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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE


 * Subject: Negotiations with Respect to Indochina

1. Attached for your consideration (Enclosure) are the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in regard to Department of State message SECTO 106 and SECTO 110, both dated 5 May 1954, and message DA IN 59296, dated 6 May 1954.

2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommend that their views be transmitted to the Department of State for incorporation in the reply to SECTO 106 and SECTO 110.

3. Copies No. 2 and No. 3 of the Enclosure were delivered in advance to the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

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