THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 22 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995943
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 22, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--22 SEPTEMBER 1962
1. CUBA:
A. OUR EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT EIGHT MORE MISSILE-EQUIPPED
PATROL BOATS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, AND CUBA NOW HAS 14 OF THESE
CRAFT (EACH BOAT HAS TWO SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES OF 15-MILE
RANGE). WE BELIEVE ANOTHER SHIPMENT IS EN ROUTE. A SMALL GUN-
BOAT AND A MINESWEEPER WILL ALSO ARRIVE SHORTLY. IN ADDITION TO
THESE, THE SOVIETS HAVE TO DATE DELIVERED AT LEAST SIX SUBCHASERS,
16 MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS AND SOME 10 SMALL PATROL OR SERVICE CRAFT.
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? B. WE HAVE NO NEW MESSAGES CONCERNING VOLUNTEERS. THE FOUR
REPORTS WE DO HAVE CALLED FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM TACTICAL AIR OR AIR
DEFENSE UNITS. THIS SUGGESTS THESE PERSONNEL WILL BE USED TO HELP
TRAIN CUBANS IN THE USE OF THE FAIRLY ADVANCED AIR AND AIR DEFENSE
EQUIPMENT THEY ARE NOW GETTING. 50X1
C. THE OLD-TIME CUBAN COMMUNISTS, WHOM CASTRO TRIED TO CUT
DOWN TO SIZE LAST APRIL, ARE SAID TO BE MAKING A COMEBACK. WE
BELIEVE THAT CASTRO'S INCREASING DEPENDENCE ON MOSCOW HAS SOME-
THING TO DO WITH THIS, IN THE FUTURE CASTRO MAY BE A GOOD DEAL
LESS FREE TO RUN THINGS HIS OWN WAY THAN HE WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
2. ARGENTINA:
A. ARGENTINA MAY YET BE SAVED FROM A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
BY THE CONTINUING ARGUMENT OVER WHICH MILITARY FACTION IS TO TAKE
CHARGE.
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THE NAVY LAST WIGHT TRIED TO RESOLVE MATTERS, PLACING -ITS
SUPPORT BEHIND THE MILITANT ANTI-PERONIST "LOYALISTS" AND PROPOS-
ING A THREE-MAN MILITARY JUNTA TO REPLACE GUIDO WHO, THE NAVY
CLAIMED, HAD RESIGNED.
C. BUT THE CAMPO DE MAYO "REBEL" GROUP WOULD HAVE NONE OF,
THIS. THE GROUP DENIED GUIDO HAD RESIGNED, FOLLOWING WHICH GUIDO
HIMSELF ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS STILL IN BUSINESS. THUS IT WOULD
SEEM, YESTERDAY'S REBELS HAVE BECOME TODAY'S LOYALISTS.
D. MEANWHILE, SCATTERED CLASHES ARE OCCURRING BETWEEN FORCES
OF BOTH SIDES DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CAPITAL. THUS FAR, THE
CIVILIANS ARE GETTING THE WORST OF IT.
3. LAOS:
A. RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING IN VIENTIANE THAT PHOUMI PLANS A
COUP ON 9 OCTOBER AFTER OUR PERSONNEL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR WITH-
DRAWAL,
B. WE HAVE NO FIRM EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS BUT PHOUMI TOLD
A GROUP OF HIS MILITARY SUPPORTERS LAST WEEK THAT IF THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE ARE NOT OUT OF LAOS BY 7 OCTOBER, THERE WOULD BE A RE-
SUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES.
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4. CONGO:
A. NINE OF THE TEN PERSONS (ALL SWEDISH) ON THE UN PLANE
SHOT DOWN OVER KATANGA THURSDAY SURVIVED; TWO ARE SERIOUSLY HURT,
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED WHO FIRED THE SHOTS, BUT
STILL THINK IT PROBABLY WAS THE KATANGESE,
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LEOPOLDVILLE IS READYING A BATTALION
FOR MOVEMENT TO NORTH KATANGA. THIS WOULD BE CONTRARY TO U THANT'S
CALL FOR A HALT TO ALL TROOP MOVEMENTS IN KATANGA AND WOULD GIVE
TSHOMBE AN EXCUSE TO STOP EVEN HIS NOMINAL COOPERATION WITH nit
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UN INTEGRATION PLAN.
C. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO STILL PREPARING TO MOVE
SOME TROOPS TO KASAI, BUT THEY HAVE NOT STARTED YET. THE PROJECT
MAY STILL RUN OUT OF GAS BEFORE IT TAKES OFF.
D. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN NORTH KATANGA, IN A DESULTORY WAY,
MOSTLY AS A RESULT OF PROBING BY KATANGESE TRYING TO GET OUT OF
THE BOX THEY ARE IN AT KONGOLO,
5, NOTES:
A. GHANA: NKRUMAH HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE
ACCRA AREA,
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B. !TURKEY: 'A GROUP OF SENIOR MILITARY COMMANDERS HAS READIED
PLANS TO TAKE OVER AS SOON AS INONU INDICATES HIS GOVERNMENT CAN NO
LONGER BE EFFECTIVE,
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