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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nU.S. EYES ONLY\nco 9 a\na military viewpoint to meet the \"Gap\", this position\nsubject to checking from the economic and political\nviewpoints; (b) a cost estimate of the European portion\nof the full MTDP (and European non-NATO requirements),\nbased on U.S. screening of country submissions to the\nStanding Group, with requirements for the \"Gap\" distri\nbuted as in (a); and (c) a preliminary ECA estimate of\nEuropean political and economic capacity to carry enlarged\nmilitary efforts. Each of these studies has assumed full\nGerman participation in western defenso.\n8. The salient results of these studies, which cover\ntotal military costs for nine European NATO countries and\nGermany, are summarized in the table on the following page.\nSince they show substantially larger costs than the esti\nmates developed last December for NSC-68/3 and since the\nsize and duration of this program have implications of\ngreat significance to the security programs and policies\nof the U.S. and the other NAT nations, it is believed that\nthis estimate should, together with certain conclusions\nand possible courses of action described below, be presented\nto the Cabinet lovel for urgent consideration.\n(N. B. TENTATIVE\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\n8-23-24\nDept. of State letter,\nU.S. EYES ONLY\nBy NLT- HC , NARS Date 10.20.26\nTOP SECRET"
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