THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 10 JULY 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958942
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 10, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
10 July 1961
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1. Comment on Khrushchev's
military budget state-
ment.
2. Dominican riots set back
chances for Balaguer's
reform program
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The addition of 3.1 billion rubles
represents an increase of about one-
third in announced military expenditures,
only 10-15 percent of which would be
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accounted for by the halt in demobili-
zation. To spend this amount, however,
in the remaining months of 1961 would
require drastic--and probably detectable
--reorientation of the economy at the
expense of Khrushchev's programs for
"catching up with the West" and im-
proving the standard of living. We
suspect, therefore, that at least a
part of the announced increase re-
presents the uncovering of military
expenditures previously concealed in
other categories of the budget.
The announced halt in demobilization
makes public a step probably taken
several months earlier. (The demo-
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at least for the first two months
of this year.)
The disturbances last week, inspired
by pro-Castro extremists, resulted in
violent reprisals iv police and govern-
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be greater pressure for repression of
all anti-Trujillo activities, and
moderate middle-class groups will be
afraid to give political support to
Balaguer. On Saturday. Castro started
a new radio program, "The Voice of the
Dominican Liberation Movement."
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3. Kuwait developments
4. Laotian developments
a) The UAR is attempting to promote
a unified demand by the Arab states
for imnediate British withdrawal.
Although it still opposes Iraqi
annexation, the U is an
"Arab problem,"
b) The Arab League is showing a
tendency ioward'making Kuwaiti
membership conditional on British
withdrawal.
c) Under the pressures of Arab
disapproval, the Ruler of Kuwait
has abruptly abandoned his coopera-
tive attitude toward the British.
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the Britigh
are con-
sidering replacing their troops with
an Arab or Swedish force under UN
auspices, and hinting that something
might be,worked out in the Security
Council in" "ten days or so,"
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a) Phoumi's program for using the
King: to bring about a new government in5axi
Laos has lalle behind schedule;
his plan will not be ready for presen-
tation to the King before the end of
the week.
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local friction between pro-Souvanna
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5. Swedes seek to postpone
Chinese representation
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6. Non-aligned Nations
Conference
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Their UN delegation is rounding up
support for setting up at this year's
General Assembly session a committee
which would study the "whole question"
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and report back the following year.
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The original twenty members have
finally agreed on additional nations
to be invited: Nigeria; Togo; Upper
Volta; Lebanon; Ecuador; Bolivia;
Mexico; and Brazil. This list re-
presents a substantial victory f r
the moderates led by India and Burma/.
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NOTES
A. Yesterday's air sh w in Moscow was about as expected; no new
aircraft types were shown beyond those spotted in rehearsals.
B. Soviet naval exercises in progress in the Atlantic have
extended into waters west of Ireland--much sarthar from home
bases than previous large-scale maneuvers.
D. The UN has forcibly expelled from the Congo George Thyssen
an unofficial Belgian extremist adviser in Katanga. We
xpect a reaction which will furth r complicate fforts to
achieve Katangan participation in the parliament meeting.
Embassy Moscow notes at extr m ly favorable public reaction
to the US plastics exhibit there.
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