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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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## TOP SECRET # MILITARY MEASURES OUTSIDE CENTRAL EUROPE 1. There is a wide variety of military measures available to the US and its Allies which could be implemented in ascending order of severity. These measures consist primarily of actions by deployed naval and air forces, primarily of the three occupying powers and perhaps West Germany. a. Naval Blockades and Harassments (1) Passive surveillance and photographic documentation of the passage of Soviet and GDR shipping through selected restricted waters and narrow focal passages. (2) Delay of passage of Soviet and GDR shipping on the high seas for a wide range of reasons such as inspection of documents, cargo and health conditions or search for illegally carried personnel. Lengthy delays can be interposed while documentation is being obtained. (3) Full control on the high seas, including international waters leading to selected narrow focal passages, and return of Soviet and GDR shipping to ports of departure. Soviet and GDR ships subsequently apprehended attempting to evade the naval blockade would be subject to detention. (4) While harassment can be carried out in many areas as well as on the high seas, the following geographical locations merit consideration: (a) Danish Belts and Kiel Canal. (b) Turkish Straits. (c) Tushima, Tsugaru and La Perouse Straits. (d) Straits of Gibraltar. (e) Aegean approaches to Greek and Turkish ports. (f) Cuban ports. (5) Before
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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.