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    "ocrText": "UNC\nSECRET\nb. As an addition, though a minor one, to the military potential of\nNATO and West Germany;\nC. As a potential threat, though a limited and local one, to the\nsecurity of the USSR;\nd. Probably also as further evidence of Western agressive intent.\nIt is probable that the inclusion of Greece and Turkey in NATO or in a\nMediterranean pact which included the US, Britain and France, would\nbe regarded by the Kremlin as a more formidable obstacle to Soviet\nexpansion and as a greater potential menace to the USSR than an\nagreement which did not include these Western European powers.\n5. We believe, furthermore, that since the US has publicly proposed\nthat Greece and Turkey be admitted to NATO, a refusal by Britain\nor France to undertake firm security commitments to those countries\nwould be interpreted by the Kremlin as revealing weakness and dissen-\nsion among the members of the Western alliance. Such a development\nwould to some extent make subsequent security commitments by the\nUS to Greece and Turkey appear to the Kremlin less formidable.\n- 2 -\nSECRET\nFIED"
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