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-. 7 ... :::..~" ... ·.-.:.. ·~·,'/. :: .. . ··-/,' • . .:: ·· ·-.:·.::: .··, ·.;,.· .. ··:I want you to kr.ow t.oat the Department fully 

·, .. :~~.-\ .. :.-<covcurs 1.n the desirability of 1ncreas1ng the-CO~Nr/ 

: ·. · .. · :.:::-..::/BLINT /Ope~a ticns inl I. The Depa.r~-nent, · · :. ~:;::~lq'.5°'~'.:t.'.;t~er'~.t'ore, is prep:are_d to· discuss· w1 th the Government .. · '(~_ofl lthe .Plan 1n yo'.lr letter of 2a April to me, ·· which see~:a a grad:.zal increase in the u. S. military 

personnel at tne s.!.te ~v a level or approx!Jnately 115-) 

o.ffice:-s and enlisted me:1 by the end or FY cj • 

. The ~pariment's agree~ent to th~s increase ~s. on 

the unde:-eta~d!.r.g -:.r.at · thel lar.1t w!.11 con~1nue 

to o{>erate as austerely/as possible, us!n~ o:-.ly those 

-per$Orinel wh~ a:-'! ai::>.:Sblutely essential to carry ou.t and _. :suppcirt 'the zniss~on o!' the Unit~ . In ·tli!s con:-i-e::tion, · ·. · . .".:we ha_~e rev.:..~~ed the en~ire depend~:£ ts c;uest!on .tn light 

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.· The D~partment 

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_. <7.:· ,;: . ~ .. -. -_ - .J>9~st_~~..2Pl~~~ !"?w _-_b~_:)~-~~o:ij.ll#j.e):;_~~,~·~~;:p .. gh:t -~£~ :::curr~~~ -. ._ · .-...~_-· • . c~r~U?l~\t!l~.ces. ·_ .. I a=n -.sub(~-You ~ ~~r.e ·our a.w~reness 6t 

:.- _:_ ·: ·-t~·e: ,pq;I.,_i.,t1ca_! se~sj ~1v~.iy_. P.f thel ~area_~-" Thia 

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._ -· .. Bens1t1v1ty,· 1n relation to our_ foreign policy problems 

· " - -v1s-a::V,il!I la..:;id, n~ig?-boring a:-eas, poses even ~ grea ~-e:;'--.r1sks today tha:n ,1 t .. did --a. year: ago. ._Incidents 

-·with '.the"lqcal popula.ti:>i. would be u.navo1dable with . 1ihe 1nr1u.x·· of '11 ••ea: and c:h1ld.ren. Eeoa·.1.se of the 

·unique" L"ld. u..hS ta b}e -8 !. tua t.1 On in the area I 

these· .. 1nc1de!'lte could be ma.gn1i'1ed· al: o'.!t cf p:-oport1on 

t'o ·_thei:r. actual. 1.lr.port~nce and create p.::.11 ti.cal problems 

for/the Unit's relations wlth the lc~al popillation and 

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·-:.::~- _ -:--c_:'.i'hel . · 1';8μ'.cfe-ss¢s ::noted --1!1 y-:,ur ·23 April 

letter·.have· been &~ c.ou..plis~ed · wi t.:'l.c.ct a dep~ndents 

pr•.Jgr~rn .. ·:·we./a:"t:- sure you w!.11 ag:oe'!' that, in view of 

the Un1.·t 1 s O:>t;s':.ar.dlng acl'Alevec:.e:;t.f: ·1n th~ past an1 the 

- ~ - added/ •1alu-e a.nt.iclpa ted for tno::! tu tu:-e, woe s!".o~ld do 

e·1ez-;i;ro.1r.g ~vsa~ble ·to av::>!.d !.!1C!der:t.: a:.~ frlct1on 

w.h.tch .wou.1:1 J~;.)pardiZc!. the ;enure an~ f'..c-,ct!.jn1r.g of 

tne Unit. . '!'!1t Deps.rt."t.e!i<;, the:-e fore,, !"'e-l·~e.s ts that 

the .;plans ,fO'!" 1.tltrod....tC ti on t:>I' Ce-penc!e>:ltS 1nt.o 

. ..:. J r~e r~s~1r.tded., -an<;., reCvJ?c!n?s .that t~"le hO"J.Sing ··-: · 7

·'.u _._·under "construct.1'~n. tor the dependent.a program b-e 

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I !Tegr~-~ that.· ~ore!g~· policy cona1de:::-a~!or.s will 

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.... ~ '. '.; ·.. .no·t .perud.~:'·a::·rea11·z:~.t~o~ ·.9t_:a_l l of D~fe~3e 's plans _fo,_r,_·.- _. __ ., ,·· 

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