THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 17 APRIL 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996299
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 17, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--17 APRIL 1963
1 . CUBA?USSR:
A.
CUBAN PILOTS WITH
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN FLYING MIG-15 AND MIG-17 FIGHTERS
WERE TO BEGIN A FOUR?MONTH TRAINING COURSE FOR MIG-21 PILOTS
B. FOUR MONTHS TRAINING WOULD GIVE THEM LIMITED COM?
BAT EFFECTIVENESS .
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CANT CHANGES AT THE SOVIET ENCAMPMENTS.
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3. LAOS:
A. BOTH SIDES ARE MAKING CHARGES OF TRUCE VIOLATIONS,
BUT TROOP DISPOSITIONS APPEAR TO HAVE CHANGED ONLY SLIGHTLY.
B. NO PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE YET ON AN ICC PROPOSAL TO
STATION TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE PLAINE DES JARRES. THE PATHET
LAO HAVE AGREED TO "STUDY" IT.
C, MEANWHILE, PEIPING HAS CLAIMED THAT CONTINUED US
"INTERVENTION" IN LAOS MAY BRING CIVIL WAR AND HAS CALLED
FOR ACTION BY THE GENEVA CONFERENCE CO?CHAIRMEN TO CHECK US
"AGGRESSION,"
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4. WEST GERMANY:
A. ADENAUER HAS AGAIN REFUSED TO NAME A SUCCESSOR UNTIL
THIS FALL.
B. BRENTANO'S TRIP TO ITALY IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE
CHANCELLOR TO NAME ERHARD WAS UNSUCCESSFUL,
5, PAKISTAN:
A. WE HAVE TWO REPORTS FROM KARACHI WHICH MAY FORE?
SHADOW FUTURE DIFFICULTIES IN US?PAKISTANI RELATIONS.
B. ON 13 APRIL FINANCE MINISTER SHOAIB TOLD AMBASSADOR
MCCONAUGHY THAT PROBLEMS OF "SERIOUS PROPORTIONS" WOULD
DEVELOP IF THE WESTERN AID CONSORTIUM--AND PARTICULARLY THE
US--WAS NOT MORE GENEROUS THAN INDICATED BY THE PRELIMINARY
MEETING IN PARIS. ?SHOAIB MAINTAINED THAT PAKISTAN NEEDS MORE
THAN THE $400 MILLION TENTATIVELY PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR
AND THAT THE US ALONE MUST PUT UP MORE THAN $250 MILLION.
C, THE NEXT DAY FOREIGN MINISTER BHUTTO, IN RAPID SUC?
CESSION, CALLED IN THE SOVIET, YUGOSLAV, AND CHINESE COMMUNIST
AMBASSADORS. WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ON WHAT TOOK PLACE AT
THESE INTERVIEWS, BUT CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THE PAKISTANIS ARE SOUNDING OUT COMMUNIST BLOC AID POSSIBILI?
TIES.
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6. ARAB STATES:
A. THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE ISSUED IN CAIRO TODAY GIVES
ONLY THE GENERAL OUTLINES FOR THE NEW UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC.
B, THERE REMAINS A LOT OF HARD BARGAINING BEFORE THE
NEW CONSTITUTION CAN BE HAMMERED OUT AND AGREEMENT CAN BE
REACHED ON THE DETAILS BOTH FOR MERGING THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE THREE COUNTRIES AND UNITING THEIR FOREIGN POLICIES.
C. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THESE NEGOTIATIONS
CAN BE CONCLUDED IN TIME FOR THE SCHEDULED 17 SEPTE
ER PLEBI?
SCITE ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND THE NAMING OF A PRESIDENT.
E. YEMENI PRESIDENT SALLAL YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED HIS IN?
TENTION TO GET ON THE BANDWAGON
7. NOTES:
B. BOLIVIA: EXTREMIST FOLLOWERS OF VICE PRESIDENT
LECHIN ARE
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PAZ ESTENSSORO IN MAY.
C. CUBA?SPAIN: THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE SPANISH
FIRM (SACA) AND CUBA FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING
500 TRACTORS, APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF. INTERNATIONAL
HARVESTER OF CHICAGO INFORMED THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF THE
CANCELLATION. OUR EMBASSY IN MADRID HAS BEEN ASKED TO CON?
FIRM.
D. JORDAN?UAR: JORDAN IS STILL TRYING TO PATCH UP RE?
LATIONS WITH NASIR. JORDANIAN UN REPRESENTATIVE RIFAI, UNDER
INSTRUCTIONS FROM AMMAN, HAS PROPOSED A RESUMPTION OF RE?
LATIONS TO EGYPT'S UN DELEGATE AND INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP WITH
A TRIP TO CAIRO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
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