THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 NOVEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992014
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 2, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
2 NOV. 1961
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2. Argentine navy alerts
its units to revolt
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a) Our best guess is that France is the
unnamed foreign power which may have offered
financial and diplomatic support to Tshombe.
We doubt that :top French officials have
made any definite commitments, but some
lower-ranking officials have hinted to
Tshombe aides that French help would be
forthcoming. Yesterday the French Foreign
Office told our Embassy Tshombe was in
Geneva for "apparently valid medical
reasons" and that the French Government
was "making every effort" to :prevent his
entering France.
b) Public order is deteriorating in
Stanleyville, in the wake of Gizenga's .
overthrow of the provincial government and
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It fears an early attempt by various
Peronista and nationalist element's Under
a retired Peronista general Who led a
similar effort last November. While the
plotters would hope to exploit rising
discontent and current labor difficulties,
we believe the armed forces would move
qTriftly fn quell such an uprising.
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3, West German governmental
negotiations still under-
way
4. .,Finns may consult
with Moscow in
response to Soviet
note
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Our gmbassy reported Tuesday, however,
that public and political confidence
in?Adenauer's ability to form a govern;11K
ment is "collapsing" and that he has '
appeared, to lose his touch in tactical
maneuvering.
if the matter is not settled this week,
President Luebke will present his own
candidate to Parliament--probably either
Erhard or Bundestag President Gersten-
maier. Defense Minister Strauss,
"completely occupied" with the problem,
has withdrawn an invitation to General
Norstad to visit Bonn.
a) The Finnish Foreign Minister, in 50X1
Copenhagen enroute home, said yester-
day "if the Soviets want to talk,
we'll talk." His number two man, in
Helsinki, is going to recommend that
a diplomatic delegation only go to
Moscow but that the Finns not admit
that either they or the Soviets arei
menaced from the West.
b) Lange of Norway views the note
most seriously and feels it could
mean the beginning of a takeover in
Finland.
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5. Laos
Pathet Lao and Kong Le reinforcements
have been sent to Xieng Khouang, pres-
umably for stronger moves against the
Meos, whose artillery fire apparently
continued yesterday despite Vientiane's
orders to avoid further combat. Com-
munist delegates at Geneva are using
the affair to charge the US with
responsibility for the "provo
actions of Phoumi's forces.
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NOTES
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A.
rumored plots against Qasim.
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B.:Havana
has issued instructions to invite peripatetic Field
Marshal Montgomery to visit Havana'on'l January, probably to
be part of the cast for the celebration of the Castro regime's
third anniversary.
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C.
Almost all important Indian newspapers have condemned Soviet
nuclear tests. Some have shown sympathy for the US position.
D.
There was a nuclear test yesterday at
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Semipalatinsk
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS-71 Nov mber 1961
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No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action in the immediate future.
South Vietnam: Communist forces continue their efforts to
undermine the Diem government by sabotage and terrorism and to expand
the Viet Cong areas of military control in South Vietnam, particularly
in the plateau area.
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