THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 3 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959024
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 3, 1961

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3 SEPT 61 CHECKLIST (COPY)
1. BRAZIL: a) BOTH HOUSED OF CONGRESS COMPLETED ACTION
YESTERDAY TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION IN ORDER TO SET UP A PARLIA-
MENTARY GOVERNMENT AND CONFIRM GOULART AS PRESIDENT WITH GREATLY
REDUCED POWERS. THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT A PRIME MINISTER "WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION".
b) A "PROCLAMATION" FROM GOULART WHICH WAS READ OVER THE
PORTO ALEGRE RADIO JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT DECLARED THAT HE
WOULD GO TO BRASILIA "IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS" IN ORDER "TO JUDGE
THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS REFORM TO OUR CONSTITUTION AND THEN
MAKE MY DECISION". CONGRESS HAS RESCHEDULED HIS INAUGURATION TO
TUESDAY. GOULART'S SUPPORTERS IN THE SOUTH BELIEVE HE IHOULD REFUSE
TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT AND INSIST ON THE FULL POWERS OF THE
PRESIDENCY. GOULART'S POSITION WITH POLITICAL LEADERS AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC HAS APPEARED TO STRENGTHEN CONSISTENTLY OVER THE
PAST WEEK.
c) THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC RESPONSE BY MILITARY LEADERS TO
THE CONGRESSIONAL ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS. THERE HAVE BEEN
CONTINUED REPORTS OF MOVEMENTS BY ARMED FORCES BUT NO FIGHTING HAS
OCCURRED. THE US EMBASSY IN RIO BELIEVES THE MILITARY MAY MERELY BE
MAKING A SHOW OF FORCE IN ORDER TO WREST THE MAXIMUM CONCESSIONS FROM
CONGRESS AND GOULART. HOWEVER, WE EXPECT THEIR WEAKENING POSITION
WILL INDUCE THEM TO TRY BARGAINING SOON,
2. BERLIN: THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY OF INCIDENTS TODAY IN
REGARD TO THE STEINSTUECKEN EXCLAVE (SMALL DISTRICT IN SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF US ZONE OF WEST BERLIN SURROUNDED BY EAST GERMANY). THE
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EAST GERMANS APPARENTLY INTEND TO PUT UP FEWES ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE EIGHT-FOOT ACCESS ROUTES ZND THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL FEARS
THEY MAY ATTEMPT TO BLOCK IT ENTIRELY. BERLIN HAS ASKED FOR AUTHORITY
TO REOPEN THE ROAD BY FORCE IF NECESSARY. EMBASSY BONN CONCURS. NO
MAJOR INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR THIS WEEKEND; RADIO MOSCOW
HAS ISSUED A STANDARD BLAST AGAINST THE TAG DER HEIMAT CELEBRATION,
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