THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 7 APRIL 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959075
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 7, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Correct date is 7
April 1964
5 APRIL 1964
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1. Cyprus
a. There was more fighting
yesterday, centered for the most
part in the Kokkino area 60 miles
west of Nicosia. By nightfall the
UN had arranged another ceasefire,
but, like earlier ones, it is most
unstable.
c. In addition, both sides
are back to their old practice of
seizing hostages. Reports that sev-
eral taken yesterday were summarily
shot will only make a tense situa-
tion more tense.
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2. Brazil
e. Early this morning Turkey
delivered a note to Greece. Ac-
cording to the press it warned
Athens that any Greek Cypriot at-
tack on the Turkish contingent
would be "aggression against Tur-
key." Ankara is probably reacting
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to Makarios' recent attempts to
force the contingent back into its
camp rea and, eventually, off the
island.
f. This is one of several
steps taken over the past few days
by Turkey to bring pressure on
Athens in the evident hope that
this will be translated into Greek
pressure on Makarios to be more
reasonable.
g. This campaign has included
further harassment of the Greek
community in Istanbul, the reim-
position of visa controls on all
Greeks,. and a threat to extend Turk-
ish territorial waters to 12 miles
which would be a real blow to Greek
fishermen.
a. Brazil's new leaders seem
bent on a wide ranging purge of
officials at all levels who have
shown Communist and Goulartist
leanings,
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b. A number of state officials
have been taken into custody and
orders are out to remove certain
leftist municipal officials from
office.
c. The "revolutionary council,"
made up of governors and generals
who threw Goulart out, are now
threatening to promulgate sweeping
decrees which would cancel congres-
sional immunities and freeze the
assets of anyone accused by the
council.
d. Part of this may be a pres-
sure play on Congress to speed up
action on the selection of an
interim president, but we suspect
that they mean business in the case
of certain extreme leftist legis-
lators like Leonel Brizola.
e. At any rate Congress has
passed enabling legislation which
should lead to the selection of
an interim president by Thursday
or Friday. The military has some
9,000 troops in Brazilia to give
point to its demand for an early
election of, preferably, a military
man.
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3. North Sea Oil
f. Other Latin American
countries have taken a generally
favorable line toward the Goulart
ouster and most of them will prob-
ably follow the Argentine lead in
keeping relations with Brazil.
Mexico, however, could be an ex-
ception.
a. The rights to possible
gas and petroleum deposits under
the North Sea threaten to become
a major source of friction among
the countries along its edges.
b. Almost the entire con-
tinental shelf under the North Sea
lies within the same geological
formation as the big gas field,
perhaps the world's third largest,
found recently in the Netherlands.
? c. Prospects for new finds
look good to the oil geologists of
neighboring states. Experts from
British oil companies have been
taking soundings off the English
coast and want to range farther out
into the North Sea, as do other
companies.
(Cont'd)
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4. Chile
d. The difficulty now is that
none is sure just what belongs to
who. Negotiations will be needed
to settle the matter.
e. They are quite likely to
be long and acrimonious, since this
is a nebulous point at international
law and all the countries involved--
save perhaps the Netherlands
badlyneed all the sources of pe-
troleum and gas they can turn up.
a. The Radical Party has de-
cided to keep alive the presidential
candidacy of Senator Julio Duran,
and the senator has agreed to run.
b. Duran, the original candi-
date of the government coalition,
resigned after the coalition suf-
fered a resounding defeat last month
in a local by-election. He may try
to forge a new alliance with the
Conservative and Liberal parties
and give the reconstituted alliance
a broader base.
c. These decisions remove the
threat, active until the Radical
Party convention last weekend, that
the Radical vote, normally one
fifth of the total, would go for
the most part to Allende, the can-
didate of the Communist-Socialist
Popular Action Front.
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5. Cuba-Trade
6. South Vietnam
a.
Corps in
Xung, is
throw of
The Commander of the First
the extreme north, General
alleged to plan the over-
the Khanh regime
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b. Though criticism of Khanh
has been growing lately in both
civilian and military circles, we
would rate Xunges chances as slim
unless he has support in the Saigon
area.
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NOTES
A. Libya,-Egypt
the situation is '
that the King faces an acut&-- crisis.
xplosive" and
C. Dominican Republic Reports that Ramon Tapia, one of
Santo Domingo' ruling threesome, had resigned Sunday
were premature.
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E. Indonesia-Malaysia Sukarno has expanded on what
Djakarta expects of the Malaysian "ceasefire." Not
? only does he want Malaysia to halt all mopping up
operations, but he now says he wants a "legalization"
of existing "pockets" of Indonesian guerrillas within
? Malaysian Borneo. These views were passed to the press
by an official government spokesman and are likely to
draw a sharp reaction from Malaysian officials.
F. Cambodia - Communist China Defense Minister Lon Nol
was received last week by Mao Tse-tungi
Mao made no mention of aid, though
Sihanouk has publicly thanked Peiping for its readi-
ness to provide "new material aid" for Cambodia's
defense.
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