THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 10 FEBRUARY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996825
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 10, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
10 FEBRUARY 1964
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1. Cyprus
b. In Athens, our ambassador
reports the emotional fervor over
Cyprus is growing and affecting all
creeks whatever their political or
social position.
c. The Communist-dominated
United Democratic Left (EDA) is us-
ing Cyprus as its major campaign
issue for the national elections
next Sunday. The non-Communist
Center Union (expected winner in the
election) has come out strongly for
Makarios7 demand that any interna-
tional police force be under the UN.
d. At the UN, Cyprus delegate
Rossides told Stevenson his govern-
ment believes there has to be a
Security Council resolution on a
peacekeeping force. He said Cyprus
would not buy the "consensus" pro-
cedure designed to avoid Soviet ham-
stringing tactics.
e. Rossides also said Soviet
delegate Fedorenko expected to be
consulted fully on the establishment
of a peacekeeping force and arrange-
ments for the Security Council meeting.
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2. Somalia-
f. In Nicosia, Turkish Cypriot
leader Kuchuk hs:reiterated that
all hope of Greeks and Turks coexist-
ing in Cyprus is gone and the only
solution is partition.
g. Such statements do not help
in London. The Greek Cypriot dele-
gate returning to Nicosia yesterday
said the talks were at a standstill.
He accused the conference of subordi-
nating the island's political problem
to the question of an international
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3. South Vietnam
a, The new government, announced
Saturday, gives some promise of firmer
leadership than its predecessor.
b. As premier, Khanh should be
able to centralize governmental au-
thority, although he says he intends
to devote his primary attention to
the military effort.
c. Minh's agreement to serve
as nominal chief of state should
help rally public support.
d. Khanh has broadened the
base of government by including in
the cabinet Vietnamese from all
regions as well as representatives
of the army, sects, labor, and the
country's leading nationalist par-
ties.
e. The leading civilian member
in the cabinet seems likely to be
Nguyen Ton Hoan, vice premier in
charge of "pacification." He re-
turned last week from ten years'
exile in Paris.
f. The prospects for harmony
within the cabinet, which includes
capable but ambitious politicians
from rival factions, are uncertain.
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. Laos a. Communist forces have taken
a more threatening stance.
b. There has been sharp skir-
mishing in recent days around Xieng
Khouang town in the Plaine des Jarres.
Pathet Lao garrison troops have moved
against Lao army and neutralist forces
occupying nearby ridge positions.
They have also shelled Kong Lees
nearby headquarters at Muong Phanh.
c. In central Laos, the Com-
munist advance toward Route 13 has
halted since last week, but the enemy
forces, which we think include at
least three North Vietnamese battal-
ions, can seize Thakhek any time they
want to.
d. The use of North Vietnamese
on this scale suggests the weight
Hanoi is currently putting on keep-
ing the supply routes to South Viet-
nam open.
e. The Pathet Lao continue to
oppose International Control Commis-
sion investigation of the recent
fighting east of Thakhek.
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5. Congo a. The rioting in Brazzaville
(Brazzaville) last Friday by tribal supporters of
former President Youlou has shaken
up President Massamba-Debat's regime.
b. These tribesmen were upset
by rumors that Youlou had been killed.
The latter has been detained at gen-
darmerie headquarters since his ouster
by the army last August.
c. The armed forces suppressed
the outbreak quickly and inflicted
a number of casualties, which will
further alienate the tribesmen.
d. Massamba-Debat charged im-
mediately after the rioting that
"certain embassies" were supporting
"counterrevolutionary" activities.
Several incidents since then suggest
that US representatives have been
marked as a particular target of
hostility.
e. The whole affair has prob-
ably improved the power position of
army commander Mountsaka. It is
also likely to strengthen the re-
gime's leftist labor and youth
leaders.
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6. Guantanamo
a. The Cuban military alert
continues but no build up near the
US naval base has been observed.
e. Statements by Castro and
Dorticos, as well as the general
tone of Cuban propaganda, suggest a
desire not to bring the issue to an
immediate head.
f. There have been some demon-
strations, however, and the commander
at Guantanamo is alive to the possi-
bility of disorders near the base
area.
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NOTES
A. USSR A central committee plenu on agriculture
opened today with a speech by Khrushchev. The plenum
will probably discuss the Soviet premier's chemical
fertilizer progra again and may go into long range
plans for irrigation--a program that will take plenty
of rubles. Ambassador Kohler notes signs that econom-
ic czar Ustinov may be named to the party presidium
at the plenum.
B. Tanganyika Nyerere is going to get his special
meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and De-
fense of the Organization of African Union. The
meeting starts Wednesday and will discuss the
"special emergency in east Africa." With 250-300
delegates on hand, a fine free-for-all can be ex-
pected.
C. Panama Carnival Sunday has come and gone without
Te-FT6Es anti-American incident. Panamanian national
guardsmen quite efficiently broke up a small student
march on the Canal Zone.
D. British Guiana Jagan's "Freedom March" also ended
without major incident.
E. Cambodia Sihanouk is making a major issue of the
accidental strafing of a Cambodian village by South
Vietnamese planes on 4 February, and has referred the
incident to the Geneva co-chairmen, again calling for
a conference on Cambodian neutrality.
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