representations provide: ,¢ he Army's F¥ 198] taskings inyo] Secretary or Under secretary of the Army on an annual basis . ernnre Approved For Release 2008/06/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R002000260016-6 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SAPP SCE so THE GENERAL COUNSEL WATLING TOUN, EC. 20410 ATTENTION OF ? MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTELLIGENCE SUBJECT: Grill Flame (S) The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you as to both the present status of the joint Army/DIA Gril! Flame program and to provide guidance for future Army Grill Flame activities. Earlier this week I met with BG Rapmund, 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 conmitted 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 taskings 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 money committed for FY 198) may be released te SRI, From both a legal af@ policy perspective, wot feel much more comfortable calling all Grill Flame activity human experimentation,  llowever, based upon BG dpmund™s representations I believe that the Army may participate in the FY 1981 portion of the joint program without insisting on DOD Secretariat review and approval of DIA's involvement. The substance of the Rapmund iy ih Cal petinenment of remote vi ‘ing techniques; and (2) Army pérsoa- not be involved for the remainder of the fiscal yar. (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 approyed by the bar ting with EY. 198¢, all Army Grill.£lane nger your supervision and coordinated with BG . Bos re ga. Our legal obligations in this area coupled with of the science lead me to believe that the operational é kisi the a 17 July 1981 | L- KS flaw. aspects of parapsychology, by Eheir very nature cannot be divorced from Medical and scientific research. In my opinion this is exactly what has happened both in our in-house program and the SRI contract... This must be corrected. Therefore,’ atthe begimin each year I recommend that you submit. for Secretariat level review. and: GRILL FLAME Approved For Release » 2008/06/16 6  CIA-RDP96-00788R002000260016-6 approval, an inventory of all Le Mu
we Approved For Release 2008/06/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R002000260016-6 Aa (7 a ° oy 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 ali Army elements to support knowledgeably the effort. (S) IL 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. | anticipate, however, that the Army's likely continued interests in using military personne! and in understanding more about the physiological aspects of parapsychology, any future Joint programs, such ay the present Army/DIA program, WITT be viewed ag including both research and human experimentation. Aecordingly, such brograms “23 _a_general rule should be designed to recuire that att. participants comply with all aspect sof Procedura 18 betore the Anuj: enters Meicany Contrece!~ T recommend that the easiest way to avatd potential problems in this area would be to contract independently rather than as a participant in a joint program. (U) TI would be pleased to discuss this watter with you if you se desire. ‘ / . \ / i _ Delbert ‘L. Spurlock, fdr. General Counsel: | : t CF: Secretary of the Army I Mr. Taft, OSD/GC | BG Rapmund To., ,, Approved For Release 2008/06/16 : CIA-RDP96-00788R002000260016-6