THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 JUNE 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996418
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 25, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--25 JUNE 1963
1. YEMEN:
A. THE PACE IS QUICKENING DESPITE THE UN PRESENCE.
B. THE SAUDIS HAVE ANNOUNCED ANOTHER EGYPTIAN BOMBING
RAID--ON A VILLAGE SOME 50 MILES NORTH OF THE YEMENI BORDER.
C. WITHIN YEMEN, THE EGYPTIANS HAVE MADE LITTLE HEADWAY
RECENTLY AGAINST ROYALISTS NORTH AND EAST OF SANA, AND TRIBAL
HARASSMENTS OF THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION INTO THE CAPITAL CON?
TINUE. HOWEVER, FIELD MARSHAL AMER FLEW IN YESTERDAY, POSSIBLY
TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CAMPAIGN,
D. WE STILL SEE NO SIGNS OF PREPARATIONS FOR EGYPTIAN
WITHDRAWALS--NOT EVEN ON THE PART OF THE BRIGADE SCHEDULED FOR
ROTATION OUT.
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G. THE YEMEN?ADEN FEDERATION BORDER REMAINS UNEASY, WITH
SPORADIC EXCHANGE OF FIRE.
2. LAOS:
A. THE PATHET LAO HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR PRESSURE ON NEU?
TRALIST POSITIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EDGES OF THE
PLAINE DES JARRES./
B. THE NEUTRALIST GARRISON FORCED OUT OF NHOMMARATH IN
SOUTH?CENTRAL LAOS HAS BEEN SPLIT BY PATHET LAO PRESSURE, WITH
ONE GROUP RETREATING NORTHWARD, THE OTHER SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD
LAO ARMY POSITIONS,
C. AT ATTOPEU IN THE SOUTHEAST, OPPOSING FORCES ARE NOW
FAIRLY EVENLY MATCHED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT RECENT
CHANGE.
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4. CUBA-USSR:
HAVE TAKEN OVER
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SOVIET PERSONNEL
SELECTED CUBAN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND MORE-
OVER PRISONS AND JAILS.
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B. WE THINK THE
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TIONS--MOST OF THOSE REPORTED ARE KNOWN TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS--
REFLECTS THE INTENSIFIED TRAINING OF CUBAN MILITARY PERSONNEL
BY THE SOVIETS. OBSERVERS COULD EASILY, EQUATE THE ACTIVITIES OF
ADVISERS AND INSTRUCTORS WITH THE EXERCISE OF COMMAND AND CON-
TROL.
C. SOVIET CONTROL OF PRISONS IS HARDER TO EXPLAIN.
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NOW IN CHARGE OF THE FILES ON CUBAN COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES.
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THE DISARMING OR DISCHARGE
OF CUBAN MILITIA UNITS. WE STILL ARE INCLINED TO ATTRIBUTE
THIS TO THE NEARING COMPLETION OF THE MERGER OF THE MILITIA
WITH THE REGULAR ARMY AND THE WEEDING OUT OF THE UNRELIABLES AS
THE COMMUNISTS TIGHTEN THEIR CONTROL OF THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION.
5. CUBAN EXILES:
A. TONY VARONA WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN REVOLU-
TIONARY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT, VICE DR. ANTONIO MACE() MACKLE WHO
RESIGNED OVER THE 20 JUNE "INVASION" ANNOUNCEMENT. AT LEAST
ONE REFUGEE GROUP EXPECTS TO LEAVE THE CRC OVER THE ISSUE.
B. IT NOW SEEMS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE WHOLE EPISODE
WAS A PROPAGANDA GIMMICK AIMED AT PUBLICITY FOR THE CRC AND AT
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6, THE KURDS:
A. THE TURKS ARE WORRIED
THAT KURDISH TRIBAL
LEADERS FROM TURKEY HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH BARZANI IN IRAQ
AND THAT AN UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT WITH OUTSIDE FUNDS IS PROMOT-
ING KURDISH INDEPENDENCE IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY. ANKARA'S ACTION
LAST WEEK TO CLOSE THE BORDER WITH IRAQ CONSTITUTES ITS FIRST
PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN SOME YEARS THAT TURKEY, TOO, HAS A
KURDISH PROBLEM.
7. USSR - EAST GERMANY:
A. THUS FAR
ON THE PURPOSE OF KHRUSHCHEV'S
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30 JUNE VISIT TO EAST GERMANY.
B. .AT A MINIMUM, HE PROBABLY WANTS TO COUNTER THE EFFECT
OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT IN GERMANY.
C. IN HIS SPEECHES, HE MAY ELABORATE ON HIS INITIAL RES-
PONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S 10 JUNE SPEECH.
D. WE DO NOT EXPECT HIM TO ANNOUNCE ANY, MAJOR INNOVATIONS
IN SOVIET POSITIONS ON GERMANY AND BERLIN, HE MAY HOWEVER,
EXPAND HIS FORMULA FOR UN PARTICIPATION IN NEW WEST BERLIN AR-
RANGEMENTS AND INDICATE SOVIET READINESS TO RETURN TO FOUR-
POWER NEGOTIATIONS,- HE MIGHT HOPE TO COMPLICATE WESTERN TALKS
ON A NATO NUCLEAR FORCE WITH A CALL FOR A FOREIGN MINISTERS'
CONFERENCE, ;OR EVEN A SUMMIT MEETING..
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E. .WE NOW THINK THE SIGNALS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND THAT
THE COSMONAUTS MAY COME WITH KHRUSHCHEV.
THE FLAGS AND PENNANTS WILL NOT EVEN BE ppalrEggp
TO EAST GERMAN AUTHORITIES UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER THE PRESIDENT'
LEAVES WEST BERLIN,
F. WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE NOW THAT THE COMMUNISTS PLAN DIRECT
ACTION TO MAR THE PRESIDENT'S BERLIN VISIT. THEY COULD, HOWEVER,
BE THINKING OF INTERRUPTING S-BAHN SERVICE WITHIN WEST BERLIN
BY CUTTING OFF THE ELECTRIC POWER WITHIN EAST BERLIN, HOPING
THEREBY TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT? FOR WEST BERLINERS TO CONGRE-
GATE DOWNTOWN.
8, NOTES:
A. BRITISH GUIANA: THE TURBULENCE CONTINUES, WITH NO
SERIOUS NEW INITIATIVES TOWARD A SETTLEMENT REPORTED FROM
EITHER SIDE,
B. TEST BAN TALKS: SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS ARE
TAKING THE LINE WITH OUR EMBASSY THAT THE FORTHCOMING TEST BAN
TALKS WILL BE "SERIOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL, WITHOUT DAILY PRESS
BRIEFINGS." FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ?KUZNETSOV HINTS
THAT DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ZORIN MAY BE NAMED THE CHIEF
NEGOTIATOR,
C. INDIA-USSR: INDIAN OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SEEKING US AD-
VICE AS TO WHAT MILITARY HARDWARE THEY SHOULD SEEK IN MOSCOW.
THEY SAY THEY ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THE SOVIETS INTO SOME
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ROLE OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION WHICH WOULD "LOCK THEM INTO THE
INDIAN SCENE AND AGAINST THE CHINESE."
D. BRAZIL: WE MAY HEAR MORE ATTACKS ON THE ALLIANCE FOR
PROGRESS. THE STATE GOVERNOR OF RIO DO NORTE, FOR REASONS UN-
SPECIFIED, IS SAID TO BE PREPARING A SPEECH TO BE DELIVERED AT
A CONFERENCE OF NORTHERN GOVERNORS TO WHICH BLOC AND SEVERAL
LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS HAVE BEEN INVITED. FROM PERNAMBUCO
STATE THERE ARE DENUNCIATIONS OF "PRESSURE" AND COMPLAINTS THAT
AFP IS MAKING SEPARATE DEALS WITH LOCAL MAYORS. AID PERSONNEL
KNOW OF NO BASIS FOR THIS ONE,
E. USSR: REUTERS THIS MORNING WAS REPORTING RUMORS FROM
MOSCOW THAT KHRUSHCHEV HAD SUDDENLY LEFT FOR RUMANIA, OR WAS
ABOUT TO, AS OF 0800 EDT (OUR PRESS TIME) WE HAD NO CONFIRMATION
AND HAD NO NEWS OF UNSCHEDULED VIP FLIGHTS FROM MOSCOW.
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F. CUBA: IN SUNDAY'S PHOTOGRAPHY WE HAVE FOUND WHAT WE
BELIEVE TO BE THE SAM EQUIPMENT TAKEN FROM THE SANTA LUCIA SITE
IN WESTERN CUBA. IT IS 32 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST AT THE ALREADY
EXISTING SITE AT SAN JULIAN. THIS LEAVES SOME 75 MILES OF THE
NORTHERN COAST OF PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE UNPROTECTED BY SAM'S.
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