THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 10 OCTOBER 1964

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October 10, 1964
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 50X1 10 OCTOBER 1964 --roP-mcaLL 2G Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 1. Venezuela 2. Iraq d. Ambassador Taylor advises from Saigon that the execution of the Viet Cong terrorist whose life the FALN.allegedly would trade for Lt. Col. Smolen is set for 15 Octo- ber. Taylor is asking the Viet- namese to stall any announcement. a. The atmosphere in Baghdad in uneasy, and an internal blowup over union with Egypt could be in the offing. (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 3. Congo a. Tshombe has come out of the affair smelling like a rose back home in the Congo. b. Both the US and UK embas- sies report a swelling of outrage and indignation among the Congolese at the "Arab slave traders from the north." (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 50X1 50X6 50X6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 c. Meanwhile the Burundi regime is claiming that Congolese planes attacked Burundi on Wednes- day and is calling for OAU inter- vention. / d. US officials in the area are trying to sort out the story. So far it appears that Congolese troops nearing the Burundi border after the capture of Uvira returned fire from rebels across the border --the precise location of which has long been in dispute. Congo- lese aircraft, operating in the area at the time, apparently care- fully refrained from firing into Burundi. For The President Only - Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 4. Indonesia a. The Indonesians continue their Private pitch for a political solution to their quarrel with Malaysia. d. The Indonesian claimed that new restrictions on trade with Hong Kong, word of which is begin- ning to leak out in Djakarta, would be "nominal" and enforced only loosely. e. Meanwhile, Sukarno,who has been taking a hard line at the Cairo conference, may make even more stops en route home,[ ? ? For The President Only - TOD Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 NOTES A. Israel-Syria Border tension has moved up a notch following the shooting incidents of Wed- nesday and Thursday in the Southern Demilitarized Zone. The Israelis and Syrians both are moving forward more troops and hardware here and along the Northern Demilitarized Zone as well. B. Communist China -.Cambodia Sihanouk states the Chinese will give him arms for some 22,000 men, enough to equip up to one fourth of Cam- bodia's regular and paramilitary forces. Earlier this year Peiping had provided enough for two or threp.infantry battalions. D. Brazil-USSR Under a new contract, the USSR is to provide about one third of Brazil's crude oil imports next year--4 million metric tons, or more than double the 1964 schedule. Tradi- tional suppliers,'who recently accepted a stretch-out in Brazilian payment of rears, will react sharply to this. (Cont'd) For The President Only - TOO Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 E. Cuba President Dorticos is to visit Moscow, as well as Algiers, on his way back to Havana from the Cairo nonaligned conference. For The President Only - IOD Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24: CIA-RDP79T00936A003200010001-0 50X1 50X1