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SECRET :political and international orientation is likely to be shaped by the degree to which she has fair access to U. S. markets.


 * . In administering P.L. 480 in the area, due regard should be shown to Asian reliance on traditional markets for the disposal of commodity exports; utilize local currency proceedings to the best advantage in support of projects furthering U. S. interests.

12. In the informational and educational field, the United States should:


 * . Develop and strengthen informational, cultural, education and exchange programs.


 * . Make a special, sustained effort to promote the education of an expanding number of technically competent pro-free world civilian and military leaders, working bilaterally or through such multilateral groupings as the UN and Colombo Plan; and stress the importance of developing adequate managerial and executive skills.


 * . Seek, by appropriate means, utilizing Asians to the greatest extent feasible, to (1) increase the understanding and orientation of Asian peoples toward the free world and (2) expose the menace of Chinese Communist imperialism and world Communism.


 * . I our determined efforts to oppose Communist aggression and expansion, take care to emphasize to

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