THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 31 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996534
• 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 31, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--31 SEWENDER 03
1. ,SOUTH VIETNAM:
A, THE DIEM/NHU REGIME IS BUSILY TRYING TO SHARPEN
UP ITS DESIRED IMAGE AS A UNITED NATION.
B. "SPONTANEOUS" MASS RALLIES WERE STAGED TODAY IN
SAIGON AND OTHER CITIES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE GOVERN-
MENT AND ARMED FORCES ENJOY BROAD POPULAR SUPPORT. AM-
BASSADOR LODGE REPORTS THAT THE SAIGON DEMONSTRATION WAS
ATTENDED BY A WELL-ORGANIZED BUT APATHETIC CROWD,
.C. .THE ARMY HAS ALSO CHIPPED IN. GENERAL DINH,.
THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF SAIGON, HAS PUBLICLY DENIED
THAT DISSIDENCE EXISTS IN THE ARMED Fongs. ,THIS IS A
FOLLOW-UP'TO A RECENT STATEMENT FROM THE GENERAL STAFF
ACCEPTING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MARTIAL LAW.
D. .REGIME PUBLICISTS ARE MAKING MUCH OF THE RE-
LEASE OF THE MAJORITY OF RECENTLY ARRESTED STUDENTS AND
BUDDHISTS AND OF THE MEETING BETWEEN DIEM AND THE "TRUE"
BUDDHIST LEADERS.
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2. MALAYSIA:
A. A BRITISH-INDONESIAN COMPROMISE ON THE OBSERVER
ISSUE HAS BEEN REACHED AND, ACCORDING TO REPORTS THIS
MORNING, A TEAM OF EIGHT INDONESIAN OBSERVERS IS ON ITS
WAY TO NORTHERN BORNEO.
3. BOLIVIA:
A. THE BOLIVIAN COMMUNIST PARTY IS ENDEAVORING TO
DISRUPT THE STILL FRAGILE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERN-
MENT AND THE TIN MINERS TO END THEIR COSTLY STRIKE,
B. THE COMMUNISTS, STUNG BY THE ARREST OF SEVERAL
PARTY MEMBERS, ARE AGITATING FOR A SERIES OF SYMPATHY
STRIKES BY WHICH OTHER WORKERS WILL SHOW SOLIDARITY
WITH THE TIN MINERS.
C. IF THE PARTY SUCCEEDS, THE LEADERS OF THE TIN
MINERS' UNION WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO KEEP THEIR FOL-
LOWERS IN LINE.
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4, JORDAN:
A. KING HUSAYN HAS MINTED THAT JORDAN S PARLOUS
FINANCIAL STATE MAY DRIVE HIM TO SEEK SOVIET SUPPORT.
Co .HE DOUBTLESS HOPES THAT THE THREAT OF AN AP?
PEAL TO THE SOVIETS WILL STIMULATE THE US TO STEP UP
ITS BUDGETARY SUPPORT, NOW AT $35 MILLION A YEAR,
5. USSR:
A. ,WE SEE SIGNS THAT THE upsR MAY BE PREPARING
TO PUT NUCLEAR SUBMARINES ON LONG?RANGE PATROL IN THE
PACIFIC.
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6, NOTES:
B. CUBA-BRAZIL: CHARTERED CUBANA FLIGHTS BETWEEN
HAVANA AND VARIOUS POINTS IN BRAZIL HAVE BECOME A MAJOR
MEANS OF ammo LATIN AMERICANS TO AND FROM CUBA..I
C. BRAZIL-USSR: BRAZILIANS WHO
LEFT RIO DE JANEIRO MAY BE GOING TO MOSCOW TO
RECEIVE TRAINING IN GUERRILLA WARFARE.
THE MOSCOW
ORIENTED BRAZILIAN COMMUNIST PARTY HAD DECIDED TO SEND
somg 30 BRAZILIANS TO THE USSR FOR SUCH TRAINING,
THE PARTY HAS COUNTINGENCY PLANS FOR:
A PROGRAM OF RURAL AGITATION STARTING EARLY NEXT YEAR
AND IS LOOKING AROUND FOR LIKELY AREAS IN WHICH TO CON-
DUCT GUERRILLA OPERATIONS.
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, D. INDONESIA?COMMUNIST CHINA
E. USSR?YUGOSLAVIA: KHRUSHCHEV'S PROGRESS THROUGH
YUGOSLAVIA HAS BEEN MARKED BY SIGNS THAT SUBSTANTIAL AD?
VANCES HAVE BEEN MADE TOWARD THE RESOLUTION OF SOVIET?
YUGOSLAV DIFFERENCES. WITH AN EYE COCKED TOWARD PEIPING,
BOTH KHRUSHCHEV AND TITO HAVE BEEN LABORING THE IDEA OF
CLOSE PARTY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. TITO HAS ALSO RE?
MARKED THAT THE "DYNAMIC" EXPANSION OF SOVIET?YUGOSLAV
ECONOMIC RELATIONS "SHOULD COMPENSATE FOR WHAT HAS BEEN
OMITTED IN THE PAST."
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