THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 11 AUGUST 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958997
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 11, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
11 AUGUST 1941 '-
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Communist Chinese
agricultural diffi-
culties
2. Laotian developments
They have suffered a serious shortfall
in their first major wheat harvest of
the year at a time when they are
plagued by severe food shortages and 50X1
widespread malnutrition. The winter
wheat crop, which usually accounts
for 11 percent of grain production,
may be off from 1960, itself a poor
year, by as muCh as 20 percent.
the Chinese are saying that Moscow
has fallen down in helping them with
their agricultural and industrial
problems.
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Both Phoumi and Boun Oum have informed
Ambassador Brown that the Phnom Penh
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Souvanna is not a free agent. Mean-
while, at Kieng Khouang, Kong Le
headquarters, the town and airfield
are under artillery and mortar fire
from Meo units of the Royal Army.
A strong Kong Le Pathet Lao counter-
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3. Algerian rebels troubled Pressure on the present rebel leaders
by internal dissension from more extreme military commanders
may have been a key factor in their
break-off
French.
4. South Korea to delay
return to civil rule
Under Pak's present plan, which he
is scheduled to make public on Mon-
day, civilian government will not
be restored before mid-1963. This
and other provisions, which appear
to reflect pressure from the young
colonels' clique, are not likely to
go down well with educated South
Koreans who hope for an early return
to civil rule. Our Ambassador, who
has been consulted on the plan by
Pak, has suggested the desirability
of revision./
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NOTES
A. Japanese officials are concerned about rightist threats 50X1
to the security of Soviet leader Mikoyan, who will open the
Soviet Trade Fair in Tokyo on August 14, Some 1000 Japanese
who tried to demonstrate before the Soviet Embassy this morning
were turned back by police.
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B. The UN representative in Leopoldville says that Gizenga has told
foreign diplomats in Stanleyville that the Adoula government is
now the legal government of the Congo and they must apply to it
for accreditation. Gizenga, however, has still made no public
commitment to Leopoldville. 50X1
C. Two more Soviet TU-16's (roughly equivalent to our B-47) are 50X1
en route to Indonesia. Delivery will bring the total to four.
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E. Titov
ship,
in the
him.
told a press conference that he
he parachuted. In Gagarin's case,
story, the official claim was
did not land his space
after some conflicts
that the ship landed with
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LATE NOTE
The
East German foreign minister has
just declared that an
Eastern Bloc foreign ministers conference
will be convened in
"the late
fall" to draw up a peace treaty
for both East and
West Germany,
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