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NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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III. A. 1.
U.S. PRE-CONFERENCE MANEUVERS, JANUARY–APRIL 1945
TABLE OF CONTENTS and OUTLINE
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| 1. | U.S. Aims to Keep the Fight on the Battlefield | A-5 | |
| a. | U.S. Opposed to Geneva Conference | A-5 | |
| b. | Alternatives to Military Victory Appear Infeasible | A-5 | |
| c. | Elections Would Be Subverted | A-5 | |
| d. | The U.S. Proposes "United Action" | A-6 | |
| e. | U.S. Discourages Early Cease-fire | A-7 | |
| 2. | Events Make the Geneva Conference Inevitable | A-8 | |
| a. | U.S. Plans Initial Geneva Position | A-8 | |
| b. | NSC Recommends Strong U.S. Stand | A-8 | |
| c. | Dulles Announces Possibility of U.S. Disassociation | A-8 | |
| d. | Dulles Deprecates Partition | A-9 | |
| 3. | U.S. Makes Final Preparations for Geneva | A-9 | |
| a. | French Inform U.S. of Opening Proposals | A-9 | |
| b. | JCS Study French Proposals | A-9 | |
| c. | Eisenhower Suggests Possibility of United Action | A-9 | |
| d. | NSC Recommends Continued Study of United Action | A-10 | |
| e. | U.S. to Be an "Interested Nation," Not a Negotiator | A-10 | |
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