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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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"Consistent with world-wide U.S. commitments take appropriate military action against the forces and territory of Communist China as part of a UN collective action or in conjunction with France and the United Kingdom and any other friendly governments."

REASON; To emphasize any military action against Communist China must be without geographic limitations.

13. Change subparagraph 8 b (2) as follows (changes indicated in the usual manner):

"Immediately put into effect whatever measures other than military may be determined as feasible to forestall an invasion of Thailand or a seizure of power by local Thai communists."

REASON : Military operations by the United States in Thailand would, in all probability, be infeasible in the premises,

14. Change subparagraph 8 c (2) to read as follows (changes indicated in the usual manner):

"Consistent with world-wide U.S. commitments take appropriate military action against the forces and territory of Communist China as part of a UN collective action or'in conjunction with France and the United Kingdom and any other friendly governments."

REASON: To emphasize that any military action against Communist China must be without geographic limitations.
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