Alternative II: To terminate the bombing
 of fixed targets not directly associated
 with LOC's in Route Packages VIa and VIb
 and simultaneously expand the armed
 reconnaissance operations in those sectors
 by authorizing strikes on all LOC's,
 excepting only those in an eight-mile
 circle around the center of Hanoi and an
 eight-mile circle around the center of
 Haiphong. This program would include
 continuous strikes against MIG aircraft
 on all airfields. Further, the program
 would involve two variants:
 a. To prohibit strikes against
 ports and port facilities.
 b. To include every effort to
 deny importation from sea.
 The Flow of Men and Materiel
 18. Neither of the variants proposed under Alternative
 II could obstruct or reduce North Vietnam's import of military
 or war-supporting materials sufficiently to degrade its ability
 to carry on the war. This is true even if the variants were
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