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42 that many countries need increased mobility, modernization and para- military equipment -- and that others must increase their capability to-work effectively with outside forces dispatched to help them in an emergency. The present crisis in Southeast Asia, on which the Vice President has made a valuable report -- the rising threat of Communism in Latin America -- the increasing arms traffic in Africa -- and all the new pressures on every nation found on the map by tracing your finger along the borders of the Communist bloc in Asia and the Middle East all make clear the dimension of our needs.

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