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McNamara notes 2.7 million severance for French workers
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara disclosed in secret testimony that about 10,500 French nationals employed by U.S. forces in France would receive severance pay totaling roughly 2.7 million dollars as de Gaulle ordered American troops out. He also described Europe force levels, with about 211,000 U.S. troops there and plans to maintain or increase NATO deployments in Western Europe.
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