THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 JANUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992119
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 2, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--2 JANUARY 1962
1. LAOS:
A. BOUN OUM AND PHOUMI ARE EXPECTED TO INDICATE SOON, PROBABLY
TODAY WHETHER THEY ARE READY TO KEEP THE DOOR TO NEGOTIATIONS OPEN
BY MAKING A CONCILIATORY RESPONSE TO SOUVANNA'S LAST OFFER, THEIR
CHOICE IS BETWEEN NO REPLY AND ONE INDICATING WILLINGNESS TO CONCEDE
THE DEFENSE AND INTERIOR MINISTRIES TO THE CENTER. AMBASSADOR BROWN,
WHO HAS BEEN PRESSING HARD FOR A FAVORABLE REPLY, FEELS THAT THE US
POSITION IS NOW FULLY UNDERSTOOD BY PHOUMI AND BUN OUM, BUT NEVER?
THELESS, EXPECTS THEM TO REFUSE SOUVANNA, AND THINKS OUR NEXT STEP
WILL HAVE TO BE A VISIBLE INDICATION OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF US SUPPORT,
B. ON THE OTHER END, EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO PERSUADE SOUVANNA
TO POSTPONE HIS DEPARTURE FOR PARIS SO THAT VIENTIANE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO PLACE THE BURDEN FOR A FINAL RUPTURE ON HIM.
2. NEW GUINEA ISSUE:
A. PARLIAMENTARY AIRING OF THE ISSUE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN
THE HAGUE TODAY, THERE MAY BE A MOVE TO UNSEAT FOREIGN MINISTER LUNS
BECAUSE OF HIS IDENTIFICATION WITH A RELATIVELY INFLEXIBLE POLICY,
BUT THE GOVERNMEgT MAY PLACATE THE OPPOSITION BY EXPRESSING ITS
READINESS FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
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B. DJAKARTA, MEANWHILE, IS CONCENTRATING ITS EtkORTS-ON W114NING
DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT, FOCUSSING PARTICULARLY ON THE NON-ALIGNEDS.
C. THE USSR HAS PLEDGED ITS PROPAGANDA BACKING TO THE INDONESIANS,
BUT SEEMS, NEVERTHELESS TO BE COUNSELLING CAUTION.
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3. PORTUGAL PUTS DOWN REBEL ATTEMPT:
A. THE SALAZAR REGIME QUICKLY SQUELCHED THE NEW YEARS DAY ATTEMPT
BY A SMALL OPPOSITION BAND TO SEIZE AN ARMY BARRACKS IN SOUTHERN
PORTUGAL AND IS NOW MOVING AGAINST OTHER OPPOSITION ELEMENTS, OUR
EVIDENCE DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE ATTEMPT WAS COMMUNIST-LED.
B. DESPITE THE REGIMES EARLY SUCCESS IN THIS INSTANCE, WE
SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SERIOUS OUTBREAKS AHEAD. WITH THE
INITIAL IMPACT OF THE GOA SHOCK BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE, REFORM-
MINDED PORTUGUESE ARE NOW AWAITING SOME SIGN FROM SALAZAR, WHO
IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A MAJOR SPEECH ON WEDNESDAY, THAT HE IS READY
TO MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES IN ORDER TO SOLVE HIS COLONIAL PROBLEM.
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4. CONGO:
A. TSHOMBg HAS REJECTED PRESIDENT KASAVUBU'S CALL FOR THE
CONVENING OF THE KATANGA ASSEMBLY AT UN?CONTROLLED KAMINA. HE SAYS,
HOWEVER, THAT HE STILL PLANS TO HOLD AN ASSEMBLY MEETING, TO PASS
ON HIS KITONA AGREEMENT WITH ADOULA, IN ELIZABETHVILLE ON WEDNESDAY.
MEANWHILE, HE HAS PUBLICLY CONCEDED THAT HIS FORCES HAVE HAD TO
GIVE GROUND IN NORTHERN KATANGA UNDER PRESSURE FROM CONGO ARMY
FORCES.
B. IN STANLE7VILLE, GIZENGA'S POSITION SEEMS TO BE WANING
SOMEWHAT. CAIRO HAS AGAIN URGED HIM TO RETURN TO LEOPOLDVILLE,
CONTENDING THAT, OTHERWISE, HE WILL BE READ OUT OF THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT SOON.
5. MOSCOW INTIMATES CONCERN OVER US POSITION ON BERLIN:
A.
THE SOVIET
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LEADERSHIP IS CONCERNED THAT RECENT US PUBLIC STATEMENTS AS WELL
AS MILITARY MOVES RELATING TO BERLIN MEAN THAT OUR POSITION HAS,
HARDENED UNDER FRENCH AND GERMAN PRESSURE SINCE THE RUSK?GROMYKO
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? B. AMBASSADOR THOMPSON HAS HAD HIS FIRST SESSION WITH GROMYKO.
WE DO NOT YET HAVE HIS ACCOUNT.
6. LEBANESE TROUBLE SUBSIDES:
BEIRUT HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CAPTURED
MOST OF THE RINGLEADERS OF THE ABORTIVE PUTSCH. IT IS NOW CARRYING
OUT A ROUND?UP CT MEMBERS OF THE RIGHT?WING SOCIAL NATIONAL PARTY
WHICH TOUCHED OFF THE UPRISING
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VIENTIANE HAS DECIDED THAT IT WILL NOT REPLY TO SOUVANNA ON
CONDITIONS FOR .FORMING .A COALITION, BRINGING THE SITUATION TO A
TOTAL IMPASSE. AMBASSADOR BROWN HAS ASKED FOR AN IMMEDIATE AUDIENCE
WITH THE KING TO REGISTER OUR DISAPPROVAL. A PEIPING BROADCAST
STATES THAT SOUVANNA HAS LEFT FOR ABROAD.
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7. NOTES:
A. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL INDICATIONS THAT DEEP TROUBLESPOTS
IN SOVIET?GUINEAN RELATIONS HAVE NECESSITATED MIKOYAN'S HASTILY
SCHEDULED VISIT TO CONAKRY.
B. PAKISTAN SEEMS DETERMINED TO BRING THE KASHMIR ISSUE
BEFORE THE SECURITY COUNCIL THIS MONTH, A STEP ALMOST BOUND TO
HARDEN POSITIONS IN BOTH KARA HI A
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D. EGYPT, GHANA, GUINEA AND MOROCCO HAVE DECIDED TO ESTABLISH
THE HEADQUARTERS OF THEIR JOINT DEFENSE ORGANIZATION, THE SO?
CALLED AFRICAN HIGH COMMAND, IN ACCRA, UNDER AN EGYPTIAN CHIEF OF
STAFF. THEY ARE AIMING AT A COMBINED FORCE OF SOME 20,000 MEN.
?E. MOSCOW HAS SIGNIFIED HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN CAMBODIA BY
APPOINTING A SEPARATE AMBASSADOR. PREVIOUSLY, IT HAD ONE
AMBASSADOR ACCREDITED TO BOTH LAOS AND CAMBODIA. PHNOM PENH
YESTERDAY MADE NEW CHARGES OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE BORDER INCURSIONS.
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