THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992107
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 26, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--26 DECEMBER 1961
1. CONGO:
A. KATANGA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT ARE
SCHEDULED TO REACH LEOPOLDVILLE TOMORROW. ?TSHOMBE HAS ALSO AN-
NOUNCED THAT THE KATANGAN PARLIAMENT WILL MEET ON 3 JANUARY TO
VOTE ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE KITONA AGREEMENT. KIMBA, HIS FIRE-
EATING FOREIGN MINISTER, HAS APPEARED IN PARIS "TO GIVE A COMPLETE
AND OBJECTIVE REPORT" ON THE KITONA MEETING.
B. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT TSHOMBE PLANS TO COMPLY WITH
THOSE PORTIONS OF THE AGREEMENT DEALING WITH UN SECURITY COUNCIL
DIRECTIVES, I.E. GET RID OF HIS MERCENARIES. MOST OF THE LATTER
ARE SAID TO BE IN KOLWEZI AND JADOTVILLE, WHERE MOST OF TSHOMBE'S
INTACT FORCES ARE CONCENTRATED. WE THINK TSHOMBE'S FORCES AROUND
ELIZABETHVILLE ARE BEING STRENGTHENED AND REINFORCED.
? C. HOFFACKER REPORTS, HOWEVER, THAT THERE IS NOW SOME UN
COORDINATION WITH KATANGAN AUTHORITIES ON POLICING THE CITY,
AND HE SEES SOME HOPE FOR LAW AND ORDER. HE IS STILL WORRIED
ABOUT BEHAVIOR OF THE ETHIOPIAN TROOPS TOWARD EUROPEANS.
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D. THE FIRST LEOPOLDVILLE TROOPS WILL BE MOVED TO KATANGA
TOMORROW. THEY WILL BE MADE PART OF THE UN FORCE DEFENDING THE
KAMINA BASE-.
E. PREMIER WELENSKY OF NORTHERN RHODESIA IS CALLING HIS
CABINET TOMORROW TO CONSIDER "ALTERING" RHODESIAN POLICY TOWARD
KATANGA. THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE WAS UNSPECIFIED, BUT THE AN-
NOUNCEMENT CONTAINED A NUMBER OF ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE UN.
3. WEST NEW GUINEA:
INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUBANDRIO DISCUSSED THE QUESTION
OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DUTCH YESTERDAY IN TERMS WHICH SUGGEST
THAT THE TWO SIDES CAN ATLEASTBE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, BUT SAID
JONES SHOULD GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER FROM SUKARNO TODAY. WE DO
NOT YET HAVE JONES' REPORT, NOR ANY WORD ON RESULTS OF THE APPROACH
HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE IN REGARD TO POPE.
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4. NEW SYRIAN CABINET UNIMPRESSIVE:
SYRIA APPEARS TO HAVE REVERTED TO THE POLITICAL INSTABILITY
CHARACTERISTIC OF ITS PRE-UAR PERIOD. COOPERATION AMONG THE
MOST POWERFUL CONSERVATIVE GROUPS HAS ALREADY BROKEN DOWN, AND
WE DOUBT THAT PREMIER DAWALIBI CAN GET PARLIAMENT TO APPROVE
HIS CABINET.
5. NOTES:
A, THERE ARE PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS THAT THE SOVIETS ARE
GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER SPACE SHOT.
B. THE USSR HAS MADE
HARSH PROTEST OVER "PLACEMENT OF ATOMIC WEAPONS IN GREECE."
Q. THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS BOMBARDED QUEMOY LAST NIGHT (53
SOUNDS) FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER,
D. SOME OF SOUVANNA S BODYGUARDS HAVE ARRIVED IN VIENTIANE,
AND THE MEETING APPEARS DEFINITELY ON.
E. THE PORTUGUESE EXPECT A FLARE-UP OF REBEL ACTIVITY IN
ANGOLA DURING THE NEXT MONTH OR SO,
F. THE FRENCH HAVE APPARENTLY GIVEN A LITTLE ON A DATE FOR
EVACUATION OF BIZERTE.
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