THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 8 FEBRUARY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996823
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 8, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--8 FEBRUARY 1964
1. GUANTANAMO:
A. THE CURRENT POSTURE OF CUBAN FORCES NEAR TBE NAVAL
BASE IS ESSENTIALLY PRECAUTIONARY AND DEFENSIVE. PHOTOGRAPHY
OF 6 FEBRUARY SHOWS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE SIZE AND DE?
PLOYMENT OF MILITARY FORCES IN ORIENTE PROVINCE OR AROUND
GUANTANAMO ITSELF.
B. CUBAN PRESIDENT DORTICOS DENIED ON TV LAST NIGHT
THAT HAVANA HAD SET UP THE FISHING BOAT INCIDENT AS THE FIRST
STEP IN A CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUANTANAMO.
C. SAID DORTICOS: "THE REINCORPORATION OF THE TERRITORY
OF THE BASE TO OUR COUNTRY WILL BE CLAIMED AT SUCH A TIME AS
WE CONSIDER CONVENIENT AND OPPORTUNE, THROUGH INTERNATIONAL
CHANNELS AND ORGANS WHICH WE CONSIDER ADEQUATE FOR SUCH A CLAIM."
2. CYPRUS:
A. SPORADIC FIGHTING BETWEEN GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS
CONTINUED YESTERDAY.
B. THE GREEK CYPRIOT POLICE CHIEF IS CONCERNED THAT
POLICE AND PARAMILITARY GROUPS ARE COMING UNDER THE CONTROL
OF MORE RADICAL ELEMENTS. HE ALSO SAYS THAT THE BOMBING OF
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY WAS TRIGGERED BY REPORTS IN THE LOCAL
PRESS THAT THE US DID NOT FAVOR MAJORITY RULE ON CYPRUS. THIS
WAS INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THE US IS BACKING PARTITION.
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E. THE APPROVAL OF THE GREEK AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS FOR
THE REVISED ANGLO-AMERICAN PROPOSALS IS STILL BEING SOUGHT.
F. ,THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE GREEK CYPRIOTS ARE PREPAR-
ING TO po IMMEDIATELY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IF NEGOTIA-
TIONS COLLAPSE.
H. KHRUSHCHEV?S PERSONAL INTERVENTION YESTERDAY APPEARS
AIMED AT STIFFENING MAKARIOS? OPPOSITION TO THE US-UK PRO-
POSALS AND AT PROLONGING THE IMPASSE.
3. SOMALIA-ETHIOPIA:
A. THE FIGHTING BETWEEN ETHIOPIAN SECURITY FORCES AND
DISSIDENT SOMALI TRIBESMEN IN THE OGADEN REGION OF ETHIOPIA
HAS REACHED THE POINT WHERE BOTH SIDES ARE COMMITTING REGULAR
ARMY UNITS.
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APPARENTLY ETHIOPIAN GROUND FORCES STRUCK INTO:
SOMALIA YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEIR SIZE AND MISSION
ARE UNKNOWN.
4. CHINESE RECOGNITION:
A. NATIONALIST VICE PRESIDENT CHEN CHENG TOLD AMBASSADOR
WRIGHT YESTERDAY HE WAS IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THE NEED
FOR STANDING FAST IN PARIS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
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B. THE FRENCH, THROUGH THE PARIS PRESS,NOW SEEM TO BE
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A DIRECT BREAK WITH THE NATIONALISTS.
5, INDIA:
A. THE COMMUNISTS' CHANCES OF RETURNING TO POWER IN THE
SOUTH INDIAN STATE OF KERALA APPEAR CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED AS
A RESULT OF FACTIONALISM AND A SERIES OF SCANDALS BESETTING
THE RULING CONGRESS PARTY THERE.
B. THE COMMUNISTS ARE CURRENTLY PRESSING FOR TBE RESIG?
NATION OF THE CONGRESS DEPUTY LEADER, CHARGING HIM WITH IM?
MORALITY AND MISUSE OF HIS CABINET POST.
C. THEY GOVERNED THE STATE FROM 1957 TO 1959.
6, RWANDA:
A. THE RWANDESE AMBASSADOR IN LEOPOLDVILLE HAS SAID
THAT HIS COUNTRY PLANS TO ASK FOR UN TROOPS TO PROTECT ITS
BORDERS.
B. THE COUNTRY IS THE SCENE OF A BLOODY INTERTRIBAL
FIGHT AS ABOUT 1509000 RWANDESE REFUGEES IN NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES ATTEMPT TO ENTER RWANDA AND RESTORE THEIR TRIBAL
KING,
C. RWANDESE AUTHORITIES HAVE REACTED HARSHLY, WITH
WHOLESALE KILLING OF THE INVADERS AND THEIR FELLOW TRIBESMEN
IN RWANDA. AS MANY AS 10,000 TRIBESMEN MAY HAVE BEEN WIPED
OUT SO FAR.
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7. NOTES:
A. SOUTH VIETNAM: GENERAL KHANH HAS ANNOUNCED THE NEW
GOVERNMENT WITH HIMSELF AS PRIME MINISTER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL AND GENERAL MINH AS CHIEF OF STATE. HE
TOLD A
ASSADOR LODGE THAT MINH WOULD BE "EXACTLY LIKE THE
KING OF ENGLAND" AND WOULD CONTINUE HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
B. COMMUNIST CHINA - NORTH VIETNAM;
NORTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE BEING TRANSFERRED
TO CHINA FOR TRAINING.
C. EAST AFRICA: DUNCAN SANDYS WILL VISIT KENYA IN
EARLY MARCH TO REVIEW THE SECURITY SITUATION IN EAST AFRICA
AND BRITAIN'S ROLE IN CONTINUING TO PROVIDE MILITARY TRAINING.
D. BOLIVIA: LECHIN HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL RUN AGAINST
PAZ IN THE JUNE ELECTIONS.
E. BRITISH GUIANA: SECURITY OFFICIALS IN GEORGETOWN DO
NOT EXPECT ANY VIOLENCE WHEN JAGAN'S FREEDOM MARCHERS COME
LIMPING IN ON MONDAY. THEY HAVE TAKEN FULL PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES JUST IN CASE.
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F. COLOMBIA: COMMUNIST-INSTIGATED TERRORISM IN THE
CITIES, A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE NATIONAL FRONT GOVERNMENT IN
1963, IS LIKELY TO PICK UP IN THE PERIOD BEFORE THE CONGRES-
SIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR 15 MARCH. THE
SECURITY FORCES ARE CURRENTLY CONCENTRATING ON BANDITRY IN
THE RURAL AREAS AND WILL BE SPREAD PRETTY THIN IF THE TER-
RORISTS STRIKE AGAIN IN THE CITIES.
G. PANAMA:
CARNIVAL WEEKEND HAS BEGUN, AND THERE IS
A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT AGITATORS MAY BE ABLE TO STIR UP SOME
MORE ANTI-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AMONG THE WOULD BE REVELERS WHOSE
TRADITIONAL CARNIVAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN BANNED BY THE CHIARI,
GOVERNMENT.
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