THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 SEPTEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996576
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 25, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--25 SEPTEMBER 1963
1, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
A. PRESIDENT BOSCH WAS OVER-
THROWN IN A BLOODLESS COUP A FEW HOURS AGO,
B. IT WAS CARRIED OUT BY RIGHTIST MILITARY OFFICERS
APPARENTLY HEADED BY COLONEL WESSIN Y WESSIN2 COMMANDER OF
THE MILITARY TRAINING CENTER AT SAN ISIDRO, THE REST OF THE
LINEUP IS LESS CERTAIN,\
D. BOSCH IS NOW UNDER ARREST ON THE TRUMPED
UP CHARGE THAT HE WAS DEPORTING SPANIARDS CONTRARY TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
2. YEMEN-UAR:
A. ANTI-ROYALIST TRIBAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE PRESS-
ING. FORA GREATER SAY IN THE GOVERNMENT.
B. CAIRO_ APPARENTLY ALSO CONSIDERS SALLAL,'S GOVERNMENT
UNWORKABLE AND WILL PROBABLYMAKE SOME CHANGES.
C. SALLAL HAS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE FROM CAIRO. MARSHAL
AMER. AND ANOTHER TOP NASIR AIDE ARE ALSO NOW IN SANIL
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3. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. A HIGH OFFICIAL OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY TELLS US THAT PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE DIEM GOVERN-
MENT'S STATEMENTS IS "PRACTICALLY ZERO." HE SAYS THE PEOPLE
OF SAIGON, INCLUDING ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES AND CIVIL SERVANTS,
WANT A CHANGE.
B. HE HIMSELF SEES NO ALTERNATIVE TO DIEM AND BELIEVES
NHU HAS VALUABLE QUALITIES. HE SUGGESTS NHU BE MADE PRIME
MINISTER, WITH MADAME NHU "PERMANENTLY EXILED" AND THAT
GENUINELY FREE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BE HELD.
C. REPORTS OF COUP PLOTTING
BUT THE WILLINGNESS OF THE MILITARY UNITS
SUPPOSEDLY INVOLVED TO SUPPORT A COUP REMAINS UNCERTAIN.
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5. HAITI - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
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C. PORT-AU-PRINCE HAS REMAINED CALM.
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7. NO NOTES.
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