THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 15 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 15, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OPERATION MED
PRECEDENCE
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CLASSIFICATION
DATE
FROM:
TO: CAPT. SHE1ERD
INFO:
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-c.-15 SEPTE ER 1962
1, LAOS:
A. .SOUVANNA WAS INFORMED BY
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IS MILITARY
YESTERDAY THAT ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO SEND TO
LAOS FIVE CONVOYS OF
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TRUCKS EACH. THE CARGO, NOT SPECIFIED,
WILL PROBABLY BE SHARED BY PATHET LAO AND KONG LE FORCES AS IN
THE PAST.
B,
SAID THERE WERE "MASSIVE
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SUPPLIES" FOR THE PATHET LAO STILL IN
HANOI AND THAT HE PLANNED TO MOVE THEM ALL INTO LAOS.
AC, REGULAR SOVIET AIRLIFT OPERATIONS TO SEVERAL POINTS IN
LAOS HAVE CONTINUED SINCE THEIR: RESUMPTION A WEEK Apo. EARLIER
THIS WEEK, THE SOVIETS WERE INSISTING THAT NORTH VIETNAMESE SERVICE
PERSONNEL BE STATIONED AT VANG VIENG AND PHONG SALY BEFORE THEY
woup "RESTORE SERVICE."
D, THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE AnASSADOR IS RETURNING TO VIENTIANE
TODAY. SIGNS ARE THAT HIS PURPOSE WILL BE TO TELL SOUVANNA OFF
FOR RECOGNIZING HANOI AND THEN FOLD UP THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE MIS-
SION PERMANENTLY.
2. COMMUNIST CHINA:
A. AFTER A SL ':.W START, THE MAINLAND PROPAGANDA MACHINE IS
BUILDING UP MASS ?OTEST RALLIES ON THE U-2 INCIDENT, THE REGIME
PROBABLY HOPES TO SNAP THE DISAFFECTED POPULATION OUT OF ITS
LETHARGY,
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B. WE WOULD EXPECT A MAJ
EFFORT FROM 1PIN 10 KEEP UP
THE FRENZY. BY WAY OF AtTii'R LOG FOR THE FXRy, THE CHINESE
MIGHT PROVOKE AN INC NT WHEN THE US DES YER SHELTON, WHICH
IS SCHEDULED TO ? TROL THE EAST CHINA C ST FROM 16 TO 21 S
TEMBER? NE THE TSINGTA0 NAVAL BAB a PEIPING HAS RECEN Y DIS
PLAYED 'AORDINARY SENSITIVITY TO THESE PATROLS, AND UR CON-
SUL HONG KONG HAS RECO EN i THAT UNDER PRESENT C RCUMSTANCES,
E SHELTON'S MISSION BE C ED OFF.
3. CONGO:
A. A
ASPADOR MILLION YESTERDAY FOUND ADOULA VAGUE AND
PROBABLY UNIEFIRMED OUT GOVERNMENT
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00P MOVEMENTS IN AND TO-
WARD KATANGA AND DELIBERATELY EVASIVE ABOUT THOSE TOWARDKASAI.
-MILLION IS HOPEFUL 77, IN SO F AS ADOULA CAN CONTROL MOVE-
MENT OF HIS TROOPS AT ALL, OUR RE'NESENTATIONS HAD THE DESIRED
EFFECT.
B. OPAAK IS FURIOUS AT NOT VING. BEEN CONSULTED ON THE UN'S
SCHEDULE FOR CARRYING OUT THE RECONCILIATION PLAN. HE FEELS. THE
UN IS TRYING TO GO TOO FAST AND IS AFRAID HASTY AND "TOO-FORCEFUL50X1
ACTION AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE MAY PRECIPITATE HOSTILITIES.
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4, KROLL - KHRUSHCHEV TALKS:
A. GERMAN A ASSADOR KROLL CAME AWAY FROM A
TALK WI
KHRUSHCHEV CONVINCED THAT THE SOVIET LEADER
PLANS TO PROCEED WITH A PEACE TREATY SHORTLY AFTER THE US ELECTIONS,
KHRUSHCHEV REPEATED HIS STANDARD LINE THAT THE TREATY WILL MAKE
WESTERN OCCUPATION OF BERLIN IMPOSSIBLE AND SAID HE WOULD do TO
THE SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD THE WEST TAKE ACTION WHICH RUNSTHE
RISK CT WAR,
A DEFINITE SEQUENCE OF
SOVIET ACTIONS. LEADING TO SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY?IS.ALREADy WELL .
PLANNED OUT AND WILL BE SET IN .MOTION SHORTLY AFTER OUR ELECTIONS
ON A TIMETABLE. WHICH WOULD PER ST RECOURSE. TO THE UN WHILE THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS STILL IN SESSION (IT RECESSES JUST BEFORE THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, BUT WILL AMCST CERTAINLY HAVE TO RECONVENE FOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN JANUARY),
B. KHRUSHCHEV REPEATED HIS BELIEF THAT WESTERN LEADERS' AND
PUBLIC OPINION ARE SO ANXIOUS TO Alroxp WAR THAT THEY WILL ?FIND A
WAY TO LIVE WITH THE SITUATION,
5. ADENAUER - DE GAULLE TALKS:
A. WE ARE GETTING CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM LOWER LEVELS
OF THE FRENCH AND GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICES ABOUT WHAT WENT ON BE-
TWEEN ADENAUER AND DE GAULLE. THEY QUITE OBVIOUSLY DO NCT KNOW
YET. A ocamom THEME IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS
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IS THAT ADEITAUER IS "
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ETTY MUCH ALONE" IN HIS MISGIVINGS
ABOUT BRITISH POLITICAL ASSOCIATION WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
B. ONE UPSHOT OF THE TALKS IS THAT SPAAK AND LUNS ARE NOW
MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER TO GAIN BRITISH ACCESSION TO THE COMMON
MARKET, SPAAK TOLD A
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ASSADOR CARTHUR YESTERDAY THAT BELGIUM
IS TOTALLY UNINTERESTED IN JOINING A FRANCO?GERMAN ALLIANCE AND
HE FEELS THERE CAN BE NO FURTHER PROGRESS UNTIL THE BRITISH
ROLE XS DECIDED,
6. NOTES:
A. BRAZIL: WITH ARMY UNITS ON THE ALERT AND A GENERAL STRIKE
NOW UNDER WAY, CONTENDING FACTIONS IN BRAZIL ARE GATHERING FORCES
FCR A SHOWDOWN, MOST DISTURBING IS THE FACT THAT A DISPOSITION
TO COMPROMISE, EVER PRESENT IN PREVIOUS CRISES, IS NOT SO FAR IN
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EVIDENCE,
C. SOVIET WEAPON TEST: ALTHOUGH THE EVIDENCE IS STILL IN?
COMPLETE, WE HAVE INDICATIONS, SIMILAR TO SOME WHICH PRECEDED THE
SHOT LAST YEAR, THAT PREPARATIONS MAY BE AFOOT FOR
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D, USSR: FIVE OF THE SIX SOVIET SPACE SUPPORT SHIPS ARE
NOW ON THEIR WAY HO IMPLYING A PAUSE IN SOVIET SPACE OPERA-
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