THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 10 FEBRUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992187
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 10, 1962

La 1=7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST TOP Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 50X1 1=3 =3 1= I= =3 =3 ir1r-.7r ir1=A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06: CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 1. Laos 2. Guatemalan rebellion still smoldering 3. c a. Phoumi yesterday blocked the French Ambassador's visit to Souvanna; �the British Ambassador will probably be able to go today. b. The Soviet Embassy in Vientiane claims that a Soviet transport enroute from Xieng Khouang to Hanoi was shot up today by an "unidentified jet." We have no further information on this incident. 50X1 We have a number of indications that gnvArnent troops are still engaged as well as unconfirmed re- 50X1 ports that the rebels are in fact gain- ing. the rebelapo group, while not Communist itself, had the encouragement and support of the Guatemalan Communists, who hoped to profit from the confusion caused. 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized 'Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06: CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 50X1 C 1 I- I I- 1 r I r F-7-1 r_2 =I I:- 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 4. Czech Communist Party upheaval 1 I One Rudolf Barak, until recently regarded as Party Chief Novotny's heir apparent, has been expelled from'the party and will probably be made the scapegoat for Czech Stalinism. His downfall raises, the possibility that the Czech party is about to go through the wringer, as the Polish and Hungarian parties did after the Twentieth Soviet Party,:Congress. . . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/.68/067 CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 1:1:2 1:M3 13 f3 f=3 EEa EEE3 EMa =1 1=i ;:3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06: CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 NOTES A. No further developments in the Berlin air corridor situation have been reported. B. Opposition to Ayub's arrest of Suhrawardy has now spread to West Pakistan; it begins to look as though Ayub has made a bad mistake. C. Soviet-Iranian diplomatic fencing continues. Ambassador Holmes notes that the' latest Soviet proposal for an, agreement, while unacceptable, is "substantially more forthcoming." D. The French trade unions and student groups have called for major strikes and demonstrations Monday in protest over OAS terrorism and government handling of the riots two days ago. E. Uruguay has postponed a decision on breaking with Cuba at least until next Thursday. There were some Castroite riots in Buenos Aires yesterday. F. LATE NOTE 50X1 . We have now learned that a Soviet transport in Laos did report on Thursday that it had "repulsed fighter aircraft at airfield." 50X1 Pew Tka Prize; rlani� ("In I%/-Tnr, ccst-a-co� Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06: CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3  1=1 I r-1 r�I F-1 F-1 E:1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 DOCUMENT OF INTEREST 50X1 ,THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE T.. Declassifiedin Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06: CIA-RDP79T00936A000500350001-3 50X1 50X1