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  Minutes of the DoD Grill Flame Committee Meeting, 10 JanUarY 1980
  1. (U) The meeting was held- in the DIA/DT Conference Room at 0930
  on 10 January 1980.
  2. (U) Attendees (see enclosure I).
       3. (U) The minutes of the 27 November meeting were approved as written.
  4. (U) The.next meeting for the committee was established for 20 March
  1980 at 0930. A message reminder and confirmation will be dispatched
  :-to each member.
  5. (C/NOFORN) Major Stoner informed the committee that the 902nd MI
  Group has been asked to consider establishing a DoD special access for
  Grill Flame materials. SG1A
  6. (C) Major Stoner also asked that provide a briefing to
  the Grill Flame Committee on recent developmen s in their program.
  7. (S) The group was also informed that General Thompson has briefed the
  DDO on the INSCOM program.
  8. (C/NOFORN) As the classification ORCON limits distributfon of the
  minutes the suggestion was made and accepted that ORCON would caily be
  used when discussing viewers.
  9. (S/NOFORN) Dr. Vorona reported to the group that their was CangressionO
  interest in Grill Flame projects. As a result of that interest, arrange-
  ments were made to present the INSCOM briefing., In addition to the
  technical aspects of the program, Congressional concern and support were
  expressed for funding the program in FY 80, 81, and 82.
  10. (C) Major Stoner asked about end of year funds in DIA to support
  research. Dr. Vorona replied that there were only small amounts available
  in the end of year funds.
  11. (S/NOFORN) CIA volunteered that no Agency funds were budgeted for
  FY 80, 81 or 82 on parapsychological research.
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 the group.
 13. (C) The suggestion was made that SRI be invited to attend fu~ture
 meetings.
 14. (C) Mr. Gale briefed the Grill Flame Committee on his committee's
 findings, as a result of their review of all DoD efforts in pariapsychology.
 15. (S/NOFORN) Mr. Gale's briefing was not received favorably bvy, the Grill
 Flame group. There were many substantive reservations based up= errors
 in both facts and analysis. The report was, in the view of the, group,
 misleading and inadequate, in part because of ambiguity in langkuage.
 The belief -that dissemination of the Gale report should be halVed until
 such time as the Grill Flame Working Group can subject it to cr~jtical
 examination was expressed by many members of tha group.. It was, suggested
 that General Tighe contact Dr. Laberge to obtain copies of the report
 and to stop any further distribution.
      SG1 1 16. (C/NOFORN) was appointed to head a subcommitteve to
 review the Gale report in depth.
                                 SG1 1 17. (S/NOFORN)
                                       group:
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 SG1 I
 provided the following information to the
 c. He will be seeing Dr. Jahn before the next Grill
 Flame meeting.
 d. Congressman Rose will be on the CIA Life Science Panel..
 18. (U) The meeting was 4ourned at 1330.
 2 Enclosures AIACK VORONA
 1. List of Attendees U Chairman, Grill Flame
 2. Ltr from (U) Committee
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