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 30 November 1981
 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
 SUBJECT: Briefing of New ACSI, BG ODOM
 1. Script prepared for this briefing was not used. BG Odom glanced at the
 index to the targets book and asked specific questions before he looked at
 information in the book. BG Odom likes to control the situation. His impatience
 may make it difficult to use prepared scripts. BG Odom made some comments
 during the brief which gave me the following impressions:
 Anti-think tank (Rand, SRI) - Rand Mafia has infiltrated government
 everywhere.
 Down on CIA - CIA takes credit for Army work. We should make them pay
 for anything we do for them.
 GRILL FLAME will not be a high priority until the phenomenon can be proved
 As long as it is cheap and doesn't take away from higher priorities it's OK.
 "IN
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 IN OCTOBER 1978, ACSI TASKED INSCOM TO ESTABLISH A
 PROGRAM USING PSYCHOENERGENICS FOP, INTELLItENCE
 APPLICATIONS. SPECIFICALLY UTILIAW THAT FIELD OF
 PARAPSYCHOLOGY KNOWN AS REMOTE VIEWING AS A METHOD
 Or. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION.
 IN RESPONSE TO THAT TASKING, INSCOM ESTAILISHED AN
 AD HOC PROJECT WITHIN THE ASCSOPS-HUM114T TO DETERMINE:
 1. COULD REMOT E VIEWING TECHNOLOGY BE TAUGHT
 TO INSCOM PERSONNEL .... AND IF SO TO SELECT
 PERSONNEL AND ESTABLISH A TRAINING PROGRAM
 SRI had demonstrated that RV could be done by known
 ZAych~Ss ... our objective was to utilize professional
 intelligence personnel
 2. ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE
 UTILIZING REMOTE VIEWING
 INSCOM is aq~ _en Ry,(Id in an R&D effort ... but the
 application of REMOTE VIEWING to collection of
 intelligence ... with reasonable accuracy ...
 intelligence that would be accepted by intelligence
 analysts
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 3. ESTABLISH A MECHANISM TO RESPOND TO COLLECTION
 J~EQU~REMENTS USING REMOTE VIEWING
 Given the security requirements and the 2i~blic
 sensitivity to intelligence collection using
 this technique ... make it responsive
 PEOPLE
 TO LOCATE PERSONNEL 251 INSCOM PERSONNEL IN THE WASHINGTON/
 BALTIMORE AREA WERE CONSIDERED. THROUGH A PERIOD OF
 INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS THE NUMBER WAS NARROWED TO 15 ...
             AND FINALLY A JOINT DECISION BY SRI AND INSCOM SELECTED
             6 PERSONNEL FOR TRAINING (3 MILITARY & 3 CIVILIAN) ...
 .~yf) T H F, R -3 CONTINUED THE
 TN ADDITION ...
 IN-HOUSE TRAINING ....... -OF THE ORIGINA GROUP OF 6
 TRAINIED AT SRI, 2 REMAINED WITH THE PROJECT.....OF THE
 5 SELECTED FOR IN-HOUSE TRAINING-1 REMAINS
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 The reasons for leaving varied; military caree
 civilian_jp~_progression, press of
 work on current ob made it tough to be available
 for pait~,t_jiTers,...and since it is a voluntary
 program .... some lust opted out for no given
 reason*
 WE HAVE CURRENTLY 2 NEW PERSONNEL ON BOARD WHO ARE
 JUST BEGINNING THE IN-HOUSE PORTION OF THE TRAINING...
 THEY WILL BE GOING TO SRI IN THE SPRING FOR ADDITIONAL
 TRAINING.
 In all training ... we first provide initial
 orientation training_.,in-house....to familiarize
 the personnel with.t.he protocols that are being
 used ... and secondly...If tkey__decide t9 opt out
 out of the program we---won't have_~.~nt TDY funds
 and contract dollars unnecessarily
                                                  JAW
 WHEN THE PROJECT WAS TRANSFERRED TO INSCOM CONTROL IN KV"ff 1981,
 INSCOM PUT A CEILING-OF ... 9...FULL TIME PARTICIPANTS, AND
 AS MANY PART TIME PARTICIPANTS AS AVAILABLE.
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  OPERATIONS
  THEITRAINING BY SRI AND IN-HOUSE WAS FORCAST TO COVER
  AN 18-24 MONTH PERIOD
  This was the best estimate .... training psychics
  had never been tried before
  WOK
  HOWEVER IN SEPTEMBER 1979, THE FIRST OPERATIONAL
  TASKING WAS RECEIVED .... AND BY DECEMBER 1979 TRAINING
  PER SE WAS TERMINATED
  .~~qM~Lkl~j_gE THE RESULTS AND IDENTIFY THE REQUESTORS.
  TO DATE WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN 71 PROJECTS ... THESE 2 GRAPHICS
  ADDITIONALLY ..... WE HAVE COLLECTED IN THIS BOOK AEXAMPLES
  OF TARGETS .... INTELLIGENCE COLLECTED .... AND THE
  M_QPESTORS ANALYSTS COMMENTS AND EVALUATION OF THAT
  INFORMATION .....
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