THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 15 FEBRUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992195
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 15, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
15 FEB. 1962
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1. Berlin events in
the air corridors
this morning
There was much Soviet activity
in the corridors during the "reserved"
period. All scheduled Allied flights
passed through safely, but a number of
incidents occurred. These included at
least the following (reporting was not
complete as of 0830):
a. A USAF C-124 was signalled to
land by a Soviet fighter\
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b. A French transport was ordered
by the Soviet controller in the Air
Safety Center not to leave Berlin or
it would be turned back. The aircraft
took off on General Norstad's order
and arrived in West Germany. We do
not yet know if it met any interference.
c. A Pan-American transport was
intercepted, but "waved on" by the
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2. Berlin air corridors:
political moves
3. Soviet-US relations:
other developments
4. French cool to
disarmament conference
a. At the special meeting called
by the Soviets this morning in the
Berlin Air Safety Center, the Soviet
representative merely repeated previous
Soviet statements on operation of the
corridors.
b. The USSR appears to be arguing
that we cannot fly in the corridors
without prior Soviet approval of each
flight, and is by implication threat-
ening to withdraw from the Berlin Air
Safety Center.
C, We see this deliberate raising
of tensions, and the hints that Khru-
shchev may show up in Geneva next
month even if Western leaders do not,
as two aspects of a play designed to
force an early summit.
a. In a meeting called by the
Soviets in Geneva yesterday, their
delegate urged that a nuclear test
agreement be reached prior to the
disarmament conference. He gave no
indications of a change in the Soviet
position.
Couve de Murville told Gavin
Tuesday that they "very likely" would
not attend.
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5. Laos
6. Indonesia-West
New Guinea
Souvanna is now definitely
scheduled to arrive in Luang Prabang
tomorrow afternoon.
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a. Dutch Foreign Minister Luns,
who still takes a more rigid line
than other Dutch officials, says the
Netherlands is considering sending
"very sizeable" troop reinforcements
to New Guinea. Our Embassy has no
evidence to support this.
C. Sukarno, who has long felt
uneasy over army chief Nasution's
political power, is trying to maneuver
him out of his army job, while re-
taining him as Minister of National
Security. This would not weaken the
army's opposition to the Communists,
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Sukarno to a middle path.
d. The Communists have scheduled
a Party Congress for March. Like most
Asian parties, the Indonesian party has
a strong pro-Chinese faction; high-level
Soviet and Chinese delegations will
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7. Soviets and Chinese
greet twelfth anniver-
sary of their treaty
of alliance with
something less than
enthusiasm
8. Congo
9. USSR will train and
equip new brigade for
Ghanaian army
In perfunctory ceremonies, the
Chinese implied that Khrushchev rather
than Mao was responsible for weakening
of the alliance. The Soviets remarked
that the USSR's great military power
would be used to protect only "friendly"
Socialist countries. Last year they
had repeated Khrushchev's pledge of
1958 that the USSR will consider "an
attack on China as an attack on the
Soviet Union."
a. Since Adoula's return to
Leopoldville, he has seemed to act
with more confidence, and has publicly
taken a somewhat more rigid line
toward Tshombe.
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A. We do not see any great significance in Castro's relinquishment
of the presidency of the National Land Reform Institute,
B. There was a sharp increase in Soviet personnel in North Vietnam
during November and December of last year;
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C. The Cubans have approached the Japanese on improving trade
relations; they told the Japanese they were seeking to do so
with Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile as well.
D. The Turkish government has begun a new series of arrests of
Menderes supporters; this will please the army but will not
contribute to political stability.
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--14 FEBRUARY 1962
No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action in the immediate future.
BERLIN: The recent Soviet efforts to impose limitations on
AllieUiril?of the air corridors appear to stem from political
rather than military motives. Such harassments can be expected to
continue; however, Communist military activity does not suggest
that the Communists expect to risk military confrontation over
Berlin in the immediate future.
LAOS: Current indications do not point to an all-out Com-
munisT-BTfensive. The available evidence indicates that the
Communists will continue their limited military pressures on
Phoumi toward formation of a coalition government on Communist
terms.
SOUTH VIETNAM: The pattern of Viet Cong subversive and
small-scale military activity remains unchanged.
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