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Political warfare measures designed to prevent the entry of Chinese forces into the war should include:


 * (1) Threats to retaliate, including a show of air and naval strength in the area.


 * (2) Assurance that hostilities will be limited to the Associated States if China does not intervene.


 * h. In the event of Chinese Communist intervention, we should try to minimize the effectiveness by:


 * (1) Indicating that South Korea and National China will be encouraged to attack, thus confronting the Chinese with a 3-front war.


 * (2) Commencing rapid rearming of Germany in order to put pressure on the USSR and increase Soviet logistical support of China.

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