THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 17 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996510
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 17, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-17 AUGUST 1963
1. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. DIEM'S BUDDHIST PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AS THE
SERIES OF SUICIDES AND DEMONSTRATIONS ATTRACT THE SYMPATHY
OF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
B. THE GOVERNMENT HAS FOUND IT NECESSARY, WHILE PUBLICIZ?
ING A POLICY OF CONCILIATION, TO CLAMP MARTIAL LAW ON TWO
COASTAL CITIES INVOLVED IN THE MOST RECENT RITUAL BURNINGS4
THERE HAVE BEEN CLASHES BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE DEMONSTRATORS
IN BOTH PLACES.
C. SAIGON IS FULL OF RUMORS THAT FURTHER TROUBLE IS
LIKELY, POSSIBLY EXTENDING TO A COUP ATTEMPT.,
D.
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2. MALAYSIA:
A. THE UN SURVEY TEAM ARRIVED IN NORTHERN BORNEO YES-
TERDAY WITH THE OBSERVER ISSUE UNRESOLVED.
B. THE BRITISH ARE STICKING TO THEIR DECISION TO PERMIT
BUT TWO FROM EACH OF THE MANILA POWERS. THE PHILIPPINE AND
MALAY OBSERVERS ARE SET TO ARRIVE ON THE SPOT TODAY
C. THE INDONESIANS, WHO WANTED TO SEND TWENTY, HAVE
SAID THE BRITISH LIMITATIONS ARE "RIDICULOUS AND COULD CAUSE
TROUBLE" AND HAVE PRESSURED THE BRITISH FOR A MORE LIBERAL
FIGURE. AMBASSADOR JONES DOES NOT THINK THAT THIS WILL BE
A STICKING POINT FOR DJAKARTA AND THAT INDONESIA WILL ACCEPT
MALAYSIA.
D. INDONESIAN OBSTRUCTIONISM IS NOT AT AN END, HOWEVER.
3. ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA:
A. FIGHTING BETWEEN SOMALI INHABITANTS OF EASTERN
ETHIOPIA AND ETHIOPIAN TROOPS HAS FLARED UP AGAIN.
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B. ADDIS ABABA HAS SENT ADDITIONAL TROOPS INTO THE
AREA AND HAS, SAY THE SOMALIS, BEGUN TO USE HEAVY WEAPONS
AND AIRCRAFT AGAINST THE ENDEMICALLY DISSIDENT TRIBESMEN.
C. THE SOMALI GOVERNMENT DENIES ANY COMPLICITY IN THE
FIGHTING AND HAS SUGGESTED AN INVESTIGATION ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE BORDER BY OBSERVERS FROM COUNTRIES FAVORABLY DISPOSED
TOWARD ETHIOPIA.
D. WE HAVE BEEN COUNSELLING RESTRAINT IN THE Two CAPI?
TALS AND NOW LEARN THAT HAILE SELASSIE HAS AGREED TO SEND A
GOOD WILL MISSION TO THE SOMALI REPUBLIC AT A DATE YET TO BE
SET.
4. HAITI?CUBA:
A. AS FOREIGN MINISTER CHALMERS HURRIEDLY LEFT PORT?
AU?PRINCE YESTERDAY FOR THE US TO PRESS CHARGES THAT THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ABBETTED THE RECENT "INVASION", THE SMALL
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TWO MORE OUTPOSTS IN NORTHEASTERN HAITI.
B. COUNTER?ATTACKS TO RETAKE THE POSTS WERE BEATEN OFF
C. THIS LOOKS TO US MORE LIKE A SMALL?SCALE GUERRILLA
ACTION THAN THE SIGNAL FOR A SUSTAINED MILITARY DRIVE AGAINST
THE HAITIAN DICTATOR. IT DOES INDICATE, HOWEVER, THAT CANTAVE
STILL HAS A FORCE IN ACTION.
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D. HE MAY GET SOME HELP FROM AN UNSAVORY CUBAN EXILE
NAMED MASFERRER.
HE AND CANTAVE HAVE A "MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACT."
E. UNDER ITS TERNS MASFERRER PROVIDES CANTAVE WITH
ARMED SUPPORT AND GETS A BASE FROM WHICH TO OPERATE AGAINST
CUBA IF CONTAVE SUCCEEDS.
5. NOTES:
A. CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE): THE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE SUB?
SIDED FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF A CIVILIAN CARETAKER
GOVERNMENT WHICH IS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR NEW ELECTIONS THREE
MONTHS HENCE. THE LABOR LEADERS WHO FASHIONED YOULOU'S
DOWNFALL SEEM CONTENT FOR THE MOMENT TO REMAIN INFLUENTIAL
FIGURES IN THE BACK ROOMS.
B. CUBA ? TEST BAN: AMBASSADOR KOHLER HAS BEEN STRUCK
BY THE ABSENCE IN SOVIET COVERAGE OF THE TREATY OF ANY SUG?
GESTION THAT CUBA WILL SIGN OR ANY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES
FROM CUBAN LEADERS. KOHLER THINKS THAT THE SILENCE FROM
HAVANA REVEALS DIFFERENCES IN CASTRO'S INNER CIRCLE ON JUST
HOW TO PLAY THIS ONE.
C. CUBA ? US
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D. COMMUNIST CHINA - SOMALI REPUBLIC: TOURING SOMALI
PREMIER ABDIRASCID CAME AWAY FROM PEIPING WITH AN INTEREST-
FREE CREDIT OF NEARLY TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS. HE ALSO GOT
THREE MILLION IN DIRECT BUDGETARY SUPPORT, THE CHINESE COM-
MUNISTS' FIRST UNDERTAKING IN THE BUDGET SUPPORT FIELD. THE
AGREEMENTS MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN
MOGADISCIO.
E. COMMUNIST CHINA:
MOST OF
THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES HAD RESPONDED TO PEIPING'S CALL FOR
A WORLDWIDE SU IT CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT IN A "RUDE OR
CHURLISH" MANNER.
THE EX-
PULSION OF CHINESE COMMUNIST NEWS AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES
FROM PRAGUE
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