THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 OCTOBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992007
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 28, 1961

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300230003-6 OCT 2 8 23 AM '61 OUT 5097 IMI 5097 00 ESF DE ESI 0 021150Z FM CIA/OCl/SHELDON TO WHITE HOUSE EYES ONLY TO CAPTIAN SHEPPARD FOR THE PRESIDENT COPY EYES ONLY TO GENERAL CLIFTON PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 50X1 50X1 1. .SITUATION IN SYRIA. 50X1 A. THERE IS NO FIRM EVIDENCE OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY PREPARATIONS BEYOND THOSE WE REPORDTED YESTERDAY. B. THERE HAVE BEEN DEOMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE NEW GOVERNMENT AT VARIOUS POINTS IN SYRIA, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN QUELLED BY THE MILITARY BUT NOT WITHOUT GUNFIRE. ALEPPO WAS REPORTED QUIET AFTER WEEKEND DISORDERS WHICH PRODUCED AT LEAST 11 KILLED AND 37 WONDED; C. THE KUZBARI GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS TO GAIN WIDER ACCEPTANCE. IT HAS NOW BEEN REMINT7FD BY JORDAN. TURKEY. IRAN. GUATEMALA AND NATIONALIST CHINA. i 50X1 2. FRANCO TO SEEK REVISION OF AGREEMENT WITH US. BESIDES PRESSING FOR CONCESSIONS ON MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID WHEN RENEGOTIATION OF THE DEFENSE AND BASES AGREEMENT BEGINS NEXT YEAR, HE MAY ASK THE US TO BOLSTER MADRID'S MILITARY POSITION IN AFRICA AND TO SPEED UP ITS ADMISSION TO NATO. THE SPANISH HAVE RECENTLY SHOWN CONCERN THAT MOROCCAN PRESSURE ON SPAIN'S AFRICAN HOLDINGS WILL INCREASE AS THE US PHASE?OUT IN - MOROCCO PROGRESSES. NOTES 50X1 50X1 50X1 A. ADENAUER IS SCHEDULED TO MEET TODAY WITH FREE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER MENDE FOR THEIR FIRST DISCUSSION ON A COALITION. THE CHANCELLOR HAS A MUCH IMPROVED BARGAINING POSITION AS A RESULT OF POST?ELECTION MANEUVERS WHICH OUR EMBASSY IN BONN CALLS AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF POLITICAL VIRTUOSITY. B. DE GAULLE WILL MAKE A MAJOR TV?RADIO ADDRESS TO THE NATION THIS AFTERNOON. EARLIER TODAY IN ALGERIA, FRENCH TROOPS WERE OUT IN FORCE DURING A 30?MINUTE GENERAL STRIKE CALLED BY THE SECRET ARMY ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE. ? C. NKRUMAH'S CABINET SHAKEUP LAST WEEK AND OTHER RECENT MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST MODERATES WHO HAVE RESISTED HIS LEFTWARD TREND HAVE PROVOKED CONSIDERABLE RESENTMENT WITHIN GHANA. THE GOVERNMENT'S UNEASINESS IS REVEALED IN POLICE MESSAGES WHICH FORCAST A CLEAVAGE IN THE RULING PARTY AND FURTHER LABOR UNREST. 50X1 50X1 50X1 2700 2700 02/12/081 OCT NN NW 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300230003-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300230003-6 IT OUT 5089 IMI 5089 00 ESF DE ESI 0 011824Z FM CIA/OCl/SHELDON TO WHITE HOUSE SECRET EYES ONLY TO CAPTAIN SHEPPARD FOR THE PRESIDENT COPY EYES ONLY TO GENERAL CLIFTON PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST SYRIAN SITUATION 1. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT NASIR IS STEPPING?UP HIS EFFORTS TO INSTIGATE AN UPRISING AGAINST THE NEW SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AS THE RESULT OF THE DAMASCUS ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT ALL EGYPTIANS, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN .OFFICIALS ARE TO EXPELLED.. THIS WOULD, OV COURSE, ELIMINAtE A.GROUP WHICH COULD PLAY A KEY ROLE SHOULD PRO7. hASIR SYRIANS ATTEMPT TO MOVE AGAINST THE NEW GOVERNMENT. 50X1 50X1 2. NASIR APPARENTLY REMAINS HOPEFUL THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND MAY' LOSE CONTROL IN ONE OF THE NORTHERN SYRIAN CITIES, SUCH AS THE PORT OF LATAKIA OR ALEPPO, WHERE THE SYRIAN MILITARY YESTERDAY SUPPRESSED SMALL?SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS BY PRO?NASIR STUDENTS AND WORKERS. SMALL NUMBERS 0p O-'i gli RIERS AND ANTI?AIRCRAFT GUNS WERE BEING LOADED ON FOUR EYGPTIAN FREIGHTERS AT THE PORT OF ALEXANDRIA YESTERDAY SUGGEST THAT NASIR INTENDS TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUCH A CONTINGENCY. LATAKIA IS 30...36 HOURS SAILING TIME FROM ALEX... ANDRIA. 3, THE SYRIAN REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND, WHILE PROCLAIMING THAT ITS CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY IS FIRM, NOTED IN A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED THIS MORNING THAT "SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS--WHICH IT CLAIMS ARE OF NON?SYRIAN NATIONALITY--ARE "PENETRATING DEMONSTRATIONS OF JUBILIATION WITH THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THESE DEMONSTRATIONS". RADIO CAIRO, BROADCASTING A HIGHLY COLORED VERSION OF THESE "GIGANTIC DEMONSTRATIONS", HAS CALLED ON SYRIANS TO RISE IN REBELLION. 2040 2040 01/1832Z OCT *INN 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000300230003-6