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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.
# Appendix B # IMPACT ON U.S. BALANCE OF PAYMENTS OF BERLIN PREPARATIONS Current Balance of Payments Situation. The balance of payments deficit continues to be a matter of serious concern. The U.S. balance of payments deficit is currently running at an annual rate of about $1.2 billion as compared with $3.8 billion during CY 1960. Much of the change is due to the conjunction of high levels of economic activity in other advanced countries with recession in the United States. The progress of recovery will bring an increase in U.S. imports during the second half of this calendar year. The overall deficit (excluding special debt prepayments) will be approximately $1.5 - $2.0 billion for calendar year 1961, without taking into account the effect of Berlin preparations. Current Level of Military Expenditures Entering Balance of Payments. During fiscal year 1961 U.S. defense expenditures entering our balance of payments totalled approximately $3 billion. These expenditures were partially offset by receipts from military transactions amounting to approximately $300 million, leaving a net out payment in the balance of payments of about $2.7 billion. As shown in the table below, U.S. defense expenditures in NATO Europe entering the balance of payments amounted to approximately $1.5 billion during FY 1961. Germany ($ millions)Rest ofNATO Europe Total Conversions of troop pay 248 192 440 Major Equipment&MAP/OSP 10 85 95 NATO Infrastructure 14 81 95 Construction 10 72 82 Contractual Services&Other Local Costs 362644 398828 7601,472
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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.