THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 11 MAY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996341
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 11, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-7-11 MAY 1963
1. HAITI:
A. DUVALIER'S LEGAL TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRES ON 15 MAY. HE
IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PLOTTING AGAINST HIM BOTH AT HOME
AND ABROAD WHICH MAY TAKE SHAPE AFTER THAT DATE.
D. NEARLY ALL OUR OFFICIAL DEPENDENTS HAVE DEPARTED PORT?
AU?PRINCE. THESE DEPARTURES APPEAR TO BE HAVING A PROFOUND
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON HAITIANS WHO TAKE IT AS A SIGN OF SERIOUS
TROUBLE IN THE OFFING. THEY EXHIBIT NO ANTI?US FEELING, HOWEVER.
E. A.VISIT TO THE HAITIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER HAS DISCLOSED
NO TROOP REINFORCEMENT OR DEFENSIVE PREPARATION EVEN AT STRATEGIC
POINTS.
2. LAOS:
A. SOUVANNA IS INSISTING ON A COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING
DESPITE PATHET LAO REFUSAL TO ATTEND.
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3. INDONESIA:
A. RIOTING ERUPTED YESTERDAY IN BANDUNG AND THREE OTHER
IMPORTANT CENTERS IN WEST AND CENTRAL JAVA. TROOPS ARE BEING
CALLED OUT TO RESTORE ORDER.
B. WE HAVE ONLY FRAGMENTARY REPORTS REGARDING THE CAUSE
OF THE RIOTING WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DIRECTED LARGELY
AGAINST CHINESE MERCHANTS.
C. SPECULATING, WE COULD SAY THE DISORDERS MAY HAVE BEEN
IN PROTEST AGAINST RISING PRICES AND THE CHINESE MERCHANTS WHO
LARGELY CONTROL THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
? D. THE COMMUNISTS MAY HAVE HAD A HAND, HOWEVER. ?WE BE-
LIEVE THEY WERE BEHIND A LARGE BANDUNG STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN
MARCH WHICH PROTESTED RISING PRICES.
4, CUBA:
A. CUBAN-URUGUAYAN RELATIONS HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL FOL-
LOWING AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES OVER THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THE
URUGUAYAN EMBASSY IN MARCH. THE CUBANS BENT OVER BACKWARD TO
REPAIR THE SITUATION,
B. THE SWISS, NOT DISGUISING THEIR RELIEF, TELL US CASTRO'S.
PROPOSED TRIP TO THEIR COUNTRY IS OFF. THEIR INFORMATION IS
THAT HE WILL RETURN DIRECTLY FROM moscow TO CUBA, BUT THEY DO
NOT KNOW EXACTLYWHEN.
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5. UAR?US PRESS CONFERENCE:
A. CAIRO HAS SO FAR REACTED CAUTIOUSLY TO THE PRESIDENT S
PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST.
D. SYRIAN OFFI?CIAL REACTION TO THE STATEMENT HAS BEEN
LAUDATORY AND THE STATEMENT IN FULL HAS BEEN WELL PUBLICIZED.
6. SYRIA:
A. A NEW PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN APPOINTED IN SYRIA.
SAMI AL JUNDI, DESCRIBED AS A SOCIALIST UNIONIST, WILL REPLACE
SALAH BITAR, A CO?FOUNDER OF THE BAATHIST PARTY.
B. OUR FIRST GLANCE INTERPRETATION OF THIS CHANGE IS THAT
IT IS A SOP TO THE PRO?NASIRITES WHO HAVE CRITICIZED THE GOVERN?
MENT FOR BEING OVERLOADED WITH BAATHISTS. WE DOUBT IT ALTERS
THE POLITICAL SITUATION SIGNIFICANTLY.
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7. NOTES:
A. COLOMBIA: BOGOTA IS CALM. SUPPORT FOR THE ROJISTAS
DWINDLED AND THE DEMONSTRATIONS FIZZLED YESTERDAY WHEN WELL
PLANNED GOVERNMENT ACTION DENIED THE DEMONSTRATORS ACCESS TO
THE CENTRAL PLAZA.
B. ALBANIA?YUGOSLAVIA: THE YUGOSLAV ARMY G-2 HAS TOLD
US OF AN "UNCONFIRMED" REPORT OF A "SMALL INSURRECTION" IN
ALBANIA. WE HAVE NOTHING TO SUPPORT THIS STORY, BECAUSE IT
IS MOST UNUSUAL FOR THE YUGOSLAVS TO SHARE THIS SORT OF INFOR?
MATION WITH US, WE SUSPECT THEY ARE COVERING UP SOMETHING THEY
ARE DOING OR PLANNING TO DO nismsgLyEp IN ALBANIA,:
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