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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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multilateral embargo program, endeavor to handle questions of routine exceptions in such manner as to preserve and foster the willingness of other countries to retain the present level of controls.
e. Continue to determine our policy on travel of Americans to Communist China, north Korea and north Viet-Nam in a manner most conducive to the furthering of U.S. objectives ans courses of action as set forth in this paper.
f. Utilize overt and covert means consistent with out broad political and military interests, to promote discontent and internal divisions within each of the Communist dominated areas of the Far East, and to impair their relations with the Soviet Union and with each other.
g. Do not agree to GRC offensive actions against mainland Communist China, except under circumstances approved by the President. Agree to GRC actions against Communist China which are prompt and clear retaliation against a Chinese Communist attack, provided such retaliation is against targets of military significance which meet U. S. criteria as feasibility and chance of success and which are selected with due consideration for the undesirability
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