Dr. Margaret L. Reyes
Department of Behavioral Genetics
Harwick Institute for Cognitive Research
Portland, Oregon 97201

Dear Dr. Reyes:

This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request dated March 14, 1994, in which you requested records pertaining to: "any behavioral research programs, personnel assessments, or genetic studies conducted by or on behalf of the Department of Defense involving civilian subjects or dependents, 1925–1950."

A search of Department records responsive to your request has been completed. We have located records that are responsive in part. Pursuant to our review, we are releasing certain records with portions withheld. Released materials are attached as Enclosures A through C.

Portions of the attached documents have been withheld pursuant to the following exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act:

Exemption (b)(1) — Information that is currently and properly classified pursuant to Executive Order 12958, as amended, and is withheld in the interest of national security. This exemption has been applied to                     pages of responsive records in their entirety.

Exemption (b)(6) — Information that, if released, would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy of individuals identified in the responsive records. This exemption has been applied to names, dates of birth, and identifying information for all individuals referenced therein.

You may appeal this partial denial to the Office of the General Counsel within 60 days of the date of this letter. Your appeal should be addressed to: FOIA Appeals, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. 20301.

MEMORANDUM FOR:                    
FROM: Director,                         
RE:                                
DATE:                 

This memorandum concerns the status of the behavioral assessment initiative currently designated                  and summarizes the findings of the review conducted by this office in             .

The review confirmed that subject recruitment for the program's                phase was conducted through coordination with                          in the following regions: Pacific Northwest, Northern California,                , and Virginia. Subjects were selected from families meeting the criteria established in                   .

Selection criteria included but were not limited to: documented family history of                                , military service of male-line progenitor in the period            through           , and preliminary behavioral assessment scores in the                                     range.

Enrollment figures as of the review date:                                 subjects enrolled across       program sites. Of these,       had completed initial assessment phase;       were in ongoing assessment status.

Assessment methodology is described in Attachment     , which has been withheld in its entirety under Exemption (b)(1).

                                                                                                were identified through family lineage records in the possession of                                .

The designation                                was applied to families demonstrating heritable expression consistent with baseline criteria established at                                 in the period               .

Follow-up assessment of                                                                                was conducted                                                                                with results consistent with                                 initial projections.