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 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
 Between
 US Army Research Institute  (ARI)
 PERI-BR
 and
 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
 Office of Research and Development (ORD)
 Subject: Support in Establishing Blue Ribbon Panel at National
 Research Council       (NRC)  to Evaluate Paranormal Studies Program
 This document defines the working relationship and
 responsibilities between the US Army Research Institute (ARI),
 RERI-BR,  and the Central Intelligence agency  (CIA),  Office of
 Research and Development  (ORD)  for support in establishing a Blue
 Ribbon Panel at the National Research Council   (NRC)  to evaluate
 various government-sponsored studies in paranormal phenomena.
 2.   Background
 1.  In FY 1995,  Congress directed that a government- sponsored
 program be transferred from another government Agency to CIA by
 July 1,  1995. Congress also directed a retrospective review of
 past program activities.   This review requires an inventory and
 analysis of the relevant files at the various government agencies
 where this program has been conducted in the past. CIA has already
 taken steps to assemble a collection of unclassified documents
 representative of the program.
 The CIA's Office of Research and Development  (ORD)  believes
 that the National Research Council  (NRC)  is the single best
 organization to perform the mandated review.  This is because of
 its Congressional charter to address questions of Congressional
 interest,  and its ready access to a variety of world-class experts
 having expertise in the area in question.   Since ARI has managed
 past and current efforts at the NRC to evaluate programs relating
 to behavioral science, ARI is the natural executive Agency to
 manage NRC in it's performance of this review. In addition, the
 urgency of Congress'  request makes it impossible for CIA to
 establish an independent relationship with NRC and still meet the
 Congressional deadlines.
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 3.   Responsibilities Under this Memorandum:
 A.   CIA/ORD Will:
 (1)  Provide the financial resources necessary for ARI to
 procure this activity from NRC.   These resources are
 currently estimated at less than $300K.
 (2) Obtain and provide all unclassified documentation
 necessary to perform this review. CIA will acquire selected
 contract research an development reports relating to the
 technical program in question and will provide these to ARI
 for NRC's review.
 (3) Contact the past principal contract investigators and
 technical evaluators to the extent possible in order to
 facilitate their being interviewed by NRC during the Blue
 Ribbon Panel review.
 (4) Facilitate the scheduling of presentations by the
 existing government program manager and his staff.
 (5)  Provide other support as agreed upon by both parties and
 implemented by amendment, if deemed appropriate, to this MOU.
 B.   ARI/PERI-BR:
 (1) Contract with the NRC to assemble an objective, unbiased,
 "Blue Ribbon Panel" of world-class experts in paranormal
 phenomena or the experiments designed to investigate such
 phenomena.
 (2)  Perform responsible contract management of this review
 panel and insure appropriate use of resources and adherence
 to contract schedule.
 (3) Allow CIA/ORD direct interaction with the NRC panel
 members and in order to facilitate the .
 (4)  Provide any other support as agreed upon by both parties
 and implemented by amendment, if deemed appropriate, to this
 MOU.
 4.   Review of Agreement
 This agreement shall be reviewed at any time as deemed
 appropriate and may only be modified by agreement of both parties.
 Should cost growth occur in any project while this MOU is in
 effect, CIA and ARI will jointly review the effort and rescope the
 project, if possible, to fit within the remaining funds available.
 5.   Point of Contact
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 The primary point of contact for ARI is the Acting Director of
 Research and Advanced Concepts, Dr. Michael Drillings.  The
 primary point of contact for CIA/ORD is Senior Program Manager,
 SG1I
 SG1I
 6.   Effective Date
 This MOU shall be effective when signed by both parties.   It
 shall remain in effect for five years thereafter, unless
 terminated by one or both parties.
 Director o  Research and Development
 Central Intelligence Agency
 Edgar Johnson
 Director,  Army Research Institute
 PERI-BR
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