THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 13 JULY 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958948
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 13, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
13 July 1961
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1.' Jordan considering
shift toward non-
alignment
2. Food shortage in
North Vietnam
3. Soviet leader intimates
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tion with the "neutralist bloc." He
seems concerned that his present pro-
Western position weakens him, within
Jordan and throughout the Arab world.
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current crop outlook,giVes no assurance
of early
When Ambassador Thompson taxed Party
Secretary Kozlov, about the contrast
between the display and Khrushchev's
earlier statement that 'planes were
becoming obsolete in the missile age,
Kozlov asked if Thompson had noticed
how few examples there were of each.
"Maybe Khrushchev was right after all,"
Kozlov added.
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NOTES
A. Peiping intends to match Moscow by sending a high-ranking delegation
to the Japanese Communist PartY Congress later this month. The
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chief Chinese delegate, politburo member Peng Chen, personally locked
horns with KhruShchev last year when Sino-Soviet differences were
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There are new reports from
Seoul of planning for a military
counter-coup against Pak.
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C.
Present indications are that
talks between the French and
the
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Algerian rebels will be resumed at the beginning of next week.
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS 12 July 1961
Cm the basis of findings by its Watch Committee, the
United States Intelligence Board concludes that:
No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends to initiate direct mil-
itary action in the immediate future.
Laos: The strength and capabilities of Communist forces
in Laos continue to increase. There are no developments in-
dicative of a change of Communist objectives or tactics with
respect to Laos.
? Nationalist China: The growing disillusionment of Chiang
Kai-shek over what he considers are Communist gains in Asia
and likely changes in US policy may lead him to undertake prob-
in moves a ainst the mainland
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