THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 11 JANUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992135
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 11, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
11 JAN. 1962
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1. India-Pakistan While neither side shows any sign.
maneuverings on of willingness to compromise, Nehru's
Kashmir talk with the Pakistani Minister of
Education was not unfriendly. Charg?
Timmons sees two positive points:
Nehru'8 assurances of his peaceful
intentions and his renewal of his
invitation to talk.
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2. Berlin
The Soviets have made
further deliveries of fighters to East
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Germany--20 on Monday and 17 on Tuesday,
after a ten day pause in such deliveries,
possibly caused by bad weather. Most
of the 214-219 delivered during the
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3, Congo A. No major developments reported from
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B. Gizenga has refused to come to
Leopoldville, as "ordered" by Parlia-
ment, and is holed up in his house in
Stanleyville, protected by a small force
of his own tribe. General Lundula, who
commands Congolese army elements in the
area, has apparently committed himself
to Adoula, and has blocked Gizenga's
efforts to join the troops in Northern
Katanga. We are not yet sure that
Lundula will be willing to arrest Gizenga
and send him to Leopoldville, but the UN
is pushing him in that direction.
C. Spaak has pressured the Union Miniere
intosending a representative to Leopold-
ville in an effort to reach an economic
understanding with Adoula. Spaak is
being undercut, however, by overwhelming
anti-UN sentiment in Belgium, extending
into his own Socialist party.
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4. West New Guinea
5. Laos: Geneva
meeting on
A. We continue to note Indonesian
military preparations, including orders
for a ship carrying a 150-man force
equipped with rubber boats to proceed
to the Kai Islands, about 100 miles
off the New Guinea coast.
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they have had a good deal of experience
in running military operations on a shoe-
string, and we think they can infiltrate
substantial forces ashore.
B. Under the bombardment of Indonesian
pronouncements the Dutch public position
seems to be hardening. Diplomatic ex-
changes continue, however.
C. Sukarno insists that our presentation
of a helicopter to him be made at a full-
dress ceremony tomorrow, playing it up
as a "president-to-president" affair.
Reaction in The Hague is to be expected.
All three Princes and Phoumi have
agreed to meet, and will probably
assemble early next week. There is
no indication of give in Phoumi's
position, however, ?and he plans to
have Boun Own tell Souvanna that they
no longer consider him premier-designate.
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6. Saudi-Egyptian brick-
throwing approaches
diplomatic break
7. Japanese losing interest
in settlement with South
Korea
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In the longer range, their desire for
stability in Korea is balanced by a
suspicion that the US expects them
to assume responsibility for support
of that country.
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS-710 JANUARY 1962
No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action in the immediate future.
Berlin: Communist military activity, as in recent weeks, does
not suggest that the Communists expect to risk serious military con-
frontation over Berlin in the immediate future. The East German
regime is preparing further measures designed to establish the East-
West German zonal border as an international frontier, which could
result in further harassments of contacts between West Germany and
West Berlin.
Laos: Although restraints imposed by the major powers may
' serve as a brake during the renewed search for a political solution,
localized military engagements will probably continue, and both'
sides in Laos are laying a propaganda basis which could serve to
justify any renewal of major military operations.
South Vietnam: Viet Cong subversive and small-scale military
activity continues at a high rate, despite counter-actions in
various regions by government forces. The Viet Cong has the
capability of conducting large-scale attacks on pre-selected
targets in some areas of the country at any time.
Indonesia: President Sukarno will continue to threaten and
plan military action against West New Guinea while pressing for
a negotiated political solution. Meanwhile, Indonesia's present
military capability will restrict operations to larger scale in-
filtration attempts which may result in isolated clashes with
the Dutch.
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NOTES
A. A new series of bloc arms shipments to Cuba is underway, probably
resulting from new agreements negotiated last summer. Although
?the Cubans have not so far received any naval equipment, a
Soviet ship was sighted in mid-Atlantic on Sunday towing a small
patrol vessel and carrying as many as four motor, torpedo boats ,
on deck.
B. As many as 1,000 Soviet skilled workers may have arrived in
East Germany since late last month. They are being put to work
mainly in the chemical and machine building industries, which
have heavy export commitments to the USSR.
C. Albania has made a number of approaches to non-bloc countries
for the establishment of relations, including Greece, Austria,
the Netherlands, and Burma.
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