THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 1 NOVEMBER 1961

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992012
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 1, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S '
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
? 1 'NOV. 1961
701375C-C-RELL
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SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY
( LEADING ORGANS
PRESIDIUM
FULL MEMBERS
OLD
A.B. Aristov
L.I. Brezhnev
Ye.A. Furtseva
N.G. I gnatov
N.S. Khrushchev
A.N. Kosygin
F.R. Kozlov
O.V. Kuusinen
A. I. Mikoyan
N.A.Mukhitdinov
N.V. Podgorny
D.S. Polyansky
N.M. Shvernik
M.A. Suslov
NEW
L.I. Brezhnev
N.S. Khrushchev
A. N . Kosygin
F.R. Kozlov
O.V. Kuusinen
A.I. Mikoya n
N.V. Podgorny
D.S. Polyansky
N.M. Shvernik
M.A. Suslov
G.I. Voronov
CANDIDATE MEMBERS
OLD NEW
V.V. Grishin
Ya. E. Kalnberzin
A.P. Kirilenko ,
D.S. Korotchenko
K.T. Mazurov
V.P. Mzhavanadze
M.G. Pervukhin
P.N. Pospelov
G.I. Voronov
V.V. Grishin
K.T. Mazurov
V.P. Mzhavanadze
Sh.R. Rashidov*
V.V. Shcherbitsky*
SECRETARIAT
OLD
NEW ,
N.S. Khrushchev - 1st Secy N.S. Khrushchev - 1st Secy
F.R. Kozlov P.N. Demichev*
O.V. Kuusinen L.F. Ilichev*
N.A. Mukhitdinov F.R. Kozlov
M.A. Suslov
*Individuals elected to Presidium or Secretariat for first time.
Listed below are their other current positions.
Demichev - Party 1st Secretary, Moscow City Shcherbitsky - Premier, Ukrainian Republic
Ilichev - Head, Propaganda 8, Agitation Department of
the Party's Central Staff
Ponomarev - Head, International Department of
the Party's Central Staff
Rashidov - Party 1st Secretary, Uzbek Republic
O.V. Kuusinen
B.N. Ponomarev*
A.N. Shelepin*
I.V. Spiridonov*
M.A. Suslov
Shelepin - Chairman, Committee of State Security (KGB)
under the Council of Ministers, USSR
Spiridonov - Party 1st Secretary, Leningrad Oblast
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1. Soviet party changes
a) The reshuffling of the top party
command announced yesterday leaves the
central core of the leadership--Khru-
shchev, Kozlov, Mikoyan, et al--pretty
much intact, with most of the changes
falling among the second tier. The
shaping of Soviet policy appears to re-
main essentially in the same hands;
b) the policymaking Presidium has been
cut from 14 to 11 full members while
the Secretariat, the party's administra-
tive arm, has been increased from 5 to
9. We see these as part of ,a periodic
refurbishing of the upper echelons,
c) the changes include a shift in the
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ship, a reflection of persistent dif-
ficulties in that area, and the demotion
of the party man most involved in re-
lations with Albania.
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2. Congo
3. Baghdad "buzzing with
rumors" of anti-Qasim
move
The stage is being set for a new period
of tension and crisis:
a) Gizenga may now have as many as
5,000 troops in the area bordering on
Katanga. By moving troops out of Stanley-
yule
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ville for this build-up, however, Gizenga
is gambling with the security situation in
his own backyard;
b) UN sources in Leopoldville, meanwhile,
say that Adoula government forces are
trying to capture an airstrip just in-
side the Katanga border. The UN shows
no inclination to intervene;
c) a telephone call by Tshombe, before he
left Elizabethville, indicates that he
is in Geneva to make contact with the
?representative of an unnamed foreign
?power which has offered financial and
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diplomatic support.
d) Soviet representative Zorin says he
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Our. Embassy reports widespread Iraqi
feeling that Qasim is "nearing the
end of his rope" and notes that his
popular support has declined sharply
in recent months. Dissident military
elements may be encouraged by the
impending departure of Qasim's trusted
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NOTES
A. The US Mission in Saigon finds a nearly unanimous desire for
the sending of US troops to South Vietnam. Most Vietnamese
merely want the reassurance of having a US presence in the
country but concede that a combat role for US troops could
eventually arise.
B. Finland's non-Communist parties are making efforts to work out
a common front to deal with renewed pressure from Moscow. The
Soviet note to Finland has produced a crisis atmosphere in
Sweden, which fears for its own neutrality.
C. A Laotian rebel message yesterday stated that the Meo guerrilla
attack on Xieng Khouang town is continuing, contrary to, earlier
indications that it had ended.
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E. There were two Soviet nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya yesterday
morning.
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F. In Algeria, Moslem demonstrations are causing widespread disorders.
Our latest information indicates, however, that the security forces
still have the situation in control.
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