OPERATION ALERT 1959: CONCEPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00680R000100400009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 21, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

Sanitized -approved For Release CIA-RDP2-0068~111YflO,000
All Offices `in D6/2 Area
Operation Alert l 9:
The DD/I leas approved: in principle Lbe wi~i D a + .:a scst ae
problem for `the DD/I portion of Operatic6'.", aert : 9 9?
rind subject to revision as the problem is stuiddi .btit 14 preaan c
2., Tb*-Xollawing inforsation ccneeruing.this p '14m 1 s'- ettative
here for planning purposes.
After a short period Of political tension ..dud conflicting in%.icatioaaa
o a Soviet intention to engage in rostilities,Government relocation
cadres are, directed to proceed ime A ately to their re-location sites.
The first nuclear explosion in 0$ tirritary occurs at 0805 on the
or ning of the first day of the exercise.
to. CIA receives information frv:a the USAF' ARM and NSA con-
cerni.ng the location of nuclear expo ions in the USSR. This infor-
rvAtion will be received by CIA at V- v? of about 50 ground zeros
,,very t lye hours.
c. I ring the exercise it vill be assumed that ground zeros were
ctua.lly at the coordinates given is.k the incoming reports. It will
t_so be assumed that all explosions were air bursts and that the ree-
ulting damage followed a standard pattern to be 'announced later.
Asnu t! ons concerning fall-out viii also be announced.
d. It vill be assumed that the USAF is unable to do da ge
r.ly labelled -Kxercise massage not to be transmitted.* The message=
e. CIA has been asked to give summaries of t current situation
t_n the Soviet Union every four hours and an estisate of probable SDVleet
wapabilities and future courses of action every twelve hours.
f. The CIA relocation fbrce will be organized to work on a
v.'cmty-four hour basis. OCI vill produce the sum: cries of the current
>!tuation and ONE vill be responsible for producing the estimates cf
;rc ble Soviet Capabilities and future courses of action bused on
-Ioutributtons from the other offices wherever appropriate.
S. Sumsaries and estimates viii be prepared in aasssage format,
re for delivery to the message center, but each report vill be
be delivered instead to the orifice of the Acting DCI at the
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. IhO Acting tiVi gad Acting ADM viii be annaeoesd later.
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