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of earlier rather than later action. Steady nerves and
firm decision at the highest levels will be required
to give the preliminary use of non-nuclear force a full
opportunity to have its effect before proceeding to
nuclear violence.
Third. We must end this report, as we began it,
by stating that there can be no assurance that Moscow
may not refuse to be deterred and that its actions
may not, therefore, make nuclear war unavoidable.
This plan represents an effort to increase the deterrent
to the greatest extent we can devise. This, we believe,
offers the best hope of avoiding war short of sub-
mitting to Moscow's demands.
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