The force would total more than 10,000 troops and cost about $200 million a year.
He had some 300,000 men against allied forces totaling over 450,000.
The next growth occurred in 1983 when the force totaled 24 officers.
The forces total nearly 18,000 men with more than 1,000 tanks and other armored vehicles.
Pentagon officials and diplomats say they expect the force to total about 7,000 troops, though it could take weeks to reach that level.
The nationalist force defending the city totaled more than 210,000.
Captured rebels said their force had totaled about 700 before the attack.
These forces total about 545,000 active personnel (not including the Police Force).
The forces already in Hungary and those entering totalled 31,500 men.
This force totalled some 50 regular companies and about 20 irregular ones.