Documents / FOIA release
This Top Secret study by the Interdepartmental Coordinating Group on Germany and Berlin, dated July 12, 1961, and released by the Central Intelligence Agency, answers NSC Directive No. 58 of June 30, 1961. It sets out courses of action for the Berlin crisis but does not judge their merits. It covers imminent presidential decisions, a three-phase timetable running to January 1, military preparations and mobilization, covert action, economic sanctions, public information, negotiating positions and checkpoint procedures for East German personnel.
“Cooper”8 pages
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## SECRET ## 7. Additional Preparedness Planning The OCDM or its successor agency should accelerate preparedness to take emergency stabilization action for limited or general war along the lines outlined in 27 of the National Plan for Civil and Defense Mobilization with particular emphasis on the readiness of departments and agencies mentioned therein to undertake the particular tasks that would be assigned to them. At the same time intensive studies of more comprehensive fiscal measures should be undertaken with emphasis on such alternatives as a general expenditure tax, compulsory lending, compulsory saving. ## 8. Request for Burden Sharing on Balance of Payments Consequences. Following the German elections scheduled for mid-September, Chancellor Adenauer should be informed that the U.S. expects the Government of the Federal Republic to provide assistance to offset U.S. dollar expenditures in connection with additional deployment of forces. G.F.R. assistance is to include construction and contractual services costs, offsetting conversions of troop pay into foreign currencies, and additional procurement of military equipment in the U.S. This German support would be in addition to measures currently being worked out for offsetting a portion of the cost of the U.S. balance of payments of the troops currently stationed in Germany.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 163 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.