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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive  : association formed will be in accord with Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations dealing with regional arrangements.


 * "b. The United States should act to develop and strengthen the security of the area from Communist external aggression or internal subversion. These steps should take into account any benefits to the security of Asia which may flow from the development of one or more regional groupings. The United States on its own initiative should now:


 * (1) Improve the United States position with respect to Japan, the Ryukyus and the Philippines.


 * (2) Scrutinize closely the development of threats from Communist aggression, direct or indirect, and be prepared to help within our means to meet such threats by providing political, economic, and military assistance and advice where clearly needed to supplement the resistance of the other governments in and out of the area which are more directly concerned.


 * (3) Develop cooperative measures through multilateral or bilateral arrangements to combat Communist internal subversion.


 * (4) Appraise the desirability and the means of developing in Asia some form of collective security arrangements, bearing in mind the following considerations:


 * (a) The reluctance of India at this time to join in any anti-Communist security pact and the influence this will have among the other nations of Asia.


 * (b) The necessity of assuming that any collective security arrangements which might be developed be based on the principle of mutual aid and on a demonstrated desire and ability to share in the burden by all the participating states,


 * (c) The necessity of assuring that any such security arrangements would be consonant with the purposes of any regional association which may be formed in accordance with paragraph 3-a above.


 * (d) The necessity of assuring that any such security arrangement would be in conformity with the provisions of Article 51 of the Charter relating to individual and collective self-defense.


 * "c. The United States should encourage the creation of an atmosphere favorable to economic recovery and development in non-Communist Asia, and to the revival of trade along multilateral, non-discriminatory lines. The economic policies of the

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