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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF D
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301
RESEARCH AND
ENG(NEERING
19 JAN 1983
                  MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH,
ENGINEERING, AND SYSTEMS)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (RESEARCH,
DEVELOPMENT, AND LOGISTICS)
DIRECTOR,' DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
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SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Activity (U)
Reference: USDRE Memo of 5 Mar 80 on the subject.
(S/NF) The reference limited OUSDRE sponsorship of GRILL FLAME research
activities, but interposed no objection to low-level support to.
intelligence-related efforts. I
(S/NF) Since 1980, jointly sponsored research by DIA --nd Army INSCOM
has shown GRILL FLAME to have potential for military applications. In
the classified annex to the FY 1983 Authorization Conference Report'
however, the intelligence Comittee conferees agreed that if rese:irrh
were to continue, it should be outside the National Foreign Intelligence
Program. Although DIA should have sufficiQnt funding in FY 1983 to
complete its GRILL FLAME evaluation, the conferees did not provide
resources for Army intelligence participation in the pr--~ject.
(S/NF) A scientific review of GRILL FLAME evidence accumulated in the
course of a three-year National Foreign Intelligence Program study is to
be zcmpleted by early April 1983. In the interim, Program 6 resources
may be used to maintain the current Army INSCOM capability and
supplement as necessary the FY 83 DIA evaluation ef-Fort. I would like to
be informed in advance of the proposed Program 6 funding sources
identified to support these intelliqence research activities. Future
OUSDRE sponsorship of GRILL FLAME or related activities will depend in
part on the results of the DIA evaluation and any other such review as I
deem appropriate.
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cc: Director, Defense Intelli-
gence Agency
            Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence, USA.
CLASSIFIED BY: USDRE
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