THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 OCTOBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996633
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 28, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
28 OCTOBER 1963
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2. .South Vietnam
3. Dahomey
a. National Day celebrations
passed without major incident save
the burning of another Buddhist
monk. As before, some of the US
newsmen were tipped off in advance
and had their cameras at the ready.
b. talk of coup
plotting, none of it very concrete.
un-
rest among some senior military of-
ficers, who continue to suspect that
Nhu is trying to work something out
with the Communists.
c. The regime has quickly
denied London press rumors of a
truce between North and South Viet-
nam. It is no doubt aware that
such reports upset some of the mili-
tary.
d. The UN mission continues to
get the fast shuffle.
?a. President Maga appears
heading the way of Abbe Youlou in
the Brazzaville Congo.
b. The army chief of staff
announced a government reorganiza-
tion yesterday in which Maga remains
President but, ithin a ruling tri-
umvirate including Vice President
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4. Morocco-
Algeria
Apithy, a militant nationalist and
favorite of the labor demonstrators.
c. This was not enough for
labor leaders who say their general
strike will continue until Maga re-
signs.
d. So far the army has seemed
reluctant to cashier Maga, who be-
longs to one of the northern tribes
which predominate in the military.
e. Maga was warned last Thurs-
day by De Gaulle that France was
not prepared to go any further to
keep him in office than it had for
Youlou. In that case limited inter-
vention by French troops had little
effect on the outcome.
a. Hassan and Ben Bella are
still a few steps away from the
negotiating table. Latest version
is that the two leaders will attend
a select "summit" meeting tomorrow
in Bamako, Mali, but it remains to
be seen whether they will get there.
b. U Thant had decided to keep
out of the peacemaking arena largely
because he thinks any appeal of his
would not go down well with Egypt.
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5. Congo
c. The USSR, while blaming
the US and France for starting every-
thing, is still on the theme of
settlement through negotiations.
d. France has now decided to
proceed with deliveries already in
the French military program for
Morocco and to give immediate addi-
tional help in the form of ammuni-
tion and food.
e. The military front does
not appear to be as active as the
press would have us believe. How-
ever, skirmishing is continuing(
a. The government has yet to
break relations with Communist bloc
countries and the? leadership is now
reported to be divided on the issue.
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to pay for wheat imports and what other import trans-
actions to approve.
B. .Cuba wheat that Communist China is
diverting to Cuba may be a while getting there.
if the orders were
confirmed the yoyage would take a couple of months
via the long route around South Africa.
C. USSR The satellite Cosmos 20 was returned to earth
and recoveredon 26 October after eight days in
orbit.
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