THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 8 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996495
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 8, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--8 AUGUST 1963
1. HAITI:
A. THE "INVASION" BY CANTAVE'S REBELS SEEMS NOW TO HAVE
BEEN CONTAINED BY DUVALIER'S FORCES OR TO HAVE SIMPLY PETERED
OUT. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE "INVADERS" WERE FEW IN NUMBER, POS-
SIBLY LESS THAN 20.
C.
CANTAVE.'S MEN
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PROBABLY HAVE LITTLE CAPABILITY FOR ANYTHING BEYOND NUISANCE
RAIDS.
,THE FAILURE OF CANTAVE'S RAID TO ELICIT DEFECTIONS
FROM DUVALIER'S FORCES OR TO TOUCH OFF INTERNAL RESISTANCE WILL
NOT ENCOURAGE OTHER EXILE GROUPS/
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3. USSR-BERLIN:
A. LAST WEEK THE SOVIETS PROPOSED THAT BRANDT OR HIS
DEPUTY MAYOR ARRANGE A MEETING WITH ABRASIMOV, THE SOVIET AMBAS-
SADOR TO EAST GERMANY,
B. MONDAY, ABRASIMOV HIMSELF INDICATED TO AMBASSADOR
MCGHEE THE USSR'S DESIRE TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF SOVIET ACTIVI-
TIES IN WEST BERLIN.
C. DIRECT SOVIET CONTACTS WITH WEST BERLIN OFFICIALS WOULD
LET MOSCOW CLAIM THAT BERLIN IS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY AND THAT
THE OCCUPATION STATUS IS OUTMODED.
D. HIGH RANKING WEST BERLINERS HAVE RECENTLY ADVOCATED
EXPANDED RELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNISTS, AND WE THINK IT UNLIKELY
THAT THEIR DOORS WOULD BE CLOSED TO EMISSARIES FROM THE SOVIET
EMBASSY, OR THAT THEY WOULD NECESSARILY CLEAR SUCH CONVERSATIONS
IN ADVANCE WITH THE ALLIED COMMANDANTS.
4. USSR:
A. SOVIET SCIENTISTS ARE SEEKING TO IMPRESS WESTERN
SCIENTISTS WITH THE GREAT DIFFICULTIES OF AN ATTEMPT TO LAND A
MAN ON THE MOON.
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B. THEY POINT TO THE DANGER OF SOLAR FLARES AND TREMENDOUS
LAUNCH PROPULSION REQUIREMENTS, AND ASSERT THAT THE SCIENTIFIC
RESULTS OF A MANNED FLIGHT WOULD NOT JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE. THEY
HAVE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SUCH FLIGHTS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED ON AN
INTERNATIONAL BASIS.
C. THIS MAY BE AN INDICATION THAT THE SOVIETS ARE BACKING
AWAY FROM AN EARLY ATTEMPT AT A MANNED LUNAR LANDING. THE STATE-
MENTS COULD ALSO BE INTENDED TO INFLUENCE WESTERN SCIENTISTS
AGAINST THE ANNOUNCED US PROGRAM.
5. NOTES:
A. SOUTH VIETNAM: THE ARREST OF MANY BUDDHISTS IN SAIGON
YESTERDAY HAS ADDED FUEL TO THE RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY, ALTHOUGH
THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY MAKE FURTHER CON-
CESSIONS.
AN IMMINENT COUP
B. NORTH VIETNAM - USSR: THE FIRST HIGH-LEVEL EXCHANGE
OF VIETNAMESE AND SOVIET VIEWS ON MILITARY AND POLITICAL PROP-
LENS IN SIX MONTHS MAY BE UNDERWAY IN MOSCOW, AS TBE CHIEF OF
STAFF OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY HAS BEEN IN TOWN SINCE MON-
DAY. THINGS MAY BE A BIT STICKY, HOWEVER. THE VIETNAMESE HAVE
RECENTLY MOVED MORE OPENLY TO PEIPING'S SIDE, AND APPARENTLY
SUSPECT THAT MOSCOW MIGHT SACRIFICE THEIR INTERESTS IN SOUTH
VIETNAM.
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C. RUMANIA-US: OUR EMBASSY IN BUCHAREST CONCLUDES THAT
THE RUMANIANS HAVE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY ALL JAMMING OF VOICE
OF AMERICA AND RADIO FREE EUROPE BROADCASTS.
D. IRAQ-USSR: BAGHDAD NOW APPEARS TO BE HAVING SECOND
THOUGHTS ABOUT ITS BRUSQUE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE USSR, ESPECIALLY
ITS EFFECT UPON SOVIET :AID. 7
E. .BURMA.: NE WIN'S CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO REACH AN
AMNESTY AGREEMENT WITH VARIOUS COMMUNIST AND ETHNIC INSURGENT
GROUPS IS CREATING AN AIR OF POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY. WE, DO NOT
THINK HE HAS YET MADE DAMAGING CONCESSIONS TO THE COMMUNISTS,
BUT THERE ARE INDICATIONS HE IS THINKING IN TERMS OF A COALITION
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING COMMUNISTS AND MEMBERS OF FORMER PREMIER
NEJS PARTY--POSSIBLY EVEN U NU HIMSELF.
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