THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959057
• 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 30, 1961

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30 SEPTEMBER 1962 CHECKLIST
1. SYRIA. A. THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND HAS FURTHER TIGHTENED
ITS HOLD. NASIR WHO SEEMS TO HAVE ABONDONED, FOR THE TIME BEING-AT
LEAST, THE IDEA OF A MILITARY INVASION, IS PROBABLY HOPING NOW, THROUGH
PROPAGANDA AND SUBVERSION, TO STIMULATE INTERNAL COLLAPSE;
B. THE NEW 11-MAN CABINET IS HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON THE CENTER OR 50X1
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CONSERVATIVE SIDE. PRIME MINISTER KUZBARI, WHO IS ALSO FOREIGN AND
DEFENSE MINISTER, HAS A MODERATE, ANTI-COMMUNIST RECORD.
ADNAN WWATLI, THE NEW INTERIOR MINISTER,
HAS SOCIALIST SYMPATHIES BUT IS PROBABLY NEITHER A COMMUNIST NOR A
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STRONG PRO-COMMUNIST;
C) JORDAN AND TURKEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND IRAN WILL
PROBABLY DO SO TODAY. KUZBARI, MEANWHILE, IS SETTING UP MEETING WITH
FOREIGN ENVOYS IN DAMASCUS, INCLUDING THE US CONSUL, IN A PRELIMINARY
BID FOR WIDER RECOGNITION.
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2. CONGO: TSHOMBE, IN HIS MEETINGS WITH UN REPRESENTATIVES, IS.
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FOR THE TIME BEING, EASING OFF ON HIS DEMAND FOR TOTAL UN WITHDRAWAL
FROM KATANGA. THE SITUATION IN ELISABETHVILLE, HOWEVER, REMAINS UNEASY.
ADOULA, MEANWHILE, HAS ANSWERED TSHOMBE'S CALL FOR TALKS WITH A SERIES
OF CONDITIONS, INCLUDING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE KATANGA ARMY,
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WHICH TSHOMBE IS NOT LIKELY TO ACCEPT.
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4. NOTES:
A. COMMUNIST GUERRILLAS IN SOUTH VIETNAM ARE MUSTERING THEIR FORCES
IN THE AREA NORTH OF SAIGON IN WHAT MAY BE THE PRELUDE TO FURTHER
BATTALION?SIZE ATTACKS THERE. 50X1
B. THE JAPANESE ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE THE CHINESE NATIONALISTS
THAT THEIR BEST COURSE ON THE MONGOLIAN ISSUE IS TO ABSENT THEMSELVES
ON THE VOTE RATHER THAN VETO OR ABSTAIN,
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