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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.

  • p. 92 …the above actions /designed to provide a capability for dealing with the Berlin problem in advance…
  • p. 96 …the above actions designed to provide a capability for dealing with the Berlin problem in advance…
  • p. 98 …The Berlin preparedness measures and public reaction thereto might engender hoarding, scare buying, advance stocking, speculative…
  • p. 99 …the change is due to the conjunction of high levels of economic activity in other advanced…
  • p. 100 …However, it is only prudent to plan in advance to deal with the unfavorable contingencies described…
  • p. 130 …the change is due to the conjunction of high levels of economic activity in other advanced…
  • p. 145 …The Soviets justify their demand for the conclusion of separate peace treaties with the "two German…

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Table 2.--Key Economic Magnitudes, 1950 II-1951 IV

(Seasonally adjusted unless otherwise indicated)

Series	1950 II	1950	1951
Unit or base	Data	III	IV	I	II	III	IV
1950 II=100
GNP in current prices	$ Billions, current prices, annual rate	274.4	106.9	110.9	115.8	119.0	121.6	123.2
Personal consumption expenditures	"	189.9	107.6	105.4	111.4	108.2	110.0	112.4
Durable goods	"	27.9	127.2	111.8	118.3	100.4	102.2	101.8
Nondurable goods	"	97.7	105.7	104.4	112.8	110.6	112.1	115.4
Services	"	64.3	102.2	104.0	106.2	107.9	110.1	112.4
Residential construction	"	13.8	111.6	104.3	102.2	90.6	85.5	87.7
Business fixed investment 1/	"	28.2	109.6	113.5	114.5	119.9	121.6	120.2
Government purchases of goods and services	"	36.5	104.7	117.8	135.6	158.1	177.8	190.4
Federal national defense	"	12.0	117.5	152.5	202.5	260.0	317.5	348.3
GNP in constant dollars	$ Billions, 1954 prices, annual rate	312.0	104.4	106.3	107.1	109.0	111.0	111.2
GNP deflators	1954=100	87.9	102.5	104.4	108.2	109.2	109.7	110.9
Personal consumption expenditures	"	88.7	102.1	103.9	107.3	108.0	108.2	109.5
Durable goods	"	93.5	101.6	103.6	107.0	107.7	108.6	109.4
Nondurable goods	"	89.7	102.9	105.1	109.7	110.5	110.1	111.5
Consumer price index 2/3	1947-49=100	101.8	102.6	105.0	108.3	108.8	109.6	111.1
Wholesale price index 2/3	"	100.2	106.9	111.9	116.3	114.9	113.2	113.3
Industrial production 2/	1957=100	74.7	105.6	108.0	109.5	108.8	106.8	108.3

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