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SECRET - 3 - etc. Our propaganda will have to concentrate more directly on the question of access so that military action on our part, if it should prove necessary, would to the extent possible appear logical and justified. Psychological warfare should be stepped up to the point that this factor becomes of real concern to the Soviets in determining their next moves. Preparations for large-scale economic counter-measures should be made so evident that their implementation upon any interference with our access can be assumed by the Soviet Bloc to be virtually automatic. SECRET