THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 18 JULY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996459
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 18, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
18 JULY 1963
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1. Pakistan
a. Ayub's government is press-
ing the US for a curtailment of arms
aid to India or for compensatory
benefits for Pakistan.
b. Foreign Minister Bhutto
told Ambassador McConaughy Monday
that what ?he described as mounting
public resentment against the West
is forcing Pakistan toward a more
"independent" policy. This is non-
sense: Ayub's government is not
that subject to public opinion and
in this case is not above creating
it.
c. Both Ayub and Bhutto are
publicly stressing the need for
closer relations with the Chinese.
Among moves said to be under study
is a defense or nonaggression pact
with Peiping.
d. Pakistani officials are
also making a show of determination
to go through with the civil air
agreement despite formidable practi-
cal difficulties.
e. We continue to think, how-
ever, that Pakistan's dependence on
US aid--and the absence of a feasible
alternative--will eventually bring
Ayub up short.
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2. Syria
a. This morning, shortly after
a Syrian delegation left Damascus
for discussions with Nasir in Alexan-
dria regarding Syrian-Egyptian unity,
fighting broke out in downtown Damas-
cus.
b. A Syrian army force attacked
army headquarters, Radio Damascus,
and other government buildings, which
were defended by other army forces,
The radio went off the air about noon
after declaring a curfew.
d. We have not yet been able
to establish which of the many pos-
sible factions rose against the re-
gime, but a late broadcast from
Radio Damascus by Chief of Staff
General Hafiz? asserts that the mutiny
has been crushed.
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NOTES
A. Laos Souvanna's office announced today the Pathet
ri75-had launched a "general attack" against neutral-
ist positions in the Plaine des Jarres utilizing
North Vietnamese troops. If true, this might be an
effort to deny use of the neutralist-held airstrip.
In recent weeks, there have been a number of vague
indications that the Communists could be building
up to something, but so far we have no official con-
firmation that this announcement is not yet another
false alarm.
B. USSR-India Khrush-
chev took an optimistic line on the test ban talks,
but contended world opinion must continue to press
for an agreement and a nonaggression pact
He
wants to meet Nehru for discussion of world problems.
C. Morocco The arrest of leftist National Union of
Popular Forces leaders Tuesday evening on charges
of "plotting to create agitation" is designed to
guarantee n victory for the royalist party in munici-
pal elections on 28 July. In the longer run it will
increase the isolation of King Hassan and his coterie.
(Cont'd)
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USSR-Cuba
Khrushchev will not visit Cuba until 1964,
he will come on 1 January in con-
nection with the fifth anniversary of the Cuban
revolution.
F. South Vietnam No major developments were reported
yesterday.
G.
Yemen What appears to be a program to surface
evidence of Cairo's use of gas warfare in Yemen
is in progress/
H. Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Defense Minister
General Manuel Gomes has admitted that rebel guer-
rilla forces control the southern portion of the
colony. The rebels claim they will be able to take
over the entire colony if they receive the aid prom-
ised by the African heads of state at Addis Ababa
earlier this year.
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