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25. The Associated states and France invite the military participation of the United states and other nations.

26. It is practicable to organize a UN or regional military effort.

27. The military situation in Indochina is approximately as at present, i.e. stalemate with elements of deterioration.

28. France and the Associated States will carry forward the scale of military effort envisaged in the Laniel-Navarre Plan.

29. Same as II-A (pars. 5-18 above). Ground forces contributed by other nations will supplement French Union ground forces, air or naval forces contributed by other nations might substitute for U. S. air and naval forces.


 * 30. . . An appeal to the UN for assistance against Communist aggression, in order to secure the requisite two-thirds majority in the General Assembly would necessarily have to come from the Associated States, acting as independent states, and be supported by the French. A request for assistance by France alone would probably fail of passage as being merely a request for assistance in a colonial war. Even with an appeal from

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