THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 22 MARCH 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992258
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 22, 1962

= 12:2 E=2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 22 MAR. 1962 �TCYrIEC�RE-T-- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 ( 1=1 r -1 1-4 I i i r=1 r - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 1. Argentina 2. France-Algeria a. Latest indications are that non-Peronist labor leaders have pre- vailed on the Peronists to call off the general strike which had been laid on for Friday. b. Military leaders are still not of one mind on Frondizi's future, but a majority now favor leaVing him in place in return for a veto over appointment of a new cabinet. C. The arrival of Prince Philip, scheduled for this afternoon, seems likely to provide some more cooling- off time. F a. Oran was the main trouble spot yesterday, but the OAS �terror campaign is still not on a massive scale. French military and security forces, which suffered some casualties in the clash with the OAS in Oran, are holding fast, although they have not faced a really big test yet, and 50X1 Moslem leaders have been able to restrain their followers./ n� ���I ��� � I . ����� I . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 r I r=1 1 4 1=1 1=1 1=1 ir Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 3. Syria-Israeli border a. Local military moves on both sides continue. Syrian forces in the area remain on full alert and all taxis at band there have been commandeered for possible transport service. 50X1 50X1 There is, however, no 50X1 solid support for yesterday's chargeraoxi and countercharges concerning air, clashes. 50X1 b. Jordanian forces are being augmented where the borders of the 3 countries converge 50X1 50X1 There are also some indications that the Syrians look for Iraq to provide some help if needed. c. There are, nevertheless, some signs that neither Damascus nor Tel Aviv wants a large-scale confrontation50X1 The Syrians have agreed to permit the UN to establish an observation post in the clash areai I Both sides are planning to bring the issue before the Security Council. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved ior Refasle 201-5/08706 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6  1=1 1=1 17:=1 7 I I I' 1 1-1 t Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 4. Berlin access 5. Ydigoras set to take initiative 6. South Vietnam [ a. No one was hurt in yesterday's incident in East Germany when East German police fired on and disabled a US Military Liaison vehicle. This may have been more harassment, but it more nearly resembles the March 10 incident involving a British vehicle which was a case of bad judgment on the part of the East Germans. b. Soviet flights in the 50X1 southern corridor this morning have been completed,: 50X1 With another day behind him, his chances of holding on to the Presi- dency continue to improve, but the job of restoring political stability promises to be long and difficult. On Monday and Tuesday nights a joint US-South Vietnamese radar station picked up evidence which could be interpreted as reflecting airdrops in support of Viet Cong forces A high- priority effort is underway to try to pin down the facts. The South Vietnamese government thinks the evidence is good and has asked us to bring in interceptor aircraft and antiaircraft weapons. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy A.pproved f.or Releae 2015/08[06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 50X1 L Ti r=-7-1 iit )1. 1t1 I ill (=II 1 1 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 7. Tshombe-Adoula talks Their third meeting yesterday turned on constitutional questions-- the definition of federal vs. provin- cial rights--and it looks as though it will take many more sessions to produce any kind of substantive progregs. Tshombe seems, however, to be leaning 50X1 over backwards to appear conciliatory( /back in Elisabethville extremist elements continue to declare that they want no part of reconciliation. 8. Foreign students in Another foreign student--a Ghanaian Moscow again register claiming to speak for 20 of his disgruntlement countrymen--has appeared at our Embassy in Moscow to ask help in relocating to a US institution. The Embassy has reported an average of 10 such visits a month since September. The complaints in this case were very much like those which have come before: poor living conditions, an over-surfeit of propaganda, language problems, and the color line. Declassified in Part - Sanitized-Copy-"App-roved for Ref-eas'e 2016/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 NOTES A. �The Dominican Embassy here has recommended that Munoz Mann's support be enlisted in the effort to get early restitution of the Dominican quota of the Cuban sugar windfall. This is also the principal mission of Foreign min'ster Bonilla who arrived in Washington Tuesday. 50X1 B. The Ulbricht regime is cutting its party and government apparatus back by about 10 percent, the aim being to reduce uneconomic overhead and to increase the industrial force. 50X1 C. Relations between India and Nepal have taken a momentary turn for the better, with both sides working to ease the strains arising from the rebel activities of Nepalese exiles. A visit to New Delhi by King Mahendra sometime next month now seems likely. D. The Chinese Communists are on the verge of suspending merchant shipping operations in the Canton area because of a shortage of marine fuel. The shortage Could also account for the limited activity of the South China naval fleet which has been noted daring February and March. -ri r. � I . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : dIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 50X1 1�i f I f 1 ET1 r7---11 1=1 1=1 1=1 1=1 f-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--2l March 1962 On the basis of findings by its Watch Committee, the United States Intelligence Board concludes that: No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to initiate direct military action in the immediate future. BERLIN: Soviet harassing and probing tactics against Allied acces-g�TZ�fferlin will continue, especially in the air corridors. Bloc military activity suggests that the Communists do not intend their actions to provoke military confrontation in the immediate future. LAOS: Although the negotiations are stalemated, we do not see COT-Cations that the Communists intend to renew major hostilities in the immediate future. SOUTH VIETNAM: Despite vigorous government military operations, the Viet Cong continue aggressive operations against lines of com- munications and isolated guard posts. The Soviet statement of 17 Mara) appears to be no more than an intensification of bloc propa- ganda against United States assistance to South Vietnam. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 r= E3 EZZ1 13 (;D Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6 DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 50X1 50X1 ��� I � I . ����� I n� go. . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000600310001-6