NATO PLANNING ACTIVITIES

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OBJECTIVES

The United States is obligated by the North Atlantic Treaty.
to respond to various peacetime and wartime conditions
affecting members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). The overall purpose of this project is to develop
and document a system for carrying out these responsibilities
(including authorities available to it) under peacetime energy
emergency conditions and wartime conditions.

Specifically, the major objectives are:

To analyze the responsibilities of DOE (and to a lesser extent those of other Government agencies) with regard to the operation of the U.S. National Oil Board (NOB) for NATO activities.

To establish regular formalized liaison with relevant
organizations.

To codify these responsibilities into a detailed operations manual.

To identify auxiliary support and analysis (within DOE and the Government) which may be required to respond to various decision modes.

To identify and analyze the various legislative authorities available to the U.S. in meeting our NATO commitment.

To place DOE in a condition of readiness to participate in various NATO tests and exercises.

To integrate, whenever possible, the common elements of the U.S. organizations established to meet various international commitments (e.g., NATO and IEA).

BACKGROUND

The North Atlantic Council (NAC), the highest authority in NATO,
provides a forum for political consultation and coordination
among allies. Military policy is discussed in the Defense
Planning Committee (DPC) composed of member countries partic-
ipating in NATO's integrated defense system. In support of
their roles, the Council and the DPC have established a
number of Committees, including the Senior Civil Emergency
Planning Committee.

The Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee is responsible for coordination of plans for the use of civil resources in

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support of the NATO defense effort. Within the NATO organiza-
tion, the Petroleum Committee (PPC) has the task of developing
plans for the distribution of available oil supplies among
NATO members if there are supply shortages during crisis or

war.

These plans would be activated by a decision of the NAC. They would be implemented by the NATO Wartime Oil Organization (NWOO) within the context of current NATO policy that oil supplies available to the nations of the Alliance are coordinated in the best interests of the Alliance.

NATO refers to national oil authorities as National Oil Boards
(NOB), which are analogues to the National Emergency Sharing
Organizations (NESO) of the IEA. The NOB is the liaison agency
between individual countries and when the NWOO is operational,
NOB's provide the NWOO with information on their oil require-
ments and available supplies, and implement NATO's international
oil supply program pursuant to national authority.

DISCUSSION

Within DOE, the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Protection,
Safety and Emergency Preparedness will function as the head of
the NOB in NATO activities. This project will involve the devel-
opment of the procedures required to meet our NATO commitment
(with emphasis on NATO oil supply and distribution schemes).
This project will involve several phases: background research
(Phase I) which will result in the development of an interim
operations manual (Phase II), coordination and review (Phase
III), testing (Phase IV), and concluding with the preparation
of the NATO Operations Manual for Energy Emergencies (Phase V).
BACKGROUND RESEARCH

The initial background search will concentrate on the various NATO publications. This includes recent NATO training material from 1980, 1981 and 1982 sessions; existing commitments of the U.S. (e.g., IEA, and U.S./Israeli bilateral agreement) and all relevant legislative authorities under which the U.S. could respond to an energy emergency. The role of DOD and other organizations will be identified. Initially, discussions will be held with knowledgeable DOE personnel (including IA, GC and EE staff members). Some of these discussions may be classified, and if so, appropriate security procedures will be followed.

As always, the necessity for reasonably accurate and timely data is an important element in decisionmaking. Initially, meetings will be scheduled with the Scenario Development and Response Strategy Division to assist in identifying these requirements. Subsequently, the Offices of IA and EIA would be consulted

regarding developing/refining any necessary models. It will
be necessary to conduct some meetings with staff members
of other Federal Agencies to further analyze and document
the system.

INTERIM MANUAL

It is envisioned that one of the first products will be a detailed flow chart, with each element in the chart supported by a narrative and, as appropriate, description of inputs and outputs. The product at this time would be the interim NATO Operations Manual for Energy Emergencies. It will then be circulated to an intra-agency group for comment.

COORDINATION AND REVIEW

It is anticipated that there may be undefined areas of responsibility among the various DOE offices and their relationship to other Federal Agencies. The coordination and review process should clarify the majority of the issues; however, for those which cannot be clarified, issue papers will be developed for further guidance from upper management. TESTING

After the necessary changes have been made, we will conduct (during August 1982) an internal DOE test of this plan. This DOE test will provide a basis to prepare for participation in a NATO-sponsored test scheduled for early 1983, which will require a simulation of the U.S. NOB operation. Several reports will be prepared for the test including exercise, control and evaluation plans and an after-action report.

GENERAL

Periodically, meeting and special training sessions are held by NATO's Petroleum Planning Committee. As an ongoing activity, responsible individuals will be scheduled to attend these meetings with the task force receiving any relevant

information.

Many of the documents reviewed have been classified as "NATO Confidential" and, as a result, only individuals with such a clearance will be able to review these documents and participate in many of the discussions. Extreme care must be exercised in the development of the NATO Operations Manual. It is our desire to produce a general overview of the manual which is unclassified, with the rest of the manual containing details which will probably be classified. In any event, DOE's Office of Safeguards and Security will be consulted throughout the project to assure conformity to applicable security procedures.

IV. RESOURCES

Because only those individuals with a NATO clearance will be
permitted access to classified materials, the members of the
task force should all have such a clearance. Special secure
facilities may be required for classified meetings or briefings.
The requirements for support personnel (data and analysis)
have not been determined. Although travel funds may be required
in connection with attendance at NATO training sessions, we
expect that this training will be funded outside the scope of
this project, as part of EE's overall mission. In addition,
it may be necessary to request a GSA-approved safe to store
only NATO-related material.

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