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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASMNGTON, D,C,, 20301
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S--1922/DT-1
Assistant Chief of Staff
Department of the Army
Assistant Chief of Staff,
Air Force
7 AUG 19080
for Intelligence, 11Q
Int-elligence, HQ U.S.
SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Program (U)
references: a. DIA letter, S-1107/DT-1, 19 May 1980, subjcct:
GRILL FLAME.
b. GRILL FLAME briefing, 9 April 1980.
c. GRILL FLAME, Conference, 30 June to 3 July 1980.
d. GRILL FLAME briefing, 7 July 1980.
e. GRILL, FLAME briefing, 9 July 1980.
1. (C) To undertake the GRILL FLAME program described by the
references, it is requested that the following actions be taken:
review the mission and objectives statement (Enclosure 1), the
proposed Memorandum of Understanding (Enclosure 2) and the, pro-
posed contract with SRI International (Enclosure 3) and forward
your reconu-,iended changes to DIA. DIA will the@@ make the necessary
revisions and is.-;ue a formal Statement of Missions and objectives,
C'M O.Cficial Memorandum of Understanding and a formal Joint
S,arvicc Contract to SRI. J
tends to issue the contract no later than 1 October
- (U) DIL in
1980. This will insure that a full yearls'-effort will be pro-
vided by the contractor, To facilitate-this objective. the DIA
'rcc.luircs from each Service a statemont of the exact amount of
'unds that will- be MIPR'd to DIA to support the FY 1981. effort.
3. (C) It is DIA's belief that the entire first year-vo effort
should be at SRI International. the need to have more
than one contractor in this field is clearly recognized, the
funding level and time constraints preclude such course of action
in the FY 1981 contract year.
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(C) To insure that the subject of raultiple contractors
r-eceives the acccssary attention, it will be placed on the. agenda
of the, first FY 1981 GRILL FLAME' meeting. Another subject to be
then considered is -the scope of the GRILL FLAME group's responsi-
hilities. At present, its scope is limited to the monitoring of
(.!xternal assisLance contracts.
(C) While tho DIA would appreciate receiving
carly as possi.ble, it should reach us no later thakj@ August 1980
The ne.,xt ineeting of -the. action officers with the primaTy-aoiytyr&&@
monitor is scheduled to begin on 11 August. This session will
refine the work statement of the SRI International contract to
i,nclude time phasing and prioritization of the contract elements.
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6. (U) The DIA action off' d primary con-tract monitor for
SG1J t]-l's effort isF DTA/DT-lA, telephone
3 Enclosures
1. Mission and Objectives
Stateiment, I Cy (S)
2. Memorandum of Under-
standing, I Cy (S)
3
Proposed Contract with
SRI International, I Cy
SG1J
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