THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 17 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995933
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 17, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-717 SEPTEMBER 1962
1. LAOS:
A, WE HAVE STRONG EVIDENCE
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PRESENCE OF NORTH VIETNAMESE IN CENTRAL LAOS', LAST SATURDAY:, A
NEUTRALIST HEADQUARTERS IN NHOMMARATH REPORTED TO KHANG KHAY THAT
ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE HAD LEFT SAVANNAKHET
PROVINCE, THAT NONE HAD LEFT KHAMMOUANE PROVINCE, AND THAT THE
REST ARE "STILL. WITH THE PATHET LAO AND STAYING CONCEALED,"
B, APPARENTLY DIEM PLANS TO BREAK RELATIONS WITH VIENTIANE
AS SOON AS HANOI'S AMBASSADOR IS OFFICIALLY RECEIVED, WHICH MAY
BE SEVERAL DAYS YET.
2, COMMUNIST CHINA - US:
A, COMMUNIST CHINA'S AMBASSADOR WANG IN WARSAW HAS ASKED FOR
AN EMERGENCY MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR CABOT. WE ASSUME IT WILL BE
THE OCCASION FOR A BLAST AT US FOR THE U-2 INCIDENT AND ALSO FOR
OUR NAVAL PATROL ACTIVITIES WHICH YESTERDAY BROUGHT FORTH
PEIPING'S LATEST "SERIOUS WARNING."
B, AMBASSADOR CABOT WILL NOT BE IN WARSAW UNTIL WEDNESDAY,
3. BRAZIL:
A, WITH MOST OF THE MILITARY SHOWING LITTLE DISPOSITION TO
BACK HIM IN A SHOWDOWN, PRESIDENT GOULART DECIDED ON SATURDAY
THAT THE BETTER PART OF VALOR WOULD BE TO BOW TO THE WILL OF
CONGRESS AND ACCEPT 6 JANUARY AS THE DATE FOR HIS PLEBISCITE ON
THE FUTURE OF BRAZIL'S PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM. THIS DONE, AND
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WITH CONGRESS ADJOURNED AND THE STRIKE CALLED OFF, THE SOUND
AND FURY OF THE PAST WEEK HAVE RECEDED,
B. THE CONGRESSMEN ARE NOW BACK HOME FOR A FEW WEEKS OF
POLITICKING BEFORE ELECTIONS EARLY NEXT MONTH, GOULART IS
BUSYING HIMSELF WITH ASSEMBLING A GOVERNMENT FOR THE INTERIM,
4, SPAIN:
A, MADRID, IS ABOUT TO RELINQUISH
CONTROL OVER LABOR SYNDICATES AND TURN THEM OVER TO THE WORKERS.
B. A FORMER BOSS OF. THE. STATE-CONTROLLED SYNDICATES IS ?
CURRENTLY IN THE US WITH AUTHORIZATION FROM-FRANCO TO SEEK
OUT ADVICE AND SUPPORT FROM AFL/CIO LEADERS,
5. SYRIA:
- A, . SYRIA'S LATEST GOVERNMENT CRISIS HAS PASSED WITH THE
PARLIAMENT GIVING NEUTRALIST PREMIER AL-AZM A von OF CONFI-
DENCE AND POWER TO DECREE FOR ONE YEAR. .AT THE END
OF THIS TIME, SYRIA IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD GENERAL ?ELECTIONS AND
RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
B. THE ARMY, WHICH DOES NOT LIKE THIS MUCH AND DISLIKES
AL-AZM EVEN MORE, HAS APPARENTLY DECIDED TO SWALLOW ITS
RESERVATIONS. .
C. IF AL-AZM IS TRUE TO FORMHE WILL COZY UP TO ,THE
SOVIETS AND TRY AT. THE SAME TIME TO EXTRACT. AS MUCH AS HE CAN
FROM US, A SYRIAN MILITARY MISSION HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN
MOSCOW,
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NOTES:
A. USSR: IT NOW APPEARS ALL BUT CERTAIN THAT THE LATEST
VENUS PROBE FAILED.
B. IRAQ: IRAQ IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE SOME PRETTY ADVANCED
EQUIPMENT FROM THE SOVIETS UNDER THE AID AGREEMENT SIGNED LAST
YEAR. THIS INCLUDES AIR?TO?AIR MISSILES FOR MIG-21S, ANTI?
TANK GUIDED MISSILES (FIRST APPEARANCE OUTSIDE THE BLOC), AND
FIVE SURFACE?TO?AIR MISSILE SITES--ONE FOR TRAINING AND FOUR TO
DEFEND BAGHDAD, SOVIET MISSILE EXPERTS HAVE BEEN ON THE SCENE
SINCE EARLY? SUMMER.
C. AMBASSADOR BATTLE IN CANBERRA WAS TOLD BY THE FOREIGN
MINISTRY THERE ON SATURDAY THAT PRIME MINISTER MENZIES AND
MACMILLAN HAVE REACHED A BEHIND THE SCENES AGREEMENT ON BRITISH
ACCESSION TO THE COMMON MARKET. WE DO NOT KNOW THE FORMULA YET.
D. REPORTS FROM THE KATANGAN GOVERNMENT THAT ADOULA'S
TROOPS LAUNCHED AN "OFFENSIVE" LAST NIGHT AGAINST KONGOLO FOLLOW
CLOSELY ON THE HEELS OF ASSURANCES TO US BY ADOULA THAT HE
PLANNED NO FURTHER TROOP MOVEMENTS. WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THE KATANGAN CHARGE.
E, NATIONALIST CHINA ? CAMBODIA:
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