PRC MEETING ON US AND USSR CIVIL DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002400040040-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: August 1, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT . PRC Meeting on US and USSR Civil Defense
1. The subject meeting, previously scheduled for Friday, 4 August,
has been moved up to Thursday, 3 August, 1500-1630. (The Thursday SCC
meeting on SALT has been slipped to Friday, 1600-1730). Secretary Brown
will chair.
2. This meeting, in which the PRC is to review PRM/NSC-32: Civil
Defense, has three basic purposes or agenda items:
a. to review the PRM/NSC-32 conclusions as to the scope,
nature and effectiveness of U.S. and Soviet civil defense pro-
grams;
b. to review alternative U.S. civil defense policies and
make recommendations to the President; and
c. to review alternative civil defense programs and make
recommendations to the President.
3. The pressure for the meeting comes from Sam Huntington, who appears
to want to force the issue and get decisions. There does not appear to be
great confidence among the working group that this PRM is ready for the PRC.
(This may be why Huntington wants to force the issue as well as the fact that
he is departing soon).
4. The draft PRM is quite massive and just that, a draft. The NSC has
just forwarded a 70 page summary and overview report which will most likely be
the basis of discussion.
5. The Intelligence input has been that of the IIM and the CIA position
has been consistent with that. I understand that some (notably the JCS) have
wanted to use the IIM selectively_ to___'uLstify: support for a U.S. civil defense
program.
6. There appears to be considerable difference among the various agencies
regarding.
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 7. Another possible issue relates to numbers and fatality estimates.
ACDA and PA&E have run exchanges using more weapons, megatonnage and aim-
oints than used in the IIM model. Soviet fatalities were thus higher than
reflected in the IIM.
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8. The Thursday meeting thus has potential for much debate.
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g. OSR/SEC, is the action officer who has been involved
with the working group. He is preparing your briefing book which will include
Talking Points, a Background paper, the Summary/Overview paper, and the draft
PRM. This will be available for you Wednesday afternoon. (I understand that
is also providing him some assistance).
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