BRIEFING SUPPORT FOR 17 JUNE 1985-SUN STREAK BRIEFING TO THE DCI

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The document includes briefing support material for the SUN STREAK briefing that was scheduled to be presented to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) on June 17, 1985. The material includes viewgraphs, briefing text, and notes on three intelligence collection projects and one training exercise. It also includes a copy of the "blue briefing book" that provides details on successful intelligence collection projects conducted by GRILL FLAME/CENTER LANE resources. One of the projects mentioned in the document is about identifying the St. Louis Arch and a building located 14.8 kilometers southwest of the arch. A trainee correctly identified the St. Louis Arch and described the building without any further data provided by the interviewer. The building is described as having a somber, quiet, official feel, and people go there to seek knowledge. The building has something to do with a historical military leader, Ulysses S. Grant, who used to live there. The building is now open to the public.

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 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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 REPLY TO
 ATTN OF:
 SUBJECT: Briefing Support for 17 June 1985-SUN STREAK Briefing to the DCI   (U)
 (S/WNINTEL)   The following material is provided for your use during
 the SUN STREAK briefing scheduled for presentation to the DCI on 17
 June 1985:
 a.    (U)   Viewgraphs,  briefing  text.,  and  notes  on  three
 intelligence collection projects and one training exercise.
 b.    (S/WNINTEL)   A  copy  of  the  "blue  briefing  book"  that
 provides  details  on    successful   intelligence  collection  projects
 conducted by GRILL FLAME/CENTER LANE resources.
 2.   "Blue Briefing Book"                  Commander, Prototype
 Operational Group
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 1.   Viewgraphs
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 ST. LOUIS ARCH/GRANTS HOME
 FROM A SET OF GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES ALONE ONE OF OUR SOURCE
 TRAINEES CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE ST. LOUIS ARCH.   FOR HIM, SUCH
 A TASK HAD BECOME RELATIVELY ROUTINE.   AT THIS POINT, HOWEVER,
 HE WAS DIRECTED TO DESCRIBE WHAT WAS LOCATED 14.8 KILOMETERS
 SOUTHWEST  OF  THE  ARCH.   HE  IDENTIFIED A  BUILDING  AT  THIS
 LOCATION AND PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF SITE     INFORMATION
 WITHOUT BEING PROVIDED ANY FURTHER DATA BY THE INTERVIEWER.
 "THE BUILDING 14.8KM SW OF THE ST. LOUIS ARCH HAS A SOMBER,
 QUIET, OFFICIAL FEEL.   PEOPLE GO TO THIS PLACE WITH A COMMON
 PURPOSE;  TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE.   THEY ARE INTERESTED AND CURIOUS
 ABOUT  THE  BUILDING  AND  ITS HISTORY. THE  HISTORY    OF  THIS
 BUILDING DEALS WITH OLD COLONIAL AMERICA.   (VG)   THE BUILDING IS
 LOCATED ON FLAT LAND, LIKE A FARM AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A
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 MAN.   THIS MAN (DEAD NOW)   WORE A UNIFORM AND WAS A HISTORICAL
 MILITARY LEADER.   THIS BUILDING WAS THIS MAN'S HOME.   THIS MAN
 WAS A LEADER AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 5'l0" TALL.  HAD BLACK HAIR
 AND A BEARD. WAS HEAVYSET AND STONEFACED.   IN THINKING ABOUT THE-
 INFORMATION I SEE A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF U. S. GRANT.
 As YOU CAN SEE. THE SITE WAS INDEED THE HOUSE AND FARM. NOW OPEN
 TO THE PUBLIC. WHICH WAS ONE OWNED BY ULYSSES S. GRANT  (VG).
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 ST LOUIS ARCH/GRANTS HOME
 0  FROM COORDINATES IDED ST. Louis ARCH
 0    ROUTINE TASK. BUT THEN TOLD TO MOVE 14,8 KM SW
 0    SUMMARY OF PERCEPTION.   (VG)   (READ)
 0    HOME OWNED BY GRANT AND NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC.   (VG)
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 GRANT'S SUMMARY
 "THE BUILDING 14.8 KM SW OF THE ST.  LOUIS ARCH HAS A SOMBER,
 QUIET,  OFFICIAL FEEL.   PEOPLE GO TO THIS PLACE WITH A COMMON
 PURPOSE;  TO  SEEK KNOWLEDGE.   THEY ARE  INTERESTED  AND  CURIOUS
 ABOUT THE BUILDING AND ITS HISTORY.   THE HISTORY OF THIS BUILDING
 DEALS WITH OLD COLONIAL AMERICA.   THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON FLAT
 LAND, LIKE A FARM AND HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A MAN.      THIS MAN
 (DEAD NOW) WORE A UNIFORM AND WAS A HISTORICAL MILITARY LEADER.
 THIS BUILDING WAS THIS MAN'S HOME.   THIS MAN WAS A LEADER AND WAS
 APPROXIMATELY  5'10"  TALL,  HAD BLACK  HAIR  AND  A  BEARD,  WAS
 HEAVYSET AND STONEFACED.   IN THINKING ABOUT THE ABOVE INFORMATION
 I SEE A PICTURE IN MY MIND OF U. S. GRANT."
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