2)
(U)
Subjects execute
(3)
(U)
Experimentation
lines.
c.
(U)
Representatives
from
the Army General Counsel provide medical
and legal oversight
of INSCOM GRILL FLAME acti-
vities
.
d.
(S/NOFORN)
INSCOM contracts with
the Stanford Research Institute
(SRI)
for GRILI
FLAME support.
SRI policy
re human use
is described
in memo
at TAB D
.
e.
(S/NOFORN)
INSCOM
1 s GRILL FLAME activities
in FY
include:
(1)
(S/NOFORN)
Train two newly assigned personnel in remote viewing techniques.
(2)
(S/NOFORN)
Continue performing operational remote viewing
in support
of
valid Army intelligence collection and counterintelligence requirements.
(Continue on plain bond)
(Cont
d)
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