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GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
0 SEP 198A
MEMORANDUM FOR THE GENERAL COUNSEL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
SUBJECT: Grill Flame (U)
(S) Grill Flame is a joint contractual effort on the part
of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of the
Army. Recently a question has arisen as to whether the
approval of the Secretary of Defense for certain activities
of this program is required pursuant to Procedure 18, DoD
Regulation 5240.1-R. By memorandum dated 17 July 1981 to
the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, USA, you
indicated that the use of military personnel in this program
was viewed as constituting both research and human experi-
mentation. I would appreciate a fully written brief which
sets forth a detailed factual description of the nature of
military personnel participation in the Grill Flame program
as well as the legal reasoning upon which you base your
judgment that participants of that program are subject to
human experimentation. In particular, I am interested in
any distinctions which you draw between the Grill Flame
program and other testing or research programs conducted by
the military departments which put military members at
risk, for example aircraft test pilot programs.
(U) I feel it is quite
a consensus on a matter
response will enable us
of this issue in regard
important that this Department reach
of this sensitivity. I am sure your
to achieve a satisfactory resolution
to the Grill Flame program.
William H. Taft, IV
DIA Memo S-254/GC
of 2/9/81
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