THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 NOVEMBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967369
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 20, 1964

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SOUTHEAST ASIA:
A. TWO T-28S WITH FOUR AMERICAN FLYERS HAVE BEEN MISS?
ING SINCE YESTERDAY SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH?CENTRAL LAOS. SEARCH
OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY.
B. THESE PLANES WERE APPARENTLY NOT INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTDOWN ON WEDNESDAY, SOME 28 HOURS EARLIER, HANOI AND
PEIPING HAVE BEEN CLAIMING THAT THREE AIRCRAFT WERE DOWNED IN
THIS INCIDENT OVER NORTH VIETNAM.
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--20 NOVEMBER 1964
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1. CONGO:
A: THE VAN DER WALLE COLUMN MOVED OUT OF KINDU YESTER?
DAY. IT WAS SCHEDULED TO REACH PUNIA, SOME 100 MILES TOWARD
STANLEYVILLE, BY NIGHTFALL.
B. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF REBEL RESISTANCE, AND WE
DO NOT EXPECT MUCH4
C. MENU IS TALKING ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS OVER HIS US
PRISONERS OF WAR, BUT NEITHER HE NOR HIS FOREIGN MINISTER HAS
BEEN SPECIFIC ABOUT TIME AND PLACE,
D. ON WEDNESDAY GBENYE BROADCAST AN ULTIMATUM TO THE
"FORCES OF IMPERIALISM" TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS WITHIN 48
HOURS, OTHERWISE, HE SAID, HE COULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE LIVES OF AMERICANS AND BELGIANS IN HIS TERRITORY,
2, COMMUNIST CHINA ? NORTH VIETNAM:
B. PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN SATURDAY SHOWS MORE THAN 300 VE?
HICLES, INCLUDING HEAVY EARTH?MOVING EQUIPMENT, HARD AT WORK
ON THE SITE, BY PRESENT INDICATIONS THE RUNWAY WILL EXCEED
9,000 FEET.
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E,. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER, NORTH VIETNAM IS ALSO
ADDING TO ITS AIR AND NAVAL STRENGTH,
3, COMMUNIST CHINA ? UN:
4, SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THE BUDDHISTS DO SEEM TO FAVOR PREMIER HUONG'S REMOVAL,
BUT ARE DIVIDED AS TO HOW THIS SHOULD BEST BE ACCOMPLISHED.
B. TAM CHAU, HEAD BUDDHIST IN THE SAIGON AREA, IS TRY?
ING TO DRUM UP STUDENT AND OTHER PRESSURES AGAINST HUONG,
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C. TRI QUANG, THE LEADER IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES, AR?
GUES THAT THE HUONG REGIME WILL SOON FALL OF ITS OWN WEIGHT
AND THAT BUDDHIST PLANNING OUGHT TO BE FOCUSSED ON THE POST?
HUONG SETUP.
D. MEANWHILE, VIET CONG ACTIVITY DECLINED FOR THE FOURTH
WEEK STRAIGHT TO THE LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE JULY SPURT. THIS
MAY BE DUE IN PART TO THE FLOODS, AND THERE ARE SIGNS THAT
THE COMMUNISTS ARE PREPARING A MOVE IN THE SOUTH?CENTRAL AREA,
5. NOTES:
A. BOLIVIA: THE BARRIENTOS JUNTA IS STILL HAVING ITS
TROUBLES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ALWAYS QUARRELSOME TIN MINERS.
LAST WEEK, THE MINERS FORCED BARRIENTOS TO CANCEL A VISIT TO
A MINING AREA, ALSO, ALONG WITH THE COMMUNISTS, THEY ARE RE?
FUSING TO GIVE UP THEIR ARMS.
B. USSR?MLF:
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C. CYPRUS: THE TURKISH MILITARY IS ONCE AGAIN WARNING
THAT WAR WITH GREECE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY IF ANKARA'S
DEMANDS ARE NOT MET, THOUGH APPARENTLY EMBOLDENED BY SOVIET
SUPPORT FOR 1T$ POSITION ON CYPRUS, WE DOUBT THAT THE INONU
GOVERNMENT WOULD AUTHORIZE AN ATTACK AGAINST GREECE IN THE AB?
SENCE OF SOME NEW ONSLAUGHT ON THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS OR A SUDDp
MOVE TO EFFECT gNosis.
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D. UAR: AS HAS BEEN APPARENT FOR SOME TIME, NASIR IS
IN DEEP FINANCIAL TROUBLES. THESE MAY BE GETTING WORSE.,
E. CUBA?VENEZUELA CASTRO'S PROPAGANDA MACgINE HAS
MOVED INTO HIGH GEAR IN SUPPORT OF FALN ACTIVITIES., IT IS
NOW OPERATING AT LEVELS APPROACHING THOSE REACHED LAST FALL
DURING THE VENEZUELAN TERRORISTS ALL?OUT EFFORT AGAINST BETAN?
COURT.
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