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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
Lar. Jackin
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General Defense
Intelligence Program
C-059/DG
25 April 1983
The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo
Chairman, Defense Subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee
Room H-401, Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The conferees on FY 1983 intelligence authorization directed that if
GRILL FLAME were to continue after FY 1983, it should be outside the
National Foreign Intelligence Program. This letter is a report to you
on what we are doing to comply. (C)
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering has
agreed to use Program 6 funds to continue the current GRILL FLAME
research capability until DIA's report on the project is completed and
can be evaluated fully. Your committee will be given a copy of the
report and, at your convenience, a briefing on its conclusions,
recommendations, and implications for U.S. and foreign intelligence.
(c)
The transition from the NFIP to Program 6 will begin this year. The
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will add about $200 thousand
to the existing contract with Stanford Research International. This
will be enough to maintain the current capability until the Under
Secretary's review has been completed and he decides whether to continue
Program 6 support in FY 1984 and beyond. (C)
The GDIP, of course, will continue to meet its intelligence produc-
tion responsibility of following Soviet and other foreign activity. (U)
Sincerely,
Director, GDIP Staff
cc:
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
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