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with Respect to Communist Aggression in Southeast Asia.
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1. The following specific comments by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on NSC 124 are submitted in order that these may be reflected as appropriate in the revision of that document.

2. Change subparagraph 2 to read (changes indicated in the usual manner):

""Communist control of all of Southeast Asia would render the U.S. position in the Pacific offshore island chain precarious would seriously jeopardize fundamental U.S. security interests in the Far East.""


 * REASON: In the interests of conciseness and accuracy. In the light of the discussion in the analysis, the original wording overstates the immediate military threat to the U.S. position in the Pacific offshore island chain in the event of the fall of Southeast Asia.

3. Revise the present last sentence of subparagraph 5 in such a manner as to refer to every paragraph in the paper (in addition to subparagraphs 6, 7 , and 8 ) which involves military measures against Communist China.

4. Add the following sentence at the end of subparagraph 5 : TOP SECRET Rh