THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 6 NOVEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992020
• 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 6, 1961

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CLASSIFIED MESSAGE
SPECIAL CENTER
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DATE
6 NOVEMBER 1961
OPERATIONAL
DEFERRED
IMMEDIATE
ROUTINE
PRIORITY
TO:
ORIGINATING OFFICER
WHITE HOUSE
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PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
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HE DEPLORED MOSCOW'S FAILURE TO TAKE ANY
NOTICE OF THE UN APPEAL AND EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN LEST THE SOVIET
ACTIONS CAUSE OTHERS TO BEGIN ATMOSPHERIC TESTS.
HE IS DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER RECENT CRITICISM OF INDIA IN SC
THE US AND IS INTENT ON CONVINCING US LEADERS THAT INDIA IS PURSUING
A "BALANCED" FOREIGN POLICY NOT DETERMINED BY "TWO STANDARDS."
C. KRISHNA MENON
AND NEHRU BOTH FEEL THAT THE
,
ONLY WAY TO INFLUENCEKKHRUSHCHEV TOWARD A MODERATE COURSE IS TO REMAII
ON FRIENDLY TERMS, THAT "YOU CAN INFLUENCE KHRUSHCHEV ONLY BY NOT
BEING AGAINST HIM," AND THAT MOSCOW IS THE ONLY DETERRENT TO AN
AGGRESSIVE CHINESE POLICY TOWARD INDIA.
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SPECIAL CENTER
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DATE
DEFERRED
ROUTINE
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ORIGINATING OFFICER
FROM:
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2. CONGO ARMY WITHDRAWN
A. KATANGAN MERCENARIES
PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN
B. ADOULA, NOW
ELIMINATE THE MERCENARIES
STRENGTHENED UN ,MANDATE-.
SHOWDOWN WITH GIZENGA,
BY 5 NOVEMBER. '
C. CONGO ARMY
TO GIZENGA MOVING TOWARD
D. TSHOMBE HAS
SURE WHAT HE WAS UP TO
3. SOVIET NUCLEAR
A. WE ARE NOT
REGARDING THE CONTINUATION
TASS STATEMENT STRONGLY
IF THE US RESUMES ATMOSPHERIC
MILITARY DISADVANTAGE.
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FROM KATANGA:
SENT FROM ELISABETHVILLE
ITS DEFEAT.
MORE RESENTFUL OF THE UN'S FAILURE
WILL PROBABLY ORDER RENEWED
THE DEFEAT WILL ALSO WEAKEN
WHOSE RETURN TO LEOPOLDVILLE
UNITS MAY STILL TRY A LINKUP WITH
KATANGA FROM THE NORTH.
LEFT FOR HOME FROM GENEVA. WE
APPARENTLY
TO
LOBBYING FOR
ADOULA IN HIS
HE HAD ORDERED
FORCES LOYAL
ARE STILL NOT
ONE HAND, A
TESTING,
BEING AT A
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THERE.
TESTS:
YET ABLE TO DETERMINE SOVIET INTENTIONS
OF NUCLEAR TESTS. ON THE
IMPLIES THAT THE USSR WILL CONTINUE
TESTS, IN ORDER TO AVOID
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SPECIAL CENTER
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DATE
DEFERRED
ROUTINE
PRIORITY
TO:
ORIGINATING OFFICER
FROM:
DIVISION
EXTENSION
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THE AREA AROUND NOVAYA ZEMLYA WAS
CLOSED FOR "MANEUVERS" ONLY UNTIL 15 NOVEMBER. THERE HAVE BEEN 'NO
_ SIGNS YET OF CLOSING DOWN AT SEMIPALATINSK.
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4. SATELLITE REACTIONS TO SOVIET PARTY CONGRESS:
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POLISH LEADERS FEAR THAT 'THE "ERA OF _50X
LIBERALISM, WHICH IT SEEMS TO PORTEND FOR THE USSR" WILL RESULT IN
"UNCONTROLLABLE" PUBLIC PRESSURES FOR GREATER FREEDOM IN POLAND.
EAST GERMAN, PARTY OFFICIALS, UNEASY OVER MOUNTING POPULAR CRITICISM
OF ULBRICHT, HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO "DEAL TOO MUCH WITH THE TOPIC OF
THE PERSONALITY CULT" IN PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
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5. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
A. RAMP IS TRUJILLO CLAIMS THE GOVERNMENT
UNLESS THERE IS ACTION BY FRIDAY TOWARD PARTIALLY
SANCTIONS. HE IS UNDER PRESSURE FROM OFFICIALS
DICTATORSHIP WHO FEEL THEIR SURVIVAL HINGES ON
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE OPPOSITION CONTINUES TO
CANNOT
LIFTING
LINKED TO
HIS RETENTION
SEEK RAMFIS'
SURVIVE
OAS ECONOM1(
THE- FORMER
OF POWER.
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DATE
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RETIREMENT, AND ANY EASING OF SANCTIONS PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT WOULD
PROBABLY BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC AS THE LOSS OF THE OPPOSITION'S
PRINCIPAL PROTECTION AGAINST REPRESSION.
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6. MERCHANT TALKS WITH AFGHANS:
A. AMBASSADOR MERCHANT'S "FINAL SECOND ROUND TALK" WITH THE
AFGHANS ENDED ON A PESSIMISTIC NOTE. MERCHANT'S PROPOSAL FOR AFGHAN
MOVES TOWARD SETTLING THE DISPUTE WAS REJECTED "AS IN NO WAY CORRES?
PONDING WITH THE AFGHAN POSITION," MERCHANT DESCRIBES THE AFGHAN
COUNTERPROPOSALS AS "DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO THEPPAKISTAN POSITION."
THE AFGHANS THROUGHOUT THE TALKS TOOK THE LINE THAT PAKISTAN, WAS
ENTIRELY TO BLAME FOR THE SITUATION AND THAT THE "SOLUTION WAS NOT.
IN AFGHANISTAN'S HANDS."
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