supplies and technical assistance or guidance in greater amounts than in recent months. However, in addition, a more effective form of help would be that of providing and supplying self-contained formations of American and/or British forces, such as the present U.S. air force in China. Economic and military assistance provided by the United Nations should impose some conditions towards ensuring its effective use. 4. Although non-military supplies are of greater psychological than immediate economic importance, there are certain needs which, if not met by imports, will tend to encourage a feeling of defeatism.