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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3 A June 1983 Congressional Research Service report to Congress says, It is also speculated that the Soviet Government is firmly committed to the funding of psi research and that much of this funding, variously speculated to amount to tens of millions of dollars, is directed toward military research (17: CRS-14). What makes the Soviet research effort such a threat is the United States’ apparent lack of interest. The same report to Congress also mentions that “total funding for psi research in the United States probably does not greatly ~ exceed $500,000 per annum, and most funding originates from private sources and foundations" (17: CRS-13). Attempts to identify more recent and accurate funding levels have been to no avail. U.S. RESEARCH Any lack of interest in psychic research in the United States is an outgrowth of personal fears, sensationalism, and restrictive scientific mind-sets. We are our own worst enemies. Through cynicism, biased criticism, and ridicule the scientific community and society as a whole have suppressed exploration of the mind frontier. Greater psychic awareness is the key to opening our minds and discovering the hidden treasures. Dr. Roger A. Beaumont, professor of history at Texas A&M University, has published more than 40 articles and three books on military history and strategic studies. In a 1982 article in Signal magazine he points out: In the West, psychic research has been Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA- RDP96- 00789R001001420001 -3 17