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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00827A000800030001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 8, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY'
OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, D.G. 20310
February 8, 1967
STATINTL
Presentations Staff
Office of Current Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
STATINTL Dear
The purpose of this letter is to request your assistance in a special
briefing for business and industrial executives and local civil defense
directors at the Pentagon on the afternoon of March 22. This is a
"post-conference" meeting of selected representatives of the U. S.
Civil Defense Council.
The USCDC is a national organization of local government civil
defense directors from throughout the nation, including others who
are engaged in civil defense activities in business and industry,
hospitals, schools, churches, and other institutions. The business
and industry members are represented by an "industry committee"
which is a major segment of the Council organization. Other
functional and divisional committees are likewise established as parts
of the Council.
The Council conducts two national meetings annually. One which is
scheduled at various locations throughout the country, and the other,
the "Mid-Year Meeting, " which is always scheduled for Washington,
D. C. In addition, eight regional meetings are conducted annually.
Attached is additional information regarding the history, organization,
and officers of the Council.
At each of the two annual meetings and the various regional meetings
the Industry Committee of the Council sponsors programs designed to
inform local CD Directors how to organize and operate an Industrial
CD Program in their local government jurisdictions and to inform
business and industrial leaders on current policy, programs, and
activities useful to them in developing civil defense and survival plans
in their respective companies.
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At the meetings scheduled for March 19-22 in Washington, D. C.
the Industry Committee has developed a program featuring a pro-
gress report on industrial civil defense preparedness scheduled
for the morning of March 22 at the Sheraton-Park Hotel and a
special briefing at the Pentagon scheduled for the afternoon.
Attached is a copy of the program agenda for the day. You are
invited, to attend the entire meeting.
Your participation is scheduled for the afternoon Pentagon session.
You will notice that the agenda includes a very brief description of
the subject matter of your presentation. Three subjects will be
discussed. Following the third presentation a question and answer
seminar will be conducted with the three speakers.
STATINTL - the fine job you have done in giving an analysis of the world
situation to other business and industrial groups has been very
helpful and we are so very grateful. Some of the committee members
who had heard you at other meetings were high in their praise of your
presentations and were strong in their insistence that you do a repeat
performance for this special group.
I hope you will use some of your excellent visual aids, especially
those that identify the geographic location -- on the map -- of various
countries as you briefly identify their problems and the relations to
the foreign policy and problems of other countries, especially as they
relate to peace and war potential. Be sure to let me know the kind of
projection equipment you will need.
The President of the Council has advised that approximately 150 are
expected to attend this special briefing.
Be sure to let me know if I can provide other information. I am in
the Pentagon, room #3D346, phone [phone], or 695-9606.
. Couch
Ass,i tant Director of Civil Defense
(Industrial Participation)
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Mid-Year Annual Meeting
UNITED STATES CIVIL DEFENSE COUNCIL
Sheraton- Park Hotel
Washington, D. C.
March 19-22, 1967
1. A PROGRESS REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL CIVIL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS
2. A SPECIAL BRIEFING AT THE PENTAGON
PROGRAM AGENDA
Wednesday, March 22
WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE USCDC INDUSTRY COMMITTEE AND GUESTS
Sheraton-Park Hotel room to be announced
9:00 A. M. CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS
Victor P. McDavitt, Committee Chairman,
New England Telephone Company,
Boston, Massachusetts
Paul A. Van der Meer, Committee Vice-. Chairman,
Detroit Edison Company,
Detroit, Michigan
9:10 A. M. THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Introduction by - Admiral Onnie P. Lattu, Director,
Office of Oil and Gas,
U. S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C.
Report by - Maxwell S. McKnight,
National Petroleum Council,
Washington, D. C.;
and former Defense Coordinator,
Mobil Oil Company; and
Chairman, Civil Defense and
Emergency Preparedness Subcommittees
of the National Petroleum Council
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:Z5 A. M. THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Introduction by - George I-I. Walter
Emergency Planning, Special
Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
Report by -
Elmer W. Reed, Director of Industry
Defense, Millers' National Federation,
Wichita, Kansas
9:40 A. M. THt IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY
Introduction by -, Robert W. Francis, Director,
Industry Defense, Business and
Defense Services Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C.
Report by -
Richard L. Wheland
Industrial Civil Defense Director,
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Chairman,
Civil Defense and Emergency Preparedness
Committee, American Iron & Steel Institute
Introduction by - Kenneth W. Miller, Chief,
Emergency Communications Division,
Federal Communications Commission,
Washington, D. C.
Report by - Ogden Prestholdt, Director,
Engineering, CBS Radio,
New York, New York
10:10A.M. THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
Introduction by - John L. McGruder, Director,
Office of Emergency Transportation
Department of Transportation
Washington, D. C.
Report by General I. Sewell Morris, President,
National Defense Transportation
Association, Washington, D. C.
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10:25 A. M. QUESTION AND ANSWER SEMINAR AND GENERAL SUMMARY
Moderator - Paul A. Van der Meer
10:45 A. M. ADJOURNMENT
11:00 A. M. ATTEND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF USCDC WORKSHOPS'
12:15 P. M. ATTEND USCD COUNCIL LUNCHEON
rj~v Speaker - Honorable Farris Bryant, Director,
Office of Emergency Planning,
IS Executive Office of the President
,
Washington, D. ?C.
0
2:00 P.M.
BUSES LEAVE FOR PENTAGON FROM FRONT ENTRANCE,
SHERATON-PARK HOTEL
2:20 P.M.
ARRIVE ROOM AT THE PENTAGON
,2:30 P.M.
OPENING OF THE MEETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
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Virgil L. Couch,. Assistant Director of Civil Defense
(Industrial Participation)
2:40 P. M. AN"OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD SITUATION
A review of present world conditions making civil
defense necessary; an analysis of the cultural,
economical, ideological, political, educational and
other significant aspects of life in countries,-and
areas of the world and the effects of such conditions
on the United States foreign and domestic policies;
a summary of world conditions which contribute to
increasing the hazards to world peace.
STATINTL
Chief, Presentations Staff,
Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence
Agency, Washington, D. C.
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3:15 P. M. CURRENT U. S. MILITARY CAPABILITY AND METHODS
A comprehensive description of United States weapons
and capabilities compared to enemy weapons and
capabilities: new developments in conventional warfare
and new methods required in isolated theaters of
operation, including counterinsurgency, pacification,
infrastructure, revolutionary development, and other
current practices and problems.
Colonel C. O. Williams, Director, Joint Actibns
Division, Office of the Special Assistant for
Counterinsurgency and Special Activities,
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense,
Washington, D. C.
3:50 P.M. INDUSTRIAL DEFENSE RESPONSIBILITIES
A description of actions required by industry in
order to insure adequate civil defense preparedness
to meet the threat of nuclear attack, including a
description of emergency preparedness and physical
security activities for certain key facilities.
Colonel Angus B. MacLean, Chief,
Industrial Defense Branch,
Office of the Provost Marshal General,
United States Army, Washington, D. C.
4:10 P.M. QUESTION AND ANSWER SEMINAR AND SUMMARY
Moderator - Virgil L. Couch
4:30 P. M. ADJOURNMENT
4:40 P.M. "BUSES LEAVE FOR SHERATON-PARK HOTEL FROM
PENTAGON MALL ENTRANCE
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