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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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| II. | ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF COMMITMENT OF U. S. COMBAT FORCES FOR OPERATION IN INDOCHINA |
A. In Concert with the French
- Assumptions
11. The Associated States and France invite the military participation of the United States.
12. It is impracticable to organize a UN or regional military effort.
13. The military situation in Indochina is approximately as at present, i.e, stalemate with elements of deterioration.
14. France and the Associated States will carry forward the scale of military effort envisaged in the Laniel-Navarre Plan.
- Military Requirements
15. Estimated forces to be supplied by U. S. initially.
- a. Ground forces — (None, provided French Union forces afford adequate security for local defense of U. S. forces in Indochina,)
- b. Naval forces — (Total personnel strength of 35,000)
- (1) 1 carrier task group plus additional units consisting of:
- Amphibious lift for 1 RCT
- Minecraft
- Underway replenishment group
- VPRON's
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