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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
## SECRET The economic impact of limited blocking would be governed primarily by the amount of assets affected by the blocking. The following are reported Soviet Bloc assets here as of December 31, 1960: Country Short-term U.S. Government Bonds and Notes (other long-term Assets not known) Albania 177,000 Bulgaria 466,0001 Czechoslovakia 1,042,000 East Germany 1,295,000 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 2,608,0001 7,357,0001 Hungary 966,0001 Poland 6,088,000 Rumania 1,084,000 1,150,0001 U.S.S.R. 12,062,0002 TOTAL $25,788,000 $8,507,000 If we were to institute general blocking, all imports from the affected countries could be stopped. The following are U.S. imports from the various Soviet Bloc countries during 1960: Country Albania 65,000 Bulgaria 719,000 Czechoslovakia 11,946,000 East Germany 3,043,000 Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania 15,000 Hungary 1,701,000 Poland 38,650,000 Rumania 1,386,000 US.S.R., including Outer Mongolia 25,018,000 TOTAL $82,543,000 1 Believed to consist largely of assets now blocked by the OAF. 2 Reported at only 5 to 6 million during first five months of 1961.
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