THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 19 OCTOBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005991994
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 19, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
OCT 1961
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1. Party Congress highlights
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A. Khrushchev made a second long
speech yesterday, this time on
the Party Program. His speech 50X1,
was essentially a rehash of the
draft programs published in July,
with heavy emphasis on his intention
to maintain the present pattern of
Soviet economic growth favoring
heavy industry.
B. The Congress is evidently
designed to be a major step in
the deification of Khrushchev.
Embassy Moscow reports that a
book called "Story of an Honorary
Miner" was published for the
occasion; it contains a ?doctored
photograph which purports to show
Khrushchev and Stalin with a group
of miners in 1925.
C. InitialSoviet attempts to play
down the quarrel with China are not
having much success. The Chinese
responded to Khrushchev's attack
on Albania by publishing yesterday
an earlier speech praising Sino-
Albanian friendship, and have not
so far reported either of Khrushchev's
speeches. The press also reports
that Chou En-lai's reaction to the
speeches has been less than
enthusiastic.
D. It also appears that the
East German regime was thoroughly
surprised by Khrushchev's with-
drawal of the deadline for signing
a German peace treaty.
E. Today the Congress is "debating"
the two speeches,"
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2. New crisis in Ecuador
3. French dislike British
terms for Common Market
membership
Leftist Vice-President AroSeMena
is attempting to impeadh President
Velasco, apparently hoping the
military will back him in fear
that Velasco will assume dictatorial
powers'. We doubt the army will jump
this way, for its leaders prefer
Velasco to Arosemena and have shown
a willingness to support the former
in moves against the left.(
They say London has merely presented
a well-packaged statement of "old -
Free Trade Area ideas," while the -
various special arrangements proposed
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to protect the Commonwealth and the
Outer Seven make the general British
acceptance meaningless. Other Common
Market countries have reacted more
favorably, but foresee long and
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complicated negotiations.I
4.
Second Asia-Africa
Conference may be
at Bandung
called
Indonesia has been trying for some
time to convene such a conference,
and has now been seconded by Commu-
nist China. The Chinese, who made
much hay at the first Bandung meeting 50X1
in 1955, want to hold the second next
April. Indian reluctave is annarent-
ly the main obstacle. I
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Gizenga is trying to reestablish the channel of support from
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Cairo to Stanleyville--and
had oneratec
indirectly from the bloc--which
durina his earlier neriod of isolation there,
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Communist China is opposed to U Thant as UN Secretary-General
hPnnivqe it fic thn l'a/1"" ' 1 lead Burma "toward the
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. The King of Laos hAS "accepted" Souvanna as cabinet formateUr.
The next step is another meeting of the- three princes to agree
on makeup of the cabinet, which will not be easy.
The Pro-forma Jordanian parliamentary elections are in progress
today and could cause disorders.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--18 October 1961
No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action in the immediate future.
NOTE: Further Warsaw Pact exercises, which would improve
the Soviet military posture, re likely in the near
future.
South Vietnam: Communist forces are increasing their efforts
to undermine the Diem government by sabotage nd terrorism and to
expand the Viet Cong areas of military control in South Vietnam.
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