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 Honorable Sam Nunn
 Chairman, Armed Services Committee
 United States Senate
 Washington, D.C. 20510
 : MAY 1994
 Dear Mr. Chairman:
 The enclosed information is an interim response to the FY 1994 Defense
 Authorization Conference Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, which
 requests a program plan for Project STARGATE.
 The project plan and recommendations of the scientific panel will be provided
 to all intelligence oversight and appropriations committees prior to the
 Defense Authorization Conference.
 Sincerely,
 .JinRUM6L  1'um                         Lieutenant General, USAF
 (S/NOFRN/SG/LIMDIS) 1 Cy                Program Manager
 cc:
 Honorable Strom Thurmond
 Ranking Minority Member
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 STARGATE
 REQUEST:  (S) The Defense Authorization Conference Committee, in its
 Classified Annex Joint Explanatory Statement, Enclosure 13, requested the
 Director of DIA prepare a program plan and submit an appropriate budget
 request for a research effort, over several years, to determine whether the
 STARGATE program can show results that are cost-effective and satisfy
 reasonable performance criteria.  This plan, and any research under this
 program, should be subject to peer review by neutral scientific experts.  The
 Director of DIA is directed to prepare this research and peer review plan
 within existing program funds.
 RESPONSE:  (S/NOFORN/SG/LIMDIS) The Defense Intelligence Agency has prepared a
 draft multiyear research and peer review plan that addresses the cost-
 effectiveness and performance criteria of Project STARGATE.  The plan focuses
 on:
 (AMP).
 -- Identifying the underlying mechanisms of Anomalous Mental Phenomena
 -- Establishing the limits of operational usefulness of AMP.
 -- Determining the degree to which foreign activities in AMP represent a
 threat to national security.
 -- Developing countermeasures to neutralize this threat.
 -- Using research findings to improve operational activities.
 -- Developing data fusion criteria to integrate AMP results with other
 intelligence sources.
 (S/NOFORN) The Defense Intelligence Agency will convene a panel of scientists
 to review the major tenets of the program plan and provide recommendations on
 the research it achieves.
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