THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 23 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996735
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 23, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
23 DECEMBER 1963
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1. Cyprus
a. There was more violence
yesterday.
b. Turks are outnumbered three
to one on the island. The police
are mostly Greek.
c. Each side has a small mili-
tary contingent (under 1,000) from
the mainland, and both have about
equal numbers (around 3,000) in clan-
destine forces of trained irregulars.
d. Turkish Cypriot Vice Presi-
dent Kuchuk, is counselling modera-
tion, but is not sure he can control
his people much longer.
e. Makarios told Ambassador
Wilkins yesterday that, under the cir-
cumstances, he would move more slowly
in pushing for constitutional changes.
f. Perhaps so, but his declara-
tion on Saturday that the 1959 treaty
of guarantee is null and void will
not help. The treaty gives Turkey
(as well as Greece and Britain) the
right to intervene in Cyprus.
g. Makarios sees it as an ob-
stacle to his plan to revise the
constitution. The Turks see it as
essential to the protection of their
rights.
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2. Dominican
Republic
3. South Vietnam
a. Further instability is in
store following yesterday's resigna-
tion of triumvirate President de los
Santos.
b. There is _increased likeli-
hood of a takeover by the far right
in league with some military leaders.
c. De los Santos says his move
was prompted by the massacre this
weekend of pro-Castro guerrillas,
including their leader "Manolo"
Tavarez.
d. Influence of the far right
has been on the increase of late,
and we suspect de los Santos, a rela-
tive moderate, has an eye to the
future and wants to dissociate him-
self from the current trend.
a. There are some signs the
new government is shaking off its
lethargy.
b. A coordinated pacification
operation has been launched in a
northern coastal province, and a
step up in operations is planned in
two key provinces south of Saigon
where the Viet Cong have made serious
gains in recent weeks.
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4. Morocco-Algeria
c. Contrary to expectations,
there was only a slight rise in Viet
Cong guerrilla activity on Friday's
anniversary of their Liberation Front.
a. King Hassan has indicated
to us as well at the British, French,
and Spanish that he believes it will
not be long before Algerian forces
are more than a match for his.
b. Hassan added that the Soviets
have recently indicated willingness
to provide arms still not delivered
under a protocol which he said was
signed some time ago. It is a sub-
stantial list (e.g., 84 tanks) al-
though it does not include aircraft.
c. Prospects for better rela-
tions between Morocco and Algeria
have, meanwhile, been set back by
Algeria's refusal to receive Hassan's
ambassador designate to Algiers.
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d. The Algerians said no Moroc-
can ambassador would be accepted
until the Mali border commission com-
pletes its work and until Rabat patches
up relations with Cairo.
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5. Communist a. The FBI has learned from a
Bloc - Latin Czech party source that Czech and
America Soviet leaders are "very disturbed"
over Cuba's action in shipping arms
to the Venezuelan terrorists.
b. The Czechs, according to
the report, verified that the arms
did in fact come from Cuba. They are
critical of Castro for what they
consider a "clumsy, uncoordinated"
action.
c. Other evidence of Soviet
objection to Cuba's support of violent
revolutionary movements comes from
Khrushchev himself.
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NOTES
Laos The Pathet Lao, with substantial help from
the North Vietnamese, continue to press westward and
southward in central Laos. They have now retaken
Kam Keut with the only airfield in the area.
B. Cambodia - South Vietnam
C.
D.
Further talks may be in the making,
with the Cambodians coming to Saigon this time.
E. USSR - African students The African students in
Moscow have petitioned Khrushchev to guarantee their
safety and take steps to reduce racial prejudice
among Russians. Some 60 plan to leave if they do
not get a satisfactory answer.
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