THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 NOVEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996057
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 26, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
26 NOVEMBER 1962
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1. Congo
ii a. The odds on Adoula's sur-
viving the government crisis have
increased somewhat over the last 48
hours.
b. The censure motion has
been put off at least until Thur-
day, and this will give Adoula time
to shuffle his cabinet. He already
has a number of vacant portfolios
which he can bargain with to further
divide and weaken the opposition.
c. The opposition, however,
is encouraged by the ease with which
motions against government actions
were passed last Friday. It will
very likely demand more cabinet
changes than Adoula is prepared to
make, especially in view of reports
that General Mobutu is willing to
associate himself with leaders other
than Adoula.
d. President Kasavubu is now
said to be determined not toddissoIVe
or to adjourn Parliament as a way out
of the political crisis.
e. The UN is having some suc-
cess getting additional fighter air-
craft. It will be getting four more
Swedish jets, and Ethiopia may return
its four F-86s to the Congo, at least
until the Swedish planes arrive and
are assembled.
(Cont'd)
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2. Cuba
f. Union Minibre has issued
a communiqu4 denying U Thant's state-
ment it is arranging to pay dues to
the central government rather than
to Katanga; it says it is not free
to choose since all its properties
are in Katanga.
g. Union Minibre, as always,
fears retaliation by Tshombe should
it begin to make payments to Leopold-
ville. Spaak found company officials
extremely reluctant to consider the
idea until and unless Tshombe gets
the political concessions and guaran-
tees he wants from Adoula. Both UN
officials and Adoula are equally re-
luctant to grant these.
a. Mikoyan's farewell speech
in Havana last night was a bland re-
hash of Soviet support for Cuba, in-
cluding Castro's "five points"; it
gave no indication of what, if any-
thing, was agreed upon during his
three-week stay. He said only that
both sides were satisfied.
b. There was no mention of a
Soviet military guarantee.
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3. Guatemala
c. The speech was followed by
publication of a typically truculent
Cuban pronouncement which again as-
serted Cuba's right to acquire arms
of any kind in its defense. It reaf-
firmed Cuba's refusal to accept in ,
spection unless US territory were al-
so to be ,.inspected and described the
five points as "indispensible for a
real solution to the crisis."
d. Readout of photographic mis-
sions over the weekend has not so far
shown anything of great interest. Ap-
parently neither IL-28 field wasrcov-
ered.
a. Yesterday's coup attempt
by air force elements fizzled when
support failed to materialize.
b. Senior army officers forced
the rebel leaders to give up the re-
volt within three hours after the first
attack and are now in a strong position.
We expect they will bring pressure on
Ydigoras to resign in favor of a mili-
tary junta, mainly to prevent the re-
turn from Mexico of former president
Arevalo.
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