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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# INFORMATION PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF BERLIN POLICY ## SUMMARY It is clearly desirable that an effective domestic and overseas information program be carried out in support of the political, economic and military actions undertaken by the United States and its Allies in relation to the Berlin situation. It should be the primary purpose of such a program to educate public opinion in the U.S. and overseas concerning the historical background of the Berlin issue, as well as the nature and implications of the Soviet threat of unilateral action to change the status of the city. In organizing this information program it is contemplated that all appropriate U.S. public and private resources will be utilized and that these domestic resources will be augmented by facilities and resources which will become available as a result of coordination and cooperation with our Allies. Actions to be taken under the program will be designed to reach both the American audience and foreign target audiences. They will include such measures as the preparation and distribution of information materials on the Berlin question both here and abroad, periodic reports to the nation by the President and other key officials, briefing of representatives of American information media and non-governmental organizations, production of radio and TV shows on various aspects of the Berlin situation, coordination of the information activities of the U.S., Britain, France and Germany throughout the world and enlisting the cooperation of the member countries of NATO, SEATO, CENTO and OAS in support of the Western position on Berlin. Many of the actions in the information program will be of a continuing nature while others will be dependent on actions in the political, economic and military fields.
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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.