THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 21 NOVEMBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967374
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 21, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--21 NOVEMBER 1964
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-1. CONGO (AS OF 0800 EST) :
F. REBEL "PRESIDENT" GBENYE CLAIMS HE HAS MOVED HIS
AMERICAN HOSTAGES PENDING THE NEGOTIATIONS HE WANTS.
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I. TSHOMBE HAD EARLIER BEEN REPORTED AS "FURIOUS'! AT
THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE REBELS.
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2. CAMBODIA?VIETNAM:
A. SIHANOUK IS TRYING
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TO GET INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEES FOR CAMBODIA' 1(:))(1
BORDERS.
B. HE WANTS TO FOCUS THE NEW DELHI TALKS WITH THE US ON
SOUTH VIETNAMESE INCURSIONS,
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D. SIHANOUK IS ALSO SENDING HIS FOREIGN MINISTER TO
PEIPING AND HANOI, HOPING TO GET NORTH VIETNAM AND THE (VIET
CONG) NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT TO "RECOGNIZE11I HIS BORDERS.
3, SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE:
A. PEIPING, IN A RED FLAG EDITORIAL YESTERDAY ATTACK?
ING KHRUSHCHEV, MADE IT CLEAR THAT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT SOVIET
CONCESSIONS THE RELATIONSHIP WILL NOT IMPROVE.
B. THE COMMUNIST "PREPARATORY" CONFERENCE CALLED FOR 15
DECEMBER BY KHRUSHCHEV IS ONE OF THE POINTS AT ISSUE. THE
CHINESE IMPLY THAT THE NEW SOVIET LEADERS COULD POSTPONE IT
GRACEFULLY BY BLAMING IT ON HIM.
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C. MEANWHILE, ALTHOUGH ONE RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT SAYS THE
SOVIET PARTY "HAD DEFINITELY DECIDED" TO GO ON WITH IT, MOSCOW
HAS SO FAR EVADED SETTING A FIRM DATE.
4. MLF:
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5. USSR?KOSYGIN:
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D. KOSYGIN EMERGES AS ONE WHO COMMANDED THE RESPECT
AND CONFIDENCE OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATORS. HE WAS FREQUENTLY
TURNED TO FOR DECISIONS OR ASSISTANCE AND WAS ASKED TO IN?
TERVENE IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE ECONOMIC QUESTION.
6. NOTES:
A. SUDAN: MODERATE NON?COMMUNIST POLITICIANS WITHIN
THE NEW REGIME SEEM TO BE PULLING THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN AN
EFFORT TO BLOCK COMMUNIST DESIGNS FOR THE NEW SUPREME EXECU?
TIVE NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED. NASIR IS EYEING THE SUDAN UNEASILY,
WORRIED OVER THE POSSIBLE CONTAGIOUS EFFECT OF SUDANESE CHAOS
ON HIS OWN DOMESTIC SITUATION.
B. UN?USSR: THE EFFORTS CONTINUE IN NEW YORK TO FIND
A SOLUTION TO THE ASSESSMENTS ISSUE, BUT THE SOVIETS STILL
TALK TOUGH. THREE SOVIET DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS ARE TOURING
AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND ASIA TO DRUM UP SUPPORT.
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THE USSR, OR EVEN ABSTENTION WOULD BE AN "UNFRIENDLY ACT."
D. PANAMA:
LEFTIST
GROUPS ARE MEETING SECRETLY NEXT WEEK TO PLAN THEIR ACTIONS
OVER THE CANAL ISSUE. ALREADY, COMMUNIST AGITATION HAS BEGUN
AGAIN. PRO?COMMUNIST DEPUTIES ARE EXPECTED TO STIR UP THE
SECRET NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON THE HANDLING OF THE CANAL
PROBLEM WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY,
E. LAOS: THIS MORNING A US RF-101 WAS DOWNED BY GROUND
FIRE BETWEEN SAVANNAKHET AND TCHEPONE, 12 MILES FROM THE F-100
DOWNED ON WEDNESDAY. THE PILOT WAS RESCUED BUT IS IN SERIOUS
CONDITION, HOWEVER, WHILE THIS WAS BEING ACCOMPLISHED, A US
HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN 18 MILES TO THE NORTH.
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