THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996742
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 27, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--27 DECEMBER 1963
1. CYPRUS:
A. THERE WAS NO SHOOTING IN NICOSIA LAST NIGHT AND THE
CITY IS CALM THIS MORNING,
S. TURKISH AND GREEK TROOPS HAVE ACCEPTED BRITISH COM?
MAND AND ARE MOVING THROUGH TBE STREETS TO SUPERVISE THE
PRECARIOUS CEASEFIRE,
C. BRITISH FORCES ON THE ISLAND ARE BEING REINFORCED
WITH A SQUADRON OF ARMORED CARS FROM LIBYA AND A BATTALION
OF INFANTRY FROM ENGLAND. THEY WILL TRY TO SET UP A NEUTRAL
ZONE BETWEEN THE TWO CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES.
D. A GENERAL SETTLEMENT WILL BE DIFFICULT, HOWEVER,
THE SCARS OF THE PAST WEEK RUN DEEP AND THERE IS REASON TO
DOUBT THAT THE LEADERS OF EITHER COMMUNITY CAN CONTROL THEIR
EXTREMISTS,
E. MEANWHILE THE GREEK AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS WILL
WANT TO SEE WHETHER THE BRITISH?LED EFFORT TO RESTORE ORDER
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BEFORE TAKING THEIR MILITARY FORCES OFF
THE ALERT THEY WERE PUT ON YESTERDAY.
2, BERLIN:
A. WEST GERMAN OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE CHRISTMAS PASS
AGREEMENT WILL LEAD TO MORE HIGH?LEVEL OFFICIAL CONTACTS BE?
TWEEN THE TWO GERMANIES.
(CONT 'D)
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B. THE CHIEF OF THE WEST GERMAN TRADE OFFICE IN BERLIN,
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON TRADE WITH EAST GER?
MANY, SAYS THAT HIS OPPOSITE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY MANEUVERING
TO BYPASS HIS OFFICE IN FAVOR OF DIRECT CONTACTS WITH BONN
AT TBE MINISTERIAL LEVEL,
C. ERHARD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SUCH MANEUVERS IS NOT CLEAR,
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS THAT HE MAY PROVE MORE WILLING THAN
WAS ADENAUER TO EXPLORE NEW APPROACHES.
3. GREECE: KARAMANLIS' POLITICAL HEIR KANELLOPOULOS
IS NOT ABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT,
? THIS STRENGTHENS THE P7OSPECT FOR NEW ELECTIONS. PAPANDREOU
IS PROPOSING THE CREATION OF A CROWN COUNCIL, MADE UP OF LEADERS
FROM BOTH MAJOR? PARTIES TO HANDLE NATIONAL QUESTIONS WHILE A
CARETAKER GOVERNMENT CONDUCTS THE ELECTIONS,
4. CAMBODIA: AFTER ACCEPTING THE PHILIPPINE MEDIATION
OFFER, SIHANOUK CHARACTERISTICALLY IS AGAIN INSISTING THAT
A RECONCILIATION IS POSSIBLE ONLY AFTER THE US MEETS HIS "CON?
DITIONS." HIS CURRENT LIST LOOKS MUCH LIKE THE ONE HE DREW
UP LAST WEEK EXCEPT THAT HE IS NOT NOW INSISTING WE SILENCE
THE KHMER SEREI RADIO.
5. COMMUNIST CHINA: PREMIER CHOU EN?LAI, WITH MILDLY SUC?
CESSFUL VISITS TO EGYPT AND ALGERIA BEHIND HIM MOVES TO
MOROCCO TODAY. HIS ONWARD PLANS ARE VAGUE, BUT A PRESS SER?
VICE SAYS HIS NEXT STOP WILL BE ALBANIA, WHERE HE WILL SPEND
A FEW DAYS ON FRIENDLY GROUND BEFORE RESUMING HIS AFRICAN TOUR.
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6. SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE.: KHRUSHCHEV'S BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
TO THE 70?YEAR?OLD MAO TSE?TUNG WERE NOT THE FRIENDLY GESTURE
THEY APPEAR ON TBE SURFACE, THE CHINESE THEMSELVES DO NOT
TAKE NOTICE OF MAO'S BIRTHDAYS AND WILL REGARD THIS AS STILL
ANOTHER SOVIET EFFORT TO REMIND THEM OF MAO'S SENILITY-.
7. CHINA
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8. CUBA?US: HAVANA'S PROPAGANDA ORGANS, AFTER AN INITIAL
"WAIT?AND?SEE" PERIOD, ARE BEGINNING TO LASH OUT AT PRESIDENT
JOHNSON, A CHRISTMAS EVE BROADCAST DESCRIBED THE PRESIDENT
AS "IMPETUOUS" AND WARNED, THAT "IT WILL NOT BE TOO LONG BEFORE
WE ARE FACED WITH EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS."
9. SOUTH VIETNAM: GOVERNMENT FORCES CHALKED UP A MUCH
NEEDED SUCCESS IN A PRE?CHRISTMAS OPERATION AGAINST A VIET
CONG SUPPLY DEPOT AND TRAINING CENTER IN THE MY THO AREA
SOUTH OF SAIGON, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF COMMUNIST MATERIEL
WAS CAPTURED AND AT LEAST 38 VIET CONG KILLED. GOVERNMENT
CASUALTIES WERE LIGHT.
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