THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 13 JULY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996451
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 13, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--13 JULY 1903
1. SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE:
A. THE CHINESE, WITH A GREAT SHOW MORE IN SORROW THAN
IN ANGER, MADE CLEAR IN TODAY'S PEOPLE'S DAILY EDITORIAL
THAT THE TALKS IN MOSCOW HAVE REACHED A COMPLETE IMPASSE AND
WILL PROBABLY END SOON. THEY ACCUSED THE SOVIETS OF SABO?
TAGING THE NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE THEY STARTED BY "CATEGORICALLY
REJECTING" THE VIEWS IN THE CHINESE 14 JUNE LETTER,
B. WE DO NOT RULE OUT AN AGREEMENT TO MEET AGAIN, BUT
PEIPING'S REMARK THAT IF DIFFERENCES CANNOT BE RESOLVED
THIS YEAR "THEY CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR" SHOWS THE CHINESE
ARE IN NO HURRY, THEY APPEAR TO BELIEVE THEIR POSITION SO
STRONG THAT THE SOVIETS WILL EVENTUALLY BE FORCED TO COME
AROUND.
C. THE NEGOTIATORS IN MOSCOW HAD NOT APPEARED AGAIN
TODAY WHEN WE WENT TO PRESS.
2. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THE SITUATION IN SAIGON HAS TAKEN AN UGLY TURN.
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B.
C. OUR BEST GUESS 15 THAT NHU IS CONVINCED THE ARMY
IS ABOUT TO MOVE AND KNOWS A SINKING SHIP WHEN HE SEES
ONE. HE HAS BEEN MAKING NOISES OF LATE WHICH SUGGEST HE
HAS COME TO SEE HIMSELF AS THE SAVIOUR OF HIS COUNTRY-. IT
IS STILL POSSIBLE, OF COURSE, THAT HE IS ACTING FOR HIS
BROTHER TO SMOKE OUT THE ARMY'S MOOD'.
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A MOVE AGAINST
THE ODDS ARE SOMEWHAT BETTER THAN EVEN, HOWEVER, THAT
SOMETHING WILL BE TRIED'. NHIPS SENSE OF URGENCY, AND THE
EFFECT THAT HIS PITCH WILL HAVE ON THE SENIOR OFFICERS, LEAD
US TO THINK IT WILL COME SOON IF IT COMES,
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3. EGYPT:
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4. NOTES:
A. ECUADOR: THE
SITUATION IS QUIET WITH THE JUNTA IN FULL CONTROL.
B. SOUTH KOREA: KIM HYONG-UK HAS REPLACED KIM CHAE-CHUN
AS DIRECTOR OF SOUTH KOREA'S CIA. AS KIM HYONG-UK IS ONE OF
THE EXILED STRONGMAN KIM CHONG-PIL'S STRONGEST SUPPORTERS,
THIS IS A SETBACK FOR THE MODERATES IN THE POLITICAL STRUGGLE
FOR POWER.
C. US - USSR - NORTH KOREA: AN OFFICIAL OF THE SOVIET
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, IN RESPONSE TO YESTERDAY'S
QUERY BY THE US CHARGE ABOUT OUR REQUEST FOR AID IN RELEAS-
ING THE TWO HELICOPTER PILOTS HELD BY NORTH KOREA, SAID THAT
HIS GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY INFORMED PYONGYANG OF THE US IN-
QUIRY AND STATED "THIS CONSTITUTES THE FULL RESPONSE." WE
SUSPECT THAT MOSCOW'S INFLUENCE WITH PYONGYANG HAS ABOUT
DISAPPEARED.
E. WEST GERMANY - US: THE GERMANS WANT TO. DISCUSS
WITH SECRETARY MeNAMARA POSSIBLE DELIVERY OF NUCLEAR FUEL
ELEMENTS FOR A RESEARCH REACTOR FOR MILITARY PURPOSES..
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PRECISELY WHAT PURPOSES IS NOT CLEAR-..
F. CUBA:
G. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BOSCH MAY BE GRABBING A TIGER
BY THE TAIL IN SUBMITTING'A BILL IN THE SENATE TO CURB
THE ALMOST UNLIMITED POWERS OF THE POLICE. THE BILL STRIKES
AT THE POLITICAL STRENGTH OF BOSCH'S ENEMIES ON THE RIGHT,
A NOT PARTICULARLY SAVORY GROUP AROUND ANTONIO IMBERT, WHO
MAY NOT TAKE IT LYING DOWN.
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