THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992077
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 9, 1961

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PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 DECEMBER 1961
1.? CONGO':.
A. AFTER "GOING SLOWLY" YESTERDAY WHILE FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS
ARRIVED, UN TROOPS RESUMED THEIR ATTACKS ON TSHOMBE S STRONG POINTS
IN ELI ZABETHVILLE THIS MORNING. THERE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN NO
SOFTENING OF KA TANGAN RESISTANCE, AND THE UN IS:APPARENTLY BEHIND
THE SCHEDULE IT SET ITSELF FOR CLEARING THE CITY. WITH THE FORCE
NOW AVAILABLE, HOWEVER,' WE THI NK THE UN CAN PROBABLY TAKE ELI ZABETH-
V I LLE , BUT WHETHER IT CAN GO ON TO ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER THE
WHOLE PROVINCE SEEMS DOUBTFUL UNLESS TSHOMBE 'S GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES.
B TSHOMBE HAS.ASKED "ALL" CONSULS IN ELI ZABETHVI LLE 1r0 MEET
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HIM THIS MORNING . HOFFACKER REPORTS THEY WI LL NOT COMPLY IF HE
IS NOT RECEIVED BY TSHOMBE HOFFACKER HAS SUCCESSFULLY EVACUATED
CONSULATE DEPENDENTS AND .'A GROUP OF MISSIONARIES TO RHODESIA.
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3. INDONESIAN PUSH FOR WEST NEW GUINEA:
NO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
THE INDONESIAN AIR FORCE, WHICH IS MORE
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PRO-SUKARNO AND MORE DEEPLY ENTANGLED WITH THE SOVIETS THAN THE
OTHER SERVICES, APPEARS TO BE GETTING IN POSITION FOR AN ATTACK
ON WEST NEW GUINEA, AND THERE IS SOME DANGER THAT IT MIGHT EVEN
MOVE UNILATERALLY IF THE OTHER SERVICES DONT.
4, DOMINICAN NEGOTIATORS GOING FORWARD, ALBEIT SLOWLY:
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? 5. BERLIN:
A. IN AN INTERVIEW ON WEDNESDAY, TAPED BY CBS FOR SHOWING ON
TELEVISION HERE IN JANUARY, ULBRICHT SAID THAT CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY
INTO EAST BERLIN WOULD "SOON" BE "NORMALIZED" TO REQUIRE PASSPORTS
WITH VISAS AT THE SECTOR BORDER, WHICH HE CALLED EAST GERMANY'S
"STATE FRONTIER." HE WAS EVASIVE, HOWEVER ON THE SUBJECT OF ALLIED
MILITARY ENTRY TO EAST BERLIN.
B. EARLY THIS MONTH
KHRUSHCHEV DELAYED SIGNING A GERMAN PEACE
TREATY BECAUSE THERE WERE POSSIBILITIES OF .NEGOTIATING OTHER PROBLEMS
CONCERNING CENTRAL EUROPE AND SUCCESSFULLY EXPLOITING DISAGREEMENTS
WITHIN THE CAPITALIST CAMP.
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6. PARTY CONGRESS AFTERMATH:
THOMPSON CONCLUDES THAT KHRUSHCHEV'S ANTI-STALIN REVELATIONS
HAVE FURTHER ERODED PUBLIC FAITH IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THAT
WIDE PUBLIC DISCUSSION IS RAISING PROBLEMS FOR THE SOVIET LEADER-
SHIP. AS WITH EARLIER "RELAXATION" STEPS IN THE SOVIET UNION, THOMP-,
SON THINKS KHRUSHCHEV PROBABLY WILL FIND IT NECESSARY TO DEFINE
ACCEPTABLE LIMITS OF POPULAR CRITICISM.
7. UNREST IN DEPRESSED BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST:
A BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT WOULD CRIPPLE THE $ 900 MILLION PLAN
FOR REHABILITATION OF THE AREA. PROTESTS AGAINST THE BILL HAVE
BEEN GENERAL AND ACCOMPANIED BY SOME VIOLENCE WITH THE EX EME
LEFT MAKING POLITICAL HAY.
8. GOA:
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN TO BUILD TENSION HAS ACQUIRED A GOOD DEAL
OF MOMENTUM, AND AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH NOTES THAT NEHRU IS UNDER
STRONG OFFICIAL AND POPULAR PRESSURE TO TAKE MILITARY ACTION,
NOTABLY FROM KRISHNA MENON. THE LATEST PRONOUNCEMENTS Y BOTH
SIDES, HOWEVER APPEAR DESIGNED TO COOL THINGS OFF A LITTLE.
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. NOTES:
A. THERE WERE FURTHER DISORDERS IN CARACAS YESTERDAY, BUT
WE HAVE NO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS TO REPORT.
B. THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS HAVE PRINTED THE FULL TEXT OF THE
PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW WITH ADZHUBEI, ALONG WITH A BITTER ATTACK
ON THE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS. OUR CONSULATE IN HONG KONG SUGGESTS
THE CHINESE ARE AFRAID THE INTERVIEW MIGHT SIGNIFY A SOFTER
SOVIET POLICY TOWARD THE US.
C. AFTER A LONG SILENCE, THE CHINESE PRESS AND RADIO HAVE
FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN ATTACKING INDIA ON THE BORDER QUESTION
IN THE MOST VITRIOLIC TERMS.' THE CHINESE HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME
AIMED AT NEHRU PERSONALLY, AND ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE DE-
NOUNCED THE INDIAN COMMUNIST PARTY FOR SUPPORTING HIS STAND.
_D. PLOTTING
TO OVERTHROW THE SALVADORAN
GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE ELECTIONS ON 17 DECEMBER,
SERIOUS RIOTING IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA THIS WEEK BY AFRICANS
PROTESTING THE NEW CONSTITUTION IS UNDER CONTROL FOR THE MOMENT.
F. THE POLITICAL DISMISSALS OF LIBYAN ARMY OFFICERS LAST
WEEK HAVE STRENGTHENED EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON THE KING AND WEAKENED
:HIS TRIBAL:SUPPORT.
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IN. THE WAKE OF THE KEKKONEN-KHRUSHCHEV AFFAIR FINNISH
INDUSTRIALISTS ARE SUBSIDIZING. AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE VOTE.-
QF THE CENTER AND RIGHT IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
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1. KHRUSHCHEV SPEECH TO WFTU--
A,, IN A CONFIDENT, SABER-RATTLING MOOD, KHRUSHCHEV TOLD THE
WFTU CONGRESS THAT THE USSR HAS BO S STRONGER THAN 100 MEGATONS
WHICH WILL HANG OVER THE HEADS OF THE IMPERIALISTS LIKE THE SWORD
OF DAMOCLES AND THAT "WE WOULD BE SLOBBERING IDIOTS" NOT TO HAVE
RESUMED NUCLEAR TESTING. IN ALLUDING TO AN INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR -
TO WEST BERLIN, KHRUSHCHEV COMMENTED: "STRANGE PEOPLE! THEY STILL
THINK OF THE SOVIET UNION AS IT USED TO BE. THEY DON'T REALIZE
WE HAVE CHANGED OUR SHORTS FOR LONG PANTS."
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2. BROWN REPORTS PHOUMI HAS FINALLY STATED HIS WILLINGNESS TO
ACCEPT SOUVANNA'S Two FOR A MEETING IN VIENTIANE.:
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