THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 6 JULY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996439
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 6, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-6 JULY 1963
1. CUBA:
A. PHOTOGRAPHY OF 4 JULY SHOWS THAT THE SAM. EQUIPMENT
MOVED FROM SANTA LUCIA TO SAN JULIAN AIRFIELD HAS NOW BEEN
SET UP IN AN OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION NEXT TO THE EXISTING
SAM SITE.
B. THIS STRONGLY SUPPORTS OUR BELIEF THAT SAN JULIAN
IS TO BE THE CENTER FOR TRAINING CUBANS IN SAM OPERATIONS.
C. ON 3 JULY, HAVANA RADIO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL
WEEKS, ATTACKED US PRESENCE AT GUANTANAMO, CALLING THE BASE
A CENTER FOR SABOTEURS AND COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES.
2. PORTUGAL?US?CONGO:
A. PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER NOGUEIRA TOLD AMBASSADOR
ELBRICK THURSDAY THAT HE HAD RELIABLE INFORMATION THE US WAS
BEHIND ADOULA'S DECISION TO RECOGNIZE THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT
IN EXILE.
B. AFTER SOME TYPICAL INTEMPERATE LANGUAGE, NOGUEIRA
THREATENED TO TAKE UNSPECIFIED RETALIATORY ACTION AGAINST
LEOPOLDVILLE.
C. ALTHOUGH NOGUEIRA'S BARK IS WORSE THAN HIS BITE, A
BREAK IN PORTUGUESE?CONGOLESE RELATIONS SEEMS QUITE LIKELY,
THE PORTUGUESE SIT ON TOP OF THE CONGO 'S ACCESS TO THE SEA,
?
BUT WE THINK USE OF THIS WEAPON LESS LIKELY.
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D. ALL MAJOR EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN POSTS HAVE BEEN IN?
STRUCTED TO COUNTERACT PORTUGUESE ACCUSATIONS AND TO ASSIST
IN KEEPING TEMPERS DOWN,
3. BRITISH GUIANA:
A. LOCAL POLICE HAVE NOW BEEN ORDERED TO SHOOT IF UNRULY
CROWDS GET OUT OF HAND.
B
THE LABOR UNIONS WOULD GO BACK
TO WORK IF JAGAN WOULD PROMISE NOT TO REINTRODUCE THE LABOR
BILL.
C. .THREE?QUARTERS OF THE SUGAR CANE WORKERS ARE READY TO
RETURN--IT IS ALMOST HARVEST TIME--BUT THE CIVIL SERVANTS ARE
STILL STUBBORN.
D. .RADIO HAVANA IS PLAYING UP JAGAN'S ACCUSATIONS THAT
THE US HAS IMPOSED AN ECONOMIC BLOCKADE AND THAT IT IS FINAN?
CING THE STRIKE.
4. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A.?, WHILE WE ARE UNABLE TO POINT TO ANY SIGNIFICANT NEW
DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE MORE UNEASY THAN EVER ABOUT THE SITUATION
IN SAIGON'.
W. THE VARIOUS OPPOSITION GROUPS ARE SHARPENING THEIR
KNIVES, BUT SEEM NOT YET TO HAVE THE UNITY AND DETERMINATION
TO ACT AGAINST DIEM AND THE NHU'S.
C. ..ALL ELEMENTS SEEM TO BE WAITING FOR SOMETHING. IN
SUCH AN ATMOSPHERE, A MINOR INCIDENT COULD CAUSE THE OPPOSITION
TO COALESCE OVERNIGHT.
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D. DIEM IS PROBABLY TRYING TO OUTWAIT HIS FOES, THE
GREATEST THREAT TO THIS TACTIC WOULD BE A RESUMPTION OF
BUDDHIST DEMONSTRATIONS, THE BUDDHISTS TOO ARE REPORTED
"WAITING."
E. REPORTING ON VICE?PRESIDENT THO'S INTENTIONS IS
CONFUSED. WE SAID THAT HE HAD SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION,
BUT LATER INFORMATION SUGGESTS HE HAS NOT YET DONE SO BUT
IS "UNCERTAIN AS TO TIMING." SINCE THO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMITTEE DEALING WITH THE BUDDHISTS, DIEM'S ACCEPTANCE OF
HIS RESIGNATION WOULD BE TAKEN AS GOVERNMENTAL REPUDIATION
OF THE 16 JUNE AGREEMENT,
F. A GROUP OF OUR HELICOPTERS RAN INTO UNUSUALLY HEAVY
GROUND FIRE YESTERDAY. ELEVEN WERE HIT, OF WHICH TWO WERE
BADLY DAMAGED, FIVE US PERSONNEL WERE WOUNDED,
5. NOTES:
A. BOLIVIA: THE GOVERNMENT'S 4 JULY DECISION TO SHUT
DOWN THE CATAVI TIN MINE, BOLIVIA'S LARGEST, RATHER THAN
PAY HIGHER WAGES TO THE MINERS, MAY SPARK AN EXPLOSION BY
COMMUNIST?DOMINATED LABOR UNIONS.
B. INDONESIA?MALAYSIA:
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C. US-USSR: AT THE RECEPTION ON THURSDAY, AMBASSADOR
KOHLER WAS UNABLE TO EXTRACT FROM MIKOYAN ANY CLARIFICATION
OF KH HE'S TEST-BAN STATEMENT.
D. FRANCE-WEST GERMANY: WE HAVE NO USEFUL INFORMATION
YET ON THE DE GAULLE - ADENAUER TALKS. AMBASSADOR McGHEE
DESCRIBES THE ATMOSPHERE AS LOW-KEY, WITH DE GAULLE "SUBDUED
IN STYLE."
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