l l b z - _ _ _ - -- ·· -· ··• -· - - --- -- --· 1' fl -TOP S E Ct-1-1678 77 27 October 1977 f us Army· -- 1 Operations 3 ·rl Sta f US Air Force T Comi 11andan t of the Marine Corps S Subject Exercise IVORY ITEM U t fJIA FIEDBVJOINTSTAFF lJATE _ '1 7 1 -ts - is memorandum provides current policy and procedures for Exe cise IVORY ITEM and cancels all previous memorandums on the subject 2 '3 1 LXercise IVORY ITE 1 is a no-notice SIOP execution exercise to test Missile Attack Cor-ference decision procedures ·in a surprise attack The exercise is conducted on a co4 i ation of secure and non-secure telephone circ its IVORY ITEM exercises may be initiated by the President the Secretary of Defense or Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and will involve the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense the Joint Chiefs of Staff or their alternates Vice or Ope ations Deputy and the nuclear CINCs or their desig ated alternates under the· provisions of Volume IV Emergency Action Procedures of the JCS White House participation will normall l· include the Assistant to the President fer National Security Affairs or his representative and those conferees required by Wlli te House procedures The Preside t and or Vice President will be added to the conference upon di ection of the Secretary of Defense or the Assistant to the P esident for National Security Affairs 3 E arcise IVORY ITEM scenarios will be designated with alr_ 1 numeric suffices ALFA BR l VO CHARLIE etc and will be p ovide to you as approved The scenario to be used in any exercise will be indicated in ords used b l the NMCC to convene Exercise IVORY ITEN conferences ' IJ 'J 11t'-liroGT77 Jt 5 0 DJSm J'i b 7 CLASSIFIED BY CHAIRHl I JCS EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE OP EXECUTIVE OFDER 11652 EX S MPTION CATEGORY 3 DECLASSIFY ON DECEMBER 31 2007 r - -nicLASs 1FIEn- _ wr SEC tu• 'i '- I ''' l _____ ' Authonty ' ---- -72 -0 1 - _·