THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 5 AUGUST 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958986
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 5, 1961

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5 AUGUST 1961 CHECKLIST (COPY)
1. ULBRICHT POSITION LOOKS SHAKY. HIS PRESENCE IN MOSCOW
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS NOW CONFIRMED. IN VIEW OF EAST GERMANY'S
ECONOMIC PREDICAMENT AND ULBRICHT'S FAILURE TO STEM THE REFUGEE FLOW,
HE SHAPES UP MORE AS A BURDEN THAN AN ASSET TO THE KREMLIN. THE
REFUGEES CONTINUE TO LEAVE AT A RATE WELL ABOVE A THOUSAND A DAY
DESPITE STIFFENED EAST GERMAN POLICE CONTROLS. 50X1
2. CONGO. UN OFFICIALS IN THE CONGO HAVE AGA INN STATED THAT
THE UN WILL NOT OPPOSE ANY MOVES BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO REINTE?
GRATE KATANGA, AND HAMMARSKJOLD, HAS 50X1
INDICATED THAT THE UN IS MAKING PLANS TO DISARM THE KATANGAN ARMY.
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STANLEYVILLE, GIZENGA IS MAINTAINING MIS PUBLIC SILENCE, BUT HE
HAS APPEALED URGENTLY TO CAIRO FOR HELP IN SHORING UP HIS MILITARY
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3. TUNISIA: AS OF 0900 TODAY NO SIGNIFICANT NEW DEVELOPMENTS
SINCE YESTERDAY HAD BEEN REPORTED.
4. CUBA.
ALL CUBAN PORTS WERE CLOS350X1
AND ALL AIRCRAFT DEPARTURES FORBIDDEN, EFFECTIVE LAST MIDNIGHT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE POLICE COMMANDS IN
SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND CAMAGUEY WERE PLACED ON ALERT. THE OPERATION
HAS THE EARMARKS OF AN INTERNAL SECURITY FREEZE, BUT WE ARE SEEKING
CLARIFICATION.
5. NOTES:
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B. KHRUSHCHEV HAS SCHEDULED ANOTHER RADIO-TV APPEARANCE:
8 o'CLOCK, MOSCOW TIME, MONDAY EVENING. (1 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT
SAVING)
Cuban security measures attributable to currency
Exchange announced in Havana this morning. All paper
money outside the island has been declared void and Cubans
ordered to exchange money today and tomorrow, with travel
to and from Cuba prohibited in meantime.
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