GRILL FLAME PROGRAM INPUTS (U)

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According to this document from the CIA's Stargate program, Congressman Rose was briefed on the Grill Flame program on July 12th. The briefing included representatives from DIA, USAF ACSI, and the CIA. Congressman Rose expressed support for the program and emphasized the need for DOD to keep him fully informed about the program and its funding. The document also includes information about the funding allocated to different agencies involved in the program, including AMSAA, MIRADCOM, and INSCOM. The document concludes with a request for the addressees to review the funding information and notify the CIA if there are any discrepancies.

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 SSO ACSI DA
 SSO ABERDEEN
 SSO REDSTONE
 INFO SSO MEADE
 E C R E T NOFORN
 FROM COL CAPPS,  DAMI-ISH; SSO ABERDEEN FOR MR.  KRAMAR, AMSAA.   SSO
 REDSTONE FOR MR CLINTON/MR CHARLIE CARTER,  MIA.  SSO MEADE FOR MAJ {P}
 WATT,  DIRHUM INSCOM.
 SUBJECT:   GRILL FLAME PROGRAM INPUTS {U}
 1.  {S/NOFORN} FOR YOUR INFO1  ON 12 JULY CONGRESSMAN ROSE {NC} WAS
 BRIEFED ON GRILL FLAME BY REPS FROM DIA,  USAF ACSI AND THIS OFFICE.
 THE BRIEFING WAS REQUESTED BY ROSE AND WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BECOM-
 ING BETTER INFORMED ON WHAT DOD IS DOING AND PLANNING TO DO IN THIS
 AREA INCLUDING FUNDS BEING SPENT AND PROJECTED.   MR. ROSE IS VERY
 SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM, EXPRESSED HIS FIRM BELIEF THAT DOD MUST
 BE ACTIVE IN THIS AREA AND WAS GLAD TO HEAR ARMY IS TRAINING SOME OF
 ITS OWN PEOPLE SO WE WON'T HAVE TO RELY COMPLETELY ON SOMEONE ELSE.
 HE WAS VERY EMPHATIC THOUGH THAT DOD MUST KEEP HIM FULLY INFORMED ON
 WHAT WE ARE DOING AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT AND PROJECTED.
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 MAJ  STONER/DAMS-ISH/55048/17JUL79                 5 DEC 78,  REVU 17 JUL 99
 REASON:2-301C DOD 5200.1-R {B}
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 2.  -LS/NOFORN} BASED ON INPUT FROM EACH ADDRESSEE THE FOLLOWING DOLLAR
 FIGURES WERE USED IN THE BRIEFING:
 A.  AMSAA--2 0K COMMITTED SINCE SEP 78 IN CONTRACTS WITH SRI FOR
 TACTICALLY ORIENTED EXPERIMENTS.   PROGRAM TO CONTINUE UNTIL APR 80.
 PROJECTED 200K FOR FY 81.
 G.  MIRADCOM??-PK PROGRAM IN TWO PHASES.  FIRST FOR WHICH 118 K CON-
 TRACT HAS BEEN LET WITH SRI FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
 PACKAGE. INITIAL EXPENDITURE FOR PHASE II EXPECTED TO BE 90K WITH
 ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE IN AMOUNT OF 190K J F NEEDED.  PROJECTED
 300K FOR FY 81.
 INSCOM?--HAS 75K CONTRACT WITH SRI FOR TNG AND FAMILIARIZATION
 OF  RV CADRE IN FY 79.   PROJECTED 150K FOR FY 81.  125K END-OF-YEAR
 FUNDS WILL BE REQUESTED BETWEEN INSCOM AND ACSI TO SUSTAIN PROJECT
 THROUGH F'Y 80}
 I..{U} TO INSURE THIS OFFICE IS IN A POSITION TO KEEP APPROPRIATE
 NATIONAL LEVEL AGENCIES AND CONGRESSMAN. ROSE INFORMED AS TO WHAT WE
 ARE DOING AND SPENDING,  REQUEST ADDRESSEES REVIEW PARA 2 ABOVE AND
 NOTIFY THIS OFFICE IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES IN WHAT WAS PRESENTED
 AND WHAT WAS/IS SPENT/PROJECTED IN FY 7.7 THROUGH FY 81 TO INCLUDE
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 IN  HOUSE OR OUT OF HOUSE DOLLARS.   WE HAVE A FRIEND AND SUPPORTER
 IN CONGRESSMAN ROSE SO LONG AS WE KEEP HIM KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT