THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 NOVEMBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005967387
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 27, 1964

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CONGO (INFORMATION AS OF 0830 EST):
A. THE REBELS ARE PUTTING UP A STIFFER RESISTANCE THAN
EXPECTED.
B. SIZABLE NUMBERS ARE STILL FIGHTING IN AND AROUND
STANLEYVILLE. VAN DER WALLE DOES NOT NOW EXPECT TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE ANY MAJOR MOVE OUTSIDE THE CITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
C. A SIMILAR SITUATION HOLDS IN PAULIS. SOUTH OF STAN?
LEYVILLE THE REBELS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE SEEPED BACK INTO
PUNIA IN THE WAKE OF VAN DER WALLE'S ADVANCE. THEY MAY ALSO
HAVE REGAINED THE UPPER HAND IN THE UVIRA-KINDU?ALBERTVILLE
TRIANGLE.
D. NO REBEL LEADERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED CAPTURED. THEY
MAY STILL REGROUP AND GET OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE,
E. THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT AN ALGERIAN AIR?
CRAFT HAS MADE TWO MORE ARMS DELIVERIES THROUGH UGANDA AND
THAT CHINESE COMMUNIST AMMUNITION IS BEING SENT THROUGH
TANGANYIKA AND BURUNDI.
F. IN A SPEECH YESTERDAY BEN BELLA SAID "WE WILL SEND
ARMS AND VOLUNTEERS TO OUR CONGOLESE BROTHERS, LIKE WE AL?
READY HAVE."
G. ANTI?US AND ANTI?BELGIAN DEMONSTRATIONS ARE CONTINU?
ING IN VARIOUS AFRICAN CAPITALS. ONE OF MAJOR PROPORTIONS IS
APPARENTLY SCHEDULED FOR BRAZZAVILLE TODAY.
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H. THE CZECHS AND BULGARIANS
APOLO?
GIZED FOR THE ATTACKS ON US INSTALLATIONS IN THEIR CAPI?
TALS AND HAVE PROMISED RESTITUTION,
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--27 NOVEMBER 1964
1. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. HUONG HAS DECLARED 30 DAYS OF MARTIAL LAW IN SAIGON
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EFFECTIVE TODAY AND HAS PUT THE POLICE UNDER MILITARY COMMAND.
B.
AMBASSADOR JOHNSON INTENDS TO PRESS KHANH FOR
A PUBLIC STATEMENT OF SUPPORT,
C. YESTERDAY JOHNSON TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE HIGH NA?
TIONAL COUNCIL WHO SAID THEY STILL THINK SOME CHANGES SHOULD
BE MADE IN HUONG'S GOVERNMENT, BUT AGREE THIS CANNOT BE DONE
"UNDER MOB PRESSURE."
D. BUDDHIST LEADER TAM CHAU, WHO HAS RECOMMENDED THAT
THE COUNCIL DISMISS HUONG, IS SCHEDULED TO TALK WITH CHIEF
OF STATE SUU TODAY. OUT OF THIS MAY COME A DECISION WHETHER
TO CONTINUE BUDDHIST DEMONSTRATIONS.
2. UN:
A. U THANT IS SPONSORING A PROPOSAL THAT COULD POSTPONE
A SHOWDOWN ON ARTICLE 19.
B. THE PLAN WOULD REQUIRE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHEN IT
OPENS ON 1 DECEMBER, TO RESTRICT ITS DISCUSSION TO SUBJECTS
WHICH REQUIRE NO VOTING. ONLY ISSUES THAT CAN BE APPROVED
BY ACCLAMATION WOULD BE DEALT WITH.
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C. A SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEANWHILE WOULD WORK ON THE FI?
NANCING PROBLEM.
D. U THANT HAS APPARENTLY HAD A GOOD RESPONSE. THE
SOVIET DELEGATE, HOWEVER, WAS NONCOMMITTAL2AND A FINAL SOVIET
RESPONSE MAY HAVE TO AWAIT GROMYKO'S ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.
3. BRAZIL:
A. THE FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF GOIAS STATE HAS SO FAR MET
NO RESISTANCE. THE ARMED FORCES THERE AND ELSEWHERE IN BRA?
ZIL HAVE BEEN ALERTED IN 'CASE DISTURBANCES DEVELOP,
B. BORGES HAS BEEN RELIEVED OF HIS GOVERNORSHIP BUT
REMAINS FREE, SEVERAL OTHER "SUBVERSIVE" STATE OFFICIALS
ARE UNDER ARREST,
C. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, THE INTERVENTION DECREE
MUST BE APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS REPORTED
READY TO MEET THIS WEEKEND,
D. REJECTION WOULD MEAN THE REINSTALLATION OF BORGES,
BUT THE BRANCO GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT HAS THE VOTES.
4. USSR?MLF:
A. MOSCOW IS WIDENING ITS CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE WESTERN
OPPOSITION TO THE MLF.
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5. USSR?CHINA?VIETNAM:
A. MOSCOW AND PEIPING HAVE BOTH ISSUED WARNINGS AGAINST
US EXTENSION OF THE WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM, TIMING THEIR STATE?
MENTS TO COINCIDE WITH AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S TRIP.
B. TASS SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE USSR "CANNOT REMAIN IN?
DIFFERENT" AND IS PREPARED TO GIVE HANOI "THE NECESSARY ASSIS?
TANCE." THE STATEMENT IS TOUGHER AND MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE
VAGUE PLEDGES MADE DURING THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENTS,
C. PEIPING'S PEOPLE'S DAILY SAID ON WEDNESDAY THAT THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED "MORE THAN ONCE
THAT AN ATTACK ON NORTH VIETNAM IS AN ATTACK ON CHINA." IT
DID NOT, HOWEVER, SPELL OUT WHAT CONSTITUTED AN ATTACK.
6. NOTES:
A. LAOS: THE NEUTRALISTS NOW HOPE TO MOUNT A NEW
OPERATION AGAINST PHOU KOUT ON OR ABOUT 2 DECEMBER. KONG LE
SAYS THE MOVE HAS SOUVANNA'S APPROVAL. OUR EMBASSY IN VIEN?
TIANE BELIEVES THERE IS A REASONABLE CHANCE OF SUCCESS THIS
TIME.
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B. JAPAN ? ITALY ? COMMUNIST CHINA/
C. INDONESIA?JAPAN?MALAYSIA: THE JAPANESE MAY BE TRY?
ING AGAIN TO MEDIATE THE INDONESIAN?MALAYSIAN DISPUTE.
D GHANA?US:
E. PANAMA: ANOTHER MASS MEETING OF STUDENTS IS SCHEDULED
FOR TONIGHT, BUT THE NATIONAL GUARD IS EXPECTED TO HAVE NO
TROUBLE IN HANDLING IT.
F. VENEZUELA: THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED
REPORTS OF FALN PLANS FOR MORE KIDNAPPINGS.
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G. CUBA: CASTRO'S SUSPENSION LAST WEEK OF "OLD?LINE"
COMMUNIST JOAQUIN ORDOQUI HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY A SPATE OF
RUMORS ABOUT TROUBLE IN HAVANA. THE RUMORS, WHICH WE CANNOT
CONFIRM, SAY THAT ORDOQUI'S COMRADES ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER
FROM CASTRO AND HIS NEO?COMMUNIST FOLLOWERS AND THAT CASTRO'S
POSITION IS IN DANGER.
H. CAMBODIA: SIHANOUK NOW SAYS THAT HE WILL NEGOTIATE
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