THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 SEPTEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996582
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 28, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--28 SEPTEMBER 1963
1. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
A. THERE IS OUTWARD CALM IN SANTO DOMINGO, BUT BEHIND
THE FACADE OF A COMPARATIVELY RESPECTABLE TRIUMVIRATE, FIERCE
INFIGHTING CONTINUES AMONG POLITICAL HACKS AND MILITARY
STRONGMEN SEEKING THE SPOILS AND POWER.
B. AMBASSADOR MARTIN NOTES THAT MOST ON THE CURRENT
SCENE ARE PRO-US AND EXPECTS THEY WILL WORK HARD TO APPEAR
EVEN MORE SO,
C. BUT HE IS CONCERNED OVER THE DAMAGE TO OUR IMAGE
THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA WERE WE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS SET-UP.
D. THE CRACKDOWN ON LEFT EXTREMISTS WHICH FOLLOWED THE
COUP HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL HUNDRED ARRESTS, SO FAR, HOW-
EVER, MOST KEY LEFTISTS ARE STILL AT LARGE.
E. BOSCH MAY BE PUT ABOARD SHIP FOR SPAIN TODAY,
WEATHER PERMITTING.
2. GREECE:
A. NEW ELECTIONS WILL HAVE TO BE HELD IN GREECE BY
3 NOVEMBER AS A RESULT OF KING PAUL'S ACTION ON THURSDAY
DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT
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W. THE LARGEST OF THE OpPOSITION PARTIES, THE NON-
COMMUNIST CENTER UNION, APPARENTLY SUCCEEDED IN ENGINEERING
PIPINELIS'REMOVAL BY THREATENING TO BOYCOTT THE ELECTIONS UN-
LESS HE WERE DROPPED.
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C. A NEW CARETAKER GOVERNMENT UNDER SUPREME COURT CHAIR-
MAN MAVROMICHALIS IS BEING FORMED.
3. ITALY:
4. NOTES:
A. GUATEMALA: PUBLIC DISSATISFACTION WITH THE PERALTA
REGIME, PARTICULARLY FOR ITS SLOWNESS IN RESTORING CONSTITU-
TIONAL GUARANTEES AND PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS, HAS MADE SOME
MILITARY OFFICERS RESTLESS. THEY SEE ONLY THE LEFTISTS
PROFITING FROM THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, AND PLANS FOR ANOTHER
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B. CONGO: RABBLE ROUSING GIZENGA LIEUTENANT, GBENYE,
FRESH FROM JAIL, HAS BEEN HOLDING ANTI-GOVERNMENT RALLIES
ON THE THEME THAT GIZENGA IS DEAD. ARMY AND POLICE UNITS
HAVE BEEN ALERTED AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF TROUBLE. THE GOV-
ERNMENT SAYS, OF COURSE, THAT GIZENGA IS WELL, BUT THERE IS
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DANGER scaE OPPOSITIONISTS WILL REALIZE HE IS MORE VALUABLE
DEAD THAN ALIVE AND ATTEMPT TO GIVE SUBSTANCE TO THEIR CLAM
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D. WEST GERMANY: IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY THAT
ADENAUER WILL RESIGN ON 15 OCTOBER. ERHARD'S NEW CABINET
WILL BE SWORN ON THE 17TH AND ERHARD WILL DELIVER HIS GOVERN-
MENT'S POLICY DECLARATION ON THE 18TH.
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