THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959049
• 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 26, 1961

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26 SEPTEMBER1961 (CHECKLIST) (COPY)
1. COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S UN ADDRESS.
A. MOSCOW HAS NOT GONE BEYOND A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT, BACKPAGED IN
PRAVDA REPEAT PRAVDA, NOTING THE GENERAL TOPICS RAISED IN THE SPEECH.
OF MORE INTEREST IS THE NEWSPAPER'S REPRINTING, IN THE SAME ISSUE, OF
A RECENT ARTICLE ON THE PRESIDENT BY JAMES WECHSLER IN THE NY POST
REPEAT NY POST. AMONG THE PASSAGES IN THE ARTICLE IS THE FOLLOWING:
"COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA TRIES TO EQUATE ALL AMERICAN ACTIONS WITH VICIOUS
INTRIGUES OF WALL STREET IMPERIALISTS...IF KHRUSHCHEV BELIEVES THIS
DOCTRINAIRE NONSENSE THEN HE IS A MADMAN AND WE ARE ALL DOOMED;"
B. CHINESE COMMUNISTS DISMISS THE SPEECH AS THE "USUAL EMPTY PROPA-
GANDA;"
C. THE EAST GERMANS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON CONDEMNING THE STATEMENTS ON
THE GERMAN PROBLEM, BUT POLISH, RUMANIAN AND CZECH,QCOMMEWARIES HAVE
CENTERED THEIR CRITICISMS ON US DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS. THEY NOTE TBE
PRESIDENT'S EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE, BUT DENY SEEING ANY
SIGNS OF A DEPARTURE FROM STANDARD US FORMULATIONS;
D. BELGRADE,HOWEVER, HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE SPEECH DESERVES CAREFUL
STUDY AND NOTED A "POSITIVE" APPROACH TO DISARMAMENT;
E. THE CUBANS OUTDO THE BLOC, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHINESE, IN
UNCONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM;
F. INITIAL INDIAN COMMENT SAYS THE ADDRESS IS REGARDED BY MANY AS A
STRIKING REFLECTION OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION'S FLEXIBILITY AND FAIRNESS
THE PRESIDENT'S FRIENDLY REFERENCES TO THE BELGRADE CONFERENCE ARE
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2. CONGO: A. THE CEASE-FIRE IS STILL IN EFFECT IN KATANGA BUT
REMAINS FRAGILE. FOUR ETHIOPIAN JETS, FOR THE UN, INTENDED TO
NEUTRALIZE TSHOMBE'S TWO JETS, ARE EXPECTED INLLEOPOLDVILLE MOMENTARILY
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C. IN ELISABETHVILLE, THE PROBLEM OF THE 30,000 RESTIVE BALUBA
REFUGEES HAS BEEN EASED SOMEWHAT BY AN AGREEMENT ON REPATRIATION BETWEEN
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TSHOMBE AND THE UN.
3. WARSAW PACT EXERCISES. YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF WARSAW
PACT EXERC ISES , TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
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REGARD SUCH A MOVE AS PART OF A PLAUSIBLE CONTINGENCY PLAN AND AS A
FURTHER MOVE IN MOSCOW'S EFFORT TO IMPRESS THE WEST.
4. LONDON ALARMED BY GHANA'S ANTI-BRITISH TREND. THEIR PREVIOUS
CALM HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY NKRUMAH'S RECENT ACTIONS AND THEY ARE NOW
FEARFUL FOR THE SAFETY OF BRITISH SUBJECTS.
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5. A.
SOVIET
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AT THE LA.,
WILL TAP?
CALLY CONTINUE TO INSIST ON THE TROIKA IN TALKING TO OTHER DELEGATIONS,
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THE PLAN WAS NOT LIKELY TO GO THROUGH. THE SOVizao
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ACCEPT THE IDEA OF A ..v4LE
ACTING SECRETARY BUT WILL TRY FOR A WATERED-DOWN AUTHORITY.
B.
ATTEMPT UNLESS
THERE.
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ANOTHER COUP
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SUCCEBD SOON IN CAPTURING THE SECRET ARMY LEADERS
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C. SUKARNO APPARENTLY FEELS HE HAS A FAIRLY FIRM,COMMITMENT FOR A
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO INDONESIA. RETURNING TO DJAKARTA RECENTLY, HE
INDICATED AS MUCH TO OUR AMBASSADOR, WHO NOW EXPECTS THE INDONESIANS
TO FOLLOW?UP ON THE INVITATION,
D. THERE WAS SUCCESSFUL SOVIET TEST VEHICLE LAUNCH TO THE KAMCHATKA
AREA LEST EVENING.
E. YESTERDAY ADENAUER TOLD A BRITISH TV AUDIENCE HE IS THINKING OF
RETIRING. "I HAVE NO INTENTION OF HAVING FOUR MORE YEARS. I HAVE HAD
ENOUGH."
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