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TH E ATLANTA METROPOL !TJ- f A PEA OF CIVIL D EFENS E MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM TELEPHONE 30 COURTLAND STREET, S. E . 688-3834 _ ATLANTA, GEO R GIA 30303 1 April 1968 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jro Mayor, City o f Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: Referen c e is made to the r~quirement that your Plan £or Civil Distur b ance s be updated by 1 April 19680 In this connection, I have checked wi th Superintendent Moseley 0£ the Police ·De partrnent, who states the Police Plan is effective and no important cha nge s are ne ededo Chief Hildebrand has t wo ass istants improving his plan in coordination with t he Georg ia Nat ional Guardo Based on the experiences from riots in other cities last summer, Chief Hildebrand and I recommend the fireme n not be used for traffic controlo The pl an £or Disaster Medica l Care has been published , b u t is not yet · approved by the Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb County authoritieso The important thing is that Grady Hospita l is n oN b etter p repared to coordinate medical services. A copy 0£ this Plan is attached f o r your approval (TAB A)o I recommend approval. We have also prepare d an overall "Atlanta Pl,:'.n f or Cont rol o:f Civil Disturbances" in dra.ft form o Copy attached ( T;iB B) • This Plan cannot be fina l ized until it is fu lly coordinated with the local Departments and the National Guard. I do·· not recoIDID.end approval except for planning pur poses. On 19 April 1968, Frida y afternoon , (1: 3 0 p.m. ) at the Civil Defense Emerge ncy Operations Center , we will b rief Police, Fire , Medical and CD personnel £or participation in the Na tional Guard CPEX to be held Saturda y and Sunda y, 20-21 Apri l, in which I h ave b een a sked to repres ent you, unle ss you would like to be presento My main job will be to d efine , £or the Nationa l Gua rd, their area o f responsibilit y and mission as r e quire d by the Memorandum o f Understa nding b etween y ou and Genera l Hearn o Of course I will get recommendations from the police playing the p roblerno I h ave obt ained a dr a£t c opy of the l ates t plan p rep ared by the Georgia National Guard , copy not attache do For planning purpos es Task Force North is to u s e Cha stain Me mor ial Park and Ta s k Force Southwe st - Lakewood Parko Obviously other sites must be �The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jro ?· ? -2- l April 1968 considered, depending upon the situation at the time. This plan provides for the City Auditorium, 30 Courtland Street, to be used as an alternate Comma nd Posto For many obvious reasons, I believe it b e st £or the National Guard Headquarters group to be here rather than in City Hall, o r the Police Headquarters buildingo I believe City Hall should be the symbol for impleme nting the h umanitarian recommendations of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and not ·the combat Hea dquarters for control of civil disturbances that !ring hatred and strife. recommend you approve our planning to use selected parts of the Auditorium :for the advanced Command Post, if and when the National Guard is called to active duty in Atlanta. I have also enclosed (TAB _C) a tentative seating arrangement for activation of our Civil Defense EOC room. You will note that all important departments and agencies are represented in order that central coordination may be practiced. · Failure to have central coo rdination will create many unnecessary problems. Attached is a draft reply to my recommendations (TAB D). Sincerely, t ),l--'fU-.--:.__. ~~ tvl½ -rlw---c , A William R. Wood,vard, Director w \ Brigadier General, Uo s. Army (Ret.) WRW: mc �