THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 APRIL 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992320
• 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 27, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-27 APRIL 1962
1. REACTIONS TO US NUCLEAR TESTING:
THE COMMUNIST THUNDER CONTINUES, WITH THE CHIEF CLAPS IN THE
LAST 24 HOURS BEING PROVIDED BY ZORIN AND TSARAPKIN IN GENEVA.
EXCEPT FOR MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS BEFORE OUR EMBASSIES IN LONDON AND
COPENHAGEN, THE PATTERN OF REACTION IN THE NON?COMMUNIST WORLD
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OF NEUTRAL AS WELL AS ALLIED COUNTRIES, HOWEVER, ARE CITING THE
TESTS AS DEMONSTRATING THE URGENT NEED FOR PROGRESS AT THE DISARMAMENT
CONFERENCE.
2. CAMBODIA?SOUTH VIETNAM RELATIONS:
THEY APPEAR TO BE HEADED FOR THE ROCKS IN THE WAKE OF LAST
WEEK'S ATTACK ON A VIETNAMESE VILLAGE BY UNIDENTIFIED RAIDERS FROM
CAMBODIA, SAIGON IS DEMANDING QUICK SATISFACTION ON DEMANDS FOR
INDEMNITIES AND PUNISHMENT OF THE GUILTY. THE CAMBODIANS--THEIR BACKS
UP BECAUSE OF UNFOUNDED INSINUATIONS THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS
DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCIDENT--ARE SHOWING LITTLE INCLINATION
TO COMPLY. WHATEVER THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS, THE MOST DISTURBING
ASPECT OF THIS DISPUTE IS THAT IT WILL DEEPEN CAMBODIA'S PERSECUTION
COMPLEX REGARDING ITS ANTI?COMMUNIST NEIGHBORS--RELATIONS WITH
THAILAND WERE BROKEN LAST OCTOBER.
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3. LAOS:
A. PHOUMI TOLD THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR EARLIER THIS WEEK
THAT THE KING WAS "VERY DISSATISFIED" WITH THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER.
THE AMBASSADOR ADDED THAT PHOUMI, TOO, WAS "VERY DISTURBED."
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B. IN SAIGON, FOREIGN MINISTER MAU HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE?
PHOUMI?BOUN OUM AID SEEKING "GOODWILL MISSION" WILL ARRIVE LATE
NEXT WEEK. HE WAS EQUIVOCAL AS TO WHETHER HE WOULD URGE THEM TO
JOIN A COALITION GOVERNMENT LEAD BY SOUVANNA,
C. MEANWHILE, THE SOVIET AIRLIFT HAS RESUMED FLIGHTS TO TCHEPONE
IN THE SOUTH AFTER A TWO WEEK LAYOFF. WE BELIEVE THIS ACTIVITY
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4. SUKARNO KEEPS DOOR OPEN FOR NEGOTIATIONS:
A. HE TOLD HIS COUNTRYMEN YESTERDAY THAT INDONESIA PREFERRED
TO GAIN CONTROL OF WEST NEW GUINEA BY PEACEFUL MEANS AND RESUB?
SCRIBED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BUNKER PROPOSALS. SUKARNO,
HOWEVER, PROCLAIMED AGAIN HIS INTENTION OF ACHIEVING HIS OBJECTIVE
THIS YEAR, BY FORCE IF NECESSARY. ON BALANCE, THE SPEECH REFLECTS
A MOOD OF MODERATION, ALBEIT A HIGHLY PERISHABLE ONE IN THE ABSENCE
OF A POSITIVE DUTCH RESPONSE.
B. THE DUTCH, MEANWHILE, SEEM TO BE IN NO HURRY. FOREIGN
MINISTER LUNS TOLD AMBASSADOR RICE THAT HE WOULD NOT BE READY TO
RESPOND TO SECRETARY RUSK'S RECENT LETTER UNTIL THE TWO MET IN
ATHENS ON MAY 5TH,
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5. ARGENTINA:
PERON APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED THE WORD TO HIS FOLLOWERS NOT TO
CALL STRIKES OR DEMONSTRATIONS IN PROTEST AGAINST THE NULLIFICATION
OF THEIR ELECTORAL VICTORIES, BUT TO TAKE THEIR CASE TO COURT INSTEAD.
HIS ORDERS ALSO PROVIDE THAT STRONG?ARMED TACTICS HE USED ONLY IN
SUPPORT OF MORE POPULAR ISSUES, SUCH AS DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES
TO OFFSET THE RECENT SPECTACULAR RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING. AL?
THOUGH IT MAY BE MERELY A LULL BEFORE THE STORM, IT IS BEGINNING
TO LOOK AS IF ARGENTINIANS ARE IN FOR AN UNEXPECTEDLY QUIET MAY DAY.
6. NOTES:
A. THE USSR MAY HAVE TRIED
TO RECOVER SPUTNIK XVI THIS MORNING,
B. TSHOMBE, CLOAKED IN UNITED NATIONS GUARANTEES FOR HIS
PERSONAL SAFETY, IS SCHEDULED TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS WITH ADOULA
IN LEOPOLDVILLE NEXT THURSDAY.
C. IN EL SALVADOR, COMMUNIST FRONT LEADERS HAVE STAGED AT LEAST
ONE SMALL ANTI?GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION, PERHAPS AS A WARM?UP
EXERCISE FOR EITHER SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OR MAY DAY,
OR BOTH.
D. PRIME MINISTER IKEDA
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COMMUNIST CHINA BY AN INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF JAPAN'S RULING PARTY,
THIS MAY BE A FIRST STEP IN IKEDA'S PLANS TO LOOK INTO THE PROSPECTS
FOR ESTABLISHING CLOSER ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH PEIPING
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