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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
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1961 SEP 201729
OFF SECY OF DEFENSE
JCSM-661-61
20 SEP 1961
20 SEP 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Subject: Plan for Military Intervention in Laos (C)
1. Enclosed herewith is a proposed draft for a State-Defense memorandum to the President concerning a plan for military intervention in Laos.
2. the Joint Chiefs of Staff concur in the presentation of the memorandum to the President at an early date.
For the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
L. L. LEMNITZER
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Attachment
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