GRILL FLAME ACTIVITY

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This memorandum, dated January 19, 1983, is addressed to the Assistant Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It discusses the GRILL FLAME activity and its potential military applications. The memorandum states that while the intelligence Committee conferees agreed that research should continue, it should be outside the National Foreign Intelligence Program. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is currently conducting an evaluation of GRILL FLAME, with the Army INSCOM providing support. Additional funding from Program 6 may be used to supplement the evaluation effort, but details of the funding sources need to be provided in advance. The future sponsorship of GRILL FLAME activities will depend on the results of the evaluation and other reviews.

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Body:  GRILL FLAME  NOFORN
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 RESEARCH ANO
 ENGINEERING
 19 JAN 1983
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (RESEARCH,
 DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION)             ?
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH,
 SUBJECT:
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (RESEARCH     ~2~.?'
 DEVELOPMENT, AND LOGISTICS)
 DIRE TOR ' DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
 GRILL FLAME Activity (U)                        _
 Reference:  USDRE Memo of 5 Mar 80 on the subject.
 (S/NF)  The reference limited OUSORE sponsorship of GRILL FLAME research
 activities, but interposed no objection to low-level support to.
 intelligence-related efforts.                 I
 (S/NF)  Since 1980, jointly sponsored research by DIA and Army INSCOM
 has shown GRILL FLAME to have potential for military applications.  In
 the classified annex to the FY 1983 Authorization Conference Report,
 however, the intelligence Committee conferees agreed that if research
 were to continue, it should be outside the National Foreign Intelligence
 Program.  Although DIA should have sufficient funding in FY 1983 to
 complete its GRILL FLAME evaluation, the conferees did not provide
 resources for Army intelligence participation in the pr'ject.
 (S/NF)  A scientific review of GRILL FLAME evidence accumulated in the
 course of a three-year National Foreign Intelligence Program study is to
 be Erympleted by early April 1983.  In the interim, Program 6 resources
 may be used to maintain the current Army INSCOM capability and
 supplement as necessary the FY 83 DIA evaluation effort.  I would like to
 be informed in advance of the proposed Program 6 funding sources
 identified to support these intelligence research activities.  Future
 OUSDRE sponsorship of GRILL FLAME or related activities will depend in
 part on the results of the DIA evaluation and any other such review as I
 cc:  Director, Defense Intelli-
 gence Agency
 Assistant chief of Staff,
 Intelligence, USA.
 CLASSIFIED BY:  LISORE
 DECLASSIFY ON  ri4np
 THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301
 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001800070001-6