THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 OCTOBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959510
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 28, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
28 OCTOBER 1964
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1. South Vietnam
a. As Suu, the new chief of
state, edges into choosing his cab-
inet slate for submission to the
High National Council--a process
which may take a week--Khanh's
government acts in a caretaker
capacity.
b. Khanh has been ensuring
his own future role. On Sunday he
got 32 of 40 senior generals to in-
dicate they wanted him to stay on
as armed forces chief.
c. General Minh seems slated
for a sinecure, possibly as "su-
preme counselor" to Suu. Khanh
has told Ambassador Taylor that
Minh needed medical attention and
"would do well" to take a long
trip. Minh tells Taylor he would
indeed like medical attention in
the US or Hawaii.
d. On Sunday, a Hanoi broad-
cast predicted ominously that the
situation in South Vietnam would
"soon" resemble that in the north
following Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
It foresaw a drastic desertion
rate in "a few weeks" with bat-
talions "reduced to a score of men"
and called on South Vietnamese
military personnel to "rise up"
against the US "commanders."
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2. Cambodia -
South Vietnam -
Thailand
e. We have no evidence that
Hanoi actually expects, or has any
specific plans to effect, disinte-
gration in the south in a matter
of weeks, but its language has been
growingly optimistic.
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3. India
c. Phnom Penh
claims that the three Cambodian
MIGs which strafed a South Viet-
namese border post on Monday did
so after they received fire while
chasing South Vietnamese aerial
violators.
a. The public debate on
whether India should now develop
nuclear weapons appears to be
gathering steam. While the pres-
ent policy still has widespread
support, a number of newspapers,
particularly in the vernacular
press, are speaking editorially
in favor of a weapons program.
b. Defense Minister Chavan,
speaking to a US official recently,
criticized repeated statements by
other Indian officials to the ef-
fect that India would never develop
a nuclear bomb. "Never," he said,
is a long time and a word "too fre-
quently repeated."
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4. Bolivia
a. The wave of disorders has
continued in several cities. In
La Paz, however, security forces
appear to be handling it.
b. Ambassador Henderson sees
the demonstrations as possibly the
result of a conspiracy among the
various opposition groups. Vice
President Barrientos does not ap-
pear to be behind them but is
eagerly waiting in the wings.
c. Pleading a "medical
emergency," Barrientos yesterday
put in a bid to the US Embassy for
possible evacuation Thursday. Hen-
derson thinks Barrientos wants to
be out of the way during any show-
down with President Paz so that he
could return either as Paz' succes-
sor or as his vice president if
Paz manages to keep the lid on.
d. So far the military lead-
ers are sticking with Paz, but
they might hot be averse to the
idea of a military takeover, with
or without Barrientos, if Paz seems
to be losing his grip.
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5. Sudan
a. Prime Minister Abboud's
conciliation moves have so far
failed to quiet demands for a ci-
vilian government. The opposition
is continuing the public demonstra-
tions, hoping to force Abboud out.
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NOTES
B. USSR-Germany
Bonn officials say
the West German Gov-
ernment is still ready for high-level talks with
the Soviets. German officials have publicly
affirmed that the invitation to the Soviet
"leadership" is still in effect, and that,if
the new Soviet Government considers an exchange
of views worthwhile, Bonn is ready for such
conversations.
C. Communist China Chinese Communist Foreign
Minister Chen I is going to attend the Al-
gerian national day celebrations on 1 November.
In this instance, Algiers may only be serving
as the springboard for another high-level
Chinese tour of Africa. We also note, accord-
ing to an interview published in a French left-
ist weekly, that Chen I may have been fishing
recently for an invitation to Paris.
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D. The Vatican-US The papal nuncio to the Do-
minican Republic, for eight years private secre-
tary to Pope Paul, says it is not "impossible"
that the Pope will visit the Dominican Republic
during the Marian Congress next March. More-
over, he says, this would assist in enabling
arrangements for a viSit. to the US.
E.
USSR This
morning another satellite was
launched from
type. probably
Tyuratam.
with a
We think it a Cosmos
photographic mission.
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F.
USSR-India
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Soviet is encouraging
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the Indian Government to ask Moscow for su
marines.
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Communist China
a. mission 1
showed a 70-foot missile erected at
one of the pads at the Shuangchengtzu
missile test center
b. Mission 2 showed
that it had either been fired or
removed The missile
was missing, but propellant vehicles
and an erector were grouped on the
pad in a manner similar to that
which we have noted at Kapustin Yar
during Soviet MRBM exercises.
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