THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 6 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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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: October 6, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OAKATIONAL I IINEDIATE
PRECEDENCE
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DATE
FROM:
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INFO:
CITES
THE pEEst S INTELLIGENCE C
PAGF OF
WHAM EOM 12
JAN 61
Y FOR THE PRESIDENT
6OCT
1962
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--6 OCTOBER 1962
1. LAOS:
A. EACH OF THE RIVAL FACTIONS SUSPECTS THE OTHER OF PLAN-
NING TO TAKE OVER
AFTER TOMORROW'S DEADLINE FOR FOREIGN TROOP
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WITHDRAWAL. BOTH
ON ALERT,
B. KONG LE'S
PHOUMI AND KONG LE HAVE PLACED THEIR
TROOPS IN VIENTIANE HAVE REPORTED
FORCES
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THE SITUATION IN THE CAPITAL IS CRITICAL.
PHOUMI,
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THAT
IS STATIONING TANKS AND ARTILLERY IN FRONT OF
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THEIR POSTS AND
IS HARASSING THEIR PERSONNEL.'
C. AS PART OF
WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS THEIR "OVERALL PLAN,"
KONG LE'S TROOPS
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READY TO
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BLOW UP ROADS LEADING OUT OF THE CAPITAL AND
WORK JOINTLY IN THIS WITH THE PATHET LAO,
D. THE FIGHTING IN PHONG SALY BETWEEN WHAT ARE APPARENTLY
RIVAL PRO-SOUVANNA FACTIONS,
WEAKENS SOUVANNA'S HAND IN A CRUCIAL AREA WHERE THE CHINESE AND
PATHET LAO HAVE TRIED HARD TO EXPAND THEIR INFLUENCE, THAT MUCH
IS CLEAR. WHAT LIES BEHIND THE TROUBLE STILL IS NOT, ALTHOUGH
:THERE IS SOME SUSPICION THAT PHOUMI MAY BE TRYING TO GAIN A
FOOTHOLD IN THE AREA
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E. WE INFORMED SOUVANNA FORMALLY AND OFFICIALLY YESTERDAY
THAT WITHDRAWAL OF US AND PHILIPPINE PERSONNEL IS NOW COMPLETE.
THIS HE ACCEPTED WITHOUT RESERVATION AND AT THE SAME TIME AGREED
WITH AMBASSADOR UNGER THAT THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGE IN THE SITUATION REGARDING REMAINING NORTH VIET-
NAMESE PERSONNEL,
2. CONGO:
? A. SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN LEOPOLDVILLE LAST WEEK, IHE NEW
SOVIET AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN PEDDLING THE LINE THAT THE UN PLAN
TO BRING KATANGA TO HEEL IS OBVIOUSLY FAILING BECAUSE IT IS ALL
AN IMPERIALIST PLOT. "THE US CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FOR YOU BE-
CAUSE WALL STREET WILL NOT ALLOW IT; BUT AS SOON AS THE UN PULLS
OUT WE SOVIETS WILL GIVE YOU THE HELP YOU NEED TO DO THE JOB,"
ETC. IT IS HAVING SOME EFFECT.
3. YEMEN:
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A. THE STRUGGLE IN YEMEN IS BECOMING INTERNATIONAL AS OUT-
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siDgRs BECOME MORE ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
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A SMALL UAR TROOP SHIP IS NOW UNLOADING AT HODEIDA. IT CARRIED
SOME 100 EGYPTIAN PERSONNEL, SEVEN TRUCKS, TWO CRATED YAK
AIRCRAFT AND OTHER supugs.
D. TWO SAUDI BATTALIONS HAVE BEEN SENT TO HELP HASAN.
THEY WILL BE STIFFENED BY THE SMALL JORDANIAN DETACHMENT WE 50X1
MENTIONED YESTERDAY,
F. IT NOW SEEMS QUITE PROBABLE THAT IMAM BADR IS STILL
ALIVE, AND IN HIDING WITH A LOYAL TRIBE NEAR THE SAUDI BORDER.
HIS REAPPEARANCE WILL BE A RALLYING SYMBOL FOR TRIBAL LEADERS
WHO ARE LIKELY FOR THE TIME BEING TO BURY THE HATCHET AND
-UNITE TO FACE THE COMMON ENEMY.
,G. A LIVE BADR WILL ALSO GIVE THE SAUDI AND JORDANIAN
GOVERNMENTS A SOUNDER BASIS FOR CLAIMING THEY SUPPORT THE
LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN,
H. CONSUL STOOKEY BELIEVES THAT WHILE THE UAR HELPED OVER-
THROW BADR, ITS INFLUENCE ON THE NEW YEMENI GOVERNMENT HAS
BEEN EXAGGERATED. ,HE DESCRIBES THE COUP AS A "GENUINE
NATIONAL REVOLT AGAINST TYRANNY."
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4. BULGARIA - NORTH KOREA:
A. ANOTHER CRACK IN BLOC SOLIDARITY: BULGARIA AND NORTH
KOREA HAVE EACH EXPELLED THE OTHER'S AMBASSADOR,
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B. THE IMMEDIATE
KOREANS WHO ASKED FOR
WERE SHANGHAIED BY NORTH
ISSUE IT
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SEEMS, IS THAT NORTH
POLITICAL ASYLUM IN SOFIA
KOREA
C. BEHIND IT, HOWEVER, ARE OVERTONES OF THE SINO-SOVIET
DISPUTE. NEXT TO ALBANIA, NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN CHINA'S LOUD-
EST APOLOGIST. BOSS KIM IL-SUNG NOT ONLY PREFERS STALIN'S
METHODS; HE NEEDS THEM TO KEEP HIS FACTION-RIDDEN PARTY UNDER
CONTROL.
D. BULGARIA, NOT WITHOUT SOME UNHAPPINESS IN A PARTY STILL
BASICALLY STALINIST, HAS MANAGED TO STAY FAIRLY CLOSE TO BIG
BROTHER,
5. USSR:
A. TWO ICBMs WERE FIRED WITHIN 17 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER
YESTERDAY FROM TYURATAM TO KAMCHATKA, THE SHORTEST PREVIOUS
INTERVAL WAS NEARLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS,
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B. IT WAS PROBABLY A SALVO TEST FROM THE TWIN PADS AT AREA
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C. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE POSSIBILITY,, HOWEVER, THAT THE SHOTS
ARE A FORERUNNER TO ANTI-MISSILE TESTS INVOLVING VERY HIGH ALTI-
TUDE NUCLEAR gmnxisloNs SIMILAR TO THE TESTS LAST OCTOBER AT
SARY SHAGAN WHICH USED THE 1100 NAUTICAL MILE MISSILE,
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6. CUBA:
A. REMARKS IN THE LEAD EDITORIAL IN YESTERDAY'S POST CON-
CERNING CHILEAN IMPORTS OF CUBAN SUGAR ARE WRONG.
CONTRACTS WERE CANCELLED LATE LAST MONTH.
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B. ,UN MEMBERS WERE TREATED YESTERDAY TO A PREVIEW OF
WHAT WE ASSUME DORTICOS WILL BE SAYING ON MONDAY; IT TOOK THE
:FORM OF A TEN-PAGE LETTER WITH THE USUAL ACCUSATIONS AND THE
REPEATED PITCH FOR BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS.
C. .MOSCOW'S REACTION TO THE OAS CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE,
OF COURSE, IS. THAT WE BLUDGEONED EVERYBODY INTO LINE, BUT
THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ONLY IN WORDS; WE FAILED, IT STRESSES,5?X1
TO GET ANY COMMITMENT TO ENGAGE IN PRACTICAL ANTI-CUBAN ACTION.
D.
SOVIET IL-14'S HAVE BEEN DELIVERED;
THEY ARE APPARENTLY FOR MILITARY USE.
E. WE HAD EARLIER THOUGHT THESE CRATES HELD GUIDED-MISSILE
BOATS..
7. NOTES:
A. LEBANON IS NOW ASKING US FOR MISSILES (PRESUMABLY HAWKS).
BEIRUT ALSO WANTS A COUPLE OF DOZEN MORE UP-TO-DATE JET FIGHTERS.
B. USSR:
.C. THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW.
CENTER-CONSERVATIVE GROUPS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY RETAIN CONTROL
OF CONGRESS. A CERTAIN AMOUNT Of DISORDER SEEMS LIKELY,
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