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POR SKORKE TOP SECRET recommended to the President for implementation in order both 1 to restore the credibility of the US nuclear deterrent and to 2 achieve as early as possible a military posture which would 3 permit the United States and its Allies or the United States 4 unilaterally, to apply substantial nonnuclear force against any 5 Soviet Bloc attempt to blockade ground access to Berlin; and 6 concurrently to prepare for the ultimate risk of general war 7 which such actions involve. 8 5. The sequence of military actions which are envisaged is 9 set forth in Annex C together with corresponding political 10 actions and pertinent remarks with regard to implementation. 11 6. An inspection of the sequence of events in Annex C 12 readily indicates that the actions envisaged amount to a 13 "crash" program within the time limits assumed within this 14 study (i.e., 31 October 1961). However, this aspect does not 15 invalidate the over-all deterrent effect which may be expected 16 from implementation of these measures. 17 7. While the execution of the measures envisaged in 18 Annex C to Appendix A, whether on a US unilateral basis or 19 Allied basis, is designed to produce a strong deterrent effect 20 on the Soviets, conceivably it could have an adverse and 21 opposite effect on the Soviet Bloc, i.e., instead of deterring 22 them from a blockade of West Berlin, it could cause them to 23 take military counteractions to pre-empt US and/or Allied 24 efforts to protect West Berlin. 25 8. For example, if the United States and its Allies 26 mobilize and deploy additional nonnuclear ground forces to 27 Europe, as a minimum it may be expected that the Soviet Bloc 28 will respond in kind. In addition, it may be expected that the 29 Soviet Bloc will accuse the United States and the West of 30 deliberately preparing for aggressive war in Central Europe 31 for the purpose of destroying the German Democrat Republic (GDR) 32 TOP SECRET- Annex B to Appendix A JCSM-431-61 6

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