THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 22 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992101
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 22, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-22 DECEMBER 1961
. CONGO:
A. GULLION, IN A "FIRST-TAKE" EVALUATION, BELIEVES THE HARD-
WON TSHOMBE-ADOULA ACCORD, WHILE ADMITTEDLY PRECARIOUS REPRE-
SENTS A MILESTONE IN OUR CONGO POLICY. HE FEELS TSHOMBE WILL FIND
IT HARD TO GET OUT FROM UNDER AND STILL RETAIN CREDENCE WITH HIS
WESTERN SUPPORTERS.
B. TSHOMBE'S REMARKS ON HIS RETURN TO ELISABETHVILLE WERE
FAR FROM ENCOURAGING. HE DEPRECATED THE TALKS AND INDICATED HE
CONSIDERED THE AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE ONLY AFTER "RATIFICATION" BY
HIS GOVERNMENT WHICH "CANNOT BE DONE FOR AT LEAST TEN DAYS."
C. DESPITE EFFORTS BY BOTH UN AND KATANGAN LEADERS TO MAIN-
TAIN A DE FACTO CEASE-FIRE IN ELISABETHVILLE THE SECURITY SIT-
UATION THERE REMAINS PRECARIOUS.
D. THIS MORNING'S PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THE KATANGA GOVERNMENT
MAY ALREADY BE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR REJECTING THE KITONA ACCORD.
TSHOMBE'S CABINET IS BALKY AND A KATANGA COMMUNIQUE STATES "NO
DOCUMENT BINDING KATANGA WAS SIGNED AT KITONA" SINCE TSHOMBE HAD
NO PARLIAMENTARY MANDATE.
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2. LAOS:
PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY'S THREE PRINCE'S MttfING AT
VIENTIANE ARE STALLED OVER SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AND CONSIDERATION
IS BEING GIVEN TO THEIR MEETING IN GENEVA.
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3. GOA AFTERMATH:
A. AM3ASSADOR EUMUCKEXPECTS PORTUGAL TO ANNOUNCE IMPORTANT CHANGES
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B. PAKISTAN AND THAILAND HAVE REACTED SHARPLY. THE PAKISTAN
PRESS IS CONCERNED OVER A SIMILAR FATE FOR KASHMIR AND QUESTIONS
THE VALUE OF MILITARY ALLIANCE&, ROUNTRErFEELS THE INDIAN
ACTION WILL FEED EXTREMIST VOICES, ESPECIALLY ON KASHMIR.
IN BANGKOK, SMUT SEEMS PARTICULARLY UPSET OVER GOA AND
BITTERLY CRITICAL OF NEHRU.
C. EXTENSIVE CHINESE COMMUNIST pgEss COVERAGE ON GOA FAILS
TO MENTION EITHER HONG KONG OR MACA,e. :THE CONSUL GENERAL SEES
IN THIS AN ABSENCE OF CHINESE INTENT TO movg AGAINST THEM OR TO
MANUFACTURE A PRETEXT TO DO SO.
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4. INDONESIA-WEST NEW GUINEA:
A. THE DISPUTANTS REMAIN FAR APART ON THEIR TERMS FOR NEGOTIA-
TION. THE DUTCH INSIST ON A THIRD-PARTY "WITNESS" FOR ANY DISCUSSIONS
WHILE THE INDONESIANS DEMAND BILATERAL TALKS. BOTH SIDES HOLD TO
THEIR PREVIOUS POSITIONS ON NATIVE SELF-DETERMINATION.
B. THE INDIAN AMBASSADOR HAS INFORMED JONES THAT HIS CHINESE
COMMUNIST AND SOVIET COLLEA UES SEPARATELY TOLD HIM THEIR COUNTRIES
WOULD IMMEDIATELY SUPPLY ARMS IF INDONESIA ATTACKS WEST NEW GUINEA.
C. DJUANDA AGAIN APPEALS TO JONES FOR HELP TO BRING ABM
PROGRESS TOWARDS A PEACEFUL SOLUTION.
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5. NOTES:
B. THE ELECTION OF MODERATECONSERVATLQUDSI AS SYRIAN PRESI?
DENT IS NOW COUNTERBALANCED BY HIS NAMING MARUF AL?DAWALIBI4 AN
EXTREME ANTI?WESTERN ARAB NATIONALIST AND ADVOCATE OF CLOSE BLOC
RELATIONS, AS PREMIER?DESIGNATE.
C. AMBASSADOR RUSSELL BELIEVES THE DRAFT OF NKRUMAH'S VOLTA
PROJECT SPEECH FALLS.SHORTHOF PROMISED ASSURANCES AND AS IT
STANDS MAY BE REGARDED BY OUR PRESS AS .A GESTURE OF INGRATITUDE
AND ILL?WILL.
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? D. WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSION ON BERLIN IS THAT CONTINUED
COMMUNIST HARASSMENTS MAY BE EXPECTED. THESE MAY EVEN EXTEND TO
TEMPORARY DISRUPTION OF AUTOBAHN TRAFFIC ON on OR ANOTHER PRETEXT.
THE RECENT AUGMENTATION OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN EAST GERMANY--AND
IN HUNGARY AND BULGARIA--WILL IMPROVE THE COMMUNIST MILITARY
POSITION IN EASTERN EUROPE. PRESENT COMMUNIST MILITARY ACTIVITY,
HOWEVER, DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT THE COMMUNISTS EXPECT TO RISK
SERIOUS MILITARY CONFRONTATION IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
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