THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 13 OCTOBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005991989
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 13, 1961

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 13 OCT 1961 TOP SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 � Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04: CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 Quang Tr' VIETNAM Al LAND �4;) g Nam 50 100 .liontum Qui Nhon. � Cheo Reo SOUTH IETNAM .88n Me Thuot Eastern NAMB Interprovincial one PHNOM PENH Phan-Rang GULF OF SIAM 31880 Rach Gia Cap Saint-Jacques r'N Major areas of Viet Gong concentration L_ jInterse0or V /iNAMBO Region. Phan Thiet ha Trang SOUTH CHINA SEA 611013 50X1 �r- 1=1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04: CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-70 tic C r r=1 I r r 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 1. South Vietnam 2. Pinay will bid for leadership of parlia- mentary opposition to De Gaulle A. The presence of North Vietnamese regular army personnel with the guerrillas seems virtually confirmed in a Viet Cong head- 50X1 quarters warning to its subordinate units on 14 September that "the friends Who have just arrived" should destroy all "revealing items" brought from the "distant places", especially "photographs taken with regular army shirts." B. 50X1 some guerrilla concern over successful countermeasures in the area just south of Saigon. C. Recent guerrilla successes, how- ever, have stimulated a renewal of anti-Communist plotting to overthrow Diem. 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 He plans soon to make a public announce- ment of his candidacy as leader of a coalition government designed eventually to replace the Debre government. Pinay will seek support on the right, but 50X1 will try to leave the way open for the Socialists to join his coalition. How he would fit De Gaulle into this scheme is unclear. 50X1 P,se Carrot Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 -1 L 1 f 1 C====1 _4[ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 3. Berlin 4. Soviet weapons tests yesterday A. The Polish UN representative said last Monday Soviet hints of a delay in signing� the German peace treaty had no meaning, that Khrushchev would commit himself at the Party Congress to sign it this year, and that the signing would take place either immediately after the Congress or in December, depending on the Soviet negotiations. state of US C. East German police fired more than 250 shots into West Berlin this morning in trying unsuccessfully to stop a group of refugees from crossing the line. The fire was not returned by West Berlin police. A. Another ICBM test to the Central Pacific appears to have been successful. The score now is 4 successes, 3 failures in flight and I overshot. B. The nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, 26th in the series, 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 56X{1 For The President Univ�Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 -1 � 1 I= E--1 1 1_1 L_ 1 r-L-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 NOTES I I A The Afghan-Pakistani impasse continues, while each side waits for Western pressure to force concessions from the other. Moscow 50X1 is taking advantage of the situation to develop greater Afghan economic dependence on the USSR. 50X1 B. The Indian Communist Party has declared its suPpOrt for the Indian government in its border quarrel with Communist China. Embassy Rio de _Janeiro reports that the campaign for recall of Quadros to active political life is gathering momentum. 50X1 50X6 For Th p Prpsident Only�Ton Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 r FH I E-1 r_ 1 L ILIF 4 t_21 r_1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST , I I 50X1 DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE Fnr Thp Prtzciripnt ("Inlv�Tnn SPcrPt Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 1 A -.1 r I_ _I r 1=1 I I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2 WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--12 October No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately'td-initiate direct Military Action in the-immediate future. However, current military measures associated With Soviet bloc - Warsaw Pact exercises are improving blOC military Capabilities in Eastern Europe, and could afford the bloc a cover for preparations for hostilities. Pnr Tke. Prtmeirion+ c.-rpt Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300100001-2