THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 AUGUST 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995897
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 25, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-25 AUGUST 1962
1, USSR-SPACE:
?A SPACE VEHICLE WAS LAUNCHED FROM TYURATAM LATE LAST NIGHT
WITH ALL THE RESEMBLANCES OF A VENUS PROBE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN
PLACED IN AN EARTH ORBIT FAVORABLE FOR AN INJECTION INTO A TRAJEC-
TORY TOWARD VENUS,
2, ECUADOR:
THE LONG-SIMMERING POLITICAL POT FINALLY BOILED OVER YESTER-
DAY WHEN THE CABINET RESIGNED AS A BODY. THE CONGRESS IS GIVING
SOME SIGNS OF WANTING TO GO AFTER PRESIDENT AROSEMENA'S SCALP
ALSO, WE CANNOT AS YET PREDICT JUST HOW THIS WILL WORK OUT BUT
IN ANY SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATIVE WE EX-
PECT THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY TO BE DECISIVE. THE NEXT TWO OR
THREE DAYS OUGHT TO TELL THE TALE
3, US/COMMUNIST CHINA:
IN WARSAW ON THURSDAY, AMBASSADOR CABOT AT THROUGH A SES-
SION WITH WANG PING-NAN WHICH DEPARTED FROM THE USUAL BY INCLUD-
ING A TOUGHLY-WORDED COMPLAINT ABOUT US NAVAL PATROb_ACTIVITY IN
WATERS OFF THE NORTH CHINA COAST. THE SITUATIONICiANG AID, HAD
GONE "TOO FAR TO BE TOLERATED," BUT HE DID NOT SAY SPECIFICALLY
WHAT PEIPING INTENDS TO DO ABOUT IT.
4. LAOS:
A.
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PATHET LAO COMMANDERS AT T E NHOMMARATH CHECKPOINT JUST HOW TO
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PROCEED WITH A DUMMY WITHDRAWAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ICC.
WHILE TE COMMANDERS LAY LOW, CAREFULLY PICKED LIAISON PER-
SONNEL WILL PRODUCE FIVE VIETNAMESE "INSTRUCTORS" WHO WILL
BE DESCRIBED AS THE LAST SUCH GROUP TO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR
MISSION. THE "INSTRUCTORS" WILL BE FLOWN OUT BY HELICOPTER
TO NORTH VIETNAM.
B, MEANWHILE, THE KONG LE- PATHET LAO SIDE CONTINUES TO
SHOW LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT. AT LAST RE,
PORTS KONG LE TROOPS WERE SET TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK IN THE VANG
VIANG AREA (60 MILES NORTH OF VIENTIANE). TODAY, PRESUMABLY TO
DISLODGE PHOUMI TROOPS FROM ADVANCE POSITIONS ALONG THE NAM UK
RIVER,
5, NOTES:
B. ,BONN, FEELING A BUDGET PINCH AS A RESULT OF WAGE INL
CREASES RECENTLY GRANTED TO GOVERNMENT-OWNED INDUSTRIES, IS
PLANNING FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL CUTS IN 1963 DEFENSE EXPENDITURES,
.THEREBY LOWERING THE DEFENSE BUDGET BELOW THE LEVEL REQUIRED
FOR CONTINUATION OF THE PLANNED BUILD-UP,
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AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH MOSCOW IS TO SUPPLY THE YUGOSLAVS WITH
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SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES, YUGOSLAVIA THIS YEAR HAS ALREADY RE-
CEIVED TANKS, ARTILLERY AND RADAR FROM THE USSR, AND WE ARE IN,-
CLINED TO BELIEVE
D, PERU: JUNTA LEADERS HAVE BEGUN TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON
OUR EMBASSY TO GET US MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS GOING AGAIN,
F. BEN BELLA'S POLITICAL BUREAU, CLEARLY IN NEED OF MORE
TIME TO PUT ITS POLITICAL HOUSE IN ORDER, ANNOUNCED THIS.MORN-
ING THAT IT WAS POSTPONING THE PLANNED 2 SEPTE ER NATIONAL
ELECTIONS UNTIL "REAL PEACE" IS ASSURED,
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