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- 1 2 3 4 5 Graff, Garrett M. (2017). Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die. Simon & Schuster.
- ↑ "White House Continuity Of Government Plan and National Coop Exercise". whitehouse.gov1.info. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ "NATIONAL CONTINUITY POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 18, 2021.