SUBJECT: MG SOYSTER PRESENTATION 12 DECEMBER 1985

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In a presentation on December 12, 1985, G Soyster addressed two main topics: an operational security (OPSEC) issue and the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

Regarding the OPSEC problem, the Washington Post and other publications have been releasing articles on PSI (Psychic) activities within the US government since 1977, apparently for its newsworthiness. The Washington Post is expected to publish additional information in the coming week, indicating a potential OPSEC problem. This new information includes a past link between INSCOM and PSI activity, 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 has been informed of this information and instructed their public affairs office to respond with "No COMMENT." However, the to-be-published information is over two years old and contains inaccuracies and distortions.

Regarding the MOA, it was established to provide project continuity by assigning operational control (OPCON) of the unit to DIA while seeking congressional approval of NFIP (National Foreign Intelligence Program) funding. Approval for the funding has been included in the FY 86 Defense Appropriations Bill, but the full transfer of the unit to DIA cannot occur until the bill is signed by the President. Limited funding is proposed to cover civilian salaries and administrative expenses beyond the 1st quarter of FY 86 until the Defense Appropriations Bill is enacted, which would amount to $20,000 to $25,000 for the 2nd quarter of FY 86.

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 SUBJECT:   G SOYSTER PRESENTATION 12 DECEMBER 1985
 REASON FOR MEETING:   TWO ITEMS:
 1.   OPSEC PROBLEM AND THE POSSIBLE PUBLICATION OF PROJECT
 INFORMATION IN THE WASHINGTON POST NEXT WEEK.
 2.   THE PROJECT MOA BETWEEN INSCOM AND DIA.
 ITEM 1.   OPSEC PROBLEM:
 A.   SINCE 1977 THE WASHINGTON POST,  AND OTHERS,  HAVE BEEN
 PUBLISHING ARTICLES ON PSI ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE US GOVT.   THE
 SUBJECT   SEEMS TO MAKE  GOOD  PRESS.   LAST  YEAR  JACK ANDERSON
 PUBLISHED THE PROJECT NICKNAME GRILL 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  INFORMATION;  NEW
 INFORMATION,   WHICH,  BY  ITS  VERY  NATURE  INDICATES  AN OPSEC
 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 STUBBLEBINE, WATT, AND JACHIM,
 (2)  -PssI' TRAINING AT SRI INTERNATIONAL AND THE MONROE
 INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (RAPT 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 TO ANSWER ANY  INQUIRES
 WITH THE PHRASE "No COMMENT."  WE FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO INFORM
 YOU OF    THIS INFORMATION   AS  WELL.   THE 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 MOA:
 A.   As YOU KNOW THE MOA PROVIDED FOR PROJECT CONTINUITY BY
 ASSIGNING  THE  UNIT  OPCON  TO  DIA  WHILE  THEY  (DIA)  SOUGHT
 CONGRESSIONAL   APPROVAL OF  NFIP  FUNDING.   THIS  APPROVAL  IS
 INCLUDED IN THE FY 86 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL BUT A FULL
 TRANSFER OF THE UNIT CANNOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE BILL IS SIGNED
 BY THE PRESIDENT.
 B.   WHEN YOU AND LTG  (RET) WILLIAMS ORIGINALLY SIGNED THE
 /.!9-S 7` 01'11/ c/t
 MOA IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN  IN EFFECT BY
 NOW. THIS,  AS YOU WELL KNOW,  IS STILL  PENDING.   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.
 THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO AT MOST APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE 2ND QUARTER OF FY 86.
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