no I by I 3 u 93 in 53hue- 3 core O ice - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO RA Hr Timmons May 19 1958 FROM RA - Fifi Fearey '55 DECLASSIHED I Ealsazae surge-or Macmillan Letter mo ee e g Attached is the Macmillan letter file In View of the number of Top Secrets we hate not signed them over to you If you will send the whole package to me I will see that they get back to the peeple who have signed them over to me The most important papers are the Macmillan - letter at the top of the file and the record of the conver- sation of Hey it at the bottom I am trying to obtain a copy of the aide memoirs left by Caccia and hepe to be able to attach it after this is typed 1 I - lioy'feer- It has helped me in my own thinking on this decision procedures 3 question to break the thing down into four possible cheese Soviet missile and aircraft-delivered nuclear bombs have landed on U S or U K this case the and U K would instantly inform each other of the event but there would be no need for consultation prior to launching_nuclear retaliationo- it would simply be launchedas fast as possible Soviet bombers or missiles are picked up on radar screens approaching U S or U K this case there might be time for consultation on the question whether the attack was a real one and 3 whether 11 5 and 0 14 retaliatory missiles should be launched strategic sirdraft would certainly be launched on a contingency basis he before a large proportion of our retaliatory capabilitg had been liquidated qf by the incoming missiles and aircraft Free World forces --in this case there shpuld be time for consultation on the use of nuclear defensiveiand possibly retaliatory weapons The Soviets launch an exclusively conventional attack against 3 The 11 5 or ILK come into possession of intelligence indica ting that a Soviet attack is this instance too there should be time for consultation 1 u re view of the limited scope of the discussions proposed by the U K restricted solely to retaliatory forces in the U K case above would not be involved - EUR RMRAFeareymnc -- nmacaemrs -- -- This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu