THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 4 JANUARY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996120
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 4, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-4 JANUARY 1963
1. CONGO:
A. UN FORCES HAVE SECURED JADOTVILLE. REPORTS THAT THEY
HAVE BEGUN TO ADVANCE TOWARD KOLWEZI, SOME 70 MILES FURTHER
NORTH, ARE NOT FIRM.
B. RALPH BUNCHE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO THE CONGO. COINCI-
DENT WITH HIS DEPARTURE, UN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK HAS CON-50x1
CEDED PUBLICLY THAT THE MOVE ON JADOTVILLE HAD NOT BEEN
AUTHORIZED.
C. THE UN MILITARY UNITS HAVE YET TO ENCOUNTER ANY DE-
TERMINED RESISTANCE FROM THE KATANGAN GENDARMERIE OR MERCEN-
ARIES. UNION MINIERE INSTALLATIONS IN JADOTVILLE WERE DAMAGED
BUT SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE UN MOVED IN.
D. TWO BELGIAN WOMEN WERE KILLED BY INDIAN TROOPS IN THE
TAKEOVER OF JADOTVILLE. SpAAK, ALREADY ACUTELY EMBARRASSED
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT THE UN DID NOT INTEND TO TAKE
JADOTVILLE AND HAD SO INFORMED THE BELGIAN PRESS, IS READYING
A STRONG PROTEST.
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E. AS OF YESTERDAY., TSHOMBE WAS IN KOLWEZI VOWING
PROTRACTED GUERRILLA RESISTANCE.
ADOULA TAKES THE POSITION THAT THE TIME HAS
PASSED FOR HIM TO SIT DOWN AGAIN WITH TSHOMBE.
F.
FROM LEOPOLDVILLE
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SOVIET AMBASSADOR THERE IS TRYING TO EGG THE CENTRAL GOVERN-
MENT ALONG TOWARD MOVING ITS FORCES INTO SOUTHERN KATANGA.
HE IS
USING THE ENTICING LINE THAT SUCH A MOVE
WOULD WIN LEOPOLDVILLE A JUST MEASURE OF THE CREDIT FOR
BREAKING KATANGA'S SECESSION.
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2. ARAB STATES - YEMEN:
A. THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE
USSR ON THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING RELATIONS.
C. SAUDI ARABIA YESTERDAY DECLARED A FORMAL MOBILIZA-
TION IN RESPONSE TO EGYPTIAN AIR RAIDS ON ITS TERRITORY.
3. CUBA:
A.
CUBAN MEDDLING IN BRAZIL'S DOMESTIC POLITICS.
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B. THE CUDANS ARE NEGOTIATING IN wpm; FOR AT LEAST
ONE SOVIET AN-12 HEAVY TRANSPORT. THE AIRCRAFT--WHOSE
CLOSEST EQUIVALENT IS OUR C-130 HERCULES--HAS A CAPACITY
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES OF 21,000 POUNDS, 90 TROOPS, OR 60
PARATROOPS, AND A RANGE OF FROM 350 TO 1400 N.M. DEPENDING
ON THE
GOTIATIONS
MINISTRY
LOAD. HOWEVER,
ARE IN THE
THAT THE TRANSPORT
WE INFER FROM THE FACT THAT THE NE-
HANDS OF THE CUBAN FOREIGN TRADE
IS EARMARKED FOR COMMERCIAL
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USE.
C. ?BY LATEST COUNT,
THERE ARE 22 BLOC SHIPS EN ROUTE
TO CUBA. IDENTIFIED CARGOES INCLUDE METAL PRODUCTS, AGRI-
CULTURAL EQUIPMENT, FERTILIZER, TRACTORS,
PARTS, CHEMICALS FOOD AND PETROLEUM.
TRUCKS, SPARE
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4. LAOS:
A. A KIND OF SINO-SOVIET DISPUTE IN MINIATURE
ON WITHIN THE PATHET LAO,
B.
WE LEARN THAT THE LEFTISTS ARE CARRYING ON A RUNNING
DEBATE AMONG THEMSELVES. A GROUP HEADED BY PRINCE SOUPHAN-
NOUVONG, ON ONE SIDE, ARGUES THAT THE COUNTRY CAN BE BROUGHT
UNDER PATHET LAO CONTROL BY POLITICAL MEANS. TIME AND PA-
TIENCE WILL DO THE JOB.
C. A MILITANT FACTION RANGED AGAINST HIM CONTENDS THAT
THE DELIBERATE ROUTE IS NEITHER CERTAIN NOR NECESSARY GIVEN
PATHET LAO MILITARY SUPREMACY.
IS GOING
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5. NOTES:
A. USSR: A SPACE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO ORBIT FROM
TYURATAM EARLIER THIS MORNING./
B. PERU: THE JUNTA HAS THREATENED TO SUSPEND CON-
STITUTIONAL RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS THE WAVE OF
COMMUNIST-LED DISORDERS CONTINUES. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN
YESTERDAY CHARGED THAT THE COMMUNISTS WITH OUTSIDE SUPPORT
ARE READY TO LAUNCH A WELL-ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN OF SUBVERSION.
C. EAST-WEST GERMANY: THE EAST GERMANS HAVE REHA-
BILITATED A LINE OF ARGUMENT LAST HEARD IN 1960. ?AN EDITO-
RIAL IN THE PARTY MOUTHPIECE YESTERDAY SAID THAT "THE MOST
SUITABLE FORM OF REALIZING PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE IN GERMANY
IS A CONFEDERATION OF THE TWO GERMAN STATES WHICH MIGHT ALSO
BE JOINED BY A FREE CITY OF WEST BERLIN."
D. IRAN: THE SHAH
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IS SCHEDULING A REFERENDUM ON
HIS LAND REFORM PROGRAM. BY. MOVING FAST--THE VOTE WILL TAKE
PLACE ONLY 10 DAYS LATER--HE INTENDS:TO GIVE OPPONENTS OF THE
PROGRAM NO TIME TO RALLY.
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