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 Rh :If the Secretary of State believes it is possible to delay action until a later meeting, we recommend you suggest this be done so that you may give the NSC a better evaluation of the impact of the proposal on NATO and offshore procurement before the NSC takes final action.


 * . That you agree with the State Department in not conditioning U.S. support for this Indochina program with French ratification of the EDC.

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