THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 NOVEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992054
• 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 27, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
27 NOV. 1961
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Negotiations in Dominican
Republic coming to a head
LATE ITEM
The moderate opposition has asked
Balaguer to appoint Flail? Secretary
of the Armed Forces?which Would make
him constitutional successor to the
Presidency--and then to resign. The.
opposition believes Balaguer has agreed
and that it has the support of the _
military in this proposal: Hill, when
he reported,. had not had a chance to
talk to Balaguer.
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I. Laos: Phoumi, under
pressure, accepts
compromise on security
arrangements.
2. Attempt to overthrow
government 'et EL
Salvador may occur
in next few days.
A. The-princes' meeting in Vientiane
is now tentatively scheduled for this
week, but another meeting of representa-
tives to make final arrangements is
still necessary, and further delays are
not unlikely.
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B. Soviet Ambassador ?Abramov assisted
Brown in arranging the compromise. He 50X1
impressed Brown as extremely anxious
to avoid a resumption of hostilities,
specifically stating that it would
result in Chinese intervention.
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The "Fourteen Families," strongly
opposed to the present reform-minded
provisional government, have purchased
the support of a number of army officers.
Loyal army officers are looking for a
way to block the coup.
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3. Friday's UN resolutions
open way for new moves
against Katanga
4. Vietnam
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A. Tshombe has responded defiantly
to the resolution, which, although
limited, does authorize the UN to
use force in ousting his mercenaries.
The UN is planning for renewed operations,
but is probably short of troops for a
full-scale campaign in Katanga. Action
against Tshombe's mercenaries, however,
would leave him more vulnerable to
Gizengist incursions from the north.
Katanga claims it repelled another
attack by Leopoldville forces yesterday.
B. j
ILundula, rather than acting as a
sleeper for the extreme nationalists,
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North Vietnam has protested strongly
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creased US military support of Diem.
C.
Saigon press suggests that
against "conditions" on US
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the campaign
aid is
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5. Lightner analyzes
Ulbricht's report
to the East German
Central Committee
6. Spanish concern over
Spanish Sahara
He thinks Ulbricht was attempting
to "explain away" postponement of
the peace treaty. While following
Khrushchev's lead in defining the
framework for negotiations, Ulbricht
took an extreme bargaining position,
ruling out any East German concessions
in -return for de facto recognition and
demanding?inter alta--reduction of
Western troop strength and elimination
of Western "subversive" activities in
the city.
The Spaniards have once again shown
their hypersensitivity to US African
policies. They made a strong protest
to our Embassy in Madrid against an
alleged statement by Ambassador Bonsai--
which he did not make--to the Moroccans
suggesting that Spain should give
Morocco hegemony over SOanish Sahara.
We can expect further buffeting from
both sides over this sensitive issue.
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NOTES
A. There was some sort of incident off Portuguese Goa Friday night.
The Portuguese claim they beat off an invasion; the Indians
say a merchant ship was fired on and a fisherman killed. Nehru
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further Portuguese firing.
B. Algiers apparently had one Of its bloodiest weekends yet, with
both Moslems and the OAS active.
C. Egypt has asked the US for 300,000 tons of rice under PL 480.
D. The USSR has protested to our Embassy "the use of tourism for
spying purposes."
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