THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 23 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959047
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 23, 1961

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23 SEPTEMBER 1961 CHECKLIST (COPY)
1. SUMMARY OF KHRUSHCHEV?SPAAK TALKS. KHRUSHCHEV CONTENDED 150X1sami
HE UNDERSTOOD WESTERN VIEWS ON GERMANY AND BERLIN AND HAD NO DESIRE TO
INSIST THAT A TREATY BE SIGNED WITH BOTH GERMAN STATES. HE SAID HE
WAS PREPARED FOR WHAT HE CALLED A "COMPROMISE"--THE SIGNING OF TWO
TREATIES WHICH WOULD CONTAIN SOME COMMON CLAUSES, INCLUDING RECOMNITION
OF PRESENT GERMAN FRONTIERS, AN ACCORD ON BERLIN, AND SOME PROVISION
FOR SUBSEQUENT STUDY BY THE TWO GERMAN IES OF FORMULAS FOR UNIFICATION.
KHRUSHCHEV RULED OUT ANY DISCUSSION ON THE STATUS OF EAST BERLIN. HE
ALSO MAINTAINED THAT THE WEST MUST REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH EAST GERMANY
OVER ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS, BUT SAID AT THE SAME TIME THAT "BERLIN WAS NOT
TOO IMPORTANT." HE SAID THAT THE USSR WOULD GUARANTEE EAST GERMAN
EXECUTION OF ANY AGREEMENT ON BERLIN, AND ADDED THAT THE FOUR POWERS
COULD WORK OUT A BERLIN AGREEMENT PRIOR TO NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PEACE
TREATY. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT SUCH A FOUR?POWER AGREEMENT WOULD THEN
BE INCORPORATED IN BOTH PEACE TREATIES, OR IN A SEPARATE EAST GERMAN
PEACE TREATY CONCLUDED BY THE BLOC ALONE. HE CLAIMED THAT IN THIS WAY
MOSCOW WOULD GUARANTEE THE BERLIN ACCORD WITHOUT REQUIRING WESTERN
RECOGNITION OF THE EAST GERMAN REGIME.
AS TO TIMING, KHRUSHCHEV INDICATED WO SENSE OF URGENCY AND MENTIONED
NO FETAL DATE, PROVIDED THERE WERE NO "LONG, DRAWN OUT" DISCUSSIONS ON
BERLIN.
2. SOVIET WEAPONS TESTS.
A. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ADDITIONAL NUCLEAR TESTS, ONE AT SEMIPATAMINSK
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AND ONE AT NOVAYA ZEMLYA
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3. UN SECRETARY-GENERAL MANEUVERS.
A. THE SOVIET UN DELEGATION INSTRUCTED THE SATELLITE DELEGATIONS ON 50X1
WEDNESDAY TO OPPOSE DESIGNATION OF MONGI SLIM AS ACTING SECRETARY
GENERAL. INSTEAD IT PROPOSED TO PUSH FOR APPOINTMENT OF THREE OF THE
PRESENT UNDER-SECRETARIES?ONE WESTERN, ONE COMMUNIST, ONE NEUTRAL?TO
"WORK AS A TRIUMVIRATE."
B. ON THURSDAY, KRISHNA MESON SUGGESTED TO GROMYKO A FIVE-MAN SECRE,-
TARIAT, WITH THE CHAIRMANSHIP ROTATING AMONG THE FIVE, EACH TO SERVE
ONE YEAR.
C. THE YUGOSLAVS ARE PUSHING FOR THE BURMESE U THANT,+
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5. OTHER CONGO DEVELOPMENTS:
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A. THE PROVISIONAL CEASE-FIRE HAS EXPIRED, LEAVING THE SITUATION IN
KATANGA PRECARIOUS,
B. THE US AIR ATTACHE REPORTS HE CAN FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT HAMMARSKJOLDE
PLANE WAS SABOTAGED OR SHOT DOWN.
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C. THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS HAVE APPARENTLY GIVEN UP ON GIZENGA. THEY
ARE REPORTED TO HAVE ORDERED HIS AMBASSADOR OUT OF CHINA AND CANCELLED
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CONGO STUDENTS STUDYING THERE. 50X1
6. RAMFIS TRUJILLO CLAIMS HIS ROLE TEMPORARY. HE TOLD THE US
CONSUL HE WAS GROOMING YOUNGER OFFICERS FOR COMMAND, AND MIGHT Gm UP
HIS POSITION AS ARMED FORCES CHIEF AFTER "A FEW MORE MONTHS." RAMFIS
CONTENDED HIS IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION WOULD PRODUCE A "SCRAMBLE FOR POWER"1
AMONG THE MILITARY.
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7. JAPAN?USSR TRADE: NEGOTIATIONS ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES FOR
THE SALE BY JAPAN OF PIPE AND EQUIPMENT FOR A 2700?MILE LINE, WHICH
WILL CARRY CRUDE OIL FROM THE SIBERIAN INTERIOR TO THE PACIFIC. JAPAN
WILL PROVIDE $250,000,000 IN CREDIT TO FINANCE THE SALE, PROBABLY TO BE
REPAID IN SOVIET CRUDE OIL EXPORTS. 50X1
8. NOTES:
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B. THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL OF THE COMMON MARKET WILL MEET ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY TO IRON OUT DIFFERENCES IN APPROACH TO THE BRITISH APPLICA-
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TION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
D. THE INDIAN ARMY IS HAVING SERIOUS MORALE PROBLEMS IN UNITS WHICH
MUST SERVE FOR LONG PERIODS ON THE DESOLATE FRONTIERS WITH PAKISTAN
AND COMMUNIST CHINA.
E. NKRUMAH HAS NAMED HIMSELF COMMANDER OF THE GHANAIAN ARMED FORCES
AND ANNOUNCED THAT ALL COMMAND POSTS WILL BE HELD BY GHANAIANS. THIS
WILL REDUCE HIS BRITISH OFFICERS TO ADVISORY STATUS AND COULD BE
PRELIMINARY TO THEIR OUSTER.
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