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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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SPECIAL SECURITY PRECAUTIONS
COPY NO. 17
April 5, 1954
April 5, 1954
NSC ACTION NO. 1074-a
(Revision of Report distributed April 3)
Problem
1. To analyze the extent to which, and the circumstances and conditions under which. the United States would be willing to commit its resources in support of the effort to prevent the loss of Indochina to the Communists, in concert with the French or in concert with others, or if necessary, unilaterally.
Issues Involved
2. The answer to this problem involves four issues:
- a. Will Indochina be lost to the Communists unless the United States commits combat resources in some form?
- b. What are the risks, requirements and consequences of alternative forms of U. S. military intervention?
- c. Should the United States adopt one of these forms of intervention rather than allow Indochina to be lost to the Communists and if so which alternative should it choose?
- d. When and under what circumstances should this decision be taken and carried into effect?
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