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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
The Secretary of Defense
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
TOP SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
SECURITY INFORMATION
COPY NO. 4
March 4, 1952
MEMORANDUM FOB THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
| SUBJECT: | United States Ojbectives and Courses of Action with Respect to Communist Aggression in Southeast Asia |
| REFERENCE: | NSC 124 and Annex to NSC 124 |
At the request of the Secretary of Defense the attached views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to the reference report on the subject are circulated herewith for the information of the National Security Council in connection with Council consideration of NSC 124 at its meeting on March 5, 1952.
It is requested that special security precautions be observed in the handling of the enclosure.
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JAMES S. LAY, Jr.
Executive Secretary
| cc: | The Secretary of the Treasury |
| The Director of Defense Mobilization |
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