COORDINATION OF COMMAND AND CONTROL ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000800080026-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: July 7, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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27 June-1961
ME1ORAIv'DUM ?FOR: Office of t.!,e Military Aido to The President
Deput.- As;;istant Uecrutary, for Politico-
Military f.ffelrs, State Department
Assistnr;t Secretary of Defense
(Inst:liations and Logistics)
i,/Directer, Central Intelliger_ca
Director, `'rational security Agency
Chief, Joint Alternate Command Element
Subject: Coordination of Command and Control
Activities
1. During the past ;e r `lbere been a s anificant in-
crease in activities designed to enl:un.~e the capabilities of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of Defense and the Presi-
dent in the command, control and strategic dircct_cn of the
armed forces.
2. This increase(: act ivI' y has r:=`;':1 ted in large port from
decisions by the Join: Chit fs of St ; and the Jec;eLary of
Defense and numerous separ~' ac' ions by a,,encles outside the
Department of Defense, all or inich, are important individual
facets of an overall national military command and control
capability. r!hile these varied acticrc; ore presently being
monitored by separate Joint Chiefs of' Ctaft', 1a-partment of
Defense and other agencies, the overriding irp( rtance of the
requirement for the most e'frctive integrated omnand and con-
trol capability makes i'v ir-peretive thrt close coordination
between these inter-related activities be established and,
maintained.
3. As a measure to establish closer relationship among
these activities, a Command and Control Coordinating Committee
has been established. This committee is composed on an ad hoc
basis of authoritative representatives of the following agencies:
the Intelligence Operations, Plans and Policies and Communi-
cations-Electronics Directorates of tke Joint :staff; Joint
Command and Control Davclopment Grout'; 'CS lie son Group to the,
Director Strategic Target Planning; Joint. aar Games Control
Group;. Director of Defense Plesearch find i,ntin(-r:tng; Defense
Atomic Support agency; Defense Corrrunicetions ,gency; Weapons
Systems Evaluation Group; DOD Damage I.ssessmen. Center and
Director of Emergency Planning, Office of the ,,ssistant Secre-
tary of Defense Manpower). In addition to th