THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 18 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 18, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--18 SEPTEMBER 1962
1, CUBA:
A, WE HAVE SPOTTED TWO MORE SOVIET PASSENGER VESSELS EN ROUTE
TO CUBA. THEIR ARRIVAL WILL RAISE OUR ESTIMATE OF TECHNICIANS OF
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B. WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME TENUOUS EVIDENCE FORESHADOW-
ING THE APPEARANCE OF SAM SITES IN CAMAGUEY PROVINCE,
C.
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INSURGENTS ARE STILL CAUSING ENOUGH TROUBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL CUBA TO START THE ARMY CRANKING UP FOR ANOTHER
DRIVE TO CLEAN UP THE AREA,
2, LAOS:
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HANOI RETAINS
CONTACT WITH ONLY FOUR MAJOR RADIO STATIONS,
B. WE VIEW THIS TREND AS INDICATING SOME REDUCTIONS OF NORTH
VIETNAMESE FORCES AND REGROUPING OF THE REST IN FOUR BASE AREAS,
THESE ARE NAM THA AND SAM NEUA IN THE NORTH KHANG KHAY IN THE
CENTER, AND TCHEPONE IN THE SOUTH,
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C. SOUPHANNOUVONG YESTERDAY TOOK OFF FOR PEIPING AND POSSIBLY
MOSCOW,
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D. THE WEST GERMAN IDEA OF ECONOMIC AID TO LAOS SETS AN EASY
MARK FOR EAST GERMANY TO IMPROVE ON AND THEREBY PERHAPS GO ONE-UP
IN THE STRUGGLE FOR DIPLOMATIC FAVOR IN VIENTIANE
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E. IN SAIGON YESTERDAY, DIEM GAVE AMBASSADOR NOLTING THE IM-
PRESSION THAT THE DECISION TO BREAK RELATIONS WITH LAOS THE MOMENT
VIENTIANE ACCEPTS AN AMBASSADOR FROM HANOI IS IRREVOCABLEI, 50X1
3. TAIWAN - HONG KONG - MACAO:
4. USSR - COMMUNIST CHINA:
A. THE CHINESE, FURIOUS OVER THE NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT IN SOVIET-
YUGOSLAV RELATIONS AND YUGOSLAV ASSOCIATION WITH THE COUNCIL FOR
ECONOMIC MUTUAL ASSISTANCE, THE BLOC ECONOMIC COORDINATING BODY,
HAVE REOPENED THEIR POLEMICAL BATTLE WITH THE SOVIETS.
B. APPARENTLY THE LAST STRAW WAS A RECENT KHRUSHCHEV PRONOUNCE-
COUNCIL
MENT HINTING THAT THE/ MIGHT ULTIMATELY DO MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS
BUSINESS WITH THE COMMON MARKET.
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C. A CHINESE STATEMENT YESTERDAY WAS FULL OF BITTER INVECTIVE,
OSTENSIBLY AIMED AT THE YUGOSLAVS BUT ACTUALLY AT KHRUSHCHEV?
SIMILAR TO THAT WE SAW AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SINO-SOVIET CONTROVERSY,
D. PRESSURE IS ALREADY BUILDING UP IN THE COMMUNIST WORLD FOR
ANOTHER WORLD CONFERENCE OF COMMUNIST PARTIES Ai .4D AT BRINGING
IN THE DIRTY LINEN, BOTH PARTIES SEEM TO BE MANEUVERING WITH THIS
IN MIND.
5, NOTES:
A. IN SYRIA, PREMIER KHALID AL-AZM YESTERDAY SUCCEEDED IN
PULLING TOGETHER A CABINET AFTER NEARLY A WEEK OF HARD BARGAINING,
HE IS LIKELY TO HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING THINGS ON AN EVEN KEEL,
HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE WIDE DISPARITY IN THE POLITICAL VIEWPOINTS
OF HIS COLLEAGUES,
A COMMUNIST PARTY
CONGRESS WILL BE. CONVENED IN LATE NOVEMBER TO HEAR ULBRICHT REPORT
ON HIS.RECENT CONSULTATIONS WITH KHRUSHCHEV,
C. SOVIET DIPLOMATS IN PARIS', AMIABLY EXPLAINING THAT THE
RUPTURE IN FRANCO-SOVIET COMMERCIAL NEGOTIATIONS LAST JUNE WAS. DUE
TO A REGRETTABLE MISUNDERSTANDING (THE RUSSIANS WALKED PUT WHEN
PARIS REFUSED TO GRANT THEM THE SAME TARIFF PRIVILEGES ACCORDED
ITS COMMON MARKET PARTNERS), SEEM JUST ABOUT TO HAVE TALKED THE
FRENCH INTO RETURNING TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE.
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D. NEPALESE FOREIGN MINISTER SHAHA TOLD OUR AMBASSADOR
YESTERDAY THAT PRESS STORIES INTIMATING NEPAL WOULD TAKE THE
LEAD IN SPONSORING THIS YEAR'S DRIVE TO GET COMMUNIST CHINA
INTO THE UN ARE UNFOUNDED. HE WOBBLED,- HOWEVER, ON WHAT HIS
REACTION WOULD BE IF THE SOVIETS ASKED RIM TO po THE JOB,
E.
THE SOVIET NAVY HAS SETTLED ON A PROGRAM OF CONVERTING W-CLASS
SUBMARINES TO CARRY CRUISE MISSILES THE "IV's" ARE CONVENTIONAL,
MEDIUM RANGE BOATS, BUILT IN THE EARLY '50s
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