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ability of the Kremlin to threaten our security might
be for a time destroyed, the resurgence of totalitarian
forces and the re-establishent of the Soviet system or
its equivalent would not be long delayed unless great
progress were made in the fundamental conflict.
Practical and ideological considerations therefore
both impel us to the Conclusion that we have no choice
but to demonstrate the superiority of the idea of free-
dom by its constructive application, and to attempt to
change the world situation by means short of war in such
a way as to frustrate the Kremlin design and hasten the
decay of the Soviet system.
For us the role of military power is to Berve the
national purpose by deterring an attack upon us while
we seek by other means to create an environment in which
our free society can flourish, and by fighting, if nec-
essary, to defend the integrity and vitality of our free
society and to defeat any aggressor. The Kremlin uses
Soviet military power to back up and serve the Kremlin
design. It does not hesitate to use military force
pe
aggressively if that course is expedient in the achieve-
8.9
ment of its design. The difforences between our funda-
mental purpose and the Kremlin design, therefore, are
reflected in our respective attitudes toward and use of
military force.
: ARCNIVES "HATIONAL SERVICE' RECORDS AND
Our free society, confronted by a threat to its
basic values, naturally will take such action, including
the use of military force, as may be required to protect
those values. The integrity of our system will not be
jeopardized by any measures, covert or overt, violent or
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