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 CONFIDENTIAL




 * 1. || (Col. 2) expenditures assume (a) elimination of organized resistance by June 1955; (b) a period of pacification extending for approximately another year; (c) a continuance of U. S. assistance for the duration of the major military operations at approximately the same rate as in FY 1954.
 * 2. || (Col. 3) expenditures for FY 1950-53 reflect staff estimates of amounts of aid to France which is attributable to Indochina.
 * | 3. || (Col. 4) includes no specific estimates for rehabilitation on the assumption that such costs could be offset against reduced military expenditures.
 * | 4. || (Col. 5) are assumed to continue in FY 1956 at a relatively stable rate.
 * | 5. || (see footnotes 2 and 3 to table)
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 * | 4. || (Col. 5) are assumed to continue in FY 1956 at a relatively stable rate.
 * | 5. || (see footnotes 2 and 3 to table)
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