Planning for Mobilization

From 1937 onward all industrial mobilization planning was based on the manpower requirements of the Protective Mobilization Plan (PMP). The PMP called for an army of 400,000, within 30 days after mobilization, known as the Initial Protective Force and made up of the Regular Army and the National Guard. Within 4 months, the number would be raised to 1,000,000 men and within 14 months to a peak wartime figure of 4,000,000. The CWS planned for both units and facilities under the PMP and estimated the time it would require to furnish the mobilized forces with critical and essential items, such as gas masks, toxic agents, smoke, munitions, impregnite, airplane spray tanks, and shells for 4.2-inch chemical mortars.  

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Billy Kliiver to Julius Stratton, 10 June 1968, box 42, E.A.T. Records Billy Kliiver, Plans for Mobilizing the Technical Community, box 120, folder 6, E.A.T. Records. 

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At dawn on March 12, 1938, German troops crossed the border into Austria. For ethnic reasons, Hitler s plan for governing Austria was not much different from his administration in Germany. Austria was to work for the German industrial mobilization, but her industries were not to be subjugated. 

Three miles from the restaurant where they ate dinner, the security clerk of the Vermittlungstelle Wehrmacht was about to quit for the day. He carefully checked the papers that were stamped "secret — l.G. farbenindustre." Among them were rough sketches of a proposed "buna plant to the East," the plans for the Fuerstenberg site in Upper Silesia, and mobilization plans for more than 100,000 tons of buna mbber for the year 1939. 

After Haefliger s Anschluss memo was found, the prosecution got an affidavit from a Reich official who said that, as early as 1934, Paul Haefliger had been assigned the duty within Farben of "the setting up of mobilization plans for war." His counsel asked ... 

A. I always thought it a matter of course that there have to be certain mobilization plans for economy. After all, war affects economy, too. 

Q. Also, is it not a fact that Dr. Mueller informed you of the mobilization plans for TNT — that he asked you for Farben experts ... 

Q. Now, we offer this strictly confidential letter from Paul Mueller to you. Please look at it and tell me whether it recalls to your memory that he set forth here all the mobilization plans for Dynamit A.G. ... 

This gives a totally wrong impression. I.G. Farben never prepared mobilization plans for itself, let alone the whole German industry. Such plans can be made only by central government offices in cooperation with the armed forces. In view of my insufficient knowledge, my own statement on this was often naturally erroneous. 

Q. Dr. ter Meer, is not the following a true record of what you said to the investigators "Question When did you become acquainted with the mobilization plans for war drawn up in 1934 by the various I.G. plants Answer Well, I wouldn t call that mobilization for war."... 

ARS [Advanced Recovery System] An integrated set of engineering modifications for upgrading catalytic crackers for making ethylene, developed jointly by Mobil Chemical Co. and Stone and Webster Engineering Corp. The first plant was planned for an AMOCO plant in S. Korea for completion in 1994. 

Another basic question is what type of facility would be most applicable —i.e., is a fixed or a mobile irradiator most applicable If a fixed facility is applicable, should it be an in-plant unit or a central facility to be used by several processors Seasonal availability of a product, near one location, is critical to the economics of radiation processing since typical capital costs for a moderate food irradiation plant may run anywhere between a quarter and two million dollars or more. Where there are relatively short harvest seasons, it would be economically advantageous to plan for irradiation of several products. This, however, requires a more flexible or versatile conveying system past the radiation source and generally less efficient use of the radiation. Thus, while a slight increase in capital cost may be required, the unit cost for processing would be less. 

Planning documents preparation —Laboratory procurement —Field and sampling equipment procurement —Preparation for mobilization —Field sampling —Field and laboratory audits —Sampling and laboratory oversight —Data evaluation —Data quality assessment... 

An initial plan for sampling at the site was developed. This plan would have required two mobilizations to collect soil samples at 20 locations to confirm the presence or absence of contamination where previous reports had implied potential source areas (US EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 2004). All samples would be sent off-site for analysis. The total costs for this assessment were estimated at 203,000. 

The first mobile installation Osten IF was developed further into the stationary facility Osten IIF for the Auschwitz Main Camp. Eventually it was installed in the building intended for if BW160 in the Main Camp, which was under construction at that time. Initially 19 Zyklon B delousing chambers were supposed to be built in this facility, but this never happened - perhaps as a result of the development of the ultra-shortwave facilities. Instead, while retaining the function of the rest of the building, the shortwave facility was planned for installation in four of the chambers illustra-... 

Core preparedness activities must go beyond the routine. Most disasters cannot be managed merely by mobilizing more equipment, personnel, and supplies. Disasters differ from routine daily emergencies, and they pose significant problems that have no counterpart in routine emergency responses. Many disaster-related issues and challenges have been identified in the disaster literature, and they can be anticipated and planned for (Auf der Heide, 2002). 

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