THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 JULY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996463
• 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 20, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--20 JULY 1963
1. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. DIEM HAS RELAXED POLICE HARASSMENT OF THE BUDDHISTS
SOMEWHAT POSSIBLY ENOUGH TO INDUCE BUDDHIST LEADERS TO MEET
WITH A GOVERNMENT CO ITTEE ON MONDAY.
B. DIEM'S MORE MODERATE MINISTERS THINK HE IS NOW ON THE
RIGHT TRACK, BUT STILL SUBJECT TO STRONG CONTRARY ADVICE. THERE
IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT HIS POLICIES WILL BE UNDERCUT.
C. THE THAI FOREIGN MINISTER YESTERDAY TOLD OUR EMBASSY
THAT UNLESS DIEM'S CURRENT EFFORTS DAMPEN DOWN THE CRISIS,
THAILAND WOULD FEEL COMPELLED TO REACT STRONGLY.
2. CUBA--NAVY:
A. CUBAN CREWS APPEAR READY FOR A FIRING EXERCISE WITH
KOMAR GUIDED ISSILES,
B.
3. NOTES:,
A. .?USSR ? TEST BAN: KHRUSHCHEV'S SPEECH YESTERDAY TREATED
A LIMITED TEST BAN AS AN ACCOMPLISHED FACTO THERE WAS NO IM?
PLICATION THAT THE TEST BAN IS CONDITIONAL ON A NONAGGRESSION
PACT: KHRUSHCHEV SIMPLY STATED. Tp4T,"wg ww4p LIKE TO HOPE"
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THAT THE MOSCOW TALKS WILL PRODUCE AGREEMENT ON SUCH A PACT.
B. SYRIA: NAMES OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THURSDAY'S FIASCO ARE
EMERGING AND THE PRO-NASIR COLORATION IS APPARENT. THE CAIRO
PRESS IS NOW GIVING THE SYRIAN REGIME THE FULL TREATMENT. THE
BAATHIST GOVERNMENT, DISREGARDING ESTABLISHED RULES FOR SYRIAN
COUPS, HAS SUMMARILY SHOT A SCORE OF THE LOSERS, AND REMAINS IN
SOMEWHAT SHAKY CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
C. cup4-- BRITISH GUIANA:
D. BOLIVIA: ,
E. AUSTRIA: AUSTRIA HAS AGREED TO WITHDRAW AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE EAST GERMAN AIRLINE TO RUN A WEEKLY EAST BERLIN - VIENNA
SERVICE. THIS SEEMS TO END AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH SERVICE
TO BERLIN AND ALSO TO END THE FLAP OVER ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR
BERLIN ACCESS.
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LATE ITEM
USSR?CHINA:
A. PEIPING, IN ITS FIRST DIRECT PUBLIC REPLY TO LAST SUN?
DAY'S SOVIET LETTER, TAKES THE WRAPS OFF A LITTLE MORE.
B. TODAY'S PEOPLES DAILY CHARGES "THE LEADER OF THE CPSU"
WITH "MALICIOUSLY" CONDEMNING CHINA AND SAYS "HE PARTICULARLY
ATTACKED COMRADE MAO TSE?TWIG-THOSE WHO SLANDER COMRADE MAO
AND OUR PARTY WILL ONLY MAKE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES" AND EXPOSE
"THEIR DIRTY AIMS."
C. THEY SAY THERE ARE "70 OR 80 TRULY SHOCKING INSTANCES
OF CALLING WHITE BLACK" IN THE SOVIET LETTER, WHICH THEY WILL
CLARIFY IN FURTHER ARTICLES "WITH MATERIAL EVIDENCE."
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