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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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-3- SECTO 639, July 18, 1 p.m., from Geneva
This final gambit is going to be extremely difficult to play and I do not (repeat not) now see the moves clearly. However, my opinion as expressed to you before leaving, i.e., that Molotov will gain more by bringing down Mendès Government than by a settlement, has grown stronger.
SMITH
DU:MEJ/5
Note: Mr. Halla (SS) notified 10:40 a.m , 7/18/54, CWO/FED
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