THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 14 MARCH 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996238
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 14, 1963

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BYTHE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 14 MARCH 196: Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 r--1 -1 1 F-1 1 ELO Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 1. Cuba photography revealed no significant change at Soviet military installa- tions. 50X1 50X1 50X11 b. 50X1 the sighting 50X1 of Soviet troop convoys on the roads near the ports. 50X1 50X1 "...L. T. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 E;1 Ea (2Ei 15 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 � 2. Cannaregio 3. USSR a. Suspicious behavior of the Cannaregio on Tuesday enters Venezuelan waters today. b. The vessel suddenly weighed anchor Tuesday and proceeded at top speed northward out of the Gulf of Paria. When closed by a Venezuelan destroyer, she doubled back and an- chored again. Barges and "much ac- tivity" were seen alongside shortly afterward. c. She got underway again early yesterday morning, and is now ap- proaching the Venezuelan coast a. A highly unusual meeting took place in Moscow yesterday, with Khrushchev in the chair. It was in effect a meeting of all the top political and administrative brass in the country. b. The result of the meeting was the creation of a Supreme Council of National Economy "to guide and consolidate the work of the national planning agencies and the industrial and construction committees." (Cont d) 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 r-- TL- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 r= r=n r=l r LJ1=-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 4. France c. Dmitry F. Ustinov was selected to head the new super- powered overseeing agency and pro- moted to deputy premier, making him one of three along with Mikoyan and Kosygin. d. Ustinov's entire career has been in armament industries, in- cluding, in recent years, missiles. (He ran the Soviet armament industkies during World War II.) e. Although his appointment at this extraordinary meeting could indicate a greater emphasis on mili- tary production, it is also possible that Ustinov's performance in arma- ments has made him the logical choice to implement greater administrative centralization for the whole Soviet economy. 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 L-1 E=1 =3 t Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 5. Indonesia- a. Djakarta has given Western Stanvac-Caltex oil companies in Indonesia a dead- line of 24 March to meet the govern- ment's contract terms. b. Among other things, these terms would in practice alter the proposed profit split from 60,-40 in favor of Indonesia to 70-30 or less. c.,The UN oil adviser in Indo- nesia believes there:As no. immediate threat that Indonesia will national- ize the companies' properties. He considers that if the companies agree to an Indonesian takeover of distribution facilities in five years and of refineries in 15 years, the government will compromise on other issues. For ThP PrPcirlpnt ()illy�Ton carreaf Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 50X1 c=3 Ezz c=0 czz Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 6. UAR-Yemen- Saudi Arabia a. an Egyptian MIG and an Ilyushin bombed three locations north of the Yemeni border on 12 March. b. So far there has been no complaint o* publicity from Saudi officials. c. Meanwhile, Egypt is continu- ing contingency preparations, pos- sibly for other air or naval attacks on towns in the central or northern sector of the Saudi Red Sea coast. d. The Saudi Arabians are still building up supplies of light arms and ammunition in the border towns, le. Yemen, meanwhile, has re- � ceived five more helicopters and two trainer aircraft from the USSR, and a Czech military delegation is to arrive in Yemen this week to survey other Yemeni requirements. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 11 17=1 E=2r F-1 1= I=ri1=1 E=3 1_1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 NOTES B. Costa Rica Honduran President Ramon Villeda Morales will have a prominent pro-Communist--fl Lagos--as one of two public relations men in his delegation at the San Josd "meeting. Lagos was 'ousted for pro-Communist activity from a job at Honduras University last summer. His sub- sequent appointment as Public Relations Director in the Honduran Civil Guard is an example of Villeda's policy of tolerating local pro-Com- munists while condemning international communism. C. USSR There has-been no stampede by ranking intellectuals to confess their errors in the wake of Khrushchev's speech which last Friday froze up the cultural thaw. Words of praise for the speech continue to fill the press, but they come from notorious patty hacks and third rate nobodies. With. the exception of bland praise from writer Konstantin Simonov:and from Shostakovich top flight artists have kept mum. D. West Germany - Bloc West Germany and Poland both apparently expect their newly-established trade missions will eventually handle cultural and consular affairs" betweenthe two states. The West Germans hope others can be encouraged to work out the same kind of arrangement with them. Hungary is considered a. good prospect for the near future. (Cont 'd) r".- TI0 Dre.c:.-1..,+ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 50X1 f=11=1=r-5.-11_ 111L--11 I �L I E1 LiE Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 E. USSR Khrushchev has appeared to recent visitors to be tired and preoccupied. He �has told the Indonesian Ambassador he will leave for the Black Sea at the end of the week--his first extended leave since late last summer. F. Argentina Police and army personnel in the greater Buenos Aires area were put on special alert late last �night, apparently as a pre- caution against any possible disturbances by forces opposed to recognition of the Peronist Popular Union Party, G. Iraq The government is taking no chances on being caught short by renewed Kurdish attacks in the event further talks with Barzani break down. Two infantry battalions, a tank regiment, and a mechanized regiment are moving north from Baghdad toward the Kurdish region. Bombers are 7isoreported to have been flown to the area. r-. r1..1.. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500010001-9 50X1