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THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
(SECRET
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
JCSM-349-60
12 AUG 1960
STATES
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Subject: Berlin Contingency Planning (U)
TS513
1. Reference is made to your memorandum, subject as above,
dated 10 June 1960, requesting that the Joint Chiefs of Staff
furnish you a checklist of those measures which will require
your attention and decision, to include, where appropriate, the
estimated lead time from decision to achievement of capability.
2. As a result of action by the U.S. Coordinating Group for
Berlin Contingency Planning on 23 May 1960, a Working Group
composed of representatives from the Department of State, Office
of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Central
Intelligence Agency have prepared a "Checklist of Possible Mili-
tary and Non-Military Measures - Berlin Contingency Planning.'
The primary purpose of this checklist is to comply with the in-
structions of the President resulting from the National Security
Council Meeting of 23 April 1959, and to facilitate the action
of the U.S. Coordinating Group in making recommendations to the
President regarding the selection and timing of appropriate
measures in light of the political-militar; situation existing
at the time.
3. It is believed that this checklist, forwarded as the
Appendix hereto, provides in large measure the information
requested in the referenced memorandum. The checklist does
not, however, indicate those measures which require your per-
sonal attention and decision inasmuch as the Joint Chiefs of
Staff would apprise you of such matters on a case-by-case
basis as circumstances warrant.
For the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
Marining
N. F. TWINING,
Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of staff.
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