THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995991
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 20, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--20 OCTOBER 1962
1. CONGO:
A. LEOPOLDVILLE'S REPUDIATION OF THE AGREEMENTS SO PAIN-
FULLY REACHED SO FAR WITH KATANGA HAS BROUGHT THE ENTIRE RE-
INTEGRATION PROCESS TO A HALT. EVEN IF THE TWO SIDES CAN BE
PERSUADED TO START OVER AGAIN FROM SCRATCH, IT WILL BE AGAINST
AN UNPROPITIOUS BACKGROUND OF RENEWED FIGHTING.
B. LEOPOLDVILLE IS NOW BOYCOTTING THE MILITARY COMMISSION
IN ELISABETHVILLE (ONLY THE KATANGANS SHOWED UP AT YESTERDAY'S
SCHEDULED MEETING) AND ADOULA HAS RECALLED HIS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR
"FCR CONSULTATIONS." ADOULA SAYS HE WILL SEND SOMEONE ELSE TO
ELISABETHVILLE, AND THIS HE MAY ACTUALLY DO, BUT WE ARE SURE
WHOEVER COMES WILL BE GIVEN A MANDATE ONLY TO SET FORTH LEOPOLD-
VILLE'S TERMS, NOT NEGOTIATE.
C. WITH THE CEASE-FIRE OFF, THE MILITARY SITUATION IN
NORTH KATANGA HAS AGAIN STARTED TO BOIL OVER. THERE ARE CHARGES
AND COUNTERCHARGES OF ATTACKS ON THE GROUND; THE KATANGAN AIR-
FORCE HAS TAKEN TO THE AIR AGAIN, AND THE UN CONTINGENT OF IN-
DIANS IN ELISABETHVILLE (WHICH HAS BEEN ITCHING FOR A FIGHT ALL
ALONG) IS REALLY GETTING EXCITED,,
D. MEANWHILE, NO HELP FROM ANOTHER QUARTER AS TSHOMBE'S
PANJANDRUM IN THE US, MICHEL STRUELENS, SETS FORTH ON MONDAY ON
A MONTH-LONG, NATIONWIDE SPEAKING AND TELEVISION TOUR OF US
CITIES TO PUBLICIZE KATANGA'S CASE. 50X1
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E. ADOULA'S ACTION HAS PUT A SERIOUS ROADBLOCK AGAINST
SPAAK'S CHANCES OF GETTING BELGIUM TO SUPPORT A PROGRAM OF
ECONOMIC PRESSURE AGAINST TSHOMBE.
2. CUBA:
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E. PANAMA HAS ORDERED ALL SHIPS UNDER ITS FLAG (THERE ARE
NEARLY 500 OF THEM) TO STAY AWAY FROM CUBA OR LOSE THEIR REGISTRY.
VENEZUELA HAS DONE LIKEWISE. BRITAIN HAS WARNED IT WILL START
USING THE NAVY TO DEFEND ITS MERCHANT SHIPS FROM ATTACK BY
ANT I-CASTRO RAIDERS.
F. FAVORABLE RESPONSES WERE ELICITED FROM ALL NATO MEMBERS
(EXCEPT ICELAND--NOT PRESENT) TO OUR URGING THAT OVERFLIGHT AND
LANDING PRIVILEGES BE DENIED SOVIET COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS TO CUBA.
G. MEANWHILE THE INAUGURAL MOSCOW?CUBA COMMERCIAL RUN GOT
OFF TO A BAD START WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO RETURN TO MOSCOW
FOR TECHNICAL REASONS BEFORE THE FIRST LEG TO DAKAR WAS COM?
PLETED.
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3. YEMEN:
A. EACH SIDE IS TRYING, WITH LURES OF MONEY AND PROMISES,
TO WIN TRIBAL SUPPORT AWAY FROM THE OTHER. MEANWHILE THERE IS
ONLY MINOR, LOCALIZED SKIRMISHING IN THE NORTH.
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E. THE UAR CONTINUES TO POUR IN MEN AND AID. ANOTHER FORCE
OF OVER 800 OFFICERS AND MEN HAS PROBABLY ARRIVED BY NOW, BRING-
ING TOTAL UAR STRENGTH THERE TO SOME 2500. THREE UAR DESTROYERS,
A :MINESWEEPER, AND A TANKER ARE NOW AT HODE IDA, AND THERE ARE
SIX MERCHANT SHIPS IN PORT UNLOADING OR WAITING TO UN.
F. silupI CROWN PRINCE FAYSAL LEAVES NEW YORK FOR ROME ON SUN-
DAY AND WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA EARLY NEXT WEEK,
HE HAS SEEMED IN NO SPECIAL HURRY TO GET THERE IN THE PRESENT
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4, INDIA/CHINA:
A. NEHRU HAS TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THAT HIS GOVERNMENT
HAS TAKEN A FIRM DECISION THAT THE CHINESE MUST BE DRIVEN OUT
"WHETHER IT TAKES A YEAR, FIVE YEARS, OR TEN." HE ASKED THAT
HIS DETERMINATION ON THIS SCORE BE MADE CLEAR TO THE PRESIDENT.
B. TRANSLATING THIS INTO ACTION, INDIAN FORCES IN THE
NORTHEAST FRONTIER AREA HAVE MOUNTED LOCAL OFFENSIVES TO PUSH
BACK ENCROACHING CHINESE BORDER UNITS WHO ARE DIGGING IN FOR
THE WINTER,
C. INCREASINGLY SEVERE CLASHES ARE THE RESULT, WITH THE
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SNOW IS BEGINNING TO FALL, BUT MORE TROUBLE IS IN STORE BEFORE
WINTER REALLY COOLS THINGS OFF.
5, USSR:
A. THE SOVIETS LAUNCHED ANOTHER OF THEIR COSMOS SERIES
SATELLITES EARLY THIS MORNING FROM KAPUSTIN YAR,
B. OTHERS IN THE SERIES LAUNCHED FROM THIS RANGE HAVE NOT
BEEN RELATED TO THE MAN IN SPACE PROGRAM, NCR HAVE ATTEMPTS BEEN
MADE TO RECOVER THEM. THEY ARE OSTENSIBLY COLLECTING SCIENTIFIC
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6. NOTES:
A. LAOS: SOUVANNA HAS TOLD US THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AM?
BASSADOR, WHO ARRIVED YESTERDAY, WILL NOT PRESENT HIS CREDEN?
TIALS UNTIL EARLY NOVEMBER, WHICH GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME
TO WORK ON SAIGON, BUT DIEM STILL SHOWS NO GIVE.
B. COMMON MARKET: 50X1
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BEGINNING MONDAY. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TOUR EOHORION WITH
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA. THEY DO NOT
PLAN TO DISCUSS EUROPEAN POLITICAL UNION.
C. ETHIOPIA: WE GATHER FROM HIS FOREIGN MINISTER THAT
HAILE SELASSIE IS FISHING FOR A STATE VISIT TO THE US.
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