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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
19
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310
17 APR 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR INTELLIGENCE
ZIM,JECT: Research on Human Subjects for Intelligence Purposes
In a memorandum dated February 15, 1979, this off ice
provided you with guidance on the conduct of certain intelligence
research programs that have human participants. We advised
you that we had a few unresolved questions on the matter that
we were raising with the General Counsel of the Department
of Defense.
We have now received responses to the questions that we
raised. Except in one respect, the responses we received are
consistent with the guidance we provided you earlier and will
not require any changes to the program your office has
established. The exception is that, in the view of the DOD
General Counsel, the Human Use Testing Committee should
include among its members at least one person who is not employed
by the Department of Defense. To avoid problems under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, this person should be a full-time employee
of some other federal department or agency.
This change in the membership of the Committee should be
made as soon as possible. We do not believe that it will be necessary
for the reconstituted Committee to review and reapprove past actions
taken by the Committee.
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Darrell L. Peck
Deputy General Counsel
(Military and Civil Affairs)
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