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OTS/BAB MEMO #65-76
23 February 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Parapsychology briefing
for the U.S. Navy
SG1 1	1. On 17 February 1976 1 joinedi of QSI	SG1 I
SG1 I	in briefing r	of U.S. Naval Intelligence, on the	
	status of parapsychology.	l	explained that he wears	
	several hats in direct support of the Secretary of the Navy and	
	that one of these involves the funding and monitoring of all	

SGIA	Joint projects with -the Agency. I subsequently learned that he	
	played a role in	F		
SGAI	2. was particularly interested in our past	
	association with Stanford Research Institute in California	
	because his office is looking into the.possibility of continu-	
	ing this kind of research. He indicated that his office was in	
	the final stages of recommending support to SRI's efforts at	
	somewhere between 100 and 150 thousand dollars, but that he was	
	looking for some measure of Agency interest in the final pro-	
	duct. He stated that if the Agcncy .@rere xilling to provide	
	nominal financial participation and assist in monitoring the	
	project, the Navy would provide the bulk of the funding re-	
	quired and also serve as a cutout for A en-y participation in	
	the event of a flap. In effectl		was telling the	
SG1 I
	Agency that the Navy was willing to supply the money and the	
	manpower and absorb any unfavorable publicity, if necessary.	
SGII	3. 1 advisedi that my component of the Agency,	
	as an operating element, did not wish to support research in	
	the field of parapsychology in general or to lend its approval	
	or endorsement of the work done at SRI. I indicated that we	
	are continuing to monitor research in the general area of para-	
	psychology for potential breakthroughs which we can adapt to	SG11
	our primary concern, which is to uncover information which	
	others wish to keep secret. I	1who briefed =	SG1 I
SG1 I		I	on the recent rash of serious boviet research in Para-	
	psycho	logy, said he would check with his office to see if they	SG11
	are interested in cooperating with the Navy on this project.	
	OTS/BAB	
		SG1 I
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