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Even the President cannot pick up his telephone and give a `` go '' order.
Even he does not know the one signal for a nuclear strike -- the `` go code ''.
In an emergency he would receive available intelligence on the `` gold-phone circuit ''.
A system of `` gold '' -- actually yellow -- phones connects him with the offices and action stations of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the SAC commander and other key men.
All can be connected with the gold circuit from their homes.
All could help the President make his decision.
The talk would not be in code, but neither would it ramble.
Vital questions would be quickly answered according to a preprepared agenda.
Officers who participate in the continual practice drills assured me that the President's decision could be made and announced on the gold circuit within minutes after the first flash from Aj.

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