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the STARGATE program can be declassified,
we will convene
a
DC I classification review committee.
This committee will
conduct
a detailed review of all CIA and DIA program
documents and other information--including actual targets
against which operations were conducted and their nature,
the customers
for these operations,
and resources allocated
to this effort— to declassify further where appropriate.
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To
facilitate
the declassification effort and the Blue
Ribbon Panel
review,
we will
reguest DIA
to.*
•
Declassify its sponsorship
of STARGATE and to
continue downgrading and declassifying the
technical reports associated with the program.
•
Eliminate the program's compartmentation,
and
remove
from a limited distribution status
all
other classified documentation related to
STARGATE and consider declassifying these
documents
further.
•
Transfer to CIA all DIA documents associated
with STARGATE following declassif ication
consideration
for archival purposes and further
review by the DCI declassification committee.
•
Assist the Agency in executing the Blue Ribbon
Panel review by providing unclassified
information relating to the program when
requested by the
Panel-.
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Retrospective Review
To perform the retrospective review of STARGATE
1 s
20-
year history and a technical
analysis
of
the program’s
results,
we will work closely with the NRC,
which has ready
access
to
a variety of
experts
in. the scientific
fields
related to
the program,
in addition
to establishing the
Blue Ribbon Panel
of parapsychological phenomena,
CIA will
request
the NRC
to:
Review research and development studies related
to this program--less
than
50 studies— for which
unclassified reports are available.
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Meet with-fa®^? program officials
to develop
a
comprehensive understanding of STARGATE'
s
current direction.
•
Perform technical evaluation of all
the data
related to
the program,
including experimental
designs
and their results,
and proposed future
research.
This evaluation will contain
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recommendations on which technical areas have
the potential
for fruitful research and will
identify areas
that
should not be pursued
further.
•
Draft
the final
report,
which will
incorporate
the findings
of
the Blue Ribbon Panel;
the NRC
also will participate,
as appropriate,
in
briefing these findings
to the Congress.
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The review and analysis
of
the Blue Ribbon Panel will
be unclassified,
but we will not release its
findings until
the Congress and the involved agencies have been briefed.
We are working with the NRC to determine the appropriate
amount of
time
for
the
study,
which could require up to six
months.
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Attachment
March 1995
Schedule of Events
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Status
of transfer of program activities
to CIA.
•
Preliminary declassification actions by CIA,
request
to
DIA for further action.
April 1995
•
Establish DCI declassification committee to review long-
term issues.
Form Blue Ribbon Panel
to conduct retrospective review
and technical data analysis.
March-June 1995
•
Conduct
technical
review,
interview Intelligence
Community users,
draft preliminary report and
recommendations
.
July 1995
•
Develop CIA program management strategy that addresses
proper scope,
resources,
and management.
•
Brief Congress on results
and recommendations
of Blue
Ribbon Panel
.
*
Report program design and status
to Congress
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