THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 17 SEPTEMBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959428
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 17, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--17. SEPTEMBER 1964
INDONESIA?MALAYSIA:
SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. KHANH IS UNDER GROWING PRESSURE FROM THE YOUNG GEN?
ERALS WHO SAVED HIM FROM THE COUP.
B. GENERAL XUNG, NOW COMMANDER OF THE CIVIL GUARD, SAYS
KHANH HAS BEEN GIVEN HIS "LAST CHANCE." XUNG IS INSISTING
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THAT KHANH PURGE THE ARMY AND INSTALL A CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT
BY 1 NOVEMBER.
C. GENERAL KY IS BACKING XUNG IN HIS DEMANDS. HE TOLD
THE PRESS YESTERDAY THE YOUNGER GENERALS WILL ACT IF KHANH
FAILS TO MAKE PROGRESS.
ALL THIS APPEARS TO HAVE HAD SOME EFFECT.
E. KHANH
ALTHOUGH
AT FIRST HE INTENDED TO TAKE NO REPRISALS AGAINST THE _LEADERS
OF THE COUP ATTEMPT HE HAS NOW DECIDED TO HOLD A "FORMAL
INQUIRY."
F. KHANH ADMITTED THAT JUNIOR AND MIDDLE GRADE OFFICERS
HAVE BECOME CRITICAL OF THEIR SUPERIORS AND WOULD RESENT
WHITEWASHING OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE COUP ATTEMPT.
G. FIVE OF THE COUP LEADERS HAVE NOW BEEN ARRESTED AND
PROBABLY FACE TRIAL AND POSSIBLY SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
3. UK?ISRAEL:
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4. FRANCE ? SOUTH AMERICA:
A. DE GAULLE WILL PROBABLY LIMIT FRENCH OFFERS OF AID
LARGELY TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DURING HIS TOUR: WHICH STARTS
ON 20 SEPTEMBER.
B. FRENCH OFFICIALS CLAIM FRANCE HAS NO INTENTION OF
TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THE US IN SOUTH AMERICA.
5.
NOTES:
. FRANCE?USSR:/
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B. KENYA ? COMMUNIST CHINA: CHINESE COMMUNIST PROPA?
GANDA ACTIVITIES IN KENYA HAVE BACKFIRED. KENYATTA HAS THREAT?
ENED THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR WITH "DRASTIC ACTION" IF HE DOES
NOT STOP CIRCULATING MATERIAL ATTACKING COUNTRIES WITH WHICH
KENYA HAS FRIENDLY RELATIONS, SPECIFICALLY, THE US AND THE
USSR. THE LOCAL PRESS HAS FOLLOWED UP WITH A FLOOD OF MATERIAL
CRITICAL OF CHINESE COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA.
C. BOLIVIA?US: BOLIVIAN STUDENTS YESTERDAY MADE THREE
ROCK?THROWING ATTACKS ON THE USIA CENTER IN LA PAZ. A SMALL
POLICE CONTINGENT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE ATTACKERS. THE
EMBASSY REPORTS ALL WINDOWS IN THE CENTER WERE SMASHED, AND
THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO FURNITURE, BUT NO INJURIES TO
PERSONNEL.
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