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Donald L. Cline
The following information was obtained under the Freedom of Information
Act. The information herein is DECLASSIFIED and does not come within the
scope of directions governing the protection of information affecting the
national security.
It took a little more than three years to obtain a full copy of Operation
Garden Plot from the U.S. Government, and was done so under the freedom of
information act for unclassified documents. The implications within the
full context of this document should make the hair on the back of your
head stand on end!!!!!
In this document signed by the Secretary of the Army, is hereby assigned
as DOD Executive Agent for civil disturbance control operations. Under
Plan 55-2 he is to use airlift and logistical support, in assisting
appropriate military commanders in the 50 states, District of Columbia,
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and US possessions and territories, or
any political subdivision thereof.
The official name of this project is called "Operation Garden Plot."
Under this plan for the deployment of Operation Garden Plot, the use of
CIDCON-1 will be mandatory. This direct support of civil disturbance
control operations is to be used by the Army, USAF, Navy, and Marine Corp.
with an airlift force to be comprised of MAC Organic Airlift Resources,
airlift capable aircraft of all other USAF major commands, and all other
aerial reconnaissance and Airborne Psychological Operations. This is to
include control communications systems, aeromedical evacuation, helicopter
and Weather Support Systems.
If any civil disturbance by a resistance group, religious organization, or
other persons considered to be non-conformist takes place, under Appendix
3 to Annex B of Plan 55-2 hereby gives all Federal forces total power over
the situation if local and state authorities cannot put down said
dissenters.
Annex A, section B of Operation Garden
Plot defines tax protesters, militia groups, religious cults, and general
anti-government dissenters as Disruptive Elements. This calls for the
deadly force to be used against any extremist or dissident perpetrating
any and all forms of civil disorder.
Under section D, a Presidential Executive Order will authorize and direct
the Secretary of Defense to use the Armed FForces of the United States to
restore order.
2 TAB A APPENDIX 1 TO ANNEX S
USAF CIVIL DISTURBANCE PLAN 55-2 EXHIBIT POR:SGH, JCS Pub 6, Vol 5, AFR
160-5 hereby provides for America's military and the National Guard
State Partnership Program to join with United Nations personal
in said operations. This links selected U.S. National Guard units with
the Defense Ministries of "Partnership For Peace." This was done in an
effort to provide military support to civil authorities in response to
civil emergencies.
Under Presidential Decision Directive No. 25, this program serves to
cement people to relationships between the citizens of the United States,
and the global military of the UN establishments of the emerging
democracies of Central and Eastern European countries. This puts all of
our National Guardsmen under the direct jurisdiction of the United
Nations.
Section 3: This plan could be implemented under any of the following
situation:
(1) SITUATION. Spontaneous civil disturbances which involve large
numbers of persons and/or which continue for a considerable period of
time, may exceed the capacity of local civil law enforcement agencies to
suppress. Although this type of activity can arise without warning as a
result of sudden, unanticipated popular unrest (past riots), it may also
result from more prolonged dissidence.
This would most likely be an outgrowth of serious social, political or
economic issues which divide segments of the American population. Such
factionalism could manifest itself through repeated demonstrations,
protest marches and other forms of legitimate opposition but which would
have the potential for erupting into spontaneous violence with little or
no warning.
(2) SITUATION. Planned acts of violence or civil disobedience
which, through arising from the same causes as (1) above, are seized upon
by a dedicated group of dissidents who plan and incite purposeful acts
designed to disrupt social order.
This may occur either because leaders of protest organizations
intentionally induce their followers to perpetrate violent acts, or
because a group of militants infiltrates an otherwise peaceful protest and
seeks to divert it from its peaceful course.
Subsection C: (2) Environmental satellite products will be continue to
be available.
(d) Responsibilities. Meteorological support to civil disturbance
operations will be arranged or provided by AWS wings.
The 7th. Weather Wing (7WW) is responsible for providing / arranging
support for Military Airlift Command (MAC) airlift operations. The 5th
Weather Wing (5WW) is responsible for supporting the United States Army
Forces Command.
Civil disturbance may threaten or erupt at any time in the CONUS and grow
to such proportions as to require the use the Federal military forces to
bring the situation under control.
A flexible weather support system is required to support the many and
varied options of this Plan.
ANNEX H: XXOW, AWSR 55-2, AWSR 23-6, AFR 23-31, AR 115-10, AFR 105-3.
Subsection B:
Concept of Environmental Support. Environmental support will be provided
by elements of Air Weather Service (AWS) in accordance with refs a-f. The
senior staff meteorologist deployed int the Task Force Headquarters (TFH)
will be the staff weather officer (SWO) to the TFH.
Centralized environmental support products are requested in accordance
with AWSR 105-18. Weather support is provided by weather units located at
existing CONUS bases or by deployed SWOs and / or weather teams to the
objective areas.
Support MAC source will be provide in accordance with the procedures in
MARC 103-15. MAC forces will be provided in accordance with the procedures
in AFR 105-3.
Air Force Global Weather Central: Provides centralized products as
requested.
JCS Pub 18 - Doctrine for Operations Security AFR 55-30
Operations Security
1. GENERAL
Opposition forces or groups may attempt to gain knowledge of this plan
and 'use that knowledge to prevent or degrade the effectiveness of the
actions outlined in this plan. In order to protect operations undertaken
to accomplish the mission, it is necessary to control sources of
information that can be exploited by those opposition forces or groups.
OPSEC is the effort to protect operations by identifying and controlling
intelligence indicators susceptible to exploitation. The objective of
OPSEC, in the execution of this plan, is to assure the security of
operations, mission effectiveness, and increase the probability of
mission success.
2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC):
The denial Of information to an enemy is inherently a command
responsibility. However, since the operations Officer at any level of
command is responsible to his commander for the Overall planning and
execution of operations, he has the principal staff interest in assuring
maximum protection of the operation and must assume primary
responsibility instability for ensuring that the efforts of all other
staff elements are coordinated toward this end. However., every other
individual associated with, or aware of, the operation must assist in
safeguarding the security of the operation.
3. OBJECTIVES FOR OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC):
a. The basic objective of OPSEC is to preserve the security Of friendly
forces and thereby to enhance the probability of Successful mission
accomplishment. "Security" in this context relates to the protection of
friendly forces. It also includes the protection of operational
information to prevent degradation of mission effectiveness through the
disclosure of prior knowledge of friendly operations to the opposition.
b. OPSEC pervades the entire planning process and must be a matter of continuing concern from the conception of an operation,
throughout the preparatory and execution phases, and during critiques,
reports, press releases, and the like conducted during the post
operation phase.
4. OPERATION ORDERS AND SOP:
Specific operations orders and standard operating procedures "MUST be
developed with the awareness that the opposition may be able to identify
and exploit vulnerable activities.
Released under Freedom of Information Act on March 30th, 1990. All
material presented here has been declassified and supersedes USAD
Operations Plan355-10 of July 16, 1973. Information released by USAF under
supervision of Alexander K. Davidson, BRIG. GEN, USAF, Dep. Director of
Operations.
APPENDEX 5 TO ANNEX E TO USAF CIVIL DISTURBANCE PLAN 55-2 Annex Z. Other
References: 10 United States Codes 331,332,333,8500,1385, MARC 105-1, MARC
105-18, AR 115-10, AFR 105-3, PDD-25.
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