THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 13 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995979
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 13, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--13 OCTOBER 1962
1. YEMEN
A. IT IS BEGINNING TO LOOK AS THOUGH THE STRUGGLE MAY
LAST FOR SOME TIME.
B. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE CON-
FIDENCE OF THE REPUBLICANS HAS BEEN SHAKEN BY THE TRIBAL OP-
POSITION HASAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO MUSTER.
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H. IT NOW TURNS OUT THAT IMAM BADR, VERY MUCH ALIVE,
IS RALLYING LOYAL TRIBESMEN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWESTERN
YEMEN. AT LAST REPORT, HOWEVER, HE AND HIS MEN WERE BEING
HARD-PRESSED BY PRO-SANA FORCES"
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2. LAOS
A. THE STATUS OF NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES IN LAOS IS
UNCHANGED. THEY ARE STILL THERE, PERHAPS AS MANY AS 4,000-
5,000 OF THEM.
B. ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN YESTERDAY, SOUVANNA ASSURED
AMBASSADOR UNGER OF HIS INTENT TO TAKE A PERSONAL HAND IN
GETTING THE VIETNAMESE OUT OF THE COUNTRY, SO FAR, HOWEVER,
SOUVANNA'S ASSURANCES HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT LONGER THAN HIS PER-
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D. WE ARE NOT CONFIDENT, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PLOY IS GO-
ING TO GET THE COMMUNISTS TO MOVE IN A HURRY. IN MOSCOW, THE
LINE IS THAT SOUVANNA'S STATEMENT LAST SUNDAY JUST ABOUT
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CLOSES THE BOOK ON WITHDRAWAL. TO THE SOVIETS, SOUVANNA'S
REFERENCE TO "STRAGGLERS" MEANS CHINATS, THAIS, AND FILI-
PINOS.
E. . ME ARE SEEING MORE INDICATIONS OF DISSENSION WITHIN
THE NEUTRALIST CAMP. THE LATEST WE HAVE IS A REPORT OF A
DEVELOPING CLASH OF PERSONALITIES BETWEEN SOUVANNA AND HIS
FOREIGN MINISTER, QUINIM.
F. THIS DOES NOT AUGUR WELL FOR LAOTIAN NEUTRALITY.
QUINIM, WHO HAS BEEN LEANING EVER CLOSER TO THE PATHET LAO
POINT OF VIEW, IS THE TOUGHER AND
MORE DETERMINED CHARACTER,
3. INDIA - USSR - COMMUNIST CHINA
A.
MOSCOW IS USING THE CHINA BORDER ISSUE TO PRESSURE THE IN-
DIANS INTO SUPPORTING THE SOVIET POSITION ON BERLIN.
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A. THE ANNOUNCED EXTENSION OF THE JOINT EXERCISES IN
THE ARCTIC TO 10 NOVEMBER MAKES IT LOOK AS THOUGH NUCLEAR
TESTING THERE WILL CONTINUE BEYOND THE ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED
,TERMINATION DATE OF 20 OCTOBER. TESTING COULD CONTINUE IN 50X1
OTHER AREAS, HOWEVER.
B. THE DEPLOYMENT OF SOVIET AIRCRAFT
SUGGEST THAT PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY
AT TYURATAM FOR ANOTHER SPACE OPERATION.
5. CONGO
A. THE PRESSURES THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED ON TSHOMBE
IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT HAVE WRENCHED MORE CONCILIATORY GES?
TURES FROM HIM. HE HAS NOW OFFERED TO TURN OVER 25 PERCENT
OF KATANGA'S REVENUES TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND SHOWN
SOME GIVE IN HIS POSITION CONCERNING A CEASE?FIRE. -
B. UN CHIEF GARDINER STILL FEELS THAT HE CANNOT, IN
GOOD CONSCIENCE, REPORT THAT TSHOMBE IS MOVING TO IMPLEMENT
THE UN'S,REINTEGRATION PLAN IN GOOD FAITH, HE IS WITHHOLDING
FINAL JUDGEMENT, HOWEVER, UNTIL AFTER HE TACKLES TSHOMBE TO?
DAY ON THE MILITARY PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN.
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C. ALBERT KALONJI, "KING" OF SOUTH KASAI, SHOWED UP
HALE AND HEARTY IN ELISABETHVILLE YESTERDAY WHERE, WE SUS-
PECT, HE WILL SEEK TO MAKE COMMON CAUSE WITH TSHOMBE AGAINST
LEOPOLDVILLE.
6. NOTES
A. US-YUGOSLAVIA: AMBASSADOR KENNAN HAS AN APPOINT-
MENT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER POPOVIC THIS MORNING. HE HAS
BEEN TIPPED OFF TO EXPECT TO HEAR SOME STRONG WORDS ABOUT
CONGRESSIONAL DENIAL OF MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT FOR
YUGOSLAVIA.
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ARGENTINA; WITH NO
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COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC
WOES IN SIGHT, INFLUENTIAL ARGENTINIANS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR A SCAPEGOAT. THEY APPEAR TO BE ZEROING IN ON MINISTER
OF ECONOMY ALSOGARAY, THE LEADING ADVOCATE OF RETRENCHMENT
AND REFORM.
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