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.
“Cooper”8 pages
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# CIVIL DEFENSE READINESS MEASURES # Phase 11, September 17 through November 1. Recommend to the Governors particularly review of plans for continuity of governmental operations: Lines of succession, essential records, protected emergency operating centers, and full use of government resources. 2. Advise Governors to issue similar continuity of government instructions to at least their principal political subdivisions. 3. Issue instructions on a nationwide basis for improvisation of shelters in homes and other buildings, including industrial and commercial facilities. 4. Arrange for emergency appropriations and logistical support with such agencies as Bureau of the Budget, Civil Service Commission, and General Services Administration in connection with creation and operation of emergency agencies and emergency functions. 5. Accelerate public information program so as to condition public reaction to requirements of the situation with emphasis on shelter program, including the stockpiling of a two-week supply of food, water and other essentials. 6. Request Department of Health, Education and Welfare to submit for review plans for the dispersal of medical supplies and material currently held in the civil defense stockpile and those recommended for procurement. 7. Notify State Governors of the need for increased preparedness and recommend to them actions supporting or paralleling those taken by the Federal Government. 8. Direct Federal Agencies to increase physical security measures for non-military Federal facilities and stockpiles (e.g., dams, power plants, machine tools, agricultural and civil defense stockpiles).
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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.