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 d. Types and levels of equipment to be retained by the FEC and the Vietnamese armed forces.

e. Procedures for the rapid, evacuation and disposition of excess U. S. equipment.

f. The military implications of the possible loss of South Vietnam to the Communists.

g. The type and level of assistance to be given to other countries in the area (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma) in the light of the above.

h. The extent to which these changed circumstances and revised programs will affect the discharge of U. S. obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty.

4. It is further requested that this information be forwarded to me not later than 20 January 1955.

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