THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959044
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 20, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
20 SEPT 1961
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l. Katanga situation
2. Harriman-Souvanna
meeting
a) The position of the UN forces re-
mains precarious. The movement of 50X1
3,000 Katangan troops from Jadotville
to Elisabethville may be in the offing,
while the UN has still not succeeded
in getting reinforcements of troops
and planes through;
b) Tshombe met with UN representa-
tive Khiari in Northern Rhodesia yes-
terday and another meeting is sched-
uled for today. We have received no
information on the talks but the like-
lihood of successful negOtiations is
not strong. UN officials are highly
skeptical of Tshombe's willingness or
ability to curb Katangan forces;
c) in Leopoldville, meanwhile, Adoula
is laced with mounting pressure for
.direct military intervention.
The Rangoon talks were.more satisfac-
-tory on the Whole than Ambassador
Harriman had expected, with one
portant exception: Souvanna is sti-2!
insisting on drawing entirely from his
own followers, rather than including
several moderates from Vientiane, in
making up the center group in a coali-
tion. However, Souvanna indicated
that he is determined to beat the
Pathet Lao "at all costs" in elections.
If the elections are lost