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Ridgway Opposed U S Involvement In Vietnam 1954 Memorandum
Declassified Ridgway papers released by a House subcommittee show Army Chief of Staff Matthew B Ridgway in April 1954 urged the United States to stay out of Vietnam or threaten China. He warned land war would divert forces to non decisive local aims benefiting China and the Soviet Union. He also cautioned Allied restraint and warned against involving U S troops unless extreme circumstances warranted.
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Indochina
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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