THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 NOVEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992052
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 25, 1961

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THAT HE HAD NOT MODERATED HIS DEMANDS FOR CONSULTATION ON DEFENSE
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ACTIVITIES OF "RIGHT-WING GROUPS SEE TO TO US TO IMPLY
THAT KENNON= PAID FOR ANY SUCH AGREEMENT WITH POLITICAL CONCESSIONS.
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PRINTED,, A RUMOR ORIGINATING IN LONDON THAT THE US AND BRITISH
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3. DOMINICAN C: THE MOJERATE 0 ITIOM GROUPS WHICH
ARE SUPPORTED BY THE BUL& OF THE POPULATION, HAVE SO FAR BEEN UNABLE
TO AGREE AMONG THENsplins AND WITH BALAGUER ON A COALITION GOVERNNICNT,
OPPOSITION LEADERS WHILE Grimm BA! AG CREDIT FOR HIS ROLE IN
DISSOLUTION OF THE TRUJILLO REGIME, GENERALLY FEEL HZ IS STILL
TAINTED BY HIS LONG ASSOCIATION WITH THE TRUJILIAS. swouss,
HOWNvklt? FEELS THE opPosrnoN HAS NO CASE WITH THE TRUJILLOS GONE,
AND IS UNWILLING TO "HAND THE GO'VERNNEWr" To IT. THE MILITARY WILL
BE TEMPTED TO ASSUME BY DEFAULT MANY CIVIL FUNCTIONS UNLESS AN
EFFECTIVE COALITION IS SOON FORMED,
4. LAOS: REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE PRINC
FAILED TO AGREE ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
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XIENG KHOUANG. PROM, HOlisfeltR, HAS STATED HIS wiLLeo?ciss
TO ALLOW BOTH -PRINCES TO BRING A FULL COMPANY OF TROOPS, IN WHICH
CASE THEY MAY wrruoun THEIR DEMAND THAT HE "DEMILITARIZE" VIENTIANE.
THE PRESENCE IN THE CITY OF SOVIET AMBASSADOR ABR:OV MAY PROVE
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B. GHANA IS REPORTED WILLING TO RETURN A BATTALION TO THE UN
FORCES IN THE CONGO IF IT IS NOT USED OUTSIDE LEOPOLDVILLE FOR THE
TIME BEING, AND IF GHANAIAN SOVIET-BUILT AIRCRAFT WITH SOVIET PILOTS
MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT THEM.
C. THESE AND OTHER ascEmr DEVELOPMENTS ARE BRINGING US TO
SUSPECT THAT THE RADICAL AFRICAN STATES?IN COLLUSION WITH: THE
SOVIETS?CONSIDER common RIPE FOR A STEPPED-UP EFFORT TO
INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO.
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G. NOTES:
A. ADENAUSES orricx HAS ANNOUNCED HE HAS FLU, AND WILL
PROBABLY BE UNABLE MEET DE GAULLE NEXT WEEK. HE IS DESCRIBED BY
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R. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CRITICISM IN THE WEST =GERMAN
PRESS OF US AC ION IN THE TRAIN INCIDENT ON THURSDAY, ALTHOUGH ALL
PAPERS, DEPLORE THE NECESSITY OF HANDING THE REFUGEE BACK TO THE
EASTGERMANS. THE LATTER CLAIM THAT BY SO DOING THE US HAS
ACKNOWLEDGED EAST GERMAN SOVEREIGNTY.
C. WHAT WAS APPARENTLY INTENDED TO BE Mt ALBANIAZIFEELER
FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE US APPEARED
LAST WEEK IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY A COMMUNIST-DOMINATED ALBANIAN
EMIGRE GROUP IN-BOSTON. THE PAPER ACCUSED THE USSR or REFUSING
FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS TO ALLOW ALBANIA TO APPROACH THE US, AND CLAIMED
GREECE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WASHINGTONS'LACK OF "ANY GREW INTEREST"
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IN COMMENTING ON PRESS ALLEGATIONS THAT US-CHINESE
COMMUNIST NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE SALE OF WHEAT ARE UNDER WAY, OUR
CONSULATE-GENERAL IN HONG KONG NOTES THAT TWO DELEGATIONS OF US
WHEAT ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS PASSED THROUGH THAT CITY LAST MONTH.
THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION THAT EITHER GROUP HAD ANY MEE CONTACT
WITH: THE CHINESE, BUT THE CONSULATE SMELLS A RAT.
E. FRANCE IS APPARENTLY PLANNING TO WITHDRAW FROM MOST
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OF ITS FACILITIES AT THE KEN ITRA (PORT M)TEY) NAVAL BASE IN
MOROCCO EARLY NEXT YEAR. THIS WILL LEAVE THE US AS THE MAJOR
OCCUPANT OF THE BASE AND THE PR/MARY TARGET OF MOROCCAN PRESSURES.
F. THE FRENCH ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER ABOUT 40 MIRAGE III
FIGHTERS TO ISRAEL BEFORE THE END or THE YEAR; THESE AIRCRAFT WILL
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G. IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT 'YESTERDAY, THE XEMNEKIKK INDONESIAN
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FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSED THE NETHERLANDS OF ATTEMPTING---WITH SZEffigia,
INTENT--TO INVOLVE THE US NAVY IN THE SEARCH FOR MICHAEL
ROCKEFELLER. THE DUTCH HAVE IN FACT DECLINED AS UNNECESSARY OUR
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