THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 23 APRIL 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992312
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 23, 1962

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PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--23 APRIL 1962
1. ARGENTINE DEVELOPMENTS:
ALTHOUGH SATURDAY'S AGREEMENT BETWEEN RIVAL MILI?
TARY GROUPS HAS APPARENTLY GIVEN GUIDO THE GO?AHEAD TO TRY
FOR A "CONSTITUTIONAL? SOLUTION, HE REMAINS UNDER HEAVY-PRES?
SURE TO BLOCK THE PERONISTS. THE NAVY DECLARED YESTERDAY
THAT THE MARCH ELECTIONS MUST BE VOIDED COME WHAT MAY. THE
SCENE HAS NOW SHIFTED, HOWEVER, TO THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS,
WHICH MUST PRODUCE THE LEGISLATION. THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AN EMERGENCY SESSION TODAY. BY LAW, ,
THE CHAMBER MUST DECIDE BY THURSDAY ON WHO WILL BE SEATED,
IF THE OUTCOME DOES NOT SATISFY THE MILITARY, GUIDO MAY HAVE
TO RECESS CONGRESS AND RULE BY DECREE.
2, NEW MOVES AGAINST YDIGORAS THREATEN:
GUATEMALAN EXTREMISTS ARE POISED FOR A NEW ATTEMPT TO PROVOKE
VIOLENCE AND MAY MAKE THEIR MOVE TODAY, FEARING A COMMUNIST
TAKEOVER IF YDIGORAS IS UNSEATED, LEADERS OF THE MODERATE OP?
POSITION HAVE ORGANIZED A CITIZENS COMMITTEE WHICH IS WORKING
FOR A PEACEFUL COMPROMISE UNDER WHICH YDIGORAS WOULD BROADEN
HIS GOVERNMENT AND AGREE TO LIMITATIONS ON HIS AUTHORITY. tON
THE URGING OF BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE MODERATES, HEMISPHERE
DIPLOMATS, INCLUDING OUR AMBASSADOR, ARE TRYING TO HELP OUT
WITH THE CONCILIATION EFFORT. AMBASSADOR BELL DESCRIBES THE
SITUATION AS GRAVE BUT NOT YET BEYOND SALVAGING.
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3. CONGO:
ADOULA RETURNED TO LEOPOLDVILLE SATURDAY, AND THERE
IS MORE OPTIMISM THERE NOW THAN BEFORE THAT THE TALKS WITH
TSHOMBE WILL BE RESUMED
HE UN REPRESENTATIVE IN LEOPOLDVILLE HAS THE
IMPRESSION THAT TSHOMBE MAY BE THINKING OF THROWING HIMSELF
"ACTIVELY AND PERSONALLY" INTO LEOPOLDVILLE AND CONGO POLITICS,
4,
SYRIAN MOVE TO LEFT CONTINUES:
IN A BROAD POLICY STATEMENT ON SATURDAY, PREMIER
AZMAH CONFIRMED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WILL SEEK TO ACCOMODATE
THE SOCIALIST AND PAN-ARAB PRESSURES WHICH BROUGHT HIM INTO
OFFICE. HIS POLICY OUTLINE CALLS FOR THE RENATIONALIZATION
OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL OPERATION AND THE REIN-
STATEMENT OF THE AGRARIAN REFORMS BEGUN UNDER NASIR BUT CAN-
CELLED AFTER THE SPLIT WITH CAIRO.
5. NOTES:
A. THE KING OF NEPAL WHO ENDS HIS 5-DAY INDIAN
VISIT TODAY, HAS OBTAINED SOME SATISFACTION FROM NEW DELHI ON
A MAJOR SORE POINT: THE ACTIVITY OF THE EXILES WHO HAVE BEEN
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OPERATING AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT FROM INDIA. .IN RETURN FOR.
THEIR PROMISE TO KEEP A TIGHTER REIN ON THE. EXILES, THE IN?
DIANS ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FALLING OFF IN NEPAL'S FLIRTATIONS
WITH COMMUNIST CHINA,
B. THE KARAMANLIS GOVERNMENT IS BEING CREDITED
WITH A GOOD PERFORMANCE IN ITS HANDLING OF THE FRIDAY .DEMON?
STRATION IN ATHENS, WHICH WAS LARGE AND .NOISY BUT PRODUCED NO
SERIOUS INJURIES. HOWEVER, THE OPPOSITION IS HEARTENED BY
THE TURNOUT AND INTENDS TO PROMOTE MORE DEMONSTRATIONS, IN
THE HOPE OF FORCING NEW ELECTIONS,
C. THE SIGNS IN BELGRADE ARE THAT THE GROMYKO
VISIT. DID NOT HAVE ANY TANGIBLE RESULTS BUT DID CONTINUE THE
TREND TOWARD A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN SOVIET?YUGOSLAV RELA?
TIONS.
D. THERE WAS MORE MIGRATION INTO THAN OUT OF WEST
BERLIN LAST MONTH, JUST AS THERE WAS IN FEBRUARY, WHEN THE
MOVEMENT WHICH BEGAN WHEN THE WALL WENT UP WAS FIRST CHECKED.
HOWEVER, THE CITY'S POPULATION IS STILL DECREASING (BY ABOUT
4,000 IN JANUARY), BECAUSE OF THE EXCESS OF DEATHS OVER BIRTHS.
MOREOVER, THE WORK FORCE WILL PROBABLY SHOW A THREE PERCENT
DROP IN 1962 UNLESS ENOUGH WORKERS CAN BE BROUGHT IN--ABOUT
15,000--TO OFFSET RETIREMENTS AND DEATHS.
E. THE SUPREME SOVIET MEETING HAS OPENED IN MOSCOW.
A PRE?TEST SPEECH BY KHRUSHCHEV IS EXPECTED, BUT ITS SCHEDUL?
ING HAS NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.
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