MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN ROSE, 1400 HRS, 16 JULY 1981 (U)

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• Publication Date: July 17, 1981
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Approved For Release 2004/09/O9 CI -F*6P96-00788R061100440067-0
17 July 1901
SUBJECT: Meeting with Congressman Rose, 1400 His, 36 July 1981 (U)
1. (U) At 1300 Hrs, 16 July 1981, 1 was notified by my office that Congressman
Rose's office had requested that I meet with the Congressman at 1400 Mrs that
afternoon. I arrived at the Capitol Building shortly after 1400 Hrs, and when
1 finally made it to Congressman Rose's office the meeting was already underway.
The following personnel were in attendance:
Congressman Rose
Dick Giza
Office
of Congressman Rose
LTC Mike Chase
Office
of Congressional Liaison
Tim Hatch
Office
of Army General Consul
LTC Watt
INSCOM
2. (5) The meeting had been called by Congressman Rose to find out why the
Army was apparently "dragging its feet" in supporting SRI-I with funds that had
already been agreed upon for FY 81. The Congressman was very agitated and
concerned that no progress was being made in solving the alleged "human use"
differences that seemed to exist between the AGC and DoD GC offices.
3. (S) Tim Hatch presented the ACC position .... whi.ch boiled down to the fact
that the AGC office had briefed the Secretary of the Army on the proposed joint
effort between Army and DIA and that the DoD GC concurred with the human use issue.
It was after this briefing to Secretary of the Army that AGC learned that apparently
DoD GC did not concur on the human use issue; therefore, the AGC decided the issue
needed to be decided before the Army would be allowed to transfer any funds in
support of the joint program.
4. (C) This response did not appear to satisfy Congressman Rose. His feelings
can be summed up as follows:
a. Project Grill Flame is his #1 intelligencc priority.
b. Researchers at SRI--I, who he feels are the leaders in the current
research, must be prgperly supported.
c. He was sick and tired of all the administrative red tape and wanted
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6. (C) The Congressman asked me if` we felt t.hhat SRI was worth having and
I explained to him our current funding aituat.ior7 for FY 81 and what we had
recommended for FY 82 as far as supporting SRI. My response appeared to
satisfy him.
7. (U) The meeting adjourned shortly before 1.500 t-irs with the Congressman's
ringing summation that this area of intelligence gathering was potentially
too great to allow to fester on the vines becau ;~ of bureaucratic red tape.
Ci .
DACSI (MAJ O'Keefe)
NOTED: /
COL CHAD B. WHITE/ADCSOPS-HUMINT
h'itJiRfAl I3! WATT
LTC, G~
INSCOM GRILL FLAME
Project- Flananer