There’s an Imposter Among Us: Project ECHELON, 1962

The year is 1962 and the Cold War is in full swing. As the intelligence tsars of the USSR weave their web of spies and informants across NATO, the Western world scrambles to counteract their influence. Key to their efforts is Project ECHELON: a signals and intelligence-sharing operation among various NATO nations dedicated to monitor the diplomatic and military communications of the USSR, People’s Republic of China, and other Eastern Bloc nations. While not formally established until 1971 and expanded by the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance, the network as it currently stands is one of the West’s main countermeasures against the Non-Western World.

1962 may prove to be ECHELON’s trial by fire as American intelligence confirms that the Soviet Union has placed missiles, most likely ballistic nuclear missiles, on its ally of Cuba, right off the coast of the United States. It’s up to the agents of ECHELON to discern the locations of the missiles, ascertain their purpose, and recommend solutions to deal with the threat. It’ll take the full might of a united NATO to take on the Soviet bear. However, ECHELON agents should be wary, as several reports from the internal security divisions of several ECHELON partner nations have reported the existence of Soviet spies and KGB agents in ECHELON’s ranks! NATO agents will need to take great care to find the moles among them before they compromise the entire population.

Chair:
Amanda Bloom

  • Amanda Bloom is a member of the Class of 2027 in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, majoring in International Politics and minoring in Journalism. She is from the suburbs of Chicago, where she competed in Model UN all four years of high school. Amanda now competes for Georgetown MUN. She has also been a Chair at NCSC and NAIMUN. Outside of MUN, she works for her campus newspaper, The Hoya, and hosts a mental health radio talk show. Amanda can’t wait to serve as chair for Project Echelon!

CRisis Manager:
Sarah Chao

  • Sarah Chao is from Los Angeles, California, and in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2027. She is majoring in Government and minoring in Tech, Ethics, and Society. At Georgetown, she competes with the Georgetown Model UN travel team and has also served as a Crisis Manager and Crisis Manager at NCSC LI, NCSC LII, NAIMUN XLI, and NAIMUN XLII. Outside of MUN, Sarah spends most of her time working downtown in the tech policy or criminal law space but occasionally escapes her GCAL to try out new restaurants and cafes/boba shops, thrift, and attend concerts. Her current top recommendations include Yellow, il Canale, Nandos, and gumbo at Union Market. She is very excited to welcome you all to Washington D.C. and serve as your Crisis Manager for Project ECHELON. She cannot wait to find out who among you are the double-agent imposters!

USG: Luke Madden

This committee is in the Non-Traditional Crisis Organ, and your Under-Secretary General is Luke Madden. Committees in this organ are small crisis committees with highly specialized topics and distinct committee procedures.


If you have any questions about your committee, please reach out to l.madden@modelun.org.