LETTER TO ARTHUR S. FLEMMING FROM L. K. WHITE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001100090094-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 94
• Publication Date: May 10, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable Arthur
Director
tae of Defense Mobilisation
shington 25, D. C.
De*
asked me to reply to your letter of
oncerning emergency action documents, as tie-
fined in the paper approved at the Cabinet meeting of Z March
1956.
The authority of this Agency for carrying an its mission
and for invoking all necessary actions in an emergency resulting
attach or threat of attack exists now in basic law and
irt the toxin of National Security Council directives on the
abject. As a consequence, this Agency has no emergency
action documents requiring submission to the President at
this time.
We have, however, assigned to an appropriate afc
rsponsibility for continuing review of this matter and will
ice of any change in our circurnst*nces.
Sincerely yours,
EPO:MWB / OGC:LRH:ie
cc: DD/S (2)
Ek;PO --u
General ounsel
Jw.
FEMA review(s) completed.
L. K. 'W bite
?eputy Director
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
orable Allen i. D lss
. Directc
Central Intelligence Agency
on 25s, D. 0.
April 24, 1956
In connection with mobilization planning now unur way in
order to carry out the responsibilities assigned to the Offia of
vfense fliobilization during the Cabinet meeting on I9arCh 2t 1956,
i am asking each agency to examine the status of its a 'p,-enoy action
documents and to submit by Aar 1l, 1956, all documents that need to
be submitted to the President.
in determining which documents should be submitted at this
you should be guided by these concepts:
1. Submit only documents which involve iattera of supreme
national importance requirixag immedtgte action or execution by the
President in an emergency resulting from attack or threat of attack.
2. Nevertheless, the President must be given assurance
that all possible Contingencies, have been considered. Err on the
side of over. abmlissians rather than under-submissions. (Keep in
mind that your only real assurance that the President will have
available necessary documents in cease of sudden attack is to submit
them now for pre--att .ck consideration.)
Over two years agog in connection with the 73mergency
Action Step Program, and apin in preparation for tperatton Alert
1955, the Office of Defense Mobilisation requested that all agenote
submit statements of Smerg6ngy Aaliot s which they believed had to
be signed by the President in order to carry on the essential functions
of Government in the event of an attack upon the United tates. You.
ay wish to review any documents prepared or submitted in a3cnjun tIon
with that program as aid in preparing new submissions.
51inesretly yours,
Arthur S. Flemming
Director
BD/S
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IN SUBiIITTING E.NERGMTCY ACTION DOCUMLNTc TO THE PRE&IDENT
April 21, 1956
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PROCEDURE FOR AGET,]CILS To FGLLOW
IN SUBMITTING Er7ERGENCY ACTION DOCU"RNTS TO THE PRESIDENT
A. This procedure governs submissions of documents which Departments and
Agencies believe require Presidential signature to assure essential
Government mobilization and control actions following an attack, or
to meet an attack, upon the United States. 17aximum security, as
indicated by the classifice,tion assigned the proposed document, must
be maintained at all. tires.
B. Submission:
1. Each agency will submit ten copies of each proposed Eime:rgeney
Action Document to the Office of the Director, ODM. Each copy
will have a prescribed cover page. Copies of the cover page and
instructions (attached) may be obtained from the Plans and Readiness
Area, ODM (Plans and Programs Division - Code 189, Ext 336Lj)
2. At the same time, a copy of each document submitted to ODM will be
transmitted by each Agency to its relocation site.
3. During staff review,, 0DM will assign numbers to each proposed
Emergency Action Document to assure a uniform system. All Agencies
concerned will be notified of assigned numbers so they may maintain
their control records.
All documents will be reviewed by the Director, Office of Defense
Mobilization, for coordination of mobilization planning?
5. Seven copies of each proposed Emergency Action Document will be
forwarded by 0DM to the Bureau of the Budget, with an indication
of Agency approvals, for review and further interagency clearance,
as desirable.
6. After interagency clearance, the Bureau of the Budget will submit
each document to the resident through appropriate White House
channels.
C. Notification:
1. After review by the White House, and consideration by the President,
proposed documents either (1) will become Presidential Emergency
Action Documents and be placed in locations accessible to the
President, or (2) will be returned to the Agencies via the Bureau of
the Budget and Office of Defense Mobilization, with appropriate
notation.
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2e The progressive development and review of plans may result, at any
time during the development process, in the cancellation of some
documentsv In such cases, affected Agencies will be notified by
ODM (Plans and Readiness Area) with written cancellations which
can be flied in place of the documents. Numbers assigned to these
documents will not be re-issued during the same calendar year.
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1tvSTRUCT USE OF
E ERGENCY ACTION DOCUILNT COVER PAGE
THE PREPARING .GLNCY WILL FILL IN ITEMS 1 THROILH 12
1. List Department or agency preparing document,
2.. Indicate date document typed.
3. Type name and title of official submitting document, The approving
Refer to the applicable Part of the ODM Mobilization Plano If document
does not relate to a Proposed Action listed in an 0DMM4 1bilization Plan,
enter words "Not applicable,?t
official's signature is required.
Specify the ODM Mobilization Plan to which this document relates, If
document does not relate to a Proposed Action listed in an 0DM Mobili-
zation Plan, enter words "Not n.pplicable,"
6, Refer to the applicable Section of the Part. If document does not relate
to a Proposed Action listed in an ODM Mobilization Plan, enter words "Not
appli. cable."
7.
Refer to the Item No, as listed, in a Section of Parts II or III. If
document does not relate to a Proposed Action listed in an ODM Mobilization
Plan, enter words "Not applicable,Rl
8.. State the Emergency Action and Objective (If already listed in Part II or
Part III of a Plan., re-state as listed),
Indicate the time., on or after D-Day or H-Day, that the emergency action
is to be taken,?
10, Specify the officer responsible for taking the first required action.
11, List the title of the officer responsible for next required subsequent
action, which must be taken. If no subsequent action is to be required,
indicate +114one.0
12. State concisely the impact, that the signing of the document by the
President will have in the event of mobilization and list the specific
contingent actions which will be energized by act of final approval and
signature by the President, including the agency(s) that will take each
action, and the proposed action dates.
Include all details required to provide necessary information for
use under emergency conditions, keeping in mind that the Emergency Action
Document (with cover page) may be the only paper available to the official
taking: action.
Specify how the action will be implemented, including any preparatory
steps required for implementation, and the status of such steps at the time
the proposed Emergency Action Document is submitted.
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THE PREPARING AGENCY WILL NOT FILL IN ITEM 13
13 The Emergency Action Document number will be assigned by the 0DM (Plans
and Programs Division) Document numbers will be related to Sections of
Parts II and III of Mobilization Plans according to a code designation
made up of the followings
a. First capital letter v CDM plan* to which it applies.
First Roman number - Part of respective Plan,
a, Second capital letter - Section of respective Part,
d, First Arabic number - Number of document.
For example, a representative number might be D(Ai nus)-IV-A-l.
This indicates that the document in question is document number 1 of
Section A of Part TV of ODI'I Plan D (Minus ),,
Revision of a document will be indicated by a lower case letter
following the document number; e.g,, D(Ninus)-IV-A-la for the first
revision, D(I-Iinus)-IV-L-lb, for the second revision, etc.
In those cases where the document does not relate to a Proosed
Action listed i a Section of a ' obi.lization Plan, the Emergency Action
Dacu e nt number wiil be assigned by the ODN (Plans and Programs Division
according to a code designation as follows:
as First capital letter - 0DM planning assumptions to which it is
most closely related,
b. First Roman number - The Roman number IV will be used at all
times to facilitate handling and filing,
c. Double capital letters - These symbols (AA, BB, CC, etc?) will
be assigned, as required, one symbol to each Agency to identify
all of its Emergency Action Documents not related to a Part of
a lettered CDM Mobilization Plan,
d. First Arabic number - Number of document.
obilz'7a on P a1 ns for different situations are designated by letters.
Each of the LET'TL RED PLANS is made up of IV Parts, Part I - Planning
Information, and Part II - Government Organization, consist of five
Sections each, and Part III - Proposed Actions and IV - Emergency Action
Documents, consist of eleven. Sections each.
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1.
PREPARING AGENCY
2.
DATE DRAFTED
3,
APPROVING OFFICIAL:
4.
PLAN
NAME
5.
PART
TITLE
6.
SECTION
SIGNATURE
7.
ITEM
EMERGENCY ACTION AND OBJECTIVE:
9. Action Date 10. Responsible
Actiqn Offic
11. Official Responsible for
Subsequent Action
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