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The National Program Office (NPO) was an office of the United States Government established to ensure continuity of government in the event of a national disaster. The NPO was established by a secret executive order (National Security Decision Directive 55) signed on 14 September 1982 by President Ronald Reagan during the Cold War in preparation for a nuclear war presumably with the Soviet Union.The NPO plan was classified Top Secret codeword Pegasus.