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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT: DIA Psychoenergetics Activity - ACTION MEMORANDUM
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
Under a memorandum of agreement between the
U.S Army Intelligence and Security Command (USAINSCOM) and the
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), dated
: 1985 (Incl 1),
We have taken over operational control of the USAINSCOM CENTER
LANE Unit. This unit was established in 1978 to use an aspect
of psychoenergetics known as remote viewing for collecting
information of intelligence interest.
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We intend to continue
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pursuit of remote viewing applications as a service to the
Intelligence Community.
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
In February 1979, the Army General Counsel
determined that this psychoenergetics activity employed by the
Army could be classified as a program involving testing on human
subjects (Incl 2).
In December 1980, the Army General Counsel
determined
that
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the
USAINSCOM program
did constitute
experimentation on human subjects and therefore was subject to
the requirements of Procedure 18 (now Procedure 13), DoD
Directive 5240.1-R, which stipulates that the Secretary or Under
Secretary of the Army must approve involvement in such
activity.
The Army accordingly reviewed its involvement in
DIA review(s) completed.
ARMY review(s) completed.
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psychoenergetics and obtained the necessary approval in January
1981, February 1982, and September 1983 (Inclosures 3, 4, and 5).
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
Concurrent
with
INSCOM's psychoenergetic
program,
DIA
established
a
joint
service psychoenergetic
evaluation effort (1981-1983) known as GRILL FLAME.
Under GRILL
FLAME, DIA and USAINSCOM sponsored a contractual; effort with
SRI-International
for
investigating
the
remote
viewing
:
phenomenon.
Cognizant of the Army's position that involvement
in psychoenergetics should be construed as experimentation on
human subjects, DIA General Counsel evaluated the GRILL FLAME
program and concurred with the Army General Counsel's position.
In
November 1981, the Department of Defense General Counsel
arrived at the same conclusion and directed submission of the
necessary documentation to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for
approval for DIA to proceed with the GRILL FLAME Program (Incl
6).
The Deputy Secretary of Defense granted approval for DIA
involvement in GRILL FLAME on 14 December 1981, provided that
the contractor executed Procedure 18 responsibilities (Incl 7).
(S/NOFORN/WNINTEL)
In
keeping
with
these
previous
determinations, we
are
now
seeking approval for continuing
operationally-oriented
psychoenergetics
activity.
Our
involvement will be in strict compliance with the provisions of
Procedure 13, DoD Directive 5240.1-R.
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