DECLASSIFIED fr 42 Hy NARA Dal THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF wAsHmo'rou as o e CM-937-63 4 NOV 1963 MEMORANDUM ron THE DIRECTOR mou- surr Subject Operations Air Plan Chins U Reference JCSM-BZI -63 1 The Proposed Memorandum to the Secretsry of Defense subject ss above is not responsive to the request of the Assistant Secretsry of Defense ISA to prepare an operational plea for an air attack to undertake destruction of the Chinese Communist nuclear production facilities 2 I would like for the Joint Staff to recast the proposed Memorandum to the Secretary of Defense so as to s Establish the target complex to be attached to accomplish the tssk b Prescribe the level of demege to be achieved c Set forth plan of sttsek consistent with the criteria specified by the Assistant Secretary of Defense ISA in his memorandum of 31 July 1963 ' Sgd MAXWELL 0 mm MAXWELL D TAYLOR Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Diatr 7 '1 SJCS 1 eye CM Filer b- Wit 16 7 mm File 0 1 7 3 656- I - 7 c a new o nou 'or THIS Docuueu'r Copy of Copues WHOLE 09 IN PART Is WET EXCEPT WITH PERMISSION or a Pagan of L Pages ISSUING OFFICE 3 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