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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.
“The Advance”7 pages
## TOP SECRET c. Estimated coat of movement to Europe: (1) Army. $ 4,000,000 (2) Air Force 30,600,000 TOTAL $34,600,000 5. The STRAC division could deploy two battle groups by air and remainder of the division by sea as follows: a. Two battle groups by airlift (4216 personnel, 224 aircraft sorties) completing movement to Germany in 4.5 days. b. Sealifted remainder of division (7339 personnel, three troop transports, three cargo ships) completing movement to Germany in 17 days. c. Estimated cost: (1) Army $4,000,000 (2) Navy 428,500 (3) Air Force 12,600,000 TOTAL $17,028,500 6. a. One Reserve or National Guard Division could be called to active duty to replace the deployed division for a period of 30 to 60 days at an estimated cost of: (1) Thirty days $ 5.142,827 (2) Sixty days $ 9,068,305 b. The divisions involved are currently not at full strength, and the corps headquarters concerned would require a minimum of 30 days prior notice to provide approximately 4,900 USAR fillers to bring one division up to full strength. c. To call one reserve component division to active duty for this period would require Presidential declaration of an emergency as required by Section 673, Title 10, US Code, though there is the legal possibility that a National Guard division might be called up for this period by a State governor, if he can be persuaded to do so, without such Presidential declaration. 7. Possible
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