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ARMY GENERAL
FOR SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
SUBJECT:
GRILL FLAME (U)— DECISION MEMORANDUM
(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
diij
cu**~
tinue
to conduct operational
sessions against
Important
foreign
Intelligence
and counterintelligence requirements.
2.
(3/N0F0RN)
The Army General Counsel determined that GRILL
FLAME activities
constitute experimentation on human subjects
under Procedure
18,
D0D 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/NOFORN)
The
US Army INSCOM GRILL FLAME activities
satisfy
the human
use standards
of Section
3,
Procedure
18.
All Army GRILL
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
lb,
D0D Regulation 5240. 1-R will
be
followed.
The
DIA contract monitor
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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by ACSI,
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SUBJECT:
14 JAN 1982
GRILL FLAME
(U)—DECISION MEMORANDUM
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.
(C)
Congress eliminated Army
FY
funding for GRILL FLAME.
At
the
same time,
Congress approved the Army request
for five
permanent personnel positions
for GRILL FLAME.
With the
Commander,
US Army Intelligence
and Security Command,
I am exploring the
various
options
for maintaining
a GRILL FLAME effort
in FY
82.
I will,
by
separate
correspondence,
keep you Informed
on the
future
status
of
GRILL FLAME FY
funding.
In the meantime,
Army's authority
to
conduct GRILL FLAME operations under the provisions
of Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 5240. 1-R past
14 Jan
82 must be renewed.
5.
(C)
Request
the Secretary
of
the Army approve our continued
participation in GRILL FLAME activities within INSCOM and with the
DIA and
its contractor.
Army participation will "be
in strict
ac-
cordance with the provisions
of Procedure
18,
DOD Regulation 5240. 1-R
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