CABLE FROM LINCOLN PROVIDING ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT DISPOSITION PROBLEM

Created: 7/1/1954

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1. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT DISPOSITION PROBLEM BRINGS OUT FOLLOWING:

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PLAYED UP BOMBING AMD STRAFING OF OPEN CITIES ANO IN GENERAL MADE IT LOOK LIKE SOJJE RUTHLESS FORCE WAS USING FLAMETHROWERS TO DISCIPLINE UNRULY CHILDREN. LET THIS ISSUE DIE IF POSSIBLE DY HAVING AIR POTTER DISAPPEAR.

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AIR MANY CONFLICTING STORIES IN PRESS AND FROU WSBURNT TARGETS, FEEL IT BETTER TO LET ISSUE REMAIN CONFUSED AND PERHAPS GROW INTO LEGEND OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LITTLE SOYS PLAY WITH COMMUNISM. ANY ABEARANCE AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS WOULD REPLACE AWESOME CONCEPTION WRATHN HIGH WITH RATHER SAD LOOKING AIRCRAFT AND RELATIVELY UN IMPOSING PILOT.

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Q. REMAINING TW tf'S TO HANDLE MOVE TO AND RETURN TO O'WGINAL

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