THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 3 JANUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992121
• 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 3, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--3 JANUARY 1962
1. LAOS:
A. FOLLOWING PHOUMI '8 REJECTION OF SOUVANNA'S PROPOSALS, SOUVANNA
LEFT FOR PARIS. HE HAS SAID HE IS WILLING TO COME BACK IF PHOUMI
CHANGES HIS ATTITUDE, BUT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS WILL HAPPEN
UNLESS THE US EXERTS FULL PRESSURE OR STOPS AID COMPLETELY.
B. PRIOR TO HIS DECISION, PHOUMI INFORMED THE VIENTIANE
CABINET OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT US AID MIGHT BE CUT
OFF BUT HIS
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REMARKS SUGGEST HE BELIEVES THE US IS BLUFFING.
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AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE FIGHTING STARTED AGAIN IS NOT UNLIKELY..
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C. AMBASSADOR BROWN SAW JHA KING THIS MORNING, BUT WAS
UNABLE TO GET ANYTHING HELPFUL OUT OF HIM.
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2. THOMPSON?GROMYKO TALK:
THOMPSON SAYS "THERE WERE NO SURPRISES, NO GIVE, AND THE ONLY
ITEM OF SIGNIFICANCE WAS THAT HE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN AN
INTERNATIONAL ACCESS AUTHORITY."
3. OAS MEETING DEVELOPMENTS:
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B. EMBASSY QUITO) BELIEVES THAT THE DANGER OF A VIOLENT LEFTIST
REACTION WILL PREVENT ECUADOR FROM SUPPORTING STRONG ACTION AGAINST
CUBA, AND THAT ECUADOR WILL END UP ABSTAINING.
C. IN A RADIO SPEECH LAST NIGHT FRONDIZI SAID THAT ARGENTINA
AND THE US WOULD "PURSUE A COMMON PURPOSE" AT THE MEETING, BUT DID
NOT SPECIFY HOW.
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4. COMMON MARKET DEADLOCK IN SECOND STAGE:
THE SIX HAVE FOUND A LEGAL DEVICE FOR CIRCUMVENTING THE YEAR-END
DEADLINE ON AGREEMENT. BEFORE RECESSING SATURDAY THEY HAD MADE
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS, AND THERE IS SOME CHANCE THE WEST GERMANS
WILL GIVE IN ON THE REMAINING AGRICULTURAL QUESTIONS WHEN THE
MEETING RESUMES TOMORROW.
5. DETERIORATING POLITICAL SITUATION IN BURMA:
ECONOMIC STAGNATION UNDER U NU 'S MAL-eADMI NIS TRA TI ON HAS GIVEN
THE LEFTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY. U NU' S PARTY IS BADLY SPLIT, W I TH THE
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AFFECTED ETHNIC MINORITIES.
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6. NOTES:
A. EMBASSY LISBON BELIEVES THAT IN NEGOTIATING THE AZORES
BASE AGREEMENT THIS YEAR, THE PORTUGUESE WILL INSIST, AS A
MINIMUM, ON SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT ACT
TO HASTEN THE;LIQUIDATION OF THE PORTUGUESE EMPIRE,
B. NO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE
CONGO. TWO SOVIET TRANSPORTS ARE ENROUTE WITH RED CROSS SUPPLIES,
AND THERE IS SOME QUESTION WHETHER ADOULA WILL IN THIS CASE STILL
STICK TO HIS REQUIREMENT THAT ALL FOREIGN AID BE CHANNELED THROUGH
THE UN.
C. PRESIDENT BETANCOURT APPEARS TO BE HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY
WITH A RADICAL NATIONALIST FACTION WITHIN HIS OWN DEMOCRATIC ACTION
PARTY. THE PROBLEM WILL PROBABLY COME TO A HEAD AT THE PARTY'S
CONVENTION LATER THIS MONTH.
D. THE MOP?UP IN LEBANON CONTINUES. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW
RUMBLING ABOUT FOREIGN SUPPORT OP THE PLOTTERS, SPECIFICALLY
ACCUSING PROPONENTS OF A "GREATER SYRIA."
E. THE AFRICAN STATES ARE DISCUSSING WHETHER TO BRING PRESSURE
ON INDIA NOT TO RELEASE PORTUGUESE TROOPS CAPTURED IN GOA, LEST
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