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The '''Presidential Successor Support System''' ('''PSSS''' or '''PS-cubed''') is part of the [[United States]]' [[Continuity of Government]] (COG) programs.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POxqGJLtaUg Youtube.com: "CNN Special Assignment: The Doomsday Plan," Part 1]</ref> Considered one of many "black programs," (i.e. [[Special Access Program]]s), very few details have come to light about it. PSSS was run by the [[National Program Office]].
 
The [[National Program Office]] was established in 1982, by [[National Security Decision Directive 55]], ''Enduring National Leadership.''<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=nsdd55 |title=History Commons: "Context of 'September 14, 1982: President Reagan Orders Overhaul of Secret Emergency Plans'"] |work=History Commons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Graff |first=Garrett M. |author-link=Garrett Graff |title=Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. Government's secret plan to save itself-while the rest of us die |date=2017 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-4767-3540-5 |edition=hardcover |location=New York }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-30 |title=Washington's secret Doomsday plans |url=https://theweek.com/articles/714780/washingtons-secret-doomsday-plans |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=theweek |language=en}}</ref>
 
Prior presidential administrations had different ways of dealing with the problem of leadership decapitation. President Eisenhower designated ten<ref name="conelrad">[{{cite web|url=http://www.conelrad.com/atomicsecrets/secrets.php?secrets=05 |title=CONELRAD: "The Eisenhower Ten"]|website=conelrad.com}}</ref> captains of industry to take control of war-time organizations to help the country reconstitute itself. The existence of the [[Eisenhower Ten]] was accidentally found by the incoming [[John F. Kennedy]] administration in 1961.<ref name="conelrad" />
 
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