THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 JUNE 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996428
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 30, 1963

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-30 JUNE 1963
1, ITALIAN POLITICAL SITUATION:
A. LEONE LEONE WILL GO BEFORE PARLIAMENT TO A VOTE OF CON-
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FIDENCE ON MONDAY. HIS PROSPECTS/CONTINUE TO HINGE ON WHA
NENNI SOCIALISTS DO.
B. THE SOCIALISTS AND NENNI HIMSELF ARE NOT YET SURE WHICH
WAY THEY WILL GO. THEIR ABSTENTION IN THE VOTING, WHICH IN
TURN SHOULD BRING LEONE THE SUPPORT OF THE SARAGAT SOCIALISTS
AND THE REPUBLICANS, WOULD BRING LEONE THROUGH.
C. NENNI IS FACED WITH A HOBSoNl! CHOICE. HE IS NOT HAPPY
AT THE PROSPECT OF A LEONE GOVERNMENT BUT LIKE OTHER SOCIALIST
PARTY LEADERS FEARS THE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE: NEW ELECTIONS
WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF FURTHER SOCIALIST SETBACKS.)
2. LAOS:
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A. THE PATHET LAO ARE MAINTAINING PRESSURE ON NEUTRALIST
POSITIONS AT SEVERAL POINTS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LAOS. THE SMALL
NEUTRALIST GARRISON NEAR NHOMMARATH, IN THE COUNTRY'S NARROW
WAIST, HAS BEEN UNDER HEAVY ATTACK.
B. THIS GARRISON PROTECT! THE APPROACHES TO, THE NEWLY
ESTABLISHED JOINT FAR/NEUTRALIST HEADQUARTERS NORTHEAST OF
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THAKHEK, A KEY DEFENSIVE POSITION ON THE MEKONG RIVER.
C. THE PLAINES DES JARRES AREA REMAINS QUIET.
3. SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS:
A. MOSCOW IS NOT TAKING THE BAIT OFFERED BY THE CHINESE
COMMUNISTS YESTERDAY WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THREE OF THEIR
DIPLOMATS AND TWO STUDENTS WERE BEING EXPELLED FROM MOSCOW FOR
PROPAGATING PEIPING'S VIEWS.
B. MOSCOW HAS NOT YET ACKNOWLEDGED THE INCIDENT IN WHAT
LOOKS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE ELABORATE BUT EARNEST GAME OF
THROWING THE BLAME FOR WORSENING RELATIONS TO THE OTHER SIDE.
C. AS MATTERS NOW STAND, WE STILL THINK THAT THE 5 JULY
CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW WILL GO AHEAD, BUT WITH THE SETTING MADE
EVEN MORE FRIGID.
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