THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 AUGUST 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959015
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 26, 1961

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26 AUGUST 1961 CHECKLIST (COPY)
1. BERLIN DEVELOPMENTS: A) ULBRICHT'S SPEECH YESTERDAY DID
NOT CLARIFY BLOC INTENTIONS ON SIGNING OF A PEACE TREATY, MERELY Z
STATING "IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DELAY A PEACE TREATY ANY FURTHER."
ULBRICHT SAID HE WOULD HONOR EXISTI NG ALLIED MILITARY ACCESS TO
WEST BERLIN UNTIL THERE WAS A TREATY BUT INSISTED THAT THE WEST
MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HIM IF IT HOPES TO MAINTAIN ACCESS ONCE A TREATY
IS SIGNED.
B) YESTERDAY SOVIET AMBASSADOR SMIRNOV TOLD AN AMERICAN
AUDIENCE IN BONN THAT THE "BEST SOLUTION" FOR THE BERLIN AIR
CORRIDOR PROBLEM WOULD BE TO TRANSFER ALL CIVILIAN FLIGHTS FROM
TEMPELHOF AND TEGEL AIRFIELDS (WEST BERLIN) TO SCHOENEFELD MAST
BERLIN). IF THIS IS NOT DONE, SMIRNOV SAID, THE SAME CONTROLS MUST
BE ESTABLISHED FOR CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT AS EXIST NOW FOR RAILWAYS,
AUTOBAHNS, AND WATERWAYS.
C) THE NUMBER OF UNIFORMED EAST GERMAN PERSONNEL ALONG THE
BERLIN SECTOR BORDER HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED. EAST GERMANY
HAD ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT ABOUT 5,000 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED WORKERS
MILITIA WERE BEING RETURNED TO THE FACTORIES.
D) THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE SINCE 14 AUGUST IN THE NUMBER OF
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ASSAULTS BYEERST GERMAN CIVILIANS ON EAST GERMAN MILITARY AND PARA?
MILITARY PERSONNEL.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
E) EAST GERMAN ARMY UNITS INVOLVED IN THE BERLIN ALERT ARE NOW
RECEIVING RECRUITS ONLY PARTIALLY TRAINED. THE REGIME REPORTEDLY IS
PREPARED TO RESORT TO CONSCRIPTION IF IT FALLS SHORT OF THE30,000
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"VOLUNTEERS" IN WANTS FROM THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION,
F) WEST GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRENTANO HAS SENT A LETTER TO
LOCAL WEST GERMAN POLITICIANS TO URGE NONATTENDANCE OR AT LEAST
REDUCED ATTENDANCE AT THE TAG DER HEIMAT RALLY SCHEDULED FOR 1
SEPTEMBER IN WEST BERLIN. HOPE IS TO CONFINE ATTENDANCE TO THE WEST
BERLIN ORGANIZATION OF THE SPONSORING REFUGEE GROUP.
2. BRAZIL:
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QUADROS AND ANTI?US DEMONSTRATIONS WERE REPORTED IN SEVERAL BRAZILIAN
CITIES, INCLUDING RIOTING AT THE US EMBASSY AND THE USIA INSTALLATION
IN RIO AND FURTHER DISORDERS CAN BE EXPECTED. BRAZILIAN COMMUNISTS
HAVE APPARENTLY NOT BEEN PLAYING A LEADING ROLE IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
THEY REPORTEDLY ARE "DISORGANIZED" AND ENGAGED IN "INTERNAL RECRIMINA?
TIONS" BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO SLOW IN SUPPORTING QUADROS, WHOSE
ELECTION THEY OPPOSED LAST OCTOBER. COMMUNIST POLICY WEESINGS
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SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
NOTES
A. RUMANIAN PRESIDENT GHEORGHE GHEORGHIU?DEJ CASUALLY TOLD THE
US CHARGE IN BUCHAREST THAT HE PLANS TO "VISIT NEW YORK" THIS FALL,
SINCE HE PROBABLY WOULD NOT ATTEND THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNLESS
OTHER BLOC LEADERS PARTICIPATED ALSO, HIS REMARK MAY BE A TRIAL
BALLOON TO DETERMINE US REACTION TO A POSSIBLE VISIT BY KHRUSHCHEV
FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO ARRANGE FOUR POWER NEGOTIATIONS OVER
BERLIN.
B. NORTH KOREAN MILITARY AIR ACTIVITY HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL
FOLLOWING THE EXTENSIVE EXERUSE CONDUCTED THURSDAY (REPORTED IN
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YESTERDAY'S CHECKLIST). THE CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY ALERT
CONTINUES.
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