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.
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# CIVIL DEFENSE READINESS MEASURES
## Phase I. July through September 17
1. Initiate a public information program stressing measures of family protection, family fallout shelters, food and water reserves, first aid, warning, emergency information, etc.
2. Initiate program for financing new shelter construction program.
3. Expedite program of identifying and marking shelters and shelter areas in public and private buildings.
4. Increase procurement and distribution of radiological defense equipment, including reserves and partial sets.
5. Increase all fields of civil defense training with special emphasis on radiological defense monitoring.
6. Issue directive to Federal Agencies regarding civil defense goals time-phased for the next six months of (1) shelter, (2) radiological instruments, (3) medical supplies, and (4) essential survival items.
7. Expedite completion of assignment of emergency planning responsibilities to delegate agencies; direct such agencies to be prepared to carry out all assigned emergency functions.
8. Accelerate installation of NACOM II radio back-up to OCDM Regional Offices on an operational basis.
9. Expedite the extension of NACOM II radio back-up from OCDM Regional Offices to State emergency operating centers.
10. Increase frequency of unscheduled tests of the National Attack Warning System (NAWAS) and the Command Communications Network (NACOM $ ^{+} $ I).
11. Direct GSA to direct all CBR equipment manufacturers with current contracts to accelerate production of selected detection instruments. Not linked to a story yet.
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 163 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.