97. Briefing Note for 380th NSC Meeting1
STATUS OF MOBILIZATION AND CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAMS ON JUNE 30, 1958
(Parts 4 and 5 of NSC 5819)
The next item on the agenda consists of two annual status reports, one on the mobilization program and one on the civil defense program. These reports were prepared separately again this year, even though FCDA and ODM were merged on July 1, because they deal with a period before the merger.
The planning Board was particularly interested in five policy questions which arise out of the reports:
- 1.
- Should we continue to assume in our planning that there would be no further attacks after an initial massive attack?
- 2.
- Should the mobilization program be reviewed to assure that the requirements of the nuclear and missile age, as opposed to World War II concepts, have been taken into consideration, particularly in such fields as post-attack military production, economic warfare, and censorship?
- 3.
- Should we continue to base our relocation planning on the assumption that there will be adequate warning?
- 4.
- Does the question of emergency agencies vs. regular agencies need to be re-studied?
- 5.
- Should arrangements be made to relocate the families of relocated personnel?
I understand Governor Hoegh will cover these questions in his remarks.
- Source: Mobilization and civil defense programs (NSC 5819). Secret. 1 p. Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records.↩