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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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5. Institute total trade embargo against Soviet bloc. Discussion. The domestic legal authority for the export controls presently applicable to Soviet bloc countries is sufficient for the expansion of such controls, including a prohibition of all exports to those countries, to be undertaken. That authority is contained in the Export Control Act of 1949 (50 App. U.S.C. 2021-2032), which provides in part as follows: ## 2022. Congressional declaration of policy. "The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to use export controls to the extent necessary (a) to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand; (b) to further the foreign policy of the United States and to aid in fulfilling its international responsibilities; and (c) to exercise the necessary vigilance over exports from the standpoint of their significance to the national security. ## *§2023. Authority to effectuate policies; delegation; limitations. "(a) To effectuate the policies set forth in section 2032 hereof, the President may prohibit or curtail the exportation from the United States, its Territories, and possessions, of any articles, materials, or supplies, including technical data, except under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. To the extent necessary to achieve effective enforcement of this Act, such rules and regulations may apply to the financing, transporting, and other servicing of exports and the participation therein by any person. "(b) The President may delegate the power, authority, and discretion conferred upon him by this Act to such departments, agencies, or officials of the Government as he may deem appropriate." Pursuant to Section 2023(b), the President has delegated his powers under the Act to the Secretary of Commerce, who has issued appropriate regulations. Present export controls include a total embargo on exports to Communist China and North Korea and broad controls on exports to other Soviet bloc countries. In this regard, the Department of Commerce has established the "Positive List of Controlled Commodities", the items on which require a validated export license for shipment to certain destinations. Those commodities represent selective strategic categories of significance to the Soviet bloc war potential. In addition, with the exception of a specified list of clearly nonstrategic items on a general license list for the Soviet bloc countries, all commodities, whether or not on the "Positive List", require validated licenses for export to those countries. Poland
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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.