This document summarizes Department of Defense conclusions on the position of civil defense in the United States strategic defense structure, and the direction and scope of the nationwide civil defense program, especially during 1965. Director of Civil DefenseCONTENTS Page PREFACE ..-....e- teen e eee e renee ences i. T. BACKGROUND OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAM 2 A. Basis For The Program .. 2 B. Official Statements ..........seeceeeeee 4 President Johnson ........ 4 Defense Secretary McNamara 5 General Wheeler, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff ....... 6 ‘The National Academy of Sciences . 6 C. Goncept of Civil Defense ..........e00+ 6 D. Basic Authorities ......seeseeeeeeeeeeee 8 IL, DEVELOPING A SHELTER SYSTEM ............0064 10 A, The National Shelter Survey ....... wees B. Shelter Marking and Stocking 12 G. Developing Additional Shelter Space .... 15 Ventilation Improvements . sees 15 Smaller Structures Survey 15 Professional Design Development . 16 D. Community Shelter Planning .........06+ 18 III. PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ....... 22 A. Coordination of Action ......s.eeeee se 22 B. Attack Warning sssssesssseeeeeees 23 C. Operational Communications ... 24 D. Communications With The Public ......... 24 E. Radiological Monitoring ........s...04-. 25 ih