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 * Operations Coordinating Board


 * . Development of indigenous leadership which will be truly representative and symbolic of Indo-Chinese national aspirations and win the loyalty and support of the people.


 * State, Defense, CIA


 * . Subsidization of indigenous newspapers and public information media, including provision of equipment and supplies as well as air transport to remote population centers.


 * CIA, USIA


 * . Upon establishment of necessary agreements with the French Government as prescribed above, augmentation of the US Vietnam guerrilla warfare potential in Indo-China.


 * Defense, CIA

IV —

(A) If the above actions can be completed at an early date with full French support (and on the assumption that the Chinese communists do not intervene overtly in Indo-China), it is considered that this program will have the effect of reversing the present situation and give promise of leading to an ultimate victory in Indo-China without overt use of US military forces.

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