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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
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PURPOSE: (S/NF ) The purpose of this memorandum is to document requirements
and elements of understanding between
VP/DT and VO/AT in regard to
psychoenergetics activities within DIA.
DEFINITIONS: (U) Psychoenergetics refers to classes of human capabilities
that
are
parapsychological in nature. There
are two main categories,
information and energetic, that are sometimes called PSI phenomena and can be
defined as:
1.
Remote viewing (RV)/Extrasensory Perception (ESP) --
ability of an
individual to access and describe remote geographic areas or to access
and describe concealed data via undefined transmission mechanisms.
2. Psychokinesis (PK)
--
mental
ability to influence physical
or
biological systems via undefined physical mechanisms.
GOAL: (S/NF) The over-all goal of these psychoenergetics activities is to
develop
an in-house operational capability involving various aspects
of
psychoenergetics. Initially, remote viewing (RV) will be emphasized.
HOW MUCH
CONTROL?
HOW SPECIFIC?
BACKGROUND: (S/NF) The starting point for developing this capability will
be based on accepting from HQDA an already-existing psychoenergetics group
now based in an INSCOM facility at Ft. G. Meade, MD. Administrative Control
of Personnel from this unit will be transferred to DIA by 1
January
1985. They will initially serve as a prototype whose modes of operation will
be
established during extensive
scientific evaluation
and operational
development in DIA. During this formative period, scientific and operational
control will reside with OT, the Program Central Manager for Psychoenergetics
in DoD and the Intelligence Community. Due to their extensive experience in
managing
"field-type"
control
activities,
administrative
(personnel,
logistics, etc.) control will reside in VO/AT. As the RV technique matures
into a reliable collection tool, operational control will also be transferred
to VO where appropriate collection management can be applied. During the
formative stage, VO will be kept
apprised of the program status by the
Central Manager,
(S/NF ) When an operational capability has been achieved and RV has become
another "INT", close cooperation will continue to be maintained between VO &
the Central Manager to insure that the RV collection teams are updated with
evolving technology & techniques that will continue to be investigated by
VP/DT. It is envisioned that similar such units will be replicated at the
various Commands.
CRITICAL
MASS ASPECT
SAYS WE
SHOULD HAVE
THE CAPABILITY
TO WORK
TOGETHER
(S/NF) Development of a psychoenergetics operational capability within DoD
and the Intelligence Community was one of the recommendations made
to
Congressional committees and to key intelligence and R/D personnel, following
a 3-year psychoenergetics evaluation effort conducted by DIA/DT and HQDA
under projects GRILL FLAME and CENTER LANE. (Details are reported in the
GRILL FLAME project report, dated 19 October 1983). The possiblity of
continuing psychoenergetics development totally under DIA control occurred
recently when HQDA initiated transfer of an existing prototype operational
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group in HQ INSCOM to DIA (see HODA memos/directives on file in DIA/DT).
Using these existing partially-developed capabilities, and developing them
further, will permit DIA operational-oriented goals to be more quickly
realized. At this time, it is planned that the INSCOM unit will remain
housed at Ft Meade; control of the personnel will be transferred to DIA, and
arrangements will be made for DIA to assume responsibilities from HODA for
their administration and support.
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ELEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT:
1. (S/NF) During the existence of the prototype operational
group, the
following terms of agreement will apply:
2.
VP/OT will be:
(1) Responsible for all scientific and technical aspects, to
include :
Developing data evaluation techniques;
Investigating possible explanatory mechanisms ( in conjunction
with R/D organizations);
Evaluating technical limitations (ie., distance, shielding) ;
Identifying variables of the PSI process;
Identifying RV data characteristics (ie., resolution).
(2) Responsible for capability developments of the prototype
operational group, to include:
Identifying methodologies for personnel selection and develop-
ment ;
Developing training techniques;
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Identifying ways to improve RV data utility and reliability;
Develop methods for evaluating operational effectiveness and
utility;
SHOULD I TALK TO THEM
NOW TO BE ORGANIZING. Develop data base management and retrieval methods.
PRESENT DATA, AND
TO KNOW WHAT WE
WILL NEED IN TERMS (?) Responsible for all operational investigations of the prototype
OF HARD/SOFTWARE, operational group to include:
Identifying and prioritizing task requirements ( in conjunction
with an IC task coordination panel) ;
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Initiating QRT's as required;
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Review and
approve use of
the prototype operational group
resources in support of R/D requirements;
- Assuring that all activities
are compatible with over-all
goals, that human use issues are satisfied, and that security
guidelines are followed.
(4) Responsible for some personnel issues, to include selection of
personnel, determination of optimum skill-mix line review and input
to personnel effectiveness reports.
b.
VO/AT will be:
(1) Responsible for all issues relating to transfer of personnel
from INSCOM to ID/VO, and will:
Appoint a P.O.C. for accomplishing this transfer;
Identify and implement all necessary military and civilian
personnel, property, security, and logistics requirements for
this transfer.
(2) Responsible for establishing
mechanism
to
insure that
adequate day-to-day operations can be maintained once the transfer
is accomplished, to include :
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- Appropriate administration support (TDY funds, organizational
accounting, security billets, personnel reviews, preparation
of personnel effectiveness reports, etc.).
(3) Responsible for appointing a P.O.C. for insuring that VO/AT can
be kept apprised of project results on a timely basis, and who can
interface with VP/OT developmental and evaluation activities.
c.
Both VP/DT and VO/AT will:
(1)
Maintain
close coordination of all activities during
the
transfer phase and the subsequent prototype operational period.
(2) Develop close working relations with the prototype evaluation
group housed at Ft. Meade to insure that the team project manager
can draw on resources and expertise fom both Directorates.
(3) Jointly review progress, discuss problems, and attend to a
variety of mutually agreed upon project issues.
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OTHER ISSUES
1. (S/NF) Additional details on technical aspects of psychoenergetics are
contained
in a separte memorandum of agreement signed by DIA/DT and
a
government research organization (on file in DT).
2. (S/NF) Details on psychoenergetics activities
within the Intelligence
and the R/D Communities will be contained in a subsequent "Memorandum for
Operations and Research in Psychoenergetics".
3. (S/NF) Details on other relevant issues (Human use, Security, Science
Review, etc) will be contained in a separate appendices to this memorandum of
agreement,
4. (S/NF) Special security procedures and a project code name will be
established in order to enforce strict security control and to limit access
to project activities to a strict need-to-know basis.
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Concurrence :
(C/NF) The undersigned concur with the operating concepts and
terms stated in this memorandum of agreement.
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The following comments are given in response to reading the MOA
concerning our transfer to DIA.
1. GOAL, page 1: "Initially, remote viewing will be emphasized."
The project has been working for six years on remote viewing.
The dependability of this aspect has been proven.
There are
several other training options in other fields (PK, etc.) which
are currently available. It would be advisable to also include
some of these options as an initial goal.
Otherwise, it could be
another six years before they would be considered.
2. BACKGROUND, 2nd para. page 1: "It is envisioned that similar such
units will be replicated at the various Commands ."
Because of the principle of "critical mass" (the fact that
psychoenergetic phenomena is enhanced in direct proportion to the
number of participants, if they work as a unified group), it
should be established at the very beginning that each such unit
will have access to each other.
This would not only prevent
duplication of efforts, with its inherent duplication of training
and operating costs, but would also allow sharing of personnel
for special projects, or when one such unit has a shortage of
personnel for training or other reasons.
Another option would be
to have only one such unit, centrally used by all the various
commands.
3. ELEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT, 1.(2): "Develop data base
management and retrieval methods.
Will we be keeping our own data bases, or will programmers, etc.
be hired for the purpose of initiating a data base and inputing
data?
Either way, I should talk to these people NOW, in order to
find out what formats, etc. we need to put our present data in.
This is the only way I can meet the our future hard/software
requirements, as well as any hard/software requirements which
will be made on us by the systems to which we will interface
(theirs). This should be done now.
Lyn
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