THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 8 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996709
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 8, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
8 DECEMBER.1963:
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BRAZIL
Porto Velho
BOLIVIA
Guajara Mirim
Railroad
Magdalena.
BRAZIL
Ti inidad
La Paz
Sicasica Cochabamba
Huanuni
Catavi
Sucre
Corumba
Potosi
Oyahu
Charagua
? Boyuibe
Villa Montes
PARAGUAY
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1. Bolivia
a. The tin miners at. Catavi,
who have been defying President Paz's
government all year, yesterday seized
four Americans along with a number
of Bolivian technicians at the mines.
b. The miners say they are
holding these people as hostages
for the release of a pair of trouble-
some pro-Communist leaders of the
miners' union, now in a government
prison.
c. The authorities do not pro-
pose to accept the swap.
d. This could quickly lead to
gunfire and even civil war, since
some 2,000 of the miners are armed
and the lines are drawn for a show-
down between Paz and his left-wing
Vice President Juan Lechin.
e. We are suggesting to Paz
that he avoid using force while the
Americans are still held but try to
bring pressure on Lechin for their
release.
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2. South Vietnam
3. Cambodia
a. Defense Minister Don admitted
to Ambassador Lodge yesterday that
much time had been lost in prosecut-
ing the war against the Viet Cong.
b. Don said certain personnel
adjustments were being made and
should be completed by the end of
the month, after which government
forces would "take off."
c. He predicted results early
next year.
d. Don denied that the generals
were divided. He thought reports to
this effect stem from the emphatic
manner in which most of their number
express themselves in strategy hud-
dles.
a. Suggestions in yesterday's
press dispatches out of Phnom Penh
that certain Frenchmen are pushing
Cambodia into Peiping's camp tend,
we think, to overplay their influence.
b. The best known of these,
Charles Meyer and Jean Barre, have
been in Cambodia for years writing
editorials for the Sihanouk press.
While their opinions do, on occasion,
coincide with and reinforce Sihanouk's
prejudices, they have had little
better luck in harnessing the mer-
curial prince to a set line than any-
one else.
(Cont'd)
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c. In the present case, we do
not believe that Sihanouk wishes to
commit himself irrevocably to Pei-
ping. His request for French assist-
ance to replace ours is an attempt
to take out insurance.
d. France has, however, been
slow to react; thus, Defense Minis-
ter Messmer's visit scheduled for
January was described yesterday by
the French foreign office as for
"preliminary" talks on aid.
e. This, and the first signs
of business disruption and discontent
in high places, may have led Sihanouk
to begin backing water a bit on ter-
minating US aid. His negotiators
were maneuvering last week to keep
key parts of the program alive for
another three to six months.
4. Thailand a. Prime Minister Sarit died
at 0500 this morning Washington time.
b. General Thanom Kittikachorn
has called at the Palace to see the
king
c. There are no reports o
disturbances in Bangkok
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NOTES
A. Yugoslavia In a conversation with Tito last Thurs-
day, Chargd Kocher found him "remarkably vague" on
a number of points. This could stem from the fact
that he gave up certain of his responsibilities last
summer, but some of his associates have been saying
that the 71-year-old Tito has failed markedly in
recent months.
Brazil Yet another Brazilian political crisis seems
to be approaching. Rio is full of rumors this weekend
that President Goulart intends shortly to give his
cabinet a more marked leftist cast.(
C. USSR-Morocco The Soviets have assured the Moroccans
that further military aid is a possibility.
D. USSR-Cuba The Soviet AN-12 heavy military trans-
port, which we noted en route from Moscow to Cuba
landed at Havana yesterday.
E. Syria The tug of war between moderate and extreme
Baathists goes on
pro-Nasir groups have been alerted to take ad-
vantage of any opening this struggle may give them
to seize power.
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