THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 6 SEPTEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996544
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 6, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
6 SEPTEMBER 1963
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1. South Vietnam
2. Cuba - Com-
munist China
a. Diem appears about to get
some of the more controversial mem-
bers of his family temporarily out
of the country.
b. Madame Nhu has been named
head of South Vietnam's delegation
to an international conference in
Belgrade next week.
c. If she goes at all, however,
she may be away only for about ten
days, and might well use the meet-
ing as a forum for further provoca-
tive remarks.
d. Archbishop Thuc is said to
be going to Rome. This is some-
what more doubtful, as Thuc's politi-
cal power in Hue is increasing, and he
is deeply involved., in combating
antigovernment sentiment at the
University of Hue.
a. Peiping continues to ex-
ploit indications that the Castro
regime is not totally committed
to Soviet positions.
b. On Wednesday, a Peiping
broadcast quoted generously from
an article by Che Guevara which
urged all the people of Latin
America to unitefor a "head-on
struggle against imperialist
power." (Cont 'd)
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34 Laos
c. The article appears to echo
Castro's 1962 "Second Declaration of
Havana," which Moscow-oriented Com-
munists criticized for its failure
to stress the possibilities of peace-
ful movement toward communism.
d. Guevara's statements will
further complicate Cuba's position
in the Sino-Soviet dispute, already
muddled by Castro's militant 26 July
speech and Cuba's failure to 'sign
the test-ban treaty.
a. The loss of an Air America
plane to ground fire yesterday will
dim even further Souvanna's chances
of getting his coalition government
together in Vientiane before he goes
abroad on Monday.
b. The plane was on a rice
drop mission. The Pathet Lao claim
such flights do not have the approval
of the tripartite government.
c. Souphannouvong once threat-
ened to shoot down any US aircraft
that overflew "his" territory. No
US-chartered planes have been lost
to enemy fire since January, however,
although many have reported ground
fire while flying over Pathet Lao -
held territory.
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4. Yemen
5. Sino-Soviet
Dispute
a. Yesterday's People's Daily
article lays all that has gone wrong
with the Communist movement at
Moscow's door._
b. Khrushchev is depicted as
the chief culprit, and his denuncia-
tion of Stalin in his secret 1956
speech to the 20th Congress of the
Soviet party is said to have started
"the differences."
c. All the top Chinese leader-
ship is carefully associated with the
views expressed, as if to refute
charges that it is divided. (Cont'd)
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d. Peiping's determination to
go it alone is evident, but the Chi-
nese try to preserve the outer shell
of unity, and indicate that any
further widening of the rift will be
up to Moscow.
e. Especially in view of the
personal attack on Khrushchev, Mos-
cow will probably feel compelled to
reply in kind.
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NOTES
A. Greece-Cuba Prime Minister Pipinelis has informed
Ambassador Labouisse that a royal decree prohibit-
ing Greek-flag ships from bringing cargo away from
Cuba is being readied for the king's signature.
Pipinelis and other Greek officials said the gov-
ernment would do its utmost to enforce this and
some already existing decrees, although they felt
certain aspects of them were unconstitutional.
B.
Cuba-US
C. Venezuela Communist-led FALN terrorists are step-
ping up efforts to provoke the armed forces to oust
Betancourt before the November elections. They ap-
parently hope that a military junta would be easier
to topple than Betancourt's relatively democratic
regime. They have attacked security force instal-
lations in daylight three times in the last ten days,
and further damaged US-owned petroleum installations.
Security measures have been stiffened, and the gov-
ernment may, reluctantly, resort to martial law in
the more vulnerable areas.
D.
Japan-Communist China _Z
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