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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
(c) other alternatives in lieu of putting any U.S. combat forces in Vietnam,i.e. stepping up U.S. assistance and training of Vietnam units, furnishing of more U.S. equipment, particularly helicopters and other light aircraft, trucks and other ground transport, etc.
3. During the two or three weeks that will be required for the completion of General Taylor's mission, State will push ahead with the following political actions:
(a) protest to the ICC on the step-up in North Vietnamese support of Viet Cong activities,
(b) tabling at the UN a white paper based on Mr. William Jordan's report concerning Communist violations of the Geneva Accords, and
(c) consultation with our SEATO allies, principally the British and Australians, regarding SEATO actions, in support of the deteriorating situation in Vietnam.
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