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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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## SECRET SUBJECT: BERLIN PLANNING: ACTIONS TO MINIMIZE DISLOCATIONS TO THE U.S. ECONOMY AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS Attached is our memorandum under the above heading carrying out the assignment from the President that: "The Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers should submit very preliminary recommendations as to the timing and nature of the preparations to be taken to ensure that execution of the above actions /designed to provide a capability for dealing with the Berlin problem in advance of hostilities/ would cause minimum dislocation of the United States economy and balance of payments. A fuller report will be expected later." The attached material includes 3 copies of each of the following: 1. A three-page summary of the basic memorandum 2. The memorandum itself 3. Two appendices A. The State of the Economy and the Impact of Military Crisis, 1950 and 1961 B. Impact on U.S. Balance of Payments of Berlin Preparations The following supplementary papers, not submitted herewith, are available at the offices of the Council, and will be utilized in connection with the fuller report to be submitted at a later date: 1. Price, Wage, and Production Controls in 1950-51 2. Monetary-Fiscal Actions in 1950-51 3. The Voluntary Credit Restraint Program, 1951 4. The Supply of Manpower in 1950 and 1961 5. The Impact by Economic Sectors of the Korean Conflict Douglas Dillon Secretary of the Treasury Walter W. Heller Chairman Council of Economic Advisers
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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.