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SECRET
DAMI-ISH
February
1981
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME Update
(U)
1,
(U)
Following
is an update of GRILL FLAME activities:
a.
(S)
On
Feb
81,
Bob Schieffer of
CBS News asked
the DA PAO
for information relating to Army activities
in the fields of military
research and application of psychic phenomena.
The Army response will
be included
in a spot feature
to be aired on
CBS Evening News.
LTC
Caggiano
of DA PAO was advised by the undersigned that his response
should be:
"DA neither confirms nor denies
the report,"
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(S)
The DIA/DA joint GRILL FLAME contract with the Stanford
Research Institute
(SRI)
is still
in limbo.
The reason
for the limbo
status
is
the inability of the DA General
Counsel and the DOD General
Counsel
to agree whether or not
the proposed contract
should be coor-
dinated as
a "human use" issue
(see Incl
for DA 0GC memo
to OSD GC
concerning this
subject).
The Army coordinated
its participation
in
GRILL FLAME as
a
"human use" issue
in December 1980.
The OSD GC does
not believe the proposed contract between DIA/DA and
SRI involves
"human use".
Representatives
from the DA OGC and
the OSD GC will meet
on 20 Feb
to attempt
to resolve this
impasse.
d.
(S)
Mr.
Tim Hatch,
GRILL FLAME P0C in the DA OGC,
requested
an update of MG Thompson’s views regarding the "human use"
issue and the
proposed joint contract.
On
Feb
81,
MG Thompson stated
the following:
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The DECISION MEMORANDUM regarding GRILL FLAME,
initialed
by the Under
Secretary of
the Army,
dated 24 Dec
80,
fully coordinates
Army participation
in GRILL FLAME UP Section
3,
Procedure
18,
DOD 5240.
1-R ("human use").
(2)
(S)
With the "human use"
issue resolved within Army,
he
has no objection to
the DOD GRILL FLAME contract being coordinated as
a "non-human use"
issue.
(3)
(C)
He desires
to have Army participate with DIA in
a GRILL
FLAME contract with SRI.
2.
(U)
Effective
this date,
the undersigned assumes DA staff action
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a call from LTC Mike
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a call from Mr.
Giza,
AA to
Congressman Rose
(D,
NC).
Mr.
Rose wants to meet on
l6lU00 Jul in his
office with a representative from the
ArmV General Counsel’s Office and the DoD General
Counsel,
s
Office.
The subject of the meeting
is to discuss the
im-
passe caused by the
’human use’
issue in executing the
Army contract with SRI- I.
2.
LTC Chase asked me
if 0ACSI wanted to be represented
at the meeting.
I said no.
Congressman Rose wants to
discuss a legal issue and the AGC A/0,
Mr.
Hatch,
is
fully knowledgeable
of the Army position.
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A meeting was held llillOO
Jul 81
bo discuss the human use issue within LA.
Attending the
meeting were;
Mr.
Spurlock,
Army GC;
Mr.
Hatch,
GRILL
FLAME a/0 in the Office of the Army GC;
BG Rapmund,
Chief
Of the
fluman Subjects Review Board;
LTC, Kieffer,
INSC0M
JAG;
LTO Watt; LTC Jachim (LTC Watt's replacement);
MAJ
O'Keefe,
DAMI-ISH.
BG Rapmund
stated that,
among other
subjects, lie 'did not"believe that the Army GRILL FLAME
effort constituted human experimentation.
He recommended
Army execute its FY 81 contract with SRI as a non-human
use contract.
Mr.
Spurlock seemed
to accept this with
the caveat that he wished to address the Army FY82
GRILL FLAME Program as
a human use ‘issue.
In other words,
we concur with the DoD position on human use for FT
and continue to debate over FY 82 activities.
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Hatch
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me this morning that he is preparing
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THE RECORD
1 September 1981
SUBJECT:
Meeting Between BG
Rapmund and Dr,
Jack Vorona
(U)
1.
(U)
On
27 August 1981 from 0900 to 1000 hours at DIA,
Pomponian Plaza a
meeting took place between BG(P)
Rapmund,
CDR,
USAMRDC,
Ft Detrick,
and
Dr.
Jack Vorona,
DIA,
at Dr. Vorona' s office.
Also in attendance was
LTC Robert Jaehim,
INSC0M and MAJ Dennis O'Keefe,
0ACSI.
2.
(S)
The purpose of the meeting,
which was requested by BG Rapmund,
was to
allow him to meet Dr,
Vorona and to discuss the issue of human use and the need
for
a DoD research and development effort
in the GRILL FLAME area.
a,
(S)
HUMAN USE:
BG Rapmund discussed the necessity to understand and
differentiate between occupational health risk
(as categorized by work done
by intelligence analysts or air traffic controllers) and research risk
(as
categorized by individuals involved as subjects
in research projects).
He
carefully explained that INSCOM's current GRILL FLAME effort
fell into the
occupational health risk area,
and therefore,
was not considered to be human
use or experimentation.
BG Rapmund continued by stating that the two areas
that
INSCQM had proposed for
future study
(voice analysis and physiological
monitoring)
also appeared to fall within the occupational health category.
BG Rapmund continued that the intelligence community should be cautious not
to unwittingly fall
into the area of research which would cause that effort
to be bound by the human use restrictions.
b.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
BG Rapmund stated that
as long as the Perry
letter
(Incl
1)
remained as DoD policy,
R&D funds could not
be spent
in the
field of parapsychology.
However,
in his opinion there was
a need to begin a
serious effort
in this field.
Dr.
Vorona agreed,
and solicited BG Rapmund
! s
assistance
in getting the Perry letter rescinded and initiating an R&D effort.
3.
(U)
Other topics of general interest to both BG Rapmund and Dr.
Vorona
were also discussed.
Dr.
Vorona and BG Rapmund agreed to meet again
in the
September/October 1981 time frame.
Incl
As stated
ROBERT
J.
JACHIM
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r Approved For Release 200395 4A Edia-RDP96-00788R001 100440075-1 GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 3 0 SEP 1981 MEMORANDUM FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUBJECT: Grill Flame (U) (S) Grill Flame is a joint contractual effort on the part of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of the Army. Recently a question has arisen as to whether the approval of the Secretary of Defense for certain activities of this program is required pursuant to Procedure 18, DoD Regulation 5240.1-R. By memorandum dated 17 July 1981 to the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, USA, you indicated that the use of military personnel in this program was viewed as constituting both research and human experi- mentation. I would appreciate a fully written brief which sets forth a detailed factual description of the nature of military personnel participation in the Grill Flame program as well as the legal reasoning upon which you base your judgment that participants of that program are subject to human experimentation. In particular, I am interested in any distinctions which you draw between the Grill Flame program and other testing or research programs conducted by the military departments which put military members at risk, for example aircraft test pilot programs. (U) I feel it is quite important that this Department reach a consensus on a matter of this sensitivity. I am sure your response will enable us to achieve a satisfactory resolution of this issue in regard to the Grill Flame program. William H. Taft, IV DIA Memo S-254/GC of 2/9/81 Classified by Declassify on1_Sep 87) ' Approved For Release 200gedoGi E Eia-RDP96-00788R001 100440075-1
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RDP96-00788R001 1 00440075-1
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20301
3 0 SEP 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
SUBJECT:
Grill Flame
(U)
(S)
Grill Flame
is
a joint contractual effort on the part
of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of the
Army.
Recently
a question has arisen
as to whether the
approval of the Secretary of Defense for certain activities
of this program is required pursuant to Procedure
18,
DoD
Regulation
5240. 1-R.
By memorandum dated
17 July
1981 to
the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
USA,
you
indicated that the use
of military personnel
in this program
was viewed as constituting both research and human experi-
mentation.
I would appreciate
a fully written brief which
sets forth
a detailed factual description of the nature of
military personnel participation
in the Grill Flame program
as well
as the
legal reasoning upon which you base your
judgment that participants
of that program are subject to
human
. experimentation.
In particular,
I
am interested in
any distinctions which you draw between the Grill Flame
program and other testing or research programs conducted by
the military departments which put military members
at
risk,
for example aircraft test pilot programs.
(U)
I feel it is quite important that this Department reach
a consensus on
a matter of this sensitivity.
I
am sure your
response will enable us to achieve
a satisfactory resolution
of this issue in regard to the Grill Flame program.
tJ/fr
William
H.
Taft,
IV
DIA Memo S-254/GC
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of 2/9/81
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