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DE SE ELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
7 AUG 198n
S-.1922/DT-1
".@O: Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, HQ
Department of the Army
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, HQ U.S.
Air Force
SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Program (U)
References: a. DIA letter, S-1107/DT-1, 19 May 1980, subject:
GRILL FLAME.
b. GRILL FLAME briefing, 9 April 1980.
c. GRILL FLAME, Conference, 30 June to 3 July 1980.
d.. GRILL FLAME briefing, 7 July 1980.
e. GRILL FLAME briefing, 9 July 1980.
1. (C) To undertake the GRILL FLAME program described by the
references, it is requested that the following actions be taken:
review the mission and objectives statement (Enclosure 1), the
proposed Memorandum of Understanding (Enclosure 2) and the pro-
posed contract with SRI International (Enclosure 3) and forward
your recommended changes to DIA. DIA will the,1 make the necessary
revisions and issue a formal Statement of Missions and objectives,
an official Memorandum of Understanding and a formal Joint
!3o-rvice Contract to SRI.
(U) DIA intends to issue
1980. This will insure that
vided by the contractor. To
requires from each Service a
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-Lunds that will be MIPR'd to
the contract no later than 1 October
a full year's effort will be pro-
facilitate this objective the DIA
statement of the exact amount of
DIA to support the FY 1981- effort.
3. (C) It is DIA's belief that the entire first year's effort
should be at SRI International. While the need to have more
than one contractor in this field is clearly recognized, the
funding level and time constraints preclude such course of action
in the FY 1.981 contract year.
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4. (C) To insure that the subject of multiple contractors
,receives -the necessary attention, it will be placed on the agenda
of the first FY 1981 GRILL FLAME, meeting. Another subject to be
then considered is the scope of the GRILL FLAME group's responsi-
1.)i1i-1C-ies. At present, its scope is limited to the monitoring of
external assistance contracts.
5. (C) While -the DIA would appreciate receiving Y -respons"e;
carly as possible, it should reach us no later tha@711@ August 1 80
The next meeting of -the action officers with the priffiar@-Cuzu@mnt-ab_
monitor is scheduled to begin on 11 August. This sess 'ion will
refine the work statement of the SRI International contract to
include time phasing and prioritization of the contract elements.
6. (U) The DIA action officer and primary contract mqnitor f
this effort isF-- @JA/DT-lA, telephonel
3 Enclosures FU.G,EN, F.1 11 JR.
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l. mission and Objectives L'eut nant eneral, USAF
L ut nant ener,
Statement, 1 Cy (S) D r tor SG1
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2. Memorandum of Under-
standing, 1 Cy (S)
3. Proposed Contract with
SRI International, 1 Cy
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