THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 31 MARCH 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992276
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 31, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
31 MAR. 1962 50X1
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1. Laos
a. Phoumi, viewing US policy
as aimed at replacing him, is taking
,steps to make it possible for Laos
to resistAmerican pressures. The
cabinet has approved belt-tightening
economic measures/
/ Foreseeing the
possibility of a full break with the
US, closer relations are being sought.
with France, although the French have
:again told the Laotians they support
a Souvanna solution. DelegatiOnS are
to be sent to Europe and Southeast
Asia to seek, aid, and diplomatic
missions have already received prelimi-
? nary instructions on approaches to be
made. 50X1
50X1 b. 'Sarit is still publicly backing
US policyon Laos
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2. Argentina
. a., Meetings of Peronista
leaders in Montevideo and Buenos
Aires suggest that the Peronista
high command Is planning to oppose'
repressive measures,by-the military,
even at the cost of civil war. Re-
portedly they have received arms
and plan to move by 1 May.
b. Guido, now in the presidency
with the reported agreement of Frondizi,
has agreed to submit to Congress laws
to proscribe totalitarian parties
(Peronistas and Communists); and to
so modify the basic labor law as to
strip politcal power from the Peronista
General Confederation of Labor. Frondizi's
art which controls Congress, is 50X1
favoring Guido's finishing 50X1
Frondizi's term in preference to having
new elections.. ?
c. The Brazilian attitude on
relations with the new Argentine
regime is somewhat ambivalent. The
government has announced that it
interprets Guido's succession to
office as legal, while Foreign Minister
Dantas-haS declared that a decision
now on the question of recognition
would be premature.
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3. Berlin Access
4. France-Algeria
5. West New. Guinea
a. Soviet flights scheduled. for
yesterday were cancelled and none were
scheduled for today. Flight activity
in the corridors for the past two weeks
suggests that Moscow is satisfied with
the limited gains to date and plans
no major new moves on air access at
present.
b. The Soviets appear to be
concentrating their efforts on Western
ground access and Military Liaison
Missions, which may become the object
of new moves in the near future.
OAS activity in Oran
and Algiers to continue until the
leaders around Salan are liquidated.
The OAS has shifted to hit-and-run
terrorism and sabotage which ,will be
more difficult to handle than direct
attacks. Assassination attempts
against the provisional executive
may occur.
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a. Ambassador Malik wants Sukarno
to continue the talks and feels Sukarno's
"no progress" statement--with which he
disagrees--resulted from pressure from
the left.
b. Dutch Foreign Minister Luns
told Ambassador Rice on 28 March that
the Dutch would fight if necessary to
keep their pledge to the Papuans of an
opportunity to express a Choice before
being transferred to IndonAsin
Indonesian reconhaissance and in-
filtration operations were to continue
at least through yesterday.
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6. Syria ,
7. India
The military junta that took ,
charge this week may change abruptly
in the near future. Senior conservative
officers reMain as spokesmen for the,
regime, but the failure to give important
roles to the radical leftist officers
whose pressures forced the takeover
may cause them to try to 'seize control50X1
for themselves.
c. India, although interested in
a Communist Chinese proposal to recognize
India's claims to part of Ladakh and give
it use of a road there, is taking a hard
line at present as it believes its
bargaining position on the boundary
dispute is improving because of Peiping's
desire to clean up-its reputation in -
Asia.
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8. Ecuador prepares to
break with Cuba
Arosemena has asked non-Communist
leaders to organize anti-Cuban demon-
strations in order that final action
will not appear to be in response to
recent military demands. Six political
parties plan to demand a break And
Arosemena has called for a plebiscite
on the issue The announced resigna-
tion of the cabinet Was apparently
for the purpose of getting rid of
the three members who oppose the break.
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NOTES
A. The governor of Brazil's Guanabara state has expropriated the
Canadian-owned Rio de Janeiro telephone system.
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C. The various factions of the Algerian leadership are experiencing
some initial problems in establishing their pecking order--as
between military and civilian, and between contending civilians.
D. Havana radio has a lot to say about the issues behind the trial
of the invasion prisoners, but little news about the trial itself
has leaked through. According to the broadcasts the prisoners
have been divided into three categories for sentencing - execution,
penal labor; political indoctrination.
E. Greek Foreign Minister Averoff expects the USSR to step up its
propaganda attacks against Greece which may reach a peak during
the May NATO meeting in Athens, which is already the subject of
Bloc complaints.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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