OGC REVIEW OF ODM 'KEY DOCUMENTS FOR OPERATION ALERT 1956'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00882R000200130001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 21, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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OGC HAS REVIEWED.
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O GC Review of ODM 'Rev Documents For
F;y memorandum of 10 Au ust to the Genera:- Counsel,
the llnergency Flannin Officer for the 1'4;ency,
;u F wed the desirability of a review of the rresidenui l
rocl :in +.tions prepared for use in Operation ALERT 1956 in order
determine whether or not Agency aic-11,ivities and requirements
:could be circumscribed by those d .rec :tees.
Jince the date of memorandum. this
Off ice has received from -a niuioer of proposed directives
which are oeing coordinated among interested aaenc ies by the
>iureauu of he Budget. `'t'hese latter documents are intended to
act forth the actual teims of President:!-a! proclalations that
'>rould be issued upon the declaration of a national emergency.
Jome of the wr?oclamations developed for Operation ALERT
95f are hypothetical and partially based upon the assumptions
drsed in that exercise. Other Operation ALERT documents are
identical with those mentioned in parag-raph 2 above and are not 11 l t; l,crtiet ical. Due to the comn.~exit ies o1 emergency planning both
within OD14 and other governmental agencies the development of
documeiits of this kind in final and official form is rroceedin<
;iowly.
r. it seems to me that has made a fruitful
: uF estion that documents of this generf:Ll nature should be analyze 4
J this Office to determine :their imp et upon Agency wartime
:Lctivities. however, it is not clear at this time as to what efft rt.
on our mart is worthwhile in the analysis of the OpratIoiit ALERT
I documents because of the by aothetica] nature of some of thos+
(: cilitlellts. Having received your permission to coaLlact
in th:is general connection, 1 have ar:tatiged to visit his Office
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-axiy next week. Ac that time 1 will endeavor to ascertain
which of the Operation ALERT 19* docum ent.s are realistic
rind which are intentionally artificial so that this Office can
e-oncentrate its activities upon the f'orrac;r, and upon the non-
i,F)othetical aspects or the latter.
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