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MEMORANDUM
FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF
OF
STAFF FOR
INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT:
Grill
F 1 ame
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Ov/yc
(S)
The purpose of
this memorandum
is
to
inform you
as
to both the
present
status
of
the
joint
Army/DIA
Grill
Flame
program
and
to
provide
S u^
ar,ce
f° r future Army Grill
Flame activities.
Earlier this week
I met
with BG Raprnund, Chairperson of
the Human Use Review Committee,
to resolve
whether or not the joint program
is within Procedure
18,
"Experimentation
on Human Subjects" of DOD 5240.1-R.
Our discussions were most
informative
and
I
learned
a
great
deal
about
the program beyond
the human
use
issue.
(S)
To resolve
the most
time
sensitive
issue
- what
to
do with
the
Army money already committed
to the FY
1981 portion of the joint program
-
I have decided that
„ since
it
is
at;
least arguable that none of the FY 1981
task mgs targeted by either the Army or DIA involve human experimentation,
and
in light of Secretary Marsh's approval of the Army's involvement in the
program^ the JBQney committed for FY ITQlrnay be released to SET
From both
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a1
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P
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ive ’ CMpirpti #fe#crt ahi P cal lino
Human ix^fmentation,
liow^rTTasecTSBofT' BG
Rapmun^s representations
1 believe~tFiat the'Army may participate in the FY
1J81
portion
of
the
joint
program
without
insisting
on
DOD
Secretariat
review
and
approval
of
DIA's
involvement.
The
substance
of
the Raomund
provide :
F¥.
. Qf,JC8$o te
v iewing- techniques*. and
net will not
be
involved
for
the remainder of
the
fiscal yfir.
(S)
The second purpose of this memorandum
is
to provide advice on how
In the future, the Army can participate
in
Grill
Flame
activities without
becoming
entangled
in
similar
problems.
Since
any Army
involvement
in
Grill
Flame
activities
will
have
to
be
reviewed
and
approved
by
the
Secretary or
Under
Secretary of
the Army on
an
annual
basis IfcllMW flv
EX
i$S£*
all
- Army Gr i 1
,,under
your
supervision
and
coordinated
with
rrm*
rurt^hf
'?rgt2***r
+,
0ur
iGga1
gat ions
in
this
area '‘coupled
with
the
cunefit
state
of
the
science
lead
me
to
believe
that
the
operational
aspects
of
parapsychology,
by
their
very
nature
cannot
be
divorced from
medical
and
scientific
resecirch.
In my opinion
this
is exactly what
has
™rrprt
d
i
b0ti
T l
in
*
ur
11""
SRI contr^t,
JbisjBUSt. be
submit
for
1 recommend
w
jTevie»;:,|hd;;
i
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an
inventory ofatf
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:
planned Army Grill
Flame
involvement for
the coming year
(i.e.,
in-house
operational,
in-house
research,
outside
contracting,
etc.).
Such
an
approach
will
not
only
be
of
great
assistance
to
the
Secretary
and
the
Under Secretary but
I believe
it
will
also
improve
the overall
effective-
ness
of
the
Army's
Grill
Flame
efforts
by enabling
all
Army elements
to
support knowledgeably
the effort.
(S)
I
recognize
that
an
integral
aspect
of
a
consolidated
Army
program will
continue
to
be contracting with outside organizations,
such
as SRI
.
I do not discourage such contracting.
I anticipate, however, that
the Army's
likely continued
interests
in
using military personnel
and
in
understanding more about the physiological
aspects of parapsychology, any
future joint programs, such
the present Army/DIA program, will he
v iewed
as
including both research and "human experimentation.
. Accord! no vT such
,'jL.flgnc.ta'l
rule
should
be
designed
to
recu! re
that
"aTt".
|jf|t@sn^xgniply w U h jill
a spec££o ffioc <?d urel§ be?ore the
"
contract,
f recommend
that
the
easiest way'te
avottf fotlhtial
problems
in this area would be to contract independently rather than as
a
*
fc**Mc1pant
in
a joint program.
(U)
I
would
be
pleased
to
discuss
this matter
with
you
if
you
so
desire.
\
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CF:
Secretary of
the Army
Mr.
Taft,
OSD/GC
BG
Raprriund
Delbert
L
.
Spurlock, /Jr.
General
Counsel
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