THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 OCTOBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959512
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 29, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUEQ BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
29 OCTOBER 1964
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1. Communist China
a.
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an-
other nuclear test,
than the first one,
"much larger"
is scheduled
for next March.
c. If the Chinese do indeed
have a second test in the works,
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They may also want to lessen
the damage it might do to them at
the second "Bandung" conference
scheduled for Algiers next spring.
e. The prediction that the
next shot will be larger suggests
Chinese confidence in improving
their next device, possibly by
using both plutonium and U-235.
By next March, both materials
could be available in sufficient
quantity.
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2. South Vietnam
3. Sudan
a. Suu apparently intends to
announce his choice for prime minis-
ter today.
b. Our embassy has been in-
formed that Suu will submit Huong's
name to the High National Council
for approval, with Vien as deputy
prime minister. Ambassador Taylor
had not heard directly from Suu,
however, and was checking this
morning.
c. According to this version,
Suu plans to name Huong as minister
of defense as well. Vien will also
serve as interior minister, the
position he already holds.
d. Khanh, as expected, will
be armed forces commander in chief.
e. Taylor comments that the
Huong-Vien team would be about the
best obtainable and should be able
to work with the military.
a. The Sudanese radio an-
nounced this morning that a new,
transitional government will be
formed soon, but it is not at all
clear who is doing what to whom.
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b. The announcement fol-
lowed talks between civilian
leaders and military representa-
tives. President Abboud's name was
not mentioned, raising the possi-
bility that he may have been ousted.
there had been an in-
ternal coup in the Sudanese armed
forces.
d. General Hasan Bashir Nasir,
longtime number-two man in the
Abboud military regime, was
under house arrest.
He was apparently removed by the
commander of the Sudan's eastern
forces, General Tahir, supported
by younger officers.
e. The army killed a num-
ber of rioters yesterday as the
demonstrations continued to spread
from Khartoum to other northern
cities. So far, there has been
no evidence of an appreciable
anti-American or antiforeign trend
in the demonstrations.
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4. Congo
a. The Congolese rebels are
again threatening foreigners held
in their territory.
d. In Nairobi yesterday,
Ambassador Fredericks saw the rebel
foreign minister, Thomas Kanza. He
implied to Kanza that,if any Ameri-
cans were harmed, the US might take
drastic action.
f. Kanza said the Stanley-
ville authorities were not too
concerned about US reprisals.
5. Bolivia a. La Paz may blow up again
today.
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6. East Germany
b. Factory workers, teachers,
and students are planning a "lib-
erty march" on the presidential
palace to protest government re-
pression. The police and militia
have managed to contain earlier
demonstrations in La Paz, but
feeling is running high.
c. Police have been moved
from Cochabamba to the mining
town of Oruro to strengthen the
local forces. Yesterday the mili-
tary in Oruro reportedly failed
to back up the police, who were
attacked by dynamite-throwing
miners.
d. President Paz has ordered
the reluctant Barrientos to stay
in La Paz and attend to his vice-
presidential duties. Barrientos
had asked the embassy on Tuesday
about possible evacuation.
e. Despite the continuing
disturbances, the embassy believes
Paz is weathering the storm.
a. Ulbricht's party is
apparently having trouble ad-
justing to the recent changes in
Moscow.
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7, USSR
b. Only five of the thir-
teen full members of the East
German politburo have been seen
since the changes took place,and
Ulbricht himself was out of sight
from 12 to 27 October.
c. The politburo issued a
qualified endorsement of the Moscow
shift on 17 October and was to meet
again on 26 October. No public an-
nouncement has resulted. A cen-
tral committee meeting may be under
way today.
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the meeting of
Communist parties will be held
in Moscow on 15 December, as
scheduled.
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b. The Poles,whO said their
party would:attend, told a British
correspondent that the meeting will
"freeze" the Sino-Soviet conflict,
not push it to the limit.
c. Gomulka's speech head-
lined in the press this morning is
consistent with this. For public
consumption he Tust appear to be-
lieve that the USSR and China can
get together.
d. Moscow's new leaders may
have agreed to soften the tone of
the meeting in order to avoid can-
celing or postponing it, which
would have been a major victory
for Peiping.
e. If the Poles are right,
we may hear something soon from
Moscow, where the subject is
probably being discussed with
the several visiting Communist
party delegations.
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NOTES
A. France-MLF Ambassador Bohlen believes all
indications point to a French program of vigorous
opposition to the conclusion of any MLF agree-
ment. Paris is already trying to dissuade the
West Germans from joining.
/the MLF would tend to limit
cooperation under the French-German treaty and
isolate Germany from other European countries
? as well as France if it began as a bilaterial
US-German venture.
B. USSR Soviet Defense Minister Malinewsky ap-
pears to be ailing.
C. Gabon-France The French may decide to send
'Alba back to Libreville after all. French of-
ficials in:Paris are apparently fearful that
his removal, will mean a takeover by more radical
elements and repercussions in other French Af-
rican dependencies.
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E. Algeria-Cuba-Venezuela The Venezuelan FALN
will soon receive shipments of small arms from
Algeria
F. Japan the top contenders for the prime
ministry, Eisaku Sato
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