SUBJECT: BG SOYSTER PRESENTATION 12 DECEMBER 1985
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This document is a presentation on December 12, 1985, discussing two main items. The first item is an OPSEC (operational security) problem, specifically the possible publication of project information in the Washington Post. The newspaper has previously published articles on PSI (psychic) activities within the US government. It is anticipated that additional information will be published soon, including a past link between INSCOM and PSI activity, PSI training at SRI International and the Monroe Institute of Applied Science, mention of the "Perry Memorandum," and the identification of Fort Meade as the location of the program. DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) has been made aware of this information and has instructed their public affairs office to answer inquiries with "No COMMENT." The second item discussed is the MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) between INSCOM and DIA, which provides for project continuity and assigns OPCON (operational control) to DIA. Full transfer of the unit will not take place until the Defense Appropriations Bill is signed by the President. Limited funding is being arranged to cover civilian salaries and administrative expenses until the bill is enacted, which would amount to approximately twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars for the second quarter of FY 86.
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SUBJECT: Bb SOYSTER PRESENTATION 12 DECEMBER 1985
REASON FOR MEETING: -1 WO ITEMS:
1. OPSEC PROBLEM AND THE POSSIBLE PUBLICATION OF PROJECT
INFORMATION IN THE WASHINGTON POST NEXT WEEK,
THE PROJECT MOA BETWEEN INSCOM AND DIA.
ITEM 1, OPSEC PROBLEM:
A. SINCE 1Y!! THE WASHINGTON POST, AND OTHERS, HAVE BEEN
PLIBL._ISHING ARTICLES ON F'SI ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE US GOV'T'. 1HE
SUBJECT SEEMS TO MAKE GOOD PRESS. LAST YEAR JACK ANDERSON
PUBLISHED THE PROJECT NICKNAME HILL FLAME AND ASSOCIATED PSI
WITH THE US ARMY.
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B. IT APPEARS THAT POSSIBLY AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, THE
WASHINGTON POST WILL PUBLISH SOME ADDITIONAL INFOORMATION; NEW
INFORMATION, WHICH, BY ITS VERY NATURE INDICATES AN 0PSEC
PROBLEM. THE TO BE PUBLISHED INFORMATION INCLUDES, BUT MAY NOT
BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING FOUR AREAS:
(1) A PAST LINK BETWEEN INSCOM AND PSI ACTIVITY VIA THE
NAMES OF SUBBLEBINC, WATT, AND JACHIM.
(2) PSI T2AI_NnING. AT SRI INTERNATIONAL AND THE MONROE
INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (RAP[ CONNECTION?)
(3) MENTION OF THE "PERRY MEMORANDUM."
(4) IDENTIFICATION OF FORT MEADE AS THE LOCATION OF THE
PROGRAM.
C, DIA HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION AND HAS
INSTRUCTED THEIR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE J-0 ANSWER ANY INQUIRES
WITH THE PHRASE "No COMMENT." WE FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO INFORM
YOU OF THIS INFORMATION AS WELL., (HE TO BE PUBLISHED
INFORMATION APPEARS TO BE OVER TWO YEARS OLD AND IS DILUTED BY
INACCURACIES AND DISTORTIONS.
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ITEM 2, THE MO!
A A. As YOU KNOW THE MOA PROVIDED FOR PROJECT CONTINUITY BY
ASSIGNING THE UNIT OPCON TO DIA WHILE THEY (DIA) SOUGHT
SIONAL APPROVAL OF NFIP F(JNDING. THIS APPROVAL, IS
INCLUDED IN THE FY 86 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL PUT A FULL
TRANSFER OF THE UNIT CANNOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE BILL IS SIGNED
BY THE PRESIDE-NT.
WHEN YOU AND LTC NET) WILLIAMS ORIGINALLY SIGNED THE
11OA IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT BY
NOW? THISo AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS STILL PE
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DING, WITH YOUR
PERMISSION WE WILL ARRANGE FOR LIMITED FUNDING TO COVER CIVILIAN
SALARIES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES BEYOND THE 1ST
QUARTER FY86 UNTIL THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, IS ENACTED.
Ti-uIs WOULD AMOUNT TO AT MOST APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE 2ND QUARTER OF FY 86,
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