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26 JAN 73
MEMO FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT Parapsych Discussion with C/TSD
1. 1 had lunch with C/TSD in his office today and inter alia'we
discussed parapsych phenomena in general, the SRI presentation, TSD's
interest in the field an&my 23 Jan paper--a copy otwhich he read while
I waited. The salient aspects were as follows:
a. The 52 K figure accurately represents TSD's investment in SG1H
the SRI project--and, in 1953 and 1963, they also supportecf-_
to some extent but are no longer involved;
b. C/TSD sees no short-range payoff operationally in these efforts
but feels quite strongly that research should continue; specifically, he feels
that the existence of undefined parapsych phenomena of certain types has been
established beyond all reasonable doubt- -and it is his feeling that, though the
Agemcy is not the most logical organization to support continuing research,
we ought to fill the gap until someone else does;
c. In that context, he intends to have the directors of ARPA and
NSA in his office soon to try to persuade them to join him in signing a letter
to the National Science Foundation (NSF)--urging them to support a long-range
(3 to 5 year) prograin of intensive research in this area; but, even if this
effort should succeed (and he has no real feeling for whether it will or not),
any suchV6 program is not apt to get started for a year or so;
d. C/TSD had no basic arguments with the paper (other than that
he believes 'whether' has already been established) and agrees basically with
the recommendations --and appears to be willing to go along with a proposal
for joitn action if DDS&T is willing to put up the money; W
e. He believes thatVo the SRI people would agree to the conditions
set out in the paper.
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