THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 JULY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996431
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 2, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST---2 JULY 1903
1. CUBA:
2. ?USSR?INDONESIA:
A. MOSCOW HAS APPARENTLY AGREED TO A THREE?YEAR MORATORIUM
ON THE INDONESIAN DEBT OF $725 MILLION.
3. BRITISH GUIANA ? CUBA:
A. THE JAGAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING ITS TIES
WITH CUBA WHILE STEPPING UP ITS ATTACKS ON THE US.
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B. GEORGETOWN RECENTLY CONTRACTED FOR THE 1964 SALE TO
CUBA OF 45,000 TONS OF RICE--THEE TIMES THIS YEAR'S CONTRACT--
AND A LARGE ORDER OF RAILROAD TIES. TOTAL VALUE APPROXIMATES
SOME 5 MILLION DOLLARS!
D. GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN AND JAGAN'S NEWSPAPER ARE CHARGING
THE US WITH TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE REGIME. THEY SAY THAT OF?
FICIAL US ACTION PREVENTS THE USE OF AMERICAN?OWNED FACILITIES
TO STORE FUEL OBTAINED FROM CUBA. JAGAN'S NEWSPAPER SUGGESTED
THAT US DIPLOMATS BE RECALLED FROM GEORGETOWN.
4. COMMON MARKET:
A. BONN AND PARIS MAY SOON AGREE TO SET EEC GRAIN PRICES
AT A LEVEL WHICH WOULD PROBABLY STIMULATE FRENCH PRODUCTION AND
REDUCE EEC IMPORTS FROM THE US.
B. ACCORDING TO WEST GERMAN OFFICIALS, THESE TWO MEMBERS
HAVE AGREED TO? WORK TOWARD A DECISION ON THIS MATTER IN THE LATE
FALL WITH INITIAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE IN MID-1964.
C. PARIS HAS BEEN PRESSING BONN FOR A COMPROMISE AND ERHARD
IS EVIDENTLY WILLING TO GO ALONG ONCE HE BECOMES CHANCELLOR.
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D, WEST GERMAN OFFICIALS SAY THAT NO CONSIDERATION WILL
BE GIVEN TO A PRICE LEVEL LOWER THAN MIDWAY BETWEEN THE GERMAN
PRICE AND THE FRENCH PRICE. THEY CLAIM THE FRENCH SUPPORT
THIS LEVEL.
5. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. CHARGE TRUEHART IN SAIGON, RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS RE?
GARDING A POSSIBLE DEMARCHE TO DIEM ON THE BUDDHIST PROBLEM,
EXPRESSES HIS VIEW THAT FURTHER DEMONSTRATIONS OR SELF?SACRI?
FICES BY BONZES MAY WELL OCCUR, NO MATTER WHAT MEASURES DIEM
TAKES,
B. TRUEHART SUGGESTS THAT THE BUDDHISTS MAY INTEND TO
PUSH THEIR PRESENT ADVANTAGE UNTIL THE REGIME FALLS. HE SAYS
THEY MAY BE ACTING ON A BASIS OF SELF?PRESERVATION OR POLITICAL
AMBITION, OR BOTH.
C. HE ALSO SUGGESTS THAT DIEM MAY HAVE MADE UP HIS MIND
TO DEAL HARSHLY WITH ANY FURTHER BUDDHIST ACTIONS DESPITE THE
RISK OF A STRONG US REACTION.
D. TRUEHART SEES NO REAL DIFFERENCE IN OUTLOOK BETWEEN
DIEM AND THE TWO NHUSI, DIEM SEEMS MORE AND MORE RELIANT ON NHU
AND DOUBTS HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND HIM ABROAD.
6. NOTE:
A. NATIONALIST CHINA ? COMMUNIST CHINA:
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