THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 16 MARCH 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996893
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 16, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL ,INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
16 MARCH 1964
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1. Cyprus
c. The Turks believe their
threat of intervention last Friday
deterred the, Greek Cypriots and is
largely responsible for the relative
quiet that has prevailed since, but
they are also acutely aware that
this threat is now so worn as to
be of little further value.
d. They probably feel they
will have no alternative but to move
in if the UN force cannot keep the
peace. We believe they will remain
ready to do so.
e. Arrangements for the UN
force are nearing completion, though
its terms of reference are still
being hammered out.
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f. The Canadian advance party
is on the scene, and the remainder
of the 1,150-man Canadian contingent
will arrive this week. Swedish,
Finnish, and Irish troops will not
be ready for several weeks. British
troops are being issued UN insignia.
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h. The UN commander, General
Gyani, is temporarily absent. The
three-month mandate of the force will
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2. Communist China - a. The Chinese Communists
Laos
will be conducting aerial surveys
of the China-Laos frontier for the
next several weeks.
c. The Chinese have a long-
range mapping and demarcation pro-
gram under way, and we believe in
this case they will be doing pretty
much what they say they intend to do.
However, they will be overflying areas
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3. Cambodia-
Vietnam
4. Cambodia
of Laos where northern Yao tribesmen
have been harassing Chinese road
building and maintenance crews.
a. Khanh is already laying
plans to crack down on Cambodia's
Mekong River shipping.
a. Cambodia is closing its
embassy here, giving as an excuse
a desire to avoid further "incidents"
such as occurred last Friday (when
it was picketed briefly by eight
students),1
b. In Phnom Penh, the govern-
ment has set up a public fund to
reimburse us for the damage done to
our property there.
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5. Maphilindo
Talks
a. Sukarno, still angling
for a three-way summit meeting,
has told the Filipinos he would
be willing to withdraw all guerrillas
in Malaysian territory by the time
a summit meeting is convened after
the Malaysian elections.
b. Thai and Philippine efforts
to get ministerial talks back on
the track are hung up, basically
because Sukarno is holding out for
a summit meeting and Rahman is
electioneering.
c. The dispatch of Thai cease-
fire observers is also hung up,
partly because it is not decided
whether they would "observe" or
"supervise" the cease-fire.
d. Attention is now turning
to the possibility of setting up a
Maphilindo ambassadors group under
Thai aegis in Bangkok where, perhaps,
some of the snarl can be untangled.
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USSR
B. Sino-Soviet Dispute
C. South Vietnam This weekend saw a major government
sweep of Viet Cong in Kien Phong Province along the
Cambodian border. Some 300 Viet Cong were reported
captured. The weekend also brought the loss of six US
airmen downed by Viet Cong groundf ire.
D. Ethiopia-Somalia New clashes are breaking out in
Ogaden as Ethiopian troops begin to exercise their new
authority to deal harshly with Somali tribesmen in the
"forbidden zone" along the border. The situation
promises to snowball.
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