THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996740
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 26, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--26 DECEMBER 1963
1. CYPRUS:
A. GREEK, TURKISH AND BRITISH FORCES IN CYPRUS HAVE
BEEN PLACED UNDER UNIFIED BRITISH COMMAND.
B. SCATTERED SHOOTING HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE LAST
NIGHT'S CEASE?FIRE WENT INTO EFFECT, AND THE SITUATION RE?
MAINS EXPLOSIVE.
C. HOWEVER, WITH THE CEASE?FIRE AGREEMENT AND A UNIFIED
COMMAND TO ENFORCE IT, THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN EXPANSION OF THE
FIGHTING HAS DIMINISHED.
F. THERE WERE A FEW BRITISH, BUT NO AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
CASUALTIES AMONG THE TURKS AND GREEKS MAY NUMBER SEVERAL
HUNDRED.
2. GREECE: WITH PAPANDREOU'S RESIGNATION ON TUESDAY, THE
CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT NEW NATIONAL ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD,
POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS JANUARY. IF THE CRISIS IN CYPRUS CON?
TINUES, HOWEVER, KING PAUL MAY CALL ON THE NON?COMMUNIST
PARTIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNION AT ONCE.
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3. TURKEY: INONU, YESTERDAY, MANAGED TO FORM A NEW GOVERN-
MENT MADE UP OF HIS PARTY AND INDEPENDENTS. WE ARE NOT YET
SURE WHAT HIS MARGIN IS IN THE ASSEMBLY, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR
TO BE VERY SLIM.
4. SOUTH VIETNAM - CAMBODIA - US: CAMBODIA HAS MOVED
QUICKLY TO FOLLOW UP SOUTH VIETNAM'S GOODWILL MISSION OF LAST
WEEK. A CAMBODIAN GOODWILL MISSION HEADED BY THE FOREIGN
MINISTER ARRIVED IN SAIGON ON TUESDAY. SIHANOUK, MEANWHILE,
HAS ACCEPTED PHILIPPINE MEDIATION OF HIS DISAGREEMENTS WITH
US.
5. ALGERIA-EGYPT
6. INDONESIA-US: SUKARNO IS BEING CAREFUL THAT DEMONSTRA-
TIONS HE IS STAGING AGAINST US DO NOT GET OUT OF HAND. HIS
POLICE BROKE UP THE ONE IN FRONT OF OUR EMBASSY ON TUESDAY, BUT
PROPAGANDA BUILT AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN TASK FORCE CONTINUES
AND THERE MAY YET BE MORE SERIOUS TROUBLE.
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