THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995999
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 24, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
24 OCTOBER 1962
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1. Cuban
problem
I. The local situation
a. Fidel Castro had little
new to say last night. As expected,
he rejected any proposal for inter-
national inspection of Cuban
territory.
c. The latest photographic
intelligence does not change our
figures on missile sites, missiles,
and launchers. It pushes the esti-
mated readiness date at two MRBM
sites back from 22 to 25 October.
Photography also shows erection of
camouflage nets under way at some
sites.
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II, Soviet Reaction
a. There bas been no major
reaction since yesterday's statement
published by TASS (We do not have
any report from Kohler on his meeting
with Khrushchev). The expected
Soviet propaganda orchestration is
beginning to build up.
b.
There have been a number
of statements
by Soviet officials that Soviet
ships will not submit to blockade.
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III. Other Reactions
a. There have been no sur-
prises cropping up in the past
24 hours.
b. In New York, neutral
members of the UN are trying to
generate steam behind a move to
get U Thant to do something about
heading off a US-USSR showdown.
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2. India-China
a. In the latest flare-up of
fighting, now in its fifth day,
Chinese forces have plowed steadily
forward at several points along the
border.
b. As best we can make out,
they have just about restored the
situation to what it was before the
Indians started their cautious cam-
paign to oust the Chinese from
territory New Delhi regards as its
own.
c. We suspect Peiping's satis-
faction over having done so was be-
hind its call last night for cease-
fire negotiations and a Chou-Nehru
meeting to bury the hatchet. New.
Delhi has rejected such proposals
before and probably will feel that
any acceptance now would be sub-
mission to Chinese aggression. It
may, however, come up with some
counterproposals.
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3. Laos
a. Souvanna, who was set to take
off for Hanoi on Sunday, at last report
had delayed his departure until yester-
day.
b. It looks as though the hold-
up was due to his wanting to have more
facts in hand about the continued
presence of North Vietnamese troops
in Laos. Souvanna's commander at
Nhommarath in the south has reported
that the Viet Minh had withdrawn
from the town, but that 400 of them
had integrated themselves with the
Pathet Lao in the hinterland. He
also claimed that in an area 70 miles
to the north "they are doing nothing
but bring more in."
c. The ICC yesterday, helped
along by prodding from Foreign
Minister Quinim, was scheduled to
close its last outpost in the Plaine
des Jarres. If Quinim and the Pathet
Lao get their way, the Commission
henceforth will find itself restricted
pretty much to Vientiane's city
limits.
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4. UAR-Yemen-
Saudi Arabia
a. Revolutionary forces retain
the initiative against the Hasan-Badr
tribesmen.
b. The Egyptians have told
Ambassador Badeau they have no
ambitions in Yemen as a base to
operate against neighboring countries.
They gave the impression they would
take a wait-and-see attitude toward
Faysal and claimed their only
interest is to see Yemen develop as
an independent and progressive
country.
c. UAR propaganda, however,
gives the impression that the
Egyptians, confident of the situation
in Yemen, are getting ready to go
after bigger game. For nearly a
week, Cairo has been directing a
stream of invective against Faysal
d. In Aden, pro-revolutionary
and anti-government sentime
showin itself more openl
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5. Vietnam
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NOTES
A. East Germany We are seeing more evidence that the
East German Communist Party is in for a shaking out.
It now seems clear that Soviet party secretary
Demichev's tour of the country this month was
intended to "educate" middle-grade functionaries
whose heavy handed way of doing things has
unnecessarily added to the regime's unpopularity.
B. EEC A three-day ministerial meeting opens in
SFissels tomorrow. How to fit British agriculture
into the Common Market is the main topic.
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