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 General Van Fleet's analysis and recommendations as to the mission, size and composition of military forces for East Asian countries are apparently based primarily upon the first assumed policy, as illustrated by General Van Fleet's statement of the general mission of the expanded and improved East Asia indigenous forces stated in his "Summary of Recommendations on the Area as a Whole":


 * (1) Maintenance of internal security;
 * (2) Defense against external aggression;
 * (3) Exertion of constant pressure against the Communist enemy;
 * (4) Exploitation of opportunities arising from the cumulative effects of constant pressure against the enemy, and
 * (5) Development of an adequate base for maximum mobilization in the event of war with Communist China or a general war.

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