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TAB TO ANNEX TO APPENDIX B
CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE SEQUENCE OF
ACTION AND SOVIET REACTION
1. The preparations of mounting seriousness taken by the
1
United States and Allies will have alerted the Communist Bloc and 2
they will have intensified efforts to determine the number and
3
disposition of additional US troop units in Europe.
4
2. Since the action taken to block access would most probably
5
be taken subsequent to the signing of a peace treaty between
6
USSR and the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the question of
7
the location of Soviet divisions is important. It is possible,
8
after the signing of the treaty for the Soviets, with much fan-
9
fare, to move its divisions out of the GDR. This is unlikely
10
because the existence of the GDR regime appears dependent upon
11
the presence of Soviet divisions, and also because it puts the
12
Soviets in a less advantageous posture for combat in Western
13
Europe. Therefore, it should be assumed that Soviet divisions
14
presently in the GDR will remain generally in their present
15
locations.
16
3. The study forwarded to the Secretary of Defense* on 28
17
April 1961, gives the Joint Chiefs of Staff views of the possiblel8
sequence of US action and Soviet reaction. Although this con- 19
cerned a two-division force probe, the sequence could remain
20
substantially unchanged. If is assumed that the Soviets will sign21
a peace treaty with the GDR before the GDR adopt an intransigient22
attitude over access to Berlin. This appears to be the most
23
likely course of action. However, access to Berlin may not be
24
denied by the GDR for some time after a GDR-Soviet treaty and
25
the United States must be prepared for such an eventuality.
26
27
* JCSM 287-61
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Appendix B
JCSM-431-61
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