THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 3 NOVEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996018
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 3, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
3 NOVEMBER 1962
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1, Cuba--
missiles
2. Cuba
a. Photography from yesterday's
reconnaissance gives us no clue to the
whereabouts of the dismantled missiles.
Nor did it turn up anything conclusive
on preparations for their shipment
out of Cuba.
b. Some missile equipment is as-
sembled in the harbor area at Mariel
near Havana where three Soviet cargo
ships are docked. We are as yet unable
to say, however, whether the equipment
is being loaded or unloaded.
c. No signs of outshipments were
observed at the port of Punta Gerardo,
25 miles east of Havana.
d. At San Julian airfield, near
the western tip of Cuba, work on the
assembly of IL-28s is going forward.
Two of these aircraft now appear to be
operational, and five others will be as
soon as their engines are installed.
The fuselages of two more were uncrated
between Thursday and yesterday.
a. Havana is leaving no stone un-
turned in the search for support of
Castro's five points as the basis for
negotiations in the UN.
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3. USSR-Cuba
A big
pitch is being made to line up Asian
and African neutrals.
c. By way of follow-up to
Castro's speech on Thursday, Havana
radio is telling the Cuban people that
they should "feel proud to have a son
like Fidel Castro, who yesterday gave a
beautiful demonstration of a revolution-
ary, a humanist, and high-level poli-
tician."
a. We have received no inkling of
how Mikoyan and Castro are getting a-
long.
b. Moscow broadcast to the Soviet
people a terse, factual report of the
President's statement last evening.
c. Otherwise, Moscow's propaganda
coverage of the Cuban crisis, sharply
reduced since the beginning of this week,
has harped on the alleged need for "con-
crete US moves" beyond oral assurances
that there will be no invasion of Cuba.
d. All that Castro's speech on
Thursday got was a brief Tass note
which made no mention of his refusal
to permit international verification of
the removal of Soviet missiles.
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4. Bloc mili-
tary posture
5. Bloc ship-
ping
a. The general stand-down of ac-
tivity holds. Our information indicates
that military commands, which have
been on standby alert are returning to
routine training status, and that per-
sonnel held on duty beyond their normal
tours will soon be released.
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6, Cuba-
Latin America
a.
sentiment to place Castro beyond the
pale is gaining ground where it counts
the most./
b. Chile seems to be on the same
road. Two of the three parties in the
government are on record in favor of break-
ing relations with Havana; the third is
expected to make it unanimous next week.
c. The OAS seems to be headed for
trouble on Monday when it meets to con-
sider an Argentine resolution for a co-
ordinated effort by those states putting
up military forces to help quarantine
Cuba. At least five countries, Mexico
and Chile included, noting that the reso-
lution points something of an accusing
finger at countries not contributing, are
likely to turn thumbs down on the idea.
7. India - a. The Indians anticipate a new
China - Chinese offensive in the northeast sec-
Pakistan tor aimed at securing the northern ap-
proaches to the Se La pass.
b. If this comes off, the Chinese
may be in for an unexpectedly stiff
scrap. Indian forces in the area have
been beefed up to where they are just
about equal in numbers to the Chinese.
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c. Meanwhile, the Indian Communists,
who have come out four square for Nehru
government in the present crisis, find
themselves for the first time at logger-
heads with both Moscow and Peiping. Mos-
cow has not yet reacted, but Peiping is
heaping scorn upon the Indian "comrades."
d. Uncertain of getting "fullest
support," India has passed the word it
will not put its troubles with China be-
fore the UN.
e. New Delhi yesterday cancelled
the Bank of China's license to do busi-
ness in India.
f. Ambassador McConaughy has an
appointment with Ayub on Monday. He is
bound to hear some strong talk about the
need for the US to keep the India-Pakistan
balance of power on an even keel.
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NOTES
A. Laos Souvanna, who at last report is spending the
weekend in the Plaine des Jarres, plans to fly north to
Phong Saly on Tuesday. There he will try to put an end
to a festering squabble within the neutralist camp that
has been letting the Pathet Lao seep into areas where it
had been previously excluded.
B. UN/Congo The UN will be breathing easier about its
?Congo operations now that it has New Delhi's assurance
that the Indian contingent there will not be suddenly
withdrawn.
D. Communist China Chinese Communist ambassadors
have now gone home, a record number to be in Peiping at
one time. We are unable to perceive any particular pat-
tern in the movements of the ambassadors, but it would
seem that something more than routine consultations is
going on.
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E. Oman Britain's perennial headache in trying to keep
the peace in the lower Persian Gulf area may become more
acute before long. Omani rebels, at one time or another
the beneficiaries of the largesse of practically every
Arab country, will soon be getting a substantial quantity
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a British ship in the gulf last year with the loss of several
hundred lives is a measure of what they can do with this
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F. Angola Rumblings of discontent with the way Lisbon has
been running things are becoming more audible within the
Portuguese community. There is some talk of getting up a
move for secession. Nothing so drastic as that is likely
to get off the ground any time soon, but word of unrest
among the whites seems to have drifted back to Portugal
where it may cost Overseas Minister Moreira his job.
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