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left the following message:
The request for the addition of
to OST's contract
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with SRI to study paranormal activities has been denied
by Mr. Colby. No further action is to be pursued.
This message was relayed to us by
who
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had received it from Dr. Steininger.
29 May 73
ADDENDA :
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Spoke to
of OST on this date. He had also just received the message
and had little to add other than that
(DC/OST) had told him that Both
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Colby & Shlesinger had decided that, because of the publicity SRI & Swann & Geller
had received, it would be too dangerous for the Agency to stay involved with them.
Allegedly, their decision was not made on substantive issues & there may be some
chance that research with and through other facilities might be favorably considered.
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is going to call SRI today to let them know & I offered to call as well if he
feels that it will be useful. There will be no continuation of their project, either;
the irony is that by our kicking it over
we invoked the higher authority review.
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I suggested to
that we draft a memo up thru channels asking for substantive
guidance in the whole area & he agreed to endorse it.
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