THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 MAY 1962

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 30, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-30 MAY 1962
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--30 MAY 1962
1. EAST?WEST BERLIN:
A. TENSION ALONG THE WALL, ALREADY HIGH AS A RESULT OF SHOOTINGS
AND EXPLOSIONS THAT HAVE ATTENDED ATTEMPTS BY EAST GERMANS TO ESCAPE
TO WEST BERLIN DURING THE PAST WEEK, IS LIKELY TO GO EVEN HIGHER.
PASSIONS OVER THE REFUGEE PROBLEM ARE BEING WHIPPED UP ON BOTH SIDES
BY SHRILL PROPAGANDA EXCHANGES. MAYOR BRANDT HAS AUTHORIZED HIS
MEN TO USE THEIR GUNS IF NECESSARY TO ASSIST ESCAPEES, AND THE EAST
BERLIN SECURITY FORCES SEEM TO BE MORE TRIGGER?HAPPY THAN USUAL AND
HAVE BEEN HEAVILY REINFORCED ALONG THE ENTIRE WALL.
B. MORE CLASHES BETWEEN THE OPPOSING POLICE FORCES SEEM INEVITABLE.
THE EAST GERMANS SEEM INTENT ON STEMMING THE FLOW OF ESCAPEES WHICH
IS STILL AVERAGING ABOUT 50-60 A WEEK. THEY MAY EVEN BE SEEKING AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO AN ESCAPEE INCIDENT WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO
TORPEDO MAYOR BRANDT'S PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED POLICY OF ACTIVE ASSISTANCE
TO ESCAPEES. WE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE SO FAR MADE NO
MOVE TO INTERVENE, SUGGESTING THAT FOR THE MOMENT THEY DO NOT FEEL
THAT MATTERS ARE ABOUT TO GET OUT?OF?HAND.
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2. LAOS:
A. PHOUMI AND BOUN OUM ARE DUE BACK IN VIENTIANE TODAY, BUT
PROSPECTS FOR THE CONVOCATION OF A THREE PRINCES MEETING HAVE NOT
BRIGHTENED PERCEPTIBLY. SOUVANNA HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE
KING'S OFFER OF A PRELIMINARY AUDIENCE, AND PATHET LAO ? VIET MINH
FORCES THIS MORNING RESUMED THEIR ATTACK ON BAN HOUEI SAI.
B. LATEST PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT BAN HOUEI SAI HAS NOW
BEEN ENTIRELY EVACUATED. WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED WORD THAT ENEMY
FORCES HAVE OCCUPIED THE TOWN.
C. LATE PRESS REPORTS ANNOUNCE THE RESCUE BY HELICOPTER OF THE
TWO MISSING US PERSONNEL
D. WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS SHOWING THAT NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS
IN NORTHERN LAOS ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP PRO?SOUVANNA
FORdES FROM SHOWING THE FLAG IN THE NAM THA AREA. ?IN ONE INSTANCE,
THEY THREATENED TO WIPE OUT A CONTINGENT OF KONG LE TROOPS IF IT "DID
NOT MOVE BACK," SAYING THAT THEY (THE VIETNAMESE) HAD LIBERATED NAM
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3. EEC DEVELOPMENTS:
A. A CUBAN REQUEST FOR ACCREDITATION TO THE EEC IS ON ICE WHILE
MEMBERS MULL OVER THE PROS AND CONS OF KEEPING HAVANAAT ARMS LENGTH,
OR OF ENCOURAGING IT TO DEVELOP CLOSER TIES WITH THE FREE WORLD. US
VIEWS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.
B. ANOTHER MINISTERIAL SESSION GOT UNDER WAY IN BRUSSELS YESTER?
DAY TO CONSIDER BRITAIN'S ACCESSION TO THE ORGANIZATION, WITH SIGNS
THAT BOTH SIDES ARE DISPOSED TO GIVE A LITTLE ON COMMONWEALTH
PREFERENCE AND TARIFF ISSUES.
4. USSR?CUBA:
A LARGE SOVIET DELEGATION, HEADED BY A HIGH?RANKING PARTY
ARRIVED IN HAVANA ON MONDAY.
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FUNCTIONARY;
MOSCOW IS UPSET BY CASTRO'S TREATMENT OF OLD?LINE COMMUNISTS AND BY HIS
INABILITY TO SET HIS ECONOMIC HOUSE IN ORDER, WE SUSPECT THAT MOSCOW
HAS DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR A SEARCHING EVIEW OF THE SOVIET PROGRAM
IN CUBA. THE RECALL YESTERDAY OF THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR MAY BE ANOTHER
SIGN OF THE USSR'S DISPLEASURE AND INTENT TO TIGHTEN ITS POLITICAL
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. INDONESIA ? WEST NEW GUINEA:
A. A SENIOR INDONESIAN ARMY OFFICER CLAIMS THAT INDONESIAN FORCES
HAVE ESTABLISHED A FIRM FOOTHOLD IN WEST NEW GUINEA WHICH HE WAS CON?
FIDENT WOULD BE STEADILY EXPANDED. HE NOTED, INCIDENTALLY, THAT THE
DUTCH TROOPS ENGAGED IN THE CURRENT FIGHTING WERE GREENHORNS AT JUNGLE
WARFARE AS COMPARED TO THE SEASONED GUERRILLA FIGHTERS THAT THE INDO-
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B. MEANWHILE, THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE INDONESIANS MAY SOON BEGIN
AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF DUTCH POSITIONS ON WEST NEW GUINEA. THE INDO?
NESIANS ARE MOVING JET BOMBERS TO ADVANCE BASES IN EAST INDONESIA,
AND BOMBS FOR THEIR AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN ORDERED FROM DJAKARTA AS AN
"URGENT REQUIREMENT." IF THE INDONESIANS RESORT TO BOMBING, THE
DUTCH WILL RETALIATE.
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C. IN THE, CONGO, ADOULA AND TSHOMBE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE: ACCEPTED
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