THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996746
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 30, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-30 DECEMBER 1963
1, CYPRUS:
A. SPORADIC INCIDENTS CONTINUE IN NICOSIA AND ELSEWHERE,
BUT THE SITUATION REMAINS GENERALLY QUIET.
C. .REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH, GREEK AND TURKISH
GOVERNMENTS AND OF THE TWO CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES HAVE. NOW BEEN
BROUGHT TOGETHER IN A POLITICAL LIAISON COMMITTEE, DUNCAN
SANDYS HAS PROPOSED A SEVEN?POINT PEACE PLAN TO THE COMMITTEE
INCLUDING CREATION OF A NEUTRAL ZONE.
D. BOTH ETHNIC COMMUNITIES DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF
RETURNING TO THE STATUS QUO ANTE.
E. PRESIDENT MAKARIOS, WHO EXPECTS TO BE BACKED BY
ATHENS, CONTINUES TO CALL FOR REVISING TBE "UNWORKABLE" CON?
STITUTION, WHILE TURKISH CYPRIOTS, WITH ANKARA'S SUPPORT,
HAVE REVIVED THEIR DEMANDS FOR PARTITION OF THE ISLAND.
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2. . ETHIOPIA?KENYA:
A. .ETHIOPIA AND KENYA APPARENTLY ARE PUTTING TEETH INTO
LAST JULY'S MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT, WHICH WAS AIMED AT CONTAIN?
ING SOMALI INSURGENCY IN BOTH COUNTRIES.
B. AN ETHIOPIAN MISSION INCLUDING SEVERAL HIGH?RANKING
MILITARY OFFICERS LEFT FOR NAIROBI ON 28 DECEMBER,, AND
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TROOPS MAY SOON BE SENT TO KENYA,
C. THE SOMALI REPUBLIC, WHICH RECENTLY STRENGTHENED
ITS FORCES NEAR THE KENYA BORDER, MAY STEP UP SUPPORT TO THE
INSURGENTS IN BOTH COUNTRIES WHEN IT HEARS OF THESE MOVES.
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3. COMMUNIST CHINA ? MEXICO:
A. COMMUNIST CHINA HAS PLACED A $28 MILLION ORDER FOR
200,000 BALES OF MEXICAN COTTON FOR DELIVERY DURING 1964,
ACCORDING TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY CHINESE OFFICIALS VISITING
MEXICO.
B. THIS CONTRACT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF
MEXICO'S ANTICIPATED 1964 COTTON EXPORTS. ASIDE FROM CHINA'S
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HAS BEEN INSIGNIFICANT.
4. USSR?EGYPT
(CONT'D)
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5. ITALY?FRANCE: PRESIDENT SEGNI WILL MAKE A STATE VISIT
TO PARIS FEBRUARY 19-22. PRESS REPORTS FROM PARIS THIS MORN?
ING SAY DE GAULLE ALSO HOPES TO MEET WITH ERHARD IN FEBRUARY.
6. USSR: KHRUSHCHEV HAS GIVEN UPI CORRESPONDENT HENRY
SHAPIRO A STATEMENT ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON "PROSPECTS FOR
PEACE IN 1964." WHILE THE TEXT WE HAVE CONTAINS NO NEW PRO?
POSALS, THE TONE CONTINUES TO BE FRIENDLY TOWARD THE UNITED
STATES AND PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
7. GREECE: FINANCIER JOHN PARASKEVOPOULOS HAS BEEN ASKED
TO FORM A CARETAKER CABINET. THE NEW NATIONAL ELECTION WILL
PROBABLY BE HELD IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
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