DIA PSYCHOENERGETICS ACTIVITY - ACTION MEMORANDUM

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• Publication Date: March 7, 1985
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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT: DIA Psychoenergetics Activity - ACTION MEMORANDUM
(S/NF/WNINTEL)
(S/NF/WNINTEL) Under a Memorandum of Agreement dated 11 February 1985
(enclosure 1) between the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Corrvnand
(USAINSCOM) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), we have taken over
operational control of the USAINSCOM CENTER LANE Unit. This Unit was
established in 1978 to use an aspect of psychoenergetics known as remote
viewing for collecting information of intelligence interest. We intend to
continue pursuit of remote viewing applications as a service to the
Intelligence Cormiunity.
(S/NF/WNINTEL) In February 1979, the Army General Counsel determined that
this psychoenergetics activity employed by the Army could be classified as a
program involving testing on human subjects (enclosure 2). In December 1980,
the Army General Counsel determined that the USAINSCOM program did constitute
experimentation on human subjects and therefore was subject to the
requirements of Procedure 18 (now Procedure 13), DoD Directive 5240.1-R,
which stipulates that the Secretary or Under Secretary of the Army must
approve involvement in such activity. The Army accordingly reviewed its
involvement in psychoenergetics and obtained the necessary approval in
January 1981, February 1982, and September 1983 (enclosures 3, 4, and 5).
(S/NF/WNINTEL) Concurrent with INSCOM's psychoenergetic program, DIA
established a joint Service psychoenergetic evaluation effort (1981-1983)
known as GRILL FLAME. Under GRILL FLAME, DIA and USAINSCOM sponsored a
contractual effort with SRI-International for investigating the remote
viewing phenomenon. Cognizant of the Army's position that involvement in
psychoenergetics should be construed as experimentation on human subjects,
DIA General Counsel evaluated the GRILL FLAME program and concurred with the
Army General Counsel's position. In November 1981, the Department of Defense
General Counsel arrived at the same conclusion and directed submission of the
necessary documentation to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for approval for
DIA to proceed with the GRILL FLAME Program (enclosure 6). The Deputy
Secretary of Defense granted approval for DIA involvement in GRILL FLAME on
14 December 1981, provided that the contractor executed Procedure 18
responsibilities (enclosure 7).
ARMY review(s) completed.
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