THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 DECEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996098
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 20, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--20 DECEMBER 1962
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-20 DECEMBER 1962
1. CUBA:
D.
A FEW
HUNDRED SOVIETS LEFT HAVANA ON 16 DECEMBER ABOARD A SMALL
SOVIET PASSENGER SHIP. . THEY MAY HAVE BEEN PERSONNEL ASSO?
' IATED WITH THE MISSILES OR BOMBERS.
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SOVIET PERSONNEL DEPARTING CUBA SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF DE?
CEMBER.
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F.. PHOTOGRAPHY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SHOWED NO SIGN OF
DISMANTLING OR WITHDRAWAL AT ANY OF THE MAIN SOVIET INSTALLA?
TIONS IN CUBA.
2. SIN? ? INDIAN BORDER:
A. THE CHINESE, ON THEIR WITHDRAWAL FROM BOMBDI LA AND
OTHER FORWARD AREAS IN NEFA ARE TAKING WITH THEM JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT WI LL MOVE AND THEY CAN CARRY, BOMBDI LA S
HOSPITAL, FOR INSTANCE IS A HOLLOW SHELL.
B. OUR EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI BELIEVES THIS SEMI?SCORCHED
EARTH POLICY SUGGESTS THE CHINESE DO NOT ANTICIPATE AN EARLY
RETURN. WHILE THE CHI NESE NO DOUBT ARE LEAVING BEHIND WHAT
AGENTS THEY CAN THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT DURING THEIR
BRIEF STAY,.THE CHI NESE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ALIENATING THE
LOCAL POPULATION.
C. /
/THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING OF A CHANGE IN THE PUBLI C MOOD
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I N INDIA. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL DETERMINATION TO RESIST
THE CHINESE, THE SENSE OF EMERGENCY IS DIMINISHING.
3:. VENEZUELA:
PRESIDENT BETANCOURT HAS WORKED UP QUI TE A H OF.,
STEAM 0 OUR NEW PETROLEUM IMPORT SYSTEM, PRI PALLY BE-
CAUSE WE DID OT CONSULT WITH HIM AHEAD OF ME,. ALSO HE
FEELS ITDISCRIMIr ES AGAINST VENEZU
B. HE MADE IT CLEA TO AMBA ADOR STEWART ON TUESDAY
THAT HE WOULD FIND IT POLI Y DIFFICULT TO VISIT WASH-
INGTON NEXT MONTH WI, T SOME ADVAN 4SSURANCE OF A TOKEN
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CONCESSION TO VE UELAN OIL EXPORTS.
C. HE Apo ARENTLY I NTENDS TO CALL THE PRESIDENT THE
MATTER I BERMUDA TODAY WHEN HE RETURNS FROM A TRIP TO ST-
ERN V ZUELA .
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4. PERU:
A . THE RULING JUNTA TRUE TO FORM, IS NOW TRYING TO BLAME
THE LEFTIST, ANTI?COMMUNIST APRA PARTY FOR THE RIOTS AT LA
OROYA--DESPITE ITS KNOWLEDGE BEFOREHAND THAT IT WAS THE COM?
MUNISTS WHO WERE BEHIND THE DISTURBANCES. APRA HAS NO INFLU?
ENCE IN THE MINING UNIONS WHICH ARE COMPLETELY DOMINATED BY
THE COMMUNISTS.
B. THE JUNTA HAS DEMONSTRATED BEFORE A READINESS TO PLACE
ITS FIGHT WITH APRA ABOVE NATIONAL INTERESTS.
5. NOTES:
A. USSR: SOVIET MEDIA HAVE MADE NO MENTION OF THE PRESI?
DENT'S TV INTERVIEW ON MONDAY.
B. SINO ? SOVIET DISPUTE: THE SINO?SOVIET POLEMIC HAS
REACHED THE POINT WHERE moscca IS NOW JAMMING PEIPING'S BROAD?
CASTS.
C. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ELECTIONS GET UNDER WAY TODAY WITH
JUAN BOSCH AND HIS DOMINICAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY VERY MUCH IN
THE RUNNING,
D. LAOS: SOUVANNA'S GOVERNMENT, AFTER WRANGLING ABOUT
IT FOR TWO MONTHS, HAS ASKED THE ICC TO LOOK INTO CHARGES
THAT FOREIGN TROOPS REMAIN, TWO LOCATIONS ARE STIPULATED,
ONE, SAM NEUA TOWN AND THE OTHER, A VILLAGE IN NORTHWESTERN
LAOS. THE MWESTIGATORS ARE TO CONFINE THEIR SEARCH TO THE
AREA OF THE VILLAGE PROPER AND TO TAKE NO MORE THAN TWO DAYS.
IT IS ALL FOR THE RECORD ONLY.
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E. IRAQ: PLOTTERS CALLED OFF TAX COUP WHICH THEY HAD
PLANNED.
TIMELY REASSIGNMENT OF KEY MILI-
TARY OFFICERS MAKES IT osylous THAT QASIM'S goys KNEW WHAT
WAS AFOOT.
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