THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 19 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995937
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 19, 1962

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CAPT. SHEPHERD ETES ONIX TOR THE PRESIDENT
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THE PRSIDEXTS INTELLI C KLIST--19 SEPTEMBER 1962
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-19 SEPTEMBER 1962
LATE ITEM
ARGENTINA:
A. THEhE WAS A NEW OUTBREAK OF OPEN FEUDING BY MILI?
TARY FACTIONS LAST NIGHT, RESULTING IN MUTINY BY THE COM?
MANDERS OF SEVERAL MAJOR ARMY UNITS
BUT THERE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN NO
FIGHTING SO FAR.
B. AS BEST WE CAN RECONSTRUCT THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT
GUIDO'S DECISION TO DELAY ELECTIONS UNTIL OCTOBER 1963--
TAKEN TO PLACATE THE AUTHORITARIAN MILITARY FACTION--ENCOUR?
AGED THAT GROUP TO ATTEMPT THE OUSTER OF KEY OFFICERS IN THE
OPPOSING "LEGALIST" FACTION. YESTERDAY, WAR MINISTER CORNEJO
SARAVIA RELIEVED THREE COMMANDERS OF GARRISONS NEAR BUENOS
AIRES.
C. THESE COMMANDERS, LED BY GENERAL ONGANIA, REFUSED
TO ACCEPT THEIR DISMISSAL, THEY APPARENTLY HAVE THE BACKING
OF THEIR TROOPS AND CLAIM THE SUPPORT OF SEVERAL GARRISONS
IN THE INTERIOR. ONGANIA HAS ESTABLISHED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE LARGE CAMPO DE MAYO GARRISON OUTSIDE BUENOS AIRES AND
DECLARED HIMSELF COMMANDER OF THE ARMY,
D. ONGANIA HAS CHALLENGED GUIDO TO "CHOOSE BETWEEN
DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY." MEANWHILE THE AUTHORITARIAN
GROUP HAS STATED THAT IT WILL TAKE CAMPO DE MAYO BY FORCE,
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--19 SEPTEMBER 1962
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1. CUBA:
2. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. WE ARE NOW CARRYING THE STRENGTH OF VIETCONG REG-
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ULAR,UNITS WITHIN sum VIETNAM AT 20 - 22A00, INCLUDING 25
BATTALIONS, AN INCREASE OF 3,000 TROOPS AND FOUR BATTALIONS
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THIS YEAR,
B. A "SLOW BUT PERCEPTI-
BLE TIPPING OF THE BALANCE" OF PRESENT OPINION IN FAVOR OF
THE DIEM GOVERNMENT,
3. USSR:
A. SOVIET MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE FAR EAST CONTINUE.
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B. FOR MORE THAN A WEEK, LONG RANGE AIR FORCES IN THE
WEST HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS ACTIVE THAN USUAL, THIS NORMALLY
MEANS THAT A MAJOR EXERCISE IS UPCOMING, BUT THERE ARE NO
SIGNS OF IT AS YET.
C. SO MANY EAST GERMAN, POLISH, AND SOVIET TROOPS
ARE INVOLVED IN HELPING TO GET THE HARVEST IN THAT WE DOUBT
IF MAJOR WARSAW PACT MANEUVERS CAN GET UNDER WAY UNTIL LATER
IN THE MONTH,
4, COMMUNIST CHINA:
A. THE CHINESE MASS INDIGNATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE
US CONTINUES TO BUILD UP,
B. AMBASSADOR CABOT MEETS WANG TOMORROW,
C. THE CHINESE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THE PATROL OF USS
SHELTON ALONG THE COAST NORTH TO TSINGTAO, BUT NO AGGRESSIVE
ACTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED,
5. NOTES:
A. USSR:
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LAST NIGHT
B. BERLIN: AN EXPLOSION/ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE WALL
NEAR BRANDENBURG GATE BROUGHT SOVIET TROOPS OUT. WE HAVE
NO INFORMATION YET AS TO WHY THEY NOT THE EAST GERMANS;
APPEARED,
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C. ECUADOR: PRESIDENT AROSEMENA HAS MADE A PITCH
FOR FORMAL ACCEPTANCE BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY OF AN INVITATION
TO VISIT ECUADOR. AMBASSADOR BERNBAUM THINKS AROSEMENA IS
AFTER A REAFFIRMATION OF US CONFIDENCE IN ORDER TO SILENCE
RIGHTIST CRITICS.
D. CONGO: THERE IS CONFIRMATION THAT FIGHTING IS
GOING ON IN NORTH KATANGA BUT IT MAY BE NO MORE THAN THE
SPORADIC SKIRMISHING THAT HAS NEVER REALLY STOPPED.
E. SYRIA: A GROUP OF SYRIAN PILOTS AND TECHNICIANS
HAS GONE TO THE USSR FOR TRAINING ON THE MIG-21. THERE
HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS THAT THE SYRIANS WILL GET SURFACE?
TO?AIR MISSILES.
F. FINLAND: PRESIDENT KEKKONEN'S VISIT TO THE USSR
HAS BEEN MOVED UP A WEEK, NOW 3 OCTOBER. THE FINNS ARE
STRESSING THAT THE TRIP IS UNOFFICIAL.
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