THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 21 DECEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996100
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 21, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--21 DECEMBER 1962
2. CUBA/MILITARY:
A. HIGH ALTITUDE PHOTOGRAPHY OF TUESDAY SHOWS CANVAS SHEL?
TERS OVER MISSILE LAUNCHERS AT TWO OF THE SAM SITES. WE THINK
THE SOVIETS HAVE IMPROVISED THESE TO PROTECT EQUIPMENT FROM
ifft TORRENTIAL RAINS.
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4. NORTH KOREA:
A. WE MAY BE SEEING SIGNS OF REAL DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN
MOSCOW AND THE NORTH KOREANS, WHO HAVE FOR MONTHS LINED UP WITH
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PEIPING IN THE BIG DISPUTE, BUT WHO HAVE TAKEN AN EVEN STRONGER
STAND ON THE CUBAN ISSUE.
B. A RECENT COMMUNIQUE OUT OF PYONGYANG LAID CONSIDERABLE
STRESS ON THE NEED FOR "SELF-RELIANCE"-IN DEFENSE AS WELL AS
ECONOMIC MATTERS. SUCH COMMENTS ARE SOMEWHAT REMINISCENT OF
CHINESE STATEMENTS AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TECHNICIANS
FROM CHINA,
:C. THIS IS HARD TO SQUARE
NEWLY ARRIVED MIG-21s IN NORTH KOREA, AND WE KNOW
THAT THE KOREANS RECEIVED
IL-28s IN AUGUST, BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A RECENT SHOW-
DOWN.
D. EARLY THIS MONTH A HIGH-LEVEL KOREAN MILITARY DELEGA-
TION SPENT FOUR DAYS IN MOSCOW WITH TOP SOVIET MILITARY LEADERS,
BUT WE HAVE NO WORD ON RESULTS.
5. CUBA/POLITICAL:
A. WE NOTE FURTHER SIGNS THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS STRUGGLING
WITH A MAJOR POLITICAL DECISION. :THE ISSUE IS BY NO MEANS CLEAR,
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BUT WE SUSPECT THE CUBANS ARE AT BEST-TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF
TURNING TOWARD PEIPING.
B. , CASTRO STILL AVOIDS THE LIMELIGHT. FOR THREE WEEKS HE
HAD BEENBILLED AS THE MAIN ATTRACTION AT THE FINAL AFFAIR
WEDNESDAY OF A 'CONVENT ION. AT THE LAST MINUTE, CHE7
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C. . ON MONDAY, A HAVANA NEWSPAPER WHICH SEEMS GENERALLY
TO MIRROR CASTRO S VIEWS , CARRIED THE FULL TEXT OF A 15 DECEM?
BER PEIpING EDITORIAL, THE MOST EXPLICIT ANTI?SOVIET STATEMENT
YET PUBLISHED IN CHINA. THE ONLY OTHER COMMUNIST NATIONS TO 50X1
REPORT IT HAVE BEEN NORTH KOREA AND ALBANIA.
E. -A CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION HAS BEEN DICKERINGIN MOSCOW,
WHERE A SOMEWHAT GUARDED COMMUNIQUE HAS BEEN ISSUED ON AN EX?
PANSION OF TRADE,
G. WE ARE STILL SEEING SIGNS OF ACTIVE CUBAN HELP FOR
WOULD?BE COMMUNIST GUERRILLAS
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ECUADOREANS ARE RE-
CEIVING GUERRILLA TRAINING IN CUBA AND THAT ARRANGEMENTS ARE
BEING MADE TO SEND NUMBERS OF COLOMBIANS THERE.
J. MOREOVER, WE NOW HEAR THAT SEVERAL CUBANS WERE AMONG
THE LEADERS OF MONDAY'S STRIKE IN LA OROYA, PERU, AND THAT ONE
OF THEM HAS BEEN PROMOTING THE SEIZURE OF RANCHLAND IN THE
PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS BY ANDEAN INDIANS.
6. INDONESIA:
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7. NOTES:
B. LAOS: AIR AMERICA IS APPARENTLY BEING SUBJECTED TO A
SQUEEZE PLAY. IT IS BEING DEPRIVED OF ESSENTIAL AIRPORT
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FACILITIES AT VIENTIANE, AND SOUVANNA SAYS HE WANTS TO USE THE
RUSSIAN-PROVIDED TRANSPORTS IN THE "MAJOR AIRLIFT" BETWEEN
VIENTIANE AND THE PLAINE DES JARRES EKCLUDING AIR AMERICA
"FOR THE PRESENT,"
D. CONGO: IN CONTRAST TO THE DAMAGE AT THE US CONSULATE
IN ELISABETHVILLE YESTERDAY, THE KATANGESE DEMONSTRATORS PRO-
VIDED THE UK AND FRENCH WITH MORE APPRECIATIVE TREATMENT. THEY
SANG "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" FOR THE BRITISH CONSUL, WHO MADE NO
"SUBSTANTIVE" REPLY. THE FRENCH CONSUL WAS SERENADED WITH
THE "MARSEILLAIS." HE REPLIED THAT FRANCE HAD NO PART IN THE
,U THANT PLAN AND DISAPPROVED US AND UN POLICIES.
E. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: THE ELECTIONS WENT OFF QUIETLY
YESTERDAY. THE VOTE IS STILL BEING COUNTED, BUT IT APPEARS
TO BE CLOSE BETWEEN FIALLO'AND BOSCH.
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