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SUBJECT
GRILL FLAME Status Report (U)
OFFICE SYMBOL
DAMI-ISH
SUSPENSE
DATE
6 July 1981
ACTION REQUIRED
Inform ZA
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD.
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the action without recourse to other sources. )
1.
(U)
Purpose. To give ZA a status report on Project GRILL FLAME.
2.
(U)
Discussion :
Following are significant events in June 1981 concerning Army
participation in GRILL FLAME.
a .
(S/NOFORN)
Human Use Issue. The Under Secretary of the Army approved INSCOM
GRILL FLAME activities on 14 Jan 81 (TAB A). The Army General Counsel determined that
this authority applied only to internal Army GRILL FLAME activities. Army participa-
tion with other governmental and private elements in support of GRILL FLAME required
separate SA/USofA approval. SA approval was sought by OACSI DA on 8 May 81 and
obtained on 27 May 81 (TAB B). On the basis of this approval, INSCOM released its
FY 81 GRILL FLAME money to DIA for inclusion in a DIA-Army contract with the Stanford
Research Institute (SRI) (TAB C). On 15 June 81 Tim Hatch, Office of the Army General
Counsel, asked me if I had heard whether or not DOD had resolved the human use issue,
i.e., had obtained Secretary of Defense certification of the DIA GRILL FLAME Program.
I replied that it appeared to be a moot point since SA certified the Army program.
Hatch stated that it was a live issue inasmuch as the AGC advised the SA that his
approval of the ZA letter dated 8 May 81 (TAB B) was contingent upon the review and
approval by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense. Hatch produced an AGC memo
dated 15 May 81 (TAB D) as his authority. Apparently this memo accompanied the ACSI
letter of 8 May 81 (TAB B) to the SA.
I did not know of the AGC letter until 15 Jun
81. The INSCOM money was intercepted at DIA and returned to INSCOM.
SRI was informed
of the new delay in Army funding pending the resolution of the human use issue by the
DOD and Army General Counsels.
An official of SRI passed information concerning the
latest delay to
had a telephone conversation on the
subject with SA Marsh. According to Hatch, resolution of the human use issue is now
a priority task for the DOD and Army General Counsels.
SG11
b. (S/NOFORN)
Personnel. LTC Bob Jachim will replace LTC Scotty Watt this
summer as GRILL FLAME Program Manager. Also, the INSCOM GRILL FLAME Program lost
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IMPLICATIONS
CINFO
YES
NO
PRIM PROGS
YES
NO
BUDGET
YES
NO
COORDINATIONS
APPROVALS
OFFICE
NAME
PHONE
INITIALS
DATE
BR
DIVISH
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DIR
IS
EX
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9NUL
ACSI
ZA
4 JUL
SHOW ADDITIONAL COORDINATION ON REVERSE SIDE OR CONTINUATION SHEET CLASSIFIED BY DIA DT
ACTION OFFICER
( Name, grade, phone and signature )
REVIEW 6 Jul 81
RSN 2-301c.3 DOD 5200.1-R
MAJ DENNIS M. O'KEEFE/50114
Dennis M. Seele
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its operations officer and five remote viewers due to PCS.
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INSCOM is taking action
to replace four of these vacancies with officers currently attending the MI Officer's
Advanced Course.
c. (C) On 30 Jun 81, LTC Watt briefed MG Stubblebine on the GRILL FLAME Program.
He recommended to MG Stubblebine that he and you meet to discuss FY 82 tasks and
identify funding shortfalls.
I will set up the meeting once I get the details from
LTC Watt.
d. (U)
At TAB E is a memo concerning LTC Watt's update briefing for BG Flynn on
15 May 81.
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