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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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# FEDERAL EMERGENCY PLAN BERLIN OCDM SUBMISSION ## ASSUMPTIONS This plan is designed to meet increased international tensions, which could lead to war, resulting from the Berlin situation. It is based on the following assumptions: 1. An increased state of national emergency will be proclaimed. 2. The public will be informed of all elements of the foreign and domestic situation to the extent permitted by security considerations. 3. United States military forces will be augmented. 4. Overt civil defense measures will be taken toreach the maximum feasible state of readiness by December 1961. 5. Emergency legislation will be submitted to Congress. 6. All mobilization actions and controls necessary to support increased military forces and civil defense readiness measures will be instituted. ## PHASED TRANSITION TO MOBILIZATION A series of interrelated actions must be taken by the Federal Government to attain industrial mobilization, military expansion, and an increased readiness in civil defense. Because of the lead time required for certain of these key actions, such as legislation and funding, this plan has been prepared to meet a proposed time table as follows: Phase I, July through September 17 Decision and action on those organizational and preparatory measures
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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.