THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 15 MAY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959177
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 15, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
15 MAY 1964
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1. Laos
a. The key strongpoint of
?Tha Thom, southeast of the Plaine
des Jarres, has fallen to a com-
bined Pathet Lao - dissident neutral-
ist force which attacked early
yesterday.
b.
North Vietnamese elements also
supported the attack.
c. The loss of Tha
which controls an important access
route to the Mekong Valley, is a
serious strategic setback. It
will also add materially to Sou-
vanna's already full plate of
political problems.
d. The day before the attack
Souvanna had asked the ICC to
station teams at Tha Thom and Vang
Vieng, but the Commission had not
had time to act on his request.
e. The government situation
remains muddled. Souvanna plans
to go ahead with the replacement
of three neutralist ministers.
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2. South Vietnam
a. Some of Khanh's dis-
gruntled civilian ministers are
beginning to wonder how long the
present government can last.
c. Deputy Prime Minister
Hoan, Khanh's pacification chief,
is now complaining because his
weekly radio talks have been can-
celed on orders from Khanh. Hoan
felt these talks were needed to
help explain the government's
mobilization order and to overcome
recruiting difficulties.
Khanh is also urging some
political and religious leaders
not to participate in the United
Political Front which Hoan is soon
to proclaim.
e. One reason for Khanh's
lack of cooperation is his desire
to keep the personal political
ambitions of the civilian politi-
cians in check.
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3. Cuba
f: On the military front,
the Vietnamese Army this morning
suffered one of the worst routs
this year. Viet Cong forces
ambushed a government relief
force about 20 miles north of
Saigon, killing 51 troops.
g. We have no information
casting any light on Wednesday's
press report that the Viet Cong
had surrounded three government
battalions in the northern prov-
ince of Quang Ngai.
a. We have further reason
to believe that the final stages
of Cuban missile training will
-involve a live firing against a
target plane.
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4. Cyprus
5. Malaya-
Indonesia
a. Attention has shifted
for the moment from the island to
The Hague, where the Greek and
Turkish foreign ministers have
agreed to make another try at con-
ciliation.
b. Dirk Stikker's good of-
fices, which will be limited to
keeping the crisis from getting
any worse, should help calm the
air. Neither Ankara nor Athens
is in a mood to compromise, how-
ever.
c. Some shooting is going
on in various parts of the island,
but nothing big. The Greek Cyp-
riots continue to seize Turkish
hostages.
d. Makarios has agreed to
go with UN officials today to edgy
Famagusta. to appeal for an end
to the kidnappings.
a. The odds against a Maphi-
lindo summit meeting look greater
than ever as Philippine emissary
Lopez carries his case from
Djakarta to Kuala Lumpur-
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6. Egypt-Aden
, b. Sukarno put on his con-
ciliatory hat for his talk with
Lopez on Wednesday, but his offer
of a token withdrawal of Indonesian
forces when the conference opens,
and further withdrawals if it makes
progress, is not likely to move
the Tunku.
c. He told Ambassador Bell
that there was "no earthly chance"
of success at the summit while the
"crush Malaysia" cry was still
being sounded from Djakarta.
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Communist China
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NOTES
A. France-Tunisia French officials in Tunis
are taking a "very grave" view of the current
crisis over the seizure of foreign-owned land
and the subsequent suspension of French aid.
They feel that De Gaulle has had enough, and
if Bourguiba does not retreat anything can
happen. Meanwhile, pressures on King Hassan
to take similar action against French
properties in Morocco have increased sharply.
D.
Communist China - USSR This year's Sino-
Soviet trade agreement was signed in Peiping
Wednesday after four months of bitter bargain-
ing. We have no details, but recent talks on
both sides suggest that the trade will drop
to a new low in 1964. Last year's level was
about $600 million.
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. Egypt -Iraa
Moscow apparently
is willing to supply Baghdad with aircraft and
other arms in place of the missile equipment
still undeli ered when Iraq discontinued its
SAM program
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