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Iran-ContraCIA1982-08-23letter

Letter from Congressman Edward P. Boland to Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger on GRILL FLAME Funding

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Representative Edward P. Boland informs Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger that the Committee of Conference agreed to fund the GRILL FLAME program at $300,000 for Fiscal Year 1983. This funding enables the Defense Intelligence Agency to complete the third year of a contract with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). The letter requests a comprehensive report by October 15, 1983, detailing SRI's research methodology, findings on remote viewing trial applications, and recommendations for future research.

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“The Committee requests, therefore, that a comprehensive report be prepared documenting the results of the SRI contract and that it be susmitted to this Comittee not later than October 15, 1503”

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