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15. Change subparagraph 9 as follows:


 * . Revise the second clause of subparagraph 9 to clarify the statement "in addition to the appropriate military action contemplated above against Communist China."


 * . Change the third and fourth clauses of subparagraph 9 to read as follows (changes indicated in the usual manner):

""the United States should assist in the defense of Malaya as appropriate, as part of a UN collective action or in conjunction with the United Kingdom and any other friendly governments.""


 * REASON: Although the world situation generally and the situation in the Far East specifically will be controlling, it may be possible for the United States to provide those reinforcements which are essential for a successful defense of Malaya at the Isthmus of Kra, thus insuring the retention by the British of Singapore while concurrently decreasing the danger of a successful communist invasion of Indonesia.

16. Clarify subparagraph 10 to indicate action the United States would take in the event of attempted seizure of power by internal communist action in Indonesia. Rh