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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.
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Date Action 1950 July 11 Secretary of the Treasury recommends that action on tax revision bill pending in Senate Finance Committee be held up. July 25 President recommends revised tax bill to add $5 billion annually to existing tax revenues. September 23 Revenue Act of 1950 enacted into law increasing individual and corporation income tax rates. Added $5.8 billion to revenues at calendar 1951 incomes. October 1 Higher withholding tax on wages and salaries goes into effect. November 14 President recommends enactment of a corporate excess profits tax to yield $4 billion. 1951 January 3 Excess Profits Act of 1950 enacted into law, estimated to yield $3.5 billion annually. February 2 President recommends broad increases in individual and corporation income taxes to yield $10 billion annually. October 20 Revenue Act of 1951 enacted into law yielding $5.4 billion at calendar 1951 income levels.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 163 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.