THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 7 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992072
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 7, 1961

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A. UN AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY gucpggpgp IN KNOCKING OUT
TSHOMBE'S AIR FORCE YESTERDAY.. WITH AIR pupgRIpHITTAm A FIRMH
HOLD ON ELIZABETHVILLE AIRFIELD, THE UN HAS BEEN ABLE WILE-
INFORCE ITS TROOPS HEAVILY. AND PLANS TO "DENUDE" THE. REST OF
THE CONGO OF UN FORCES FOR A FURTHER PVX4D-VP IN KATANGA. UN
CHIEF,LIIANER HAS ORDERED HIS ,REPRESENTATIVES IN ELIZABETHVILLE
"TO : ENDTHE SITUATION THERE AS. SWIFTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS
POSSIBLE AND KATANGAN LEADERS ARE ALSO TALKING or A "FIGHT-
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-B. INITIAL REPORTS THIS MORNING SHOW THAT UN FORCES
ARE HAVING SOME SUCCESS IN CLEARING giAAABETHVILLE IN BITTER
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FIGHTING.
C. US TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WERE TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN
FROM TIE AIRLIFTAFTER ONE WAS BUG TLY p4mAogp BY GROUND FIRE.
,ARRANGEMENTS FOR RESUMPTION ARE UNDER WAY.
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D.THE LAST REPORT FROM CONSUL HOFFACKER WAS SENT AT
1730 YESTERDAYCONGO TIME; HE WAS THEN STI LL UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
BUT NO FURTHER ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN AGAINST HIM.
E. TSHOMBE , AFTER BACKING AND FILLING YESTERDAYS FINALLY
FLEW TO BRAZZAVILLE, WHERE OUR EMBASSY HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED Tp PRESS
HIM FOR HOFFACKER ? S RELEASE. TSHOMBE PLANS TO GO ON TO EL I ZABETHVI LLE
BUT HOW IS UNCLEAR.
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2. VENEZUELAN COMMUNIST PARTY PLA NS FOR PRESIDENT' S VISIT:
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DISRUPTIVE ACTION,. TO . I NPLUDE ATTACKS. ON AMERICAN RusIRRps
sAmoyAgE ...OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND STREET DEMONSTRATIONS, HOWEVER., -
PROHIB I TED . ANY ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE, PREPARATIONS 5?X1
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FOR THESE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING FORWARD.
3. FURTHER INFORMATION ON KHRUSHCHEV -LANGE TALKS:
A. KHRUSHCHEV SA ID THAT IF AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON
BERLIN THE USSR AND EA ST GERMANY WOULD PLACE ORDERS FOR GOODS
THERE SUSTAINING THE C I TY ' S LIFE; IF THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT THE
CITY WOULD DI E AND ITS PEOPLE LEAVE.
B HE WOULD AGREE TO HAVING UN HEADOUARTERS IN THE CITY,
BUT NCYI JUST UN A.GENC IES
C HE SA ID THE OUESTI ON OF EVENTUAL REUNIFICATION COULD BE
COVERED IN A PROTOCOL "%meg EACH SIDE COULD INTERPRET AS IT LIKED . "
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4. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
ALTHOUGH GENERAL RODRIGUEZ HAS NOT YET ACCEPTED THE TENTATIVE
AGREEMENT REACHED TUESDAY AND THE EXTREME LEFT STILL HAS RESERVA-
TIONS, SWEETNESS AND LIGHT PREVAILS FOR THE MOMENT IN SANTO DOMINGO.
A BANDWAGON ATMOSPHERE APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING.
5. FRENCH SUBMIT REVISED TREATY FOR POLITICAL CONFEDERATION OF SIX:
THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES APPEAR TO BE:
A. A COMMON DEFENSE POLICY WOULD BE WORKED OUT WITH NATO.
B. THERE WOULD BE A SECRETARY-GENERAL WITH SOME "AUTONOMOUS"
POWERS.
C. THE ROLE OF THE EEC ASSEMBLY WOULD BE STRENGTHENED.
6. SOVIET BUDGET ,AND ECONOMIC PLAN FOR 1962:
THE BUDGET ALLOTS 13.4 BILLION RUBLES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES,
LAST YEAR'S FIGURE WAS ORIGINALLY 9.25, RAISED TO 12.35 BY KHRUSHCHEV
IN JULY. SOME OF THE INCREASE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SOVIET FORCES
AT THEIR PRESENT LEVEL, HIGHER THAN THAT PLANNED LAST YEAR AND A
SUBSTANTIAL STEP-UPIN PROCUREMENT OF ADVANCED WEAPONS MAY BE CALLED
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FOR, BUT WE THINK AT LEAST PART OF IT RESULTS FROM JUGGLING OF THE
BOOKS FOR POLITICAL EFFECT--TRANSFERRING CATEGORIES OF EXPENDITURE
NOT PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED TO BE MILITARY FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
BUDGET INTO THE EXPLICIT MILITARY ACCOUNT. THE PLAN CALLS FOR
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT AND OUTPUT TO GROW AT RATES SOMEWHAT BELOW
THOSE OF PREVIOUS YEARS BUT STILL AT RATES CONSISTENT WITH THE
SEVEN AND TWENTY YEAR PLANS
7. NOTES
A, SOUVANNA AND SOUPHANNOUVONG HAVE ACCEPTED BOUN OUR '.S OFFER
TO COME TO XIENG KHOUANG AND SAY THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY.
THEY INDICATE, HOWEVER, THAT THEY WILL STICK TO THEIR PREVIOUS
CONDITION'S ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS, SHOULD THEY COME TO VIENTIANE
LATER, WE.: BAYE, SOME INDICATION OF INCREASED hm,,x TA Y ACTIVITY
NORTH OF yiENTxANg?
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TO INDIAN CHARGES pr.,,AGGREAsios WITH MORE OF THE SAME0 THE.
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'_.TH.L.OAS,.. AMBASSADOR MANN RAISES .? THE 013EBTION. WHETHER. THE PRESIDENT! S ,
VISIT TO. !Ammo_ NEXT MONTH. ,SHOULD: STILL BE .114Dg..
: THE :-SADDX..!S ARE PRESSING FOR AN _INFORMAL- MEETING -BETwEEN
tTHE PRESIDENT- AND.. KING SAUD BEFORE. HE .LEAVES 'THE COMM. .
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H. HUNGARY HAS FOLLOWED UP ITS OFFER TO DISCUSS A SOLUTION
OF THE CARDINAL MINDZENTY PROBLEM WITH AN INVITATION TO U THANT
TO VISIT THE COUNTRY. BUDAPEST IS APPARENTLY MANUEVERING TO
AVOID ANOTHER UN DEBATE.
I. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT RAZIL IS ABOUT TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNIST
CHINA. WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION, BUT DO NOT RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY.
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FIRST ELEMENTS OF THE BATTLE GROUP MOVING FROM WEST GERMANY
TO WEST BERLIN TODAY HAVE REACHED THE CITY WITH NO INTERFERENCE
YET REPORTED.
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8. WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--6 DECEMBER 1961
NO SINO-SOVIET BLOC COUNTRY INTENDS DELIBERATELY TO INITIATE,
DIRECT MILITARY ACTION IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
BERLIN:. THE CONSTRUCTION AT_BABELSBERG ON TRE BERLIN AUTOBAMN
. AND AT THE SECTOR CHECKPOINTS BETWEEN EAST. AND WEST BERLIN HAS
INCREASED THE CAPABILITY OF THE COMMUNISTS TO HARASS ALLIED
ACCESS. THE COMMUNISTS MAY USE THE ROTATION OF US TROOPS INTO
WEST BERLIN AS THE PRETEXT FOR SOME FURTHER ROVE AGAINST ALLIED
SOUTH VIETNAM: THE HIGH RATE OF VI.ET CONG SUBVERSIVE .AND
MILITARY ACTIVITY CONTINUES, WITH NO MARKEDLy SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-
ACTIONS BY _GOVERNMENT _FORCES.
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