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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011

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g. Political warfare measures designed to prevent the entry of Chinese forces into the war should include:
(1) Threats to retaliate, including a show of air and naval strength in the area.
(2) Assurance that hostilities will be limited to the Associated States if China does not intervene.
h. In the event of Chinese Communist intervention, we should try to minimize the effectiveness by:
(1) Indicating that South Korea and National China will be encouraged to attack, thus confronting the Chinese with a 3-front war.
(2) Commencing rapid rearming of Germany in order to put pressure on the USSR and increase Soviet logistical support of China.
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