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 MEMO FOR:
 FROM:
 SUBJECT:
 Complete Star Gate Transfer Chronology
 Jan:       Preliminary planning meetings by CIA senior
 management in response to Congressionally Directed
 Action (CDA)  to tgransfer Star Gate Program.
 D/ORD Appointed program manager at CIA/ORD
 Contacted Office of Military Affairs to coordinate
 meetings with DIA and US Army (in anticipation of
 Star Gate review)
 Feb-Mar:   Informal discussions with US Army Research
 Institute  (ARI)  and National Research Council  (NRC)
 about potential CIA paranormal study request
 Feb-Apr:   Archiving initiated of all DIA and CIA
 files relating to paranormal studies going back 20
 years
 21 Feb:    Formal memo sent from ORD to DIA requesting their
 assistance with declassification to facilitate
 execution of the CDA
 Feb:       Met with Center for Studies on Intelligence (CSI)
 to discuss potential strategies for
 declassification
 28 Feb:    CIA met with DIA principal investigator at SAIC,
 Dr. Ed May.  All-day technical exchange.
 1 Mar:     CIA and Representative from Office of Military
 Affairs make site visit to Ft. Meade to meet all
 program personnel and discuss transfer.  All-day
 technical exchange.
 15 Mar:    After informal discussions with NRC, panel member
 selection begins: Jessica Utts, John Palmer, James
 Alcock, and Ray Hyman contacted by NRC and agree to
 act as commissioned reviewers
 27  Mar:   Submitted a "Terms of Reference" in formal response
 to the Congressionally Directed Action stating NRC
 would perform unclassified retrospective, CIA would
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 proceed with declassification, interim report on
 management strategy would be provided in July
 Briefed Richard D'Amato at Hart Senate office bldg.
 on status of transfer; obtained agreement on
 previously submitted Terms of Reference
 28  Mar:   Formal meeting with NRC representatives and final
 drafting of Statement of Work for submission to
 Internal NRC Governing Board 16 May.
 31 Mar     Discussion with Freedom of Information Act  (FOIA)
 Privacy Act Coordinator concerning request on CIA
 paranormal studies.  Response complicated by
 declassification efforts
 Mar-Apr:   MOU executed between US Army and CIA,  funds
 officially transferred to Pentagon
 Apr:       Evaluation of customer feedback on Star Gate
 tasking begins at Ft. Meade
 14 Apr:    Official memo to CIA OGC asking them consider
 declassification issues and other questions
 concerning how to proceed on Star Gate transfer
 2 May:     Formal meeting with president and representatives
 of American Institutes of Research  (AIR)  to
 consider potential CIA study request
 5  May:    NRC  formally  rejects  CIA  study  proposal
 citing  prior  definitive  study.   NRC    stated
 unequivocally  that  "the  case  for  remote
 viewing... is  virtually   nonexistent."
 10 May:    DIA responds to request for assistance in
 declassification citing EO 12958 as controlling,
 declines any further DIA action
 19 May:    Meeting with CIA's OGC to discuss EO 12958,
 other declassification strategies and issues
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