No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 1 L NLC-12-26-2-18-9 DRAFT DKYBALIGH 8-11-77 _ ·- CLASSIFICATION _ _ __ MR VICE PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE_YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 1 L_ MINUTES AN OVERVIEW ON THE THREE SUBJECTS SHOWN ON THIS CHART -- AS REQUESTED BY YOUR OFFICE CHART IF POSSIBLE I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AT WHICH TIME I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY THAT YOU MAY HAVE I Du RING THIS BRIEFING I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THRE _ QOESTioN FIRST -- WHAT ARE THESE PROGRAMS SECOND -- WHAT ARE THEIR PERCEIVED WEAKNESSES THIRD -- WHAT ACTIONS IF ANY ARE WE SEEKING FROM YOU OR FROM THE PRESIDENT CHART 2 CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT LAW _ _ ASSURES CONTINUITY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY DESIGNATING FOURTEEN SUCCESSORS TO THE PRESIDENT No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 ------------- No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18- 2 THE SUCCESSION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HAS BEEN LEFT VACANT DUE TO HIS FOREIGN BIRTH THE WHITE HOUSE MILITARY OFFICE HAS AN EMERGENCY PLAN TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT t-FP1t THE FEDERAL PREPAREDNESS AGENCM' BY AUTHORITY DELEGATED ON MARCH 21 19771 FROM THE WHITE HousEJ PLANS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF ALL THE SUCCESSORS BELOW THE VICE PRESIDENT IN THIS BRIEFING I WILL ADDRESS ONLY THE SUCCESSORS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE U S GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED INTO THREE CATEGORIES REFLECTING THE ESSENTIALITY OF THEIR FUNCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT CATEGORY A CONSISTS OF AGENCIES DEPARTMENTS HAVING ESSENTIAL UNINTERRUPTIBLE FUNCTIONS THAT MUST BE PERFORMED BEFORE 1 DURING 1 AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN ATTACK No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 3 CHART # 3 rnJ h •11 th a ch•t-1- •1-e ti 11 ARE THE DEPARTMENTS HEADED BY THE SUCCESSORS TO - - ' THE PRESIDENT AS WELL AS SOME INDEPENDENT AGENCIES AND ELEMENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT THESE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES HAVE INSTITUTED PLANS FOR ORDERLY SUCCESSION OF THEIR HEADS s6METIMES REACHING DOWN TO REGIONAL LEVELS t No Objection To Decl ssification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 i2 DEEP No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 1 NLC-12-26-2-1_8-9 4 CATEGORY B CONSISTS OF AGENCIES WHICH MUST BE RECONSTITUTED - - AS SOON AS CONDITIONS PERMIT AFTER AN ATTACK CATEGORY C CONSISTS OF ALL OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE TO DEFER RECONSTITUTION UNTIL DIRECTED BY APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY SINCE CATEGORY A IS OF PRIMARY INTEREST TO US TODAYJ LET ME lee -c a'tctl De e rats - Gt JUST POINT OUT THAT - DIVIDED INTO FIVE -t EXECUTIVE TEAMS -- THREE OF THEM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND TWO AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL THE PURPOSE OF THIS BREAKDOWN IS TO FURTHER ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS LET ME STRESS THAT ALL OF THE- ABOVE MEASURES HAVE A SINGLE PURPOSE -- TO PROVIDE THE PRESID WITH AN ADEQUATE RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT i -___ _ -- As AN EXAMPLEJ IN A SITUATION 0d ft NATIONAL CRISIS o HICH 8I€TATlils - 'Flh if OF RAPIDLY ESCALATING INTER- THE PRESIDENT AND HIS P 1a SUCCESSORS REMAIN IN WASHINGTON HE CAN4 8¥ IIEAU8 9F A BRAVO ALERT ORDER AN INCONSPICUOUSDISPERSAL OF CATEGORY A TEAMS TO THEIR ASSIGNED LOCATIONS AS SHOWN CHART J No Obiection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15_ NLC-12-26-2-18-9 SHORTLY AFTER IAPOCKK AN ENEMY MISSILE LAUNCH THE PRESIDENT WOULD RECEIVE A MIS ILE ATTACK CONFERENCE WARNING UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES HE COULD ELECT TO EXECUTE AN ALPHA ALERT -- MEANING THAT HE AND HIS SUCCESSORS WOULD EVACUATE IN THIS-TIME CRITICAL SITUATION THE SUCCESSORS WOULD BE EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER TO PLACES necar 9L 801ii iW THE METROPOLITAN AREA AS SHOWN •• CHART - '1' ' · · · ALL D ISPERSAL LOCATIONS ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL SUCCESSORS WITH ALL OF THE SUPPORT REQUIRED TO PERFORM THEIR WO KING FUNCTIONS WITH THE HELP OF THEIR TEAMS OBVIOUSLY VARIATIONS ON THE ALPHA AND BRAVO ALERTS ARE POSSIBLE • IN SOME SITUATIONS IT MAY BE PRUDENT TO EVACUATE ONE OR MORE OF THE SUCCESSORS LEAVING THE REMAINDER IN WASHINGTON TOUCHING NOW BRIEFLY ON POTENTIAL PROBLEMS - AS WE SEE THEM -- WITH RESPECT TO SUCCESSORIEVACUATION THE FOLLOWING NEED CITING FIRST - THERE IS AN INADEQUATE HELICOPTER FORCE WHICH HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO SUCCESSOR EVACUATION THIS MEANS THAT SEVERAL HELICOPTERS WILL HAVE TO PICK UP MORE THAN No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 ONE SUCCESSOR AND THEIR IMMEDIATE STAFFS THIS MAY DELAY TAKEOFF SECOND - 1-im THE CURRENT RESPONSf MAY BE INADEQUATE FOR THE HELICOPTER TO FLY BEYOND THE LETHAL RADIUS OF A NUCLEAR DETONATION ON THIS POINT LAST JUNE 15TH WE INITIATED OUR FIRST ALPHA TEST BY EVACUATING A SURROGATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IT TOOK EIGHT MINUTES FROM THE OFFICE TO BEING AIRBORNE · WHILE THIS IS ENCOURAGING IN MY OPINION THE HELICOPTER WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED A NUCLEAR DETONATION - 0 TH I RD EXAMINATION OF THIS PROBLEM IS A THOROUGH UNDERWAY BY FPA I ONE MUST REMEMBER THAT THESE PLANS WERE OR I GlNAl -i Y __ _ -----BASED UPON AN ICBM ATTACK - MY CONCERN ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO EVACUATE BECOMES EVER MORE ACCUTE IF WASHINGTON WERE TO BE ATTACKED BY SLBM's -- t' DUE To 1i 'l'I MUCH SHORTER FLIGHT TIME 4 THERE MAY BE SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM E G EVACUATION UNDER SQSLJS WARNING THIS HOWEVER MAY HAVE ITS DRAWBACKS -M XX XR X k FROM A POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW No Objection Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 7 fJ FOURTH - PROBLEM - - - -- - - ANOTHER « «RK DEALS WITH THE VULNERABILITY OF THE 'HELICOPTERS TO A TERRORIST ATTACK PARTICULARLY HELD IF TERRORISTS ARE EQUIPPED WITH SHOULDER SURFACE-TO AIR MISSILES FIFTH - THE RESULTING VULNERABILITIES OF OUR LIMITED DISPERSAL SITES AND DEDICATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SPECIAL SITE 4 COMMUNICATION 18 FPA SWITCHING CENTERS EITHER TO A DIRECT MISSILE OR TERRORIST ATTACK SUBJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INTENSIVE REVIEW BY THE PROBLEMS THIS fPA I MENTIONED ARE SERIOUS WHILE WE AT FPA· ARE ADDRESSING THEM LET US RECOGNIZE THAT OUR CAPABILITIES ARE LIMITED THEREFORE HOUSE ATTENTION HIGH-LEVEL I RECOMMEND THAT THIS AREA BE GIVEN WHITE BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX INTERDEPARTMENTAL INTERACTION REQUIRED I SUGGEST THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO A PRM ACTIVITY No Objection To eclassificaflon in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 MY SECOND TOPIC IS SUCCESSORS EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS -- CIVIL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OF SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS WITH RESPECT TO EMERGENCY BRIEFING TO THE SUCCESSOR -OUR ACTIVITIES ARE TWO FOLD ONE TO BRIEF EACH SUCCESSOR ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS TKIS WE HAVE DONE FOR ALL WITH EXCEPTION OF THREE OF THEM WHO WERE BRIEFED BY THEIR STAFFS Two --· ALL SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF AN MERG-ENCY FOLDER FOR EVACUATION THIS FOLDER AND HERE IS A SAMPLE ONE CHART 1 IT CONTAINS EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS A PHOTA AND A MAP OF THE HELICOPTER PICKUP POINT AND A ROAD MAP TO THE DESTINATION SHOULD SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROVE TO BE NECESSARY No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 As ALREADY MENTIONED -- CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT MEANS NOT ONLY THE EFFECTIVE EVACUATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SUCCESSORS BUT ALSO THE SUPPORT THEY WILL RECEIVE FROM CATEGORY A AGENCIES DEPARTMENTS To ENSURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE SUPPORT FUNCTIONSJ FPA ISSUES GUIDANCEJ COORDINATESJ AND EVALUATES ANNUALLY THE PROFICIENCY OF THE RELATED AGENCIES DEPARTMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR CIVIL EMERGENCY RREPAREDNESS __ c ' - - - ' - - - - - - - 1 LET ME STATE EMPHATICALLY THAT THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF CIVIL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE SUPPORT THAT THE AGENCY DEPARTMENT HEADS GIVE TO THIS PROGRAM AND THE ATTENTION AND RESOURCES THAT EACH AGENCY GIVES TO THIS PROBLEM AREA How GOOD ARE THE AGENCY PLANS No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 lQ FPA's EVALUATION OF THE CEP PLANS ISSUED BY THE AGENCIES DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT IS INDICATED IN THIS CHART CHART FROM #I THE ABOVE YOU CAN SEE THAT IN A SITUATION OF DIRE CRISIS THE - I AGENCIES MAY WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS FALTER BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE CIVIL I EMERGENCY PLANS ----- - ---1 THEREFQ YOU TO THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ARE SUG6ESTI i rro ----- D lIXX FOR CONSIDERATION_ HOPEFULLY FOR ACTION - THAT A MEMORANDUM BE SENT BY THE PRESIDENT TO HIS PRINCIPAL SUCCESSORS REQUESTING THEIR GREATER ATTENTION TO THE CEP PLANNING l HAVE A PROPOSED DRAFT ON THIS A XX SUBJECT No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 11 Two - THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE REINSTITUTION TO FPA ENABLE OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING fPA THIS WOULD TO DISBURSE FUNDS TO AGENCIES FOR THEIR CIVIL EMERGENCY PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND THUS ENSURE PROPER EXECUlION AND COORDINATION OF THESE PLANS CHART# OR 'f PEADS No Objection Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLG-_12-26-2-18-9 12 THE PtADs I WILL TALK ABOUT DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH GENERAL NucLEAR WAR· THEY FORM A PART OF THE PRESIDENT' s AND VI CE PRESIDENT' s EMERGENCY PoRTFOLI os· SINCE THESE PEADs ARE TIME SENSITIVE THEY ARE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES THE LEGAL BASIS FOR EACH DOCUMENT IS CONTAINED IN EXISTING t LEGISLATIOK AND IN THE PRESIDENT'S IMPLIED POWERS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION PEADs TAKE THE FORM OF PROCLAMATIONS TO THE PUBLIC EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO THE AGENCIES AND MESSAGES FOR THE CONGRESS WITH APPENDED LEGISLATION THEY ARE ACTIVATED UPON THE SIGNATURE OF THE PRESIDENT IN TOTO THERE ARE 20 REGULAR PEADs IN THIS GENERAL WAR PORTFOLIO -- WHICH IS CALLED EMERGENCY PLAN No Objection D THE PEADs ARE Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NU _-12-26-2-18-9 13 DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPSJ NAMELY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCLAMATION OF WAR INVOKING STATE-OF-WAR AND CIVIL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS CONVENING OF CONGRESS AND ASKING IT TO DECLARE A STATE OF WAR THE SECOND GROUP oF PEADs DEALS WITH NATIONAL SecuRITYJ SUCH AS CONTROL OF ENEMY ACTIONSJ PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL CONTROL OF VESSELS IN· U S WATERS AND THE CANA __ Z-ONr ----- -----· CONTROL OF WEATHER INFORMATION USE OF MILITARY FORCES TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS -- ONLY IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND EVEN THEN CIVIL LAW WOULD BE RETAINEDJ MARTIAL LAW WOULD NOT BE IMPOSED No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 14 THE THIRD GROUP OF PEADs RELATE TO WARTIME MOBILIZATION SUCH AS ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF AN OFFICE OF DEFENSE RESOURCES -- THE KEY ORGANIZATION FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A POSTATTACK ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING PRICE STABILIZATION ANOTHER ONE REMOVES ALL RESTRICTIONS ON AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS OF THE ARMED FORCES DIRECTS REGISTRATION AND DEALS WITH ENLISTMENTS AND AUTHORIZES CALLUP OF RESERVE FORCE'S ESTABLISHMENT OF CENSORSHIP TO CONTROL INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO VOLUNTARY CENSORSHIP EACH OF THE PEADs I HAVE MENTIONED WeM ISSUED ORIGINALLY IN 1957 THEY WERE REVIEWED MOST RECENTLY IN THE LATTER PART OF 1976 BY FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVING PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS AREA No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-HH I 15 Mosr WERE MODIFIED TO REFLECT CHANGES IN LAWS OR 1N GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ONE -- RELATING TO CENSORSHIP -- WAS TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN PENDING REVISION ON APRIL 22J L977J THE REVISED PEADs WERE FORWARDED To 0MB FOR APPROVAL AFTER CLEARANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ONCE 0MB HAS CLEARED THEMJ THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NSC FOR APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE PRESIDENT I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE 0MB - DELAY U J ESS IT IS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENT'S REORGANIZATION PLANS OR OTHER POLICY CONSIDERATIONS I RECOMMEND THAT THESE REVISED PEADs E APPROVED so THAT YOUR EMERGENCY PORTFOLIOS ARE ALL RRxgxx UP TO DATE A FINAL WORD ON PEADs THEIR USEFULLNESS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR OVERALL NATIONAL DEFENSE POLICIES AND CAPABILITIES OF THEM E G CALL UP OF RESERVES OR THE USE OF SELECTIVE No Obiecti n To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 SOME No Objection To Declassification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9 SERVICE MAY IN THE LIGHT OF OUR VOLUNTEER ARMY BE UNREALISTIC THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FINAULY l WOULD LI'KE TO EXTEND OUR INVITATION FOR YOU TO VISIT THE FPA FACILITY -- TO SEE AND EVALUATE FOR YOURSELF OUR EMERGENCY CAPABILITIES THIS WOULD DEMAND ABOUT FOUR HOURS OF YOUR TIME No Obiection Decl ssification in Full 2013 11 15 NLC-12-26-2-18-9