THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 8 JANUARY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996126
• 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 8, 1963

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
PRECEDENCE
FROM:
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THE PRESIDENT' S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-8 JANUARY 1963
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST---8 JANUARY 1963
1. CUBA:
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A.
ARMS SHIPMENT MAY NOW BE
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EN ROUTE
TO CUBA IN
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THE SOVIET SHIP SIMFEROPOL
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EVIDENCE IS ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL, BUT.
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IT FITS NEATLY INTO THE PATTERN FOLLOWED BY THE SOVIETS IN.
SHIPPING ARMS OR MILITARY CARGOES.
B. WE KNOW OF NO OTHER ARMS CARRIERS AMONG THE OTHER
23 BLOC .SHIPS EN ROUTE TO CUBA-14 DRY CARGO, ONE PASSENGER,
AND EIGHT TANKERS.
C. -ELEVEN OF THE KOMAR GUIDED?MISSILE PATROL. BOATS
(RANGE ABOUT 15 MILES) WERE CONCENTRATED IN MARIEL OVER THE
WEEK END. THE TWELFTH IS A..FEW MILES EAST AT HAVANA, WE
ARE STILL LOOKING FOR AN EXPLANATION.
D. .HAVANA RADIO CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO INCITE RE-
-VOLT. DURING THE PAST WEEK, WE HAVE NOTED DIRECT OR INDIRECT
APPEALS ADDRESSED TO GUATEMALA, PERU, URUGUAY AND THEDOMINI?
CAN REPUBLIC.
2. COMMUNIST CHINA:
A. THE CHINESE, ALWAYS EAGER TO SCORE A POINT OVER
THE INDIANS, HAVE FOUND ANOTHER CHANCE.
B. THEY HAVE TOLD THE AFGHANS THAT
THEY WILL SIGN A BORDER AGREEMENT
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WITH THEM "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE." THE CHINESE?AFGHAN BORDER--
FIFTY MOUNTAINOUS MILES--HAS LONG BEEN UNDEMARCATED.
C. THE CHINESE HAVE ALSO MANAGED TO SCORE A PROPA?
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COLOMBO CONFERENCE PROPOSALS CHARACTERIZED AS "POSITIVE" BY
BOTH THE CEYLONESE AND THE INDONESIANS IN JOINT COMMUNIQUES
WITH THEM YESTERDAY,
3, FRANCE?NASSAU:
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4. CONGO:
A. TSHOMBE RETURNED TO ELISABETHVILLE TODAY UNDER BEL?
GIAN AUSPICES.
B. TSHOMBE'S PRESENT COURSE IS NOT CLEAR, BUT HE MAY
TRY TO USE THE THREAT TO DESTROY UNION MINIERE FACILITIES
IN KOLWEZI AS A BARGAINING POINT,
TSHOMBE'S GENDARMES HAVE TAKEN OVER THESE INSTALLATIONS AND
HAVE MINED TWO NEARBY POWER STATIONS.
C. UN OFFICIALS, COOL TO HIS RETURN, MAY NOT BE IM?
PRESSED BY HIS THREATS--THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK OF LETTING
THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY WILL. LAST NIGHT UN OFFICIALS SAID
THEY WOULD TALK ONLY IF HE SAID PUBLICLY HE WOULD ALLOW THE
UN FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND WOULD RENOUNCE ANY SCORCHED?EARTH
POLICY.
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D. A UN MOVE ON KOLWEZI APPEARS TEMPORARILY TO BE IN
ABEYANCE. 'UN FORCES HOWEVER, HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF SEVERAL
MORE TOWNS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF KAMINA IN NORTHWEST KA?
TANGA AND A MOVE TO SAKANIA AT? THE KATANGAN RAIL EXIT INTO
NORTHERN RHODESIA APPEARS TO BE NEXT.
5, NOTE:
A. WEST BERLIN: MAYOR BRANDT HAS PUBLICLY URGED THAT
KHRUSHCHEV VISIT THE CITY'S WESTERN SECTORS WHEN HE COMES TO
EAST BERLIN FOR THE 6TH EAST GERMAN PARTY CONGRESS OPENING
ON 15 JANUARY. WE SUSPECT THAT BRANDT'S REAL MOTIVE IN THIS
MOVE IS TO FORESTALL A SOVIET INVITATION TO MEET KHRUSHCHEV
IN EAST BERLIN.
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