SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP ACT INFO TO COPY COPY TO OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN F0 COPY ACT COPY TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS SECRETARY OF THE ARMY DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF PROTOCOL CHAIRMAN UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY STAFF USO 1 01 ch DEFENSE AGENCIES ASD International Security Affairs DEF ADV RSCH PROJ AGENCY ASD International Security Policy DEFENSE AUDIOVISUAL AGENCY DIR NET ASSESSMENT DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY UNDER SECRETARY FOR RSCH 8 ENGR DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY ATSD A tomic Energy DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ASD Comptroller DEFENSE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE DASD Administration DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ASD Health Affairs DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY ASD Legislative Affairs DE FENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY ASD Manpower Res Aff Logistics DEFENSE SECURITY ASSISTANCE AGENCY ASD Public Affairs SECURITY SE RVICE GENERAL COUNSEL ATSD Review Oversight DIR PROGRAM ANALYSIS 8 EVALUATION TYPE OF ACTION REQUIRED PREPARE REPLY FOR SEC OF DEF SIGNATURE COMMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS PREPARE REPLY FOR DEP SEC OF DEF SIGNATURE COORDINATE REPLY WITH REPLY DIRECT Fwd cy of reply for Sec of Def records APPROPRIATE ACTION INFORMATION AND RETENTION SD FORM 14 81 NOV REMARKS 79 l mwg m l utfm gv 3545 9 y arothy lawman Date ammr g bx a 1 UV This form is unclassified when separated from classified documents TYPE OF ATTACHMENT COPY DADVANCE ACTION COPY cor-w ACTION DUE DATE ROUTING DATE OSD CONTR BE L00 2 FEB 1962 PREVIOUS EDITIONS ARE OBSOLETE NW 235459 DocId 31429170 Authority CONTROL NUMBER CORD 382 DATE RECEIVED I DOCUMENT PROCESSIN I 3 RETURN TO OFFICE CHAIRMAN 2865DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION DATE OF DOCUMENT Memo from NSC to CJCS 23 Feb 82 SUBJECT National Defense Security Briefings THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE CIRCULATION OF THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS INDICATED BELOW THE DOCUMENT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE FOR RECORD PRIOR TO DISPATCH TO ANOTHER OFFICE OR OTHER DI3POSITION THIS FORM WILL NOT BE REMO VED FROM SUBJECT DOCUMENT TO NAME INI REMARKS summon 9 b315 We 689 5 mums ASSISTANT a I $13 I 3 usruwmunwussmm def 23 February 1982 DEPUTY EXECUTIVE I ASSISTANT 1 1 INFORMATION - SHOW 2 mammalan 01 I 2 Judge Clark has asked that the President 5' ADMINISTRATIVEASSMW 05 a receive one hour of briefings on strategic mm Tm forces matters 1400-4500 on Friday You and ASSISTANT SecDef are invited Tom Reed is to be stage manager MAJ Johnson of SAGA and LTC Baker mg gg mw of NWSB are named as briefers Recommend you read the briefing outline starting at the 1 YELLOW Signal um MEMBER animus smrsaour' um I mu MEMBER C m m 530 UTE CAPTAIN svecmussmm 016 AIDE 5 momma I NO JOINT STAFF OBJECTION TO DEGMSSIFICATION RECIEIRES OF DATE MAY 7 2007 Ml DocId231429170 r ULLLAISSIFIED Authority 3Sy S1 I r------J ----- ----- TOP SECRET 90103 TH E WH ITE HOUS E WASHINGTON 'l'O ' SECRE'I' February 23 1982 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE CASPAR W WEINBERGER The secretary of Defense GENERAL DAVID C JONES USAF Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff SUBJECT National Defense Security Briefings Thank you for the briefings that you provided for me and my staff on Friday February 19 The briefers were of the highest caliber and obviously had a full grasp of the critical issues presented In view of the fine job they did we would like to have the President receive the same type of briefing here at the White House We have set aside an hour on Friday February 26 from 2 00-3 00 P M for updates on the RISOP and SlOP A detailed briefing schedule is attached I recognize that this is a very short time frame for such material but in view of the President's previous exposure to these issues if we keep attendance to a small group I think we can accomplish vlhat we want in the time allotted The briefers suggested by Ed Hickey's office on the attached outline would of course be accompanied by either or both of you should you so desire My National Security Council Staff point of contact for this matter is Oliver North 395-3345 a 2SL VHlliam P Clark Attachment Detailed Outline of Presidential Briefing Review on 2 22 2002 Extended by William P Clark Reason for Extension NSC L 13 d NW# 35459 Docld 31429170 TOP SECRET 7 ULCLASSHHED WT SUBJECT WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING Nuclear-Operations White House Situation Room Friday February 26 1982 2 00-3 00 P M The allotted briefing time is designed to enhance the President's understanding of nuclear operations so he emerges with an in- tegrated picture of our nuclear forces vulnerabilities and his role in controlling a U S response to attack In addition this briefing will provide the President with the essential information for his involvement in the March 1-5 IVY LIVES IV exercise The President has already been briefed on some of these matters albeit superficially The following talking points are designed to serve as the script for the Presidential briefing in the Situation Room They are framed in terms of both the previous briefs and the President's involvement in the forthcoming exercises INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Judge Clark 0000 0002 0 Mr President today's briefings have a three _ fold purpose To provide you with additional details on our strategic nuclear forces second to familiarize you with some of the Soviet's capabilities and the vulnerabilities We facei'and finally to review with you the critical role you play in controlling our response to a Soviet attack on the U s _0 Tom Reed will be our stage manager for this sequence of briefings Review on 2 17 2002 Extended by William P Clark Reason for Extension NSC Docldz31429170 i843 SECR- DECLASSIFIED Authority m Tom Reed 0002-0004 You have already had some of this information in overview prior to this Prior to your inauguration last January General Jones Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed you on our nuclear forces and their relationship to the Single Integrated Operation Plan On 17 January 1981 Major John Kline USMC provided you with an overview of the White House Emergency Plans WHEP and described some of the communications procedures that we would use in the event of an attack On your way back from Texas on November 15 1981 General Gast J-3 briefed you on the National Emergency Airborne Command Post NEACP and our National Military Command System NMCS The next day November 16 1981 Major Kline provided you with additional detail regarding the black bag that the aides carry and its role in the strategic release process On November 17 1981 you met again with General Jones at the National Military Command Center NMCC and were briefed on our Strategic Forces and listened to a simulated missile attack conference On January 26 and February 16 I discussed strategic nuclear matters with you the first time in explaining the upcoming exercises -- the second last week when we discussed the history of nuclear weapons employment policy We have scheduled this series of briefings tOgether to stress the linkage of the issues and reinforce the critical role you play in an attack and response We have the objective today of quickly tying all these issues together showing how they relate to the 1-4 March exercises FH1 g Stun Doold 314_ _70 7 Au mngg f i ih_ __ 13 BRIEFING SEQUENCE Tom Reed 0004 0005 0 We have two fundamental areas of concern here today First the character of a Soviet attack size location and intent and secondly the capacity- for a U S response with the emergency procedures to be used in the event of such an occurrence -- Our first briefing provides you with a view of what a Soviet nuclear attack on the U S might look like The briefer is Major Johnson from the JCS Studies Analysis and Gaming Agency SAGA -- The SAGA briefing is based upon known Soviet capabilities and a DIA estimate of their most likely attack objectives -- John Hughes in his brief for you on February l8 covered some of the Soviet's overall capacity for this kind of attack 0 There's no way of predicting how such an attack might come to pass The Soviets could strike out of the blue having decided that time was running against them and hoping that a forceful attack on our nerve centers would disable our ability to respond at all They might attack only strategic nuclear forces Minuteman sites and bomber bases while holding our cities hostage to a second strike Such eVentualities might follow an armed conflict in Poland Cuba or at sea - Alternatively a Soviet first use of strategic nuclear weapons might followman escalatory conventional war in the exchange of tactical nuclear weapons and culminate in a strategic nuclear attack The casualty and damage estimates are our best estimates of what the results of this kind of attack would yield LWW DocIdi31429170 a Authonty a n1 3t I -4- RISOP Major Johnson SAGA 0005 0023 BRIEFER SITTING ACROSS FROM THE PRESIDENT SLIDES ON SCREEN The Soviet strike capability relate to John Hughes _Deputy Director - DIA brief on 18 February ICBM Number Type Range Delivery Time SLBM Number Type Range Delivery Time Aircraft Number Type Range Delivery Time Total Generated Attack RV capacity 5700 weaps 0 Types of Attack Counter Force Targets U S Strategic Launch Sites - Capability w- Counter Value Targets - Population - MIL Industrial Capacity Transportation Network EMP Bursts very brief - allude to more later Effect on U S Film 5 Briefer -- Casualty Destruction Effects Probable damage to U S Strategic Forces 75 - Damage to Assessment Retargeting Capability - Civilian Population Casualties 80M 30 37% _based on today's lack of civil defense DocIdr3142 DECLASSHHED Au w gg jf 1522_h__H OEPD lur ULUH- -5- Other Types of Attack very brief less likely Precursor attack out of the blue Accident terrorist sabotage Tom Reed 0 Thank you Maj Johnson TRANSITION Decldz3142 Tom RISOP BRIEFERS NOW DEPART It is important to note that the civilian casualty figures shown here are based on today's minimum CD capability We estimate that the Civil Defense program funded in your budget this year can reduce these casualties from 80M to 40M or by about 50%i We will be coming back to some significant issues raised in this brief - EMP and its effect on our response capabilities The fact that all of our current relocation facilities in the National Arc the alter- nate Military Command Center Special Facility and some of your own emergency locations are probably targeted The overall issue of when we launch a retaliatory strike will determine how much of our response capability is destroyed Reed 0023-0024 Our next briefing will detail for you how we plan to respond to such an attack Brief background history of SIOP creation of in 1960 As you remember the SIOP Single Integrated Operations Plan was briefed in overview for you prior to your inaugural January 20 1981 by General Jones and again briefly during your visit to the NMCC on November 17 1981 - un LLAESIFIED I r1 ENTER SIOP BRIEFER Col Ken Baker -- The SIOP briefer is Col Ken Baker JCS w- He will cover the details of exactly how the SIOP procedures are executed the role you have in that process and the various options you have open to you in responding to an attack was Ken Baker SIOP Col 0024 0100 0 Background Comparison U S vs USSR Nuclear vehicles Nuclear weapons 'c SIOP Targeting Objectives Planning Forces A discussion of how U S force availability generation changes as a function of strategic warning time -- Targeting priorities allocation of weapons to leadership nuclear threat conventional threat and ebonomic industrial targets Day-to day vs generated Force readiness associated with day-tonday or generated Alert forces composition and weapons available day to day - Generated forces and timing to achieve 0 SIOP Structure Options Discussion of composition of' the overall SIOP and how the availability of specific attack options changes as a function of strategic warning time -- Composition of the SIOP Building Block Concept Options available from day to day alert posture - Major Attack Options MAGS Launch Under Attack Option LUA - Optional Withhold Categories Available 2 35459 9 Dacia msg o SCUHLS Authoriww 0C 0L PD Jr _4 Options available as forces are generated - Selective Attack thions SAOs Subsets of MACS Targets grouped functionally Basic Attack Options BAOS Subsets of the SAOs Targets grouped functionally and regionally Additional Options Available PRC North Korea Secure Reserve Force 0 Execution Capabilities Attack Warning Methods Quality confidence timeliness Threat Assessment Quality Timeliness -- Time availability for SIOP Decision and EAM dissemination Connectivity '0 Surprise Attack Response Procedures SARP Discussion 0 0 Summary Tom Reed - Thank you General Jones and Colonel Baker -- These two briefings provide you Mr President with the details of what the Soviets can do to us and how we can respond -- We will now adjourn and allow for the President's next scheduled event There is coffee available in the Mess next door