Page:Pentagon-Papers-Part-V-B-3b.djvu/55

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

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

PERTINENT ASSUMPTIONS

Indochina

1.	MDAP and Common-use Programs (Col. 2) expenditures assume (a) elimination of organized resistance by June 1955; (b) a period of pacification extending for approximately another year; (c) a continuance of U. S. assistance for the duration of the major military operations at approximately the same rate as in FY 1954.
2.	Financial Support through France (Col. 3) expenditures for FY 1950-53 reflect staff estimates of amounts of aid to France which is attributable to Indochina.
3.	Economic Assistance (Col. 4) includes no specific estimates for rehabilitation on the assumption that such costs could be offset against reduced military expenditures.
4.	Informational Activities (Col. 5) are assumed to continue in FY 1956 at a relatively stable rate.
5.	Other (see footnotes 2 and 3 to table)