THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 12 MAY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992337
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 12, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
12 MAY 1962
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1. Laos
a. The military situation at
Ban Houei Sal is essentially the same 50X1
as yesterday, with the town in enemy
hands and the bulk of the Royal Govern-
ment forces across the border in
Thailand. Phoumi says he will get
them back to Southern Laos as soon
as possible for "re-equipping and re-
inspiration."
b. Southeast of Ban Houei Sal,
other enemy forces are reported to
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have taken Pak Beng and now control
the north bank of the Mekong for
about forty miles to the east. At
least one small group has crossed the
river.
c. Our people in Vientiane are
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the garrisons at Savavane and Attopeu,
in the extreme south. Both places are
logical targets, for their fall would
improve the infiltration route into
South Vietnam.
d. Souvanna says that Phoumi's
latest communication--offering to
surrender the defense and interior
ministries if they are set ?up on a 50X1
"troika" basis--is "good news." The
site of a new Three Princes' meeting
has yet to be agreed on, but Souvanna
indicates that he is ready to return
to Laos, "via the US," at any time.
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"a state of siege and general mobiliza-
tion," a move which could result in
some psychological shoring-up but will
have no effect on the government's
military capabilities.
f. Also yesterday, King Savang
opened the National Assembly with an
address from the throne which was
high-minded and sorrowful, and will
have no impact on anything. There has
otherwise been no word on the Assembly's
proceedings.
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2. Paris despairs of
crushing OAS
. Refugees from Com-
munist China swarm-
ing into Hong Kong
The De Gaulle government's hopes
for bringing the terrorists under
control before the referendum on in-
dependence are ebbing fast. With
persuasion a failure, the French
concede, as does the Provisional
Algerian Government, that a last
resort--orders to the army to go
all out against the Europeans--
would more likely than not split
the army wide open. They agree also,
and with nearly equal misgivings,
that following the referendum, which
may take place late next month, the
job of suppressing the OAS will
pass into Moslem hands.
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The flow of illegal border-crossers
climbed from 200 a day at the beginning
of the month to 1200 on Thursday.
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border guards,by sitting on their
hands, are reinforcing the impression
of a breakdown of Chinese discipline
in the area.
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4. Traditionalists gain
edge in Soviet military
debate
5. Unrest in Iberia
We have known for some time that
the hallowed Russian credo on the
necessity for mass armies has been
challenged in the military, high- 50X1
command by nuclear and missile warf,re
enthusiasts. Signs that the traditional-
ists are on top came in two recent
developments: the promotion of two
of their number to Marshal's rank
late last month, and an article
published yesterday by the ranking
military newspaper setting out the
doctrine that the next war, though
it will entail the use of nuclear
weapons and missiles, will still be
fought by. multimillion-man armies.
a. The Spanish government's
headaches are increasing. Not only
has it failed to check the wave of
strikes--illegal in Spain--by offering 50X1
wage concessions, but it is now con-
fronted by "sympathy" demonstrations
by university students who see a
chance to unburden their own political
grievances.
b. The student protests in Portugal
likewise show signs of taking on a
more distinct political coloration.
Salazar,
worn down physically and mentally
by. the recent troubles, is thinking
of bowing out before long.
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6. Morocco
a. Another shipment of Soviet
small arms and ammunition
has reached
Morocco. This shipment, like the
last, also includes helicopters which
are probably earmarked for Algeria.
b. There are indications that
some of the Soviet-supplied arms are
being funneled to Mauritanian dis-
sidents who have been carrying out a
series of commando raids- against the
Mauritanian government from bases,-in
Mali.
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NOTES
A. The simmering Argentine political crisis is threatening to
bubble up again. Members of President Guido's cabinet are
pressing him to advance the date for new elections, a move
which the military could be atoupted on to veto.
B. Adzhubey told Ambassador Thompson yesterday, as the two awaited
Mn Salinger's arrival at a Moscow airport, that the USSR would
not only resume testing but would set off a "really big" bomb.
He added in effect that the Soviet theme song will be "everything
you can do, we can do better."
C. A nationwide dock strike, capable of tying the British economy
in knots, will begin on midnight Sunday, unless a last-minute
mediation attempt by the government is successful. The odds
in favor of agreement appear to be better than even.
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E. The Ecudoran military, not fully placated. by President Arbsemena's
break with Cuba, are trying to force further anti-leftist measures
on him. Arosemena, who is holding out more from stubborness than
, anything else. may move instead to purge the military.
Llhe rate of 10+e4r44gagt-infiltration into South Viet Nam is again
moving upward, alter several months of decline, and may be
heading toward last summer's level of 500-1,000 men a mont_t]
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