GRILL FLAME BRIEFING FOR DIRECTOR, DIA (7 JULY 1980)

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• Publication Date: July 8, 1980
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD 8 July 1980
SUBJECT: Grill Flame Briefing for Director, DIA (7 July 1980)
1. (U) PURPOSE: To outline significant points of the INSCOM Grill Flame
briefing given to LTG Tighe, Director, DIA, 7 July 1980.
2. (U) OVERVIEW: ADCSOPS-HUMINT had been advised on 3 Jul 80 by ACSI-DA that
LTG Tighe desired an INSCOM Grill Flame briefing at 1530 hrs, 7 Jul 80. On the
morning of 7 Jul, ADCSOPS-HUMINT was notified by OACSI that MG Thompson and
BG Wilmot would attend the briefing.
3. (S/NOFORN) Following personnel attended the INSCOM Grill Flame briefing held
in LTG Tighe's office:
LTG TIGHE, Director, DIA
ADM KELLN, Deputy Director, DIA
MG THOMPSON ACSI
BG WILMOT, OACSI
DR. COLLINS, DIA
SG1J DR. VORONA, DIA
LTC SASAI, OACSI
DR. PUTHOFF, SRI-I
LTC WATT, HQ INSCOM
4. (S/NOFORN) All Army personnel thought the reason for the briefing was to
provide LTG Tighe with an update of the INSCOM portion of the Grill Flame
program. However, it was discovered shortly before the briefing was scheduled
to start that Dr. Vorona intended for the Director, DIA to receive a series of
briefings (similar to the ones given in early April to Admiral Kelln) to update
him on the proposed DoD centrally managed Grill Flame program. This proposal
calls for DIA to be the central manager and calls for a joint effort for 3 years
with an annual contractual expenditure of approximately 450K.
5. (S/NOFORN) Dr. Puthoff presented the highlights of the work he had done for
DoD during the past year. He explained that the large majority of his effort
had been designed around technology transfer (i.e., giving orientation training
to INSCOM personnel) and reliability improvement. He then went on to outline
SRI's plans for their new training techniques which appears to produce better
RV results.
6. (S/NOFORN) I briefed on the highlights of our effort (Dr. Puthoff was not
present during my presentation). See inclosure 1 for outline of my briefing.
LTG Tighe appeared very interested in the data presented and asked numerous
questions concerning operational parameters. He also was very interested in
the background and_.inter-personal relationships that our people share. LTG Tighe
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SG1J 8. (U) Due to the lateness of the hour, Dr. Vorona and did not get
to brief on their proposal. LTG Tighe said he would hear it later.
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Briefing Outline LTC, MI
7 Jul 80 for Dir,DIA Project Manager
stressed. that we should be attempting to isolate personnel with proven talent(s)
in given areas. I concurred with his comment. LTG Tighe was deeply concerned
with the Soviet effort in this field and expressed interest in developing counter-
measures if appropriate.
7. (S/NOFORN) LTG Tighe requested that we provide the drawings from Report
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