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                 PItMORANDUM FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (RESERACH,
    DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION)
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    ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (RESEARCH,
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    SUBJECT: GRILL FLAME Activity (U)
    (S) This note is for the purpose of establishing policy with
    respect -to OUSDRE support of investigations into parapsyc',"ology      
                                                                            

    and its potential military applications.                                
                                                                            

                                                                            
                                                                            

    (S) Based upon the December 1979 report of the GRILL FLAME              
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    Scientific Evaluation Committee and upon my own sense of                
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    priorities for efforts within the OUSDRE, I believe                     
                                                                            

    that the Recommendations of Chapter 3, pages 10 and 11, relating        
                                                                            

    to OUSDRE activities be implemented.                                    
                                                                            

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    OUSDIRE is that it was found to be not -approprta@te- tcr'-fund         
                                                                            

    technology programs aimed at scientific demonstration of the            
                                                                            

    existence of the subject effects, and that as a consequence             
                                                                            

    future work at AMSAA and Huntsville in these areas not be auth-         
                                                                            

    orized by USDRE. Therefore, no new work will be initiated under         t-4
                                                                            

    the sponsorship of OUSDRE in the areas of potential military,           
                                                                            

    application of parapsychology effects.                                  
                                                                            

                                                                            
                                                                            

    (S) Other recommendations in the-report deal with intelligence          
                                                                            

    related R&D and suggest a continuation of low level efforts
    within the INSCOM. These activities clearly are outside the
    responsibility of OUSDRE and therefore are neither endorsed 0
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    nor denied. When intelligence related parapsychological efforts cl
    require support by OUSDRE personnel or facilities, I would like
    ,@o be advised, but interpose no objection if the level of their
    requests are not an appreciable fraction of the work of the
    facility involved. EI
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