THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 5 MAY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992330
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 5, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
PRECEDENCE
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5 MAY 1962
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TO: GENERAL MCHUGH EYES ONLY TOR ME PRESIDENT
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THE PRESIDENT' UITELUGENCE CHECKLIST-5 MAY 1962
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--5 MAY 1962
1. SOVIET
2. .ALGERIA
A. THE DE GAULLE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY. REAFFIRMED ITS
DETERMINATION SCRUPULOUSLY TO OBSERVE THE TERMS OF THE EVIAN
ACCORDS AS WELL AS TO INSTITUTE MORE DRASTIC MEASURES AIMED AT
CURBING OAS TERRORISM. BY WAY OF UNDERSCORING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT,
SEVERAL FRENCH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN ORAN ON CHARGES
OF COMPLICITY IN RECENT BOMBING OUTRAGES.
? B. POLAND IS ON THE VERGE OF EXTENDING DE FACTO RECOGNITION
TO THE ALGERIAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL MAKE IT 100
PERCENT AS YAR AS THE EUROPEAN SATELLITES ARE CONCERNED.
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3. VENEZUELAN REVOLT:
A. A 400?MAN MARINE BATTALION SUPPORTED BY LOCAL ARMY,
POLICE AND NATIONAL GUARD UNITS SEIZED THE SMALL CITY OF CARUPANO
IN EASTERN VENEZUELA YESTERDAY MORNING AND DEMANDED THE RESIG?
NATION OF PRESIDENT BETANCOURT, REPORTS AS TO WHO IS BEHIND
THE UPRISING GENERALLY POINT TO THE
COMMUNISTS AND CASTROITES. THE INSURGENCY SO FAR HAS BEEN
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LOCALIZED, EXCEPT FOR A FLURRY OF MINOR SYMPATHY DEMONSTRATIONS
IN CARACAS AND ONE OR TWO OTHER CITIES. THE GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER,
IS TAKING NO CHANCES AND HAS PUT ALL MILITARY UNITS ON ALERT
STATUS.
B. BETANCOURT, IN AN EMERGENCY BROADCAST LAST NIGHT, ISSUED
AN ULTIMATUM ORDERING THE REBELS TO SURRENDER TODAY OR BE TAKEN
"BY ASSAULT." HE MEANS BUSINESS--AS WHEN HE PUT DOWN A SIMILAR
UPRISING IN 1960--AND SEEMS TO HAVE HIS MILITARY FORCES DEPLOYED
AGAINST THE REBELS IN SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO MAKE HIS THREAT
STICK, HE ALSO SUSPENDED CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES AND IS SAID
TO BE CONSIDERING A CLAMP DOWN ON THE COMMUNISTS AND THEIR
SYMPATHIZERS,
4. LAOS:
A. IN PARIS, SOUVANNA HAS PROMISED TO GIVE US A COPY OF
A POINT-BY-POINT ANSWER TO PHOUMI'S OVERTURES FOR RESUMING
NEGOTIATIONS WHICH HE INTENDS TO DELIVER TO THE LAO CHARGE
_TODAY. HE ALSO APPEARED RECEPTIVE TO OUR URGING THAT HE OFFER
TO NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH PHOUMI RATHER THAN TO INSIST ON
REPRESENTATIVES OF
PRELIMINARY TALKS BETWEEN/THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT AND HIS ASSOCIATES
IN KHANG KHAY.
B. MEANWHILE, THE PHOUMI BOUN OUM MISSION SEEKING MORAL
AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FROM FRIENDLY ASIAN COUNTRIES DREW A BLANK
IN SEOUL.
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5, INDIA-PAKISTAN SQUABBLE:
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO ARE AT THE LOWEST EBB IN YEARS
DUE TO THE SIMULTANEOUS FLARE-UPS OF THE CHRONIC PROBLEMS OF
KASHMIR, HINDU-MOSLEM FRICTION, AND THE DIVISION OF WATER
RIGHTS, THE INDIANS ARE ESPECIALLY SORE ABOUT KARACHI'S
INTENTION TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA CON-
CERNING THE DEMARCATION OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN CHINA AND THE
PAKISTANI-HELD PORTION OF KASHMIR.
6. HONG KONG:
THERE HAS BEEN
AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY INFLUX OF CHINESE REFUGEES IN THE PAST FEW
DAYS AS A RESULT OF A RECENT RELAXATION OF COMMUNIST BORDER
CONTROLS, IN SOME CASES, COMMUNIST GUARDS--INCLUDING REGULAR
ARMY TROOPS--HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED THE REFUGEES TO "ESCAPE."
THE REASONS FOR THIS ARE NOT YET CLEAR, AND IT IS TOO EARLY TO
SAY WHETHER IT IS A MANIFESTATION OF A LOCAL INITIATIVE OR A
REFLECTION OF ORDERS FROM PEIPING. IN ANY EVENT, THE BRITISH
ARE CAUGHT IN THE NO-WIN POSITION OF BEING CONFRONTED WITH A
POTENTIALLY UNMANAGEABLE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM IF THEY LET
CONTINUE
THE FLOOD-GATES DOWN AND WORLD-WIDE CONDEMNATION IF THEY/TURNING
THE REFUGEES BACK.
7. NOTES:
A.
A POWERFUL GROUP OF SYRIAN ARMY OFFICERS
ARE DEMANDING THAT THE QUDSI'GOVERNWENT EITHER IMPROVE ITS
PERFORMANCE TO THEIR SATISFACTION, OR STEP ASIDE.
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? B. YDIGORAS HAS TALKED SOME INFLUENTIAL BUSINESS AND PRO,-
FESSIONAL GROUPS INTO SUPPORTING HIS CARETAKER REGIME.) AND
THEREBY GAINS A BIT OF A BREATHING SPELL IN HIS EIGHT-WEEK
BATTLE TO STAY IN OFFICE.
C. THE SOVIET PRESS HAS BEEN LOADED WITH ARTICLES ABOUT
TITOVS VISIT, APPROVING THE FRIENDLY RECEPTION ACCORDED HIM
AND COMMENTING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A JOINT US-USSR FLIGHT
TO THE MOON.
D. INDONESIA HAS MADE SIX OR SEVEN TRIES TO INFILTRATE
WEST NEW GUINEA
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