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    "ocrText": "Seducary Information\n- 6\nwarning to the Chinese Communista and the permanent military organization.\nThese are discussed in the Committee report. The Committee must continne\nits work and it needs political advice and directives. The Ad Hoc Commit\ntee report also states that, while the Committee began with Indochina, it\nhas also examined all Southeast Asian territories and discussed possible\nChinese Communist aggression in Southeast Asias\nMR. EDEN: We are all agreed thet we must formulate political guidance.\nWe should have certain assumptions: (1) Chinese Communist aggression; (2) we\nare prepared to take action in that event; (3) we must tell the Chinese we\nwill take action in that event; and (4) the action must not be such as to\nriak Soviet involvement.\nTHE SECRETARY: We must sit down and draw up a paper as political guid-\nanoa and the Ad lloc Committee will then tell us what it is feasible to do\nwithin the confines of this guidance. With reference to Mr.o Eden's state\nment regarding avoiding action which would result in Soviet involvement, all\naction involves some kind of risk of° this nature.\nMR. EDEN: I agree but feel that we should reduce the riok to the minimumo\nWith respect to the assumptions for politionl guidance, I suggest that we\nsubmit our assumptions to each other.\nTHE SECRETARY: We night produce a written paper first and then discuss\nit or we might discuss the question first and then produce a written draft.\nMessrs. Nash and Nitze are here and would be glad to meet with British and\nFrench representatives in London or in Paris.\nMR. EDEN: Either here or in Paris.\nMR. LETOURNEAU: I would like to know if the UK and the US could approve\nthose Ad Hoe Committee conclusions unanimously agreed upono Mr. Eden said at\nParis that they had not yet been considered by the UK but the Fronoh Govorn\nment has agreed unanimously on the conclusions. Next, I would like to bring\nup the question of the date of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Committed after\npolitical guidance has been formulated. Whether the political guidance\nshould be put into directives by the governments or in draft form is a ques-\ntion for decision. But the Committee meeting must be soon. In Washington\nthe Ad Hoc Committee members spoke of the second half of July,\nMR. EDEN: The UK JCS did not think that the conclusions represented\nagreements. I see no reason why the Committee shouldn't meet in mid-July\nMR. LETOURNEAU: I would like to ask whether the UK accepts a meeting\nof the experts here or in Paris to draft political directives for the Ad Hoo\nCommittee.\nMR. EDEN\nInformation"
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