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SGRD-HR
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF
JAN 1960
MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL JOHN R. GUTHRIE, COMMANDER, US ARMY MATERIEL
DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS COMMAND
SUBJECT: Human Use Review of Protocol's
1. Attached are the minutes of a meeting of the Human Subjects Research
Review Board (HSRRB) held to consider protocols from SRI International
and the US Army Missile.Command in Project Grill Flame. Comments are
also included on a retrospective review of the Army Materiel Systems
Analysis Activity (AMSAA) study in Project Grill Flame, previously con-
sidered by the HSRRB.
2. It is my opinion that the specific reviewed protocols constitute
research involving human subjects.
3. The concerns expressed previously about the use of human subjects
in research studies in the Grill Flame program and delineated in the
29 March 1979 minutes of the HSRRB considering the SRI International
and AMSAA protocols, are applicable to these protocols. Your attention is
directed to paragraph 3b-of the minutes.
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