THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 NOVEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992050
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 24, 1961

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OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
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TO : CAPTAIN SHEPPARD EYES ONLY FOR THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENTS INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
1. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
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A. AS THE WAVE OF NATIONAL JUBILATION SUBSIDES SOME
EXTREMIST AND STUDENT PRESSURE TO OVERTHROW BALAGUER IS DEVELOPING.
SO FAR HE MS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE LID ON, AND HAS CONSIDERABLY
STRENGTHENED HIS REGIME BY THE APPOINTMENT OF STRONG MODERATE OFFICERS
TO ny MILITARY POSTS. THE RIOTING YESTERDAY WAS APPARENTLY UNOR-
GANIZED AND FADED AWAY DURING RALAGUER 8 SPEECH LAST NIGHT, IN WHICH
HE ANNOUNCED HE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES WITH A VIEW
TO ELECTIONS.
B. CRITICISM BY THE EXTREMIST OPPOSITION OF US ACTIONS
DURING THE CRISIS HAS NOT AROUSED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT, EXCEPT OF
COURSE FROM CUBA. 13AIAGUER, IN HIS SPEECH, SAID THE US NAVAL UNITS
HAD APPEARED "UNEXPECTEDLY" AND HAD NOT BEEN REQUESTED, BUT THEIR
PRESENCE WAS "JUSTIFIABLE . "
C. CIUDAD TRUJILLO NOW HAS ITS ORIGINAL NAME BACK--SANTO
DOMINGO.
2. INITIAL LINE-UP ON FRENCH PLAN FOR A LOOSE EUROPEAN
CONFEDERATION: ALL THE OTHER EEC COUNTRIES WOULD PREFER CLOSER IN-
STITUTIONAL TIES THAN THOSE PROPOSED BY FRANCE, BUT WEST GERMANY,
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ITALY, AND LUXEMBOURG WILL PROBABLY BE WILLING AFTER SOME HARD BARGAINING
TO GO ALONG WITH THE FRENCH IN THE BELIEF THAT EAST?WEST TENSIONS MAKE
SOME FIRST STEP IMPERATIVE. THE WE BELGIANS AND DUTCH, ON THE OTHER
HAND, WANT TO POSTPONE NEGOTIATIONS IN ORDER NOT TO COMPLICATE BRITAIN'S
ENTRY INTO THE EEC. THE BRITISH PROBABLY HAVE NO SERIOUS OBJECTIONS TO
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3. PAK FACES RENEWAL OF FACTIONALISM ON HIS RETURN TO SOUTH
KOREA: HE HAS MANAGED SO FAR TO BALANCE OFF A GROUP OF SENIOR OFFICERS
LED BY HIS DEPUTY Yl CHU?IL AGAINST THE EXTREMIST YOUNGER OFFICER GROUP
LED BY SECURITY CHIEF KIM, BUT KIM WILL PROBABLY NOW DEMAND THE
OUSTER OF Yl AND HIS SUPPORTERS. PAK'S OWN POSITION MAY HAVE BEEN
WEAKENED BY SOUTH KOREAN FEAR THA T HE DID NOT OBTAIN NECESSARY AID
FROM THE UNITED STATES. (CIA CABLE)
4. CONGO: TIDE APPARENTLY FLOWING AGAINST GIZENGA FOR THE
MOMENT:
A. 2 PARLIAMENT HAS REAFFIRMED ITS ALMOST UNANIMOUS SUPPORT
OF ADOULA AND CRITICIZED GIZENGAS ABSENCE. (THE LATTER'S ACTIVITIES
REMAIN OBSCURE).
B. BOTH INTERIOR MINISTER GBENYE, A FORMER GIZENGA SUP?
PORTER, AND STANLETVILLE COMMANDER LUNDULA HAVE APPARENTLY GIVEN
UP ON GIZENGA, BUT MAY TRY TO TAKE OVER HIS NEW PARTY AND USE IT
AGAINST ADOULA.
C. WE HAVE SOME INDICATION THAT KATANGA FORCES ARE
MOVING TO RETAKE ALBERTVILLE FROM STANLEYVILLE FORCES.
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5. KHRUSHCHEV'S ATTACKS ON STALIN EMBARRASS CZECH PARTY:
PARTY BOSS NOVOTNY IS TRYING TO LAY THE REVIVED GHOST OF PARTY
SECRETARY RUDOLF SLANSKY, WHO WAS EXECUTED IN 1952 BY THE PRESENT
PARTY LEADERSHIP--INCLUDING NOVOTNY--ON STALIN'S ORDERS. NOVOTNY,
WHILE JUSTIFYING SLANSKY'S EXECUTION, HAS PUBLICLY PUT RESPONSIBILITY
FOR IT ON HIS PREDECESSOR GOTTWALD, WHO DIED IN 1953. HIS ATTACK
ON THE HERETOFORE HIGHLY HONORED GOTTWALD WILL HAVE A FURTHER UN-
'SETTLING EFFECT ON THE PARTY.
6. WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS-22 NOVEMBER
A. NO SING-SOVIET BLOC COUNTRY INTENDS TO INITIATE DIRECT
MILITARY ACTION IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
B. SOUTH VIETNAM: VIET GONG IHKE SUBVERSIVE AND MILITARY
ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT A HIGH RATE, WITH NO INDICATION THAT THE
SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT CAN EFFECTIVELY REVERSE THE TREND IN
THE NEAR FUTURE. THE VIETCONG MAINTAIN THE CAPABILITY OF CONDUCT-
ING LARGE-SCALE ATTACKS ON PRE-SELECTED TARGETS IN SOME AREAS OF
THE COUNTRY AT ANY TIME.
C. BERLIN: THE COMMUNISTS CONTINUE THEIR PRESSURE ON
THE WEST'S POSITION IN BERLIN. FURTHER HARASSMENTS AGAINST ALLIED
ACCESS RIGHTS MAY BE ANTICIPATED.
7. NOTES:
A. WE HAVE MADE OUR FIRST INDENTIFICATION OF AN OPERATIONAL
SOVIET NUCLEAR-POWERED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE IN THE PACIFIC.
THIS MAKES AT LEAST 29 SUBMARINES EQUIPPED TO LAUNCH BALLISTIC
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MISSILES, SEVEN OTHERS--CONVENTIONALLY POWERED--IN THE PACIFIC,
AND SIX NUCLEAR AND 15 CONVENTIONAL BASED NEAR MURMANSK. WE DO
NOT THINK ANY OF THESE CAN LAUNCH WHILE SUBMERGED.
B. ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF SINO-SOVIET STRESSES:
HAVE STOPPED USING SOVIET CHANNELS TO SELL GOLD
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C. EMBASSY HELSINKI BELIEVES FINLAND IS IN MUCH BETTER
SHAPE TO WITHSTAND SOVIET ECONOMIC SANCTIONS THAN IN 1958, WHEN
THE USSR WAS ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE FAGERHOLM GOVERNMENT BY
CUTTING OFF TRADE, AND COULD WEATHER SUCH A STORM WITH MODERATE
OUTSIDE AID. KEKKONEN MEETS KHRUSHCHEV TODAY.
F. GARCIA HAS STILL NOT CONCEDED THE PHILIPPINE ELECTION.
THERE ARE CONTINUED MUTTERINGS THAT HE WILL ATTEMPT TO REVERSE IT,
BUT MACAPAGAL'S POSITION IS GROWING STEADILY STRONGER.
G. DE GAULLE'S PUBLIC SPEECH YESTERDAY AT STRASBOURG
CONTAINED NO SURPRIZES.
H. MEXICO IS SHOWING ITS FIRST SIGNS OF BEING WILLING TO
TAKE SOME ACTION AGAINST CUBA.
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