THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 11 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959035
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 11, 1961

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PRESIDENTS. I mamma= CHECKLIST
1. BERLIN DEVELOPMENTS,
A. THE WARSAW PACT MUTING LAST WEEK, A BY
DEFENSE. MINISTERS AND MILITARY CHIEFS, WAS DESCRIBED AS DIS-
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CUSSING MEASURES TO INCREASE MILITARY PREPAREDNESS. WI THINK
MOST SATTLLITZS HAVE ALREADY POLLOWED THE SOVIET LEAD IN DELAY-
ING THE RELEASE OF CONSCRIPTS AND RECALLING SOME RESERVISTS.,
THEY MAY MOW TX HOLD THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE. WARSAW PACT MANUEVERS,
AND PERHAPS. ADDITIONAL SOVIET. FORCES MAY BE MOVED INTO EASTERN
EUROPE.
B. KHRUSHCHEWS SPEECH IN STALINGRAD YESTERDAY'
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BUT CONTAINED NO SUGGESTION OF ANY CHANGES IN SOVIET posnums.
C. STATEMENTS BY EAST GERMAN Lumns CONTINUE TO
SUGGEST TEAT THE DRAFT PEACE TREATY WILL BE PUBLISHED THIS WEEK,
D. ALL BLOC COMMENT, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO PLACE THE
PEACE TREATY SIGNING LATER IN Tax ALL. GOMULKA? COMMENTING ON
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2 . 8OVifl MISSILE TESTS. THE rouR RANGE INSTRUMENTATION
SHIPS ARE NOW TAKING UP POSITIONS IN TELE CLOSED AREA ANNOVNCRD
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TEST/NG BOOSTERS F011 SPACE VEHICLES , fl BEL INV& THESE Tim ,
LIKE THOSE IN JANUARY AND JULY OF LAST TEAR, ARR PART OF THE
ICBM otiraopmErr PROGRAM PROBABLY IDETINDED.41ANGE TESTING OF
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AGA TEST BRUM AND THE LATTER xnrinin
CONTI% I BUTED TO WHAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE A SUBS
?Tytorn SENTIMENT FROM TEE CHB STUN DEMOCRATS TO TEE SOCMUSTS.
THE US EMBASSY BEL IEVES THERE 16 A SERIOUS Possumarr THAT
ADZNA UER WILL NOT GET AN ABSOLUIT MAJORITY OF THE POPULAR TOTE
AND WILL BE FORCED UM SOME FORM OF COAL /TICS . THE EMBASSY
ALSO DOUBTS THAT ADENAUER WILL IUDIA IN LCR1G AS MD OF A NEW
GOVERNMENT. DEFENSE 111111S7ER STRAUSS IS REPORTED TO HAVE SA ID
YESTERDAY THAT THE CHANCELLOR WILL STEP DOWN WITHIN TWO MBS.
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COMPROMISE. THE TWO SIDES ARE ALREADY DISCUSS ISO AN EXCHANGE OF
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HEAT ER PRESSURE AGAINST IRAN FOR WITHDRAWAL PROM CENTO.
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FROL KOZLOV ARRIVED IN PYOAGYANG SATURDAY AS LEADER OP
VIE SOW ET DELEGATION TO THE Norm Kona COMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS.
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ACTION SOON AGAINST EATANGA, AND TES ATMOSPNEXI ES IN ELIZABETIVILLE
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