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1. Communist domination, by whatever means of all Southeast Asia would seriously endanger in the short term, and critically endanger in the longer term, United States security interests.


 * . In the conflict in Indochina, the Communist and non-Communist worlds clearly confront one another on the field of battle. The loss of the struggle in Indochina, in addition to its impact in Southeast Asia and in South Asia, would therefore have the most serious repercussions on U. S. and free world interests in Europe and elsewhere.

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