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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.
“Cooper”8 pages
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# DEFENSE MOBILIZATION ACTIONS ## Phase I, July through September 17 1. Obtain from Department of Defense phased strength requirements, including category of personnel. 2. Obtain from Department of Defense estimate of their total requirements, including those for (1) military hard goods, (2) petroleum, including aviation gasoline and jet fuel, (3) food, (4) medical supplies, (5) transportation, (6) military soft goods, and (7) foreign military aid. 3. Obtain from State Department information on requirements for foreign economic mid. 4. Obtain from Council of Economic Advisers, Department of the Treasury and the Fdderal Reserve Board their recommendations for indirect economic controls and taxation policy that should be proposed to meet the requirements for the mobilization period. 5. Initiate preparation for establishment and staffing of the following emergency agencies: Stabilization, Transportation, Communications, and Censorship. 6. Notify selected Executive Reservists as to possible call-up to duty on a selective basis as required to meet the phased mobilization program. 7. Initiate Executive Order authorizing withdrawals from strategic and critical material stockpile. 8. Establish mechanism and procedure for determining requirements for the civilian population. 9. Establish mechanism and procedure for the purpose of (1) reviewing the overall programs of Federal Agencies developed to meet the situation for feasibility of completion within allowable time limits and (2) determining relative urgency of programs to establish program priorities, as necessary. 10. Establish programs for the immediate relocation of Federally-owned tools, equipment, materials, and food.
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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.