THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 FEBRUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992211
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 24, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--24 FEBRUARY 1962
1. .KEY SOVIET AMBASSADORS IN MOSCOW: IMPORTANT FOREIGN POLICY
HUDDLE MAY BE UNDERWAY:
THE SOVIET AMBASSADORS TO THE US, BRITAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY
ARE ALL THERE NOW AND THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT A NUMBER OF
THE ENVOYS TO BLOC CAPITALS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON HAND RECENTLY. THIS
IS ON TOP OF THE SUMMONING HOME OF ABRAMOV FROM LAOS AND PUSHKIN
FROM THE GENEVA CONFERENCE. AMBASSADOR THOMPSON, WHO HAS NOTED
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, CABLES THAT SOME MAJOR TURN IN SOVIET FOREIGN
POLICY SEEMS TO BE UPCOMING. THE PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING
SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON MARCH 5 IS SLATED TO CENTER ON AGRICULTURAL
PRO LEMS, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT ANY CRUCIAL FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS
TO BE AIRED THERE ALSO.
2, CONGO:
A. TSHOMBE, ON THE CREST OF HIS RECENT REAL ESTATE GAINS IN
NORTHERN KATANGA, YESTERDAY DECLARED HIS READINESS TO MEET WITH
ADOULA IN LEOPOLDVILLE, HE NOW SAYS HE WILL SETTLE FOR UN, RATHER
THAN US, SECURITY GUARANTEES. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEGUN
AIRLIFTING TROOPS " INTO ALBERTVILLE, IN NORTHEAST
KATANGA, BUT THE WAY THE OPERATION IS GOING IT WILL BE A MATTER OF
MANY DAYS BEFORE A FORCE OF ANY CONSEQUENCE HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED.
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B. THE RETAKING OF THE TERRITORY IN NORTHERN KATANGA Y
TSHOMBE'S FORCES, IT NOW APPEARS, CAME ABOUT WHEN NATIONAL ARMY
ELEMENTS THERE SIMPLY PULLED OUT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF PAY.
C. UN CHIEF GARDINER, RESPONDING TO AM ASSADOR GULLION'S
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN ON THE KATANGA SITUATION, HAS PROFESSED
HIMSELF IN FAVOR OF RESTRAINT ON THE PART OF THE UN.
3. LAOS:
SOUVANNA, IN CONSULTATION WITH WESTERN AMBASSADORS IN VIENTIANE,
YESTERDAY CAME UP WITH A REVISED CABINET LIST WHICH COMES CLOSER
TO US VIEWS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE "NEUTRALIST" CENTER GROUPING.
THE AMBASSADORS MADE THE POINT, ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOUVANNA, THAT HE
WILL HAVE TO GET SOUPHANNOUVONG'S STAMP OF APPROVAL ON IT BEFORE
WE GO TO WORK ON PHOUMI.
4, TURKEY:
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IT IS-BECOMING'INCREASINGLY CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT THE
CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE MORTGAGED MUCH OF ITS AUTHORITY TO
THE MILITARY AS THE PRICE OF SURVIVAL,
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5. NATO REACTION ON CUBAN TRADE CONTROLS
THE REACTION TO OUR PROPOSAL HAS SO FAR BEEN GENERALLY
HESITANT WITH MOST MEMBERS REGISTERING MISGIVINGS ABOUT INTRODUCING
NEW RESTRICTIONS UNTIL THE OAS COUNTRIES HAVE PUT EFFECTIVE CUR
INTO PRACTICE. MANY OF THEM CITE THE SMALLNESS OF THEIR CURRENT
TRADE WITH CUBA AND SELF?IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON E EXPORT OF
ARMS AND STRATEGIC GOODS. THE DUTCH AND BELGIANS HAVE DONE SOME
NEEDLING TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE FULL US SUPPORT IN
THEIR PROBLEMS, BUT ONLY THE PORTUGUESE HAVE GONE BEYOND THIS TO
HINT AT MORE RATHER THAN LESS TRADE WITH CUBA.
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6, NOTES:
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B. BRAZILIAN PRIME MINISTER NEVES' DAYS IN OFFICE SEEM TO
BE NUMBERED, BOTH PRESIDENT GOULART AND HIS OWN PARTY WOULD LIKE
TO DROP HIM, HIS ROLE HAS BEEN PRETTY THOROUGHLY FECKLESS.
C. PEIPING HAS BEEN STEPPING UP THE INDOCTRINATION OF CHINESE
PARTY MEMBERS ALONG LINES DESIGNED TO PREPARE THEM FOR A FURTHER
DETERIORATION IN SINO?SOVIET RELATIONS,
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