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sense that Hitler was aggressive to Russia;
B. o That any forward planning by the U.S., looking to a Russian
internal crisis or to war requires a more precise definition
of ultimate U.S. aims than has been formulated in Washington.
To test these lines of thought as well as to sort out certain
concrete problems on which our work might be concentrated in
the latter stages of the project, three working papers were
written and discussed informally at the Pentagon and in the
Department of State. As a result of these discussions certain
specific tasks were isolated and staff papers assigned. The
conclusion was reached that it would probably be more helpful
if the project proceeded without a formal effort to define U.S.
aims but rather to approach the matter from the side of Soviet
vulnerability. As presently envisaged, IIB, (Some Apparent
Implications of Soviet Vulnerability for U.S. Policy and Action),
will bring together certain tentative conclusions arising from
the analysis of vulnerability concerning potentialities in the
U.S. interest under conditions of cold war, internal crisis,
and hot war. The exact content and form of these observations
cannot, of course, now be predicted.
III. Staff Papers
In addition to such general observations as may be incorporated into
S-E-C-R-B-T
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