THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 MAY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959205
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 29, 1964

-4
M CENTER USE)
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24: CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OPERATION IMMEDIATE
PRECEDENCE
WHASA
29 MAY 19c5pX1
DATE
FROMT ,CIA/OCI
TO:
INFO:
EYES ONLY FOR TEM PRESIDENT
CITE.
Tilt PRESIDENT" S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST, 29 MAY 1964
PAGF OF
" ?
WHAM FORM 12
1 JAN 61
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--29 MAY 1964
1. LAOS:
A. BUNDY REPORTS FROM LONDON THAT THE FRENCH NOW SAY
THEY WILL NOT GO ALONG WITH CONSULTATIONS IN VIENTIANE, THUS
REVERSING AN EARLIER, GRUDGING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL.
B. BUNDY ALSO FOUND THE BRITISH MORE INTERESTED THAN
EXPECTED IN THE POLISH PROPOSAL FOR THE ICC CO?CHAIRMEN, THE
THREE MEMBERS, AND THE THREE LAOTIAN FACTIONS TO MEET IN GENEVA.
HE EXPECTS WE WILL HEAR MORE OF THIS. THE BRITISH PLAN TO
TELL THE POLES THEY ARE AGREEABLE PROVIDED THE AGENDA IS THE
SAME AS THAT ENVISAGED FOR THE CONSULTATIONS IN VIENTIANE.
C. SOUVANNA IS FINDING IT HARD TO STAND BY HIS INSISTENCE
THAT THE PATHET LAO MUST GIVE UP THEIR GAINS BEFORE THERE CAN
BE A CONFERENCE. AMBASSADOR UNGER IS KEEPING PRESSURE ON HIM.
KOUT
. KONG LE HAS REOCCUPIED THE HILL POSITION AT PHOU
THE MILITARY SIT?
UATION IS QUIET AND THE PATHET LAO SEEMS TO BE STANDING PAT.
(CONT'D)
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
F. AMBASSADOR UNGER NOTES THAT THE PATHET LAO HAVE, IN
FACT, NOT MOVED FURTHER TOWARD THE MEKONG VALLEY IN RECENT
DAYS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE THEY COULD EASILY
DO SO.
G. UNGER TAKES THIS AS A SIGN THEY MAY NOT PLAN TO GO
ANY FARTHER TOWARD THE MEKONG. WE ARE INCLINED TO AGREE, BUT
WOULD NOT RULE OUT A FURTHER ADVANCE ALONG ROUTE 7 THROUGH
KONG LE'S PRESENT POSITION AT MUONG SOUI TO LINK UP WITH COM?
MUNIST FORCES FURTHER WEST.
2, SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THE TRIAL OF GENERAL DON AND HIS COLLEAGUES GETS
UNDER WAY TODAY AT DALAT WITH KHANH IN ATTENDANCE.
E. BOTH FRIENDLY AND ENEMY
AT A RELATIVELY LOW LEVEL IN THE
TAPERS OFF TOWARD THE END OF THE
MILITARY ACTIVITY HAS BEEN
PAST FEW DAYS. IT FREQUENTLY
MONTH.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
50X1
50X1
? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
3. CONGO:
A. THE SITUATION IN NORTH KATANGA IS NOT MUCH CLEARER,
COMMUNICATIONS BEING WHAT THEY ARE.
B. RUMORS THAT A NUMBER OF OTHER CENTERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN
OVER BY TERRORISTS ARE NOT CONFIRMED. NOR ARE REPORTS THAT
THE DISORDERS ARE COMMUNIST?INSPIRED, MUCH LESS COMMUNIST?LED.
C. NEVERTHELESS IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LATEST DETERIORA?
TION OF PUBLIC ORDER HAS SPREAD INTO KATANGA IN SOME FORM.
D. AT THE LEAST, ANOTHER POWER STRUGGLE IN THE PROVIN?
CIAL GOVERNMENT SEEMS UNDER WAY. LEOPOLDVILLE'S PUPPET
PROVINCIAL PRESIDENT, JASON SENDWE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND
BEATEN UP BY HIS OWN MILITIA, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
E. MOBUTU IS REPORTED
TO BE LEAVING ROME 50X1
TODAY AS ELEMENTS OF HIS ARMY BEGIN TO TRY TO RESTORE ORDER
IN KIVU.
F. WITH PERHAPS THREE SEPARATE REBELLIONS IN PROGRESS
AND THE UN FORCES LEAVING, ADOULA IS MORE THAN A LITTLE WOR?
RIED.
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
4. MALAYSIA:
A. ARRANGEMENTS FOR A THREE?PARTY SUMMIT ARE STILL HUNG
UP ON THE ISSUE OF SCOPE AND TIMING OF INDONESIAN WITHDRAWAL
OF GUERRILLAS.
B. LOPEZ, THE PHILIPPINE NEGOTIATOR, IS STILL TRYING,
BUT SUKARNO IS OBVIOUSLY NOT READY OR WILLING TO CARRY OUT
ANY MEANINGFUL WITHDRAWALS.
C. AMBASSADOR BALL REPORTS FROM KUALA LUMPUR THAT THE
TUNKU HAS "REACHED THE END OF THE ROAD ON CONCESSIONS TO
SUKARNO." EVEN LOPEZ, BALL SAYS, IS CONVINCED THE MALAYSIANS
SHOULD? STAND THEIR GROUND.
5, NOTES:
A. CYPRUS: THE GREEK CYPRIOTS ARE ALREADY MAKING A BIG
ISSUE OUT OF THEIR CAPTURE OF A BRITISH AIRMAN WHO WAS ACTING
AS A COURIER FOR THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS. IT SERVES THEIR ARGU?
MENT THAT THE BRITISH CONTINGENT IN THE UN FORCE SHOULD BE
FURTHER REDUCED. THE INCIDENT SHOULD ALSO ALERT THE TURKISH
CYPRIOTS TO THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE GREEK CYPRIOTS ARE BREAK?
ING THEIR RADIO CIPHERS.
(CONT'D)
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
. CUBA?USSR: THE CUBANS NOW CONTROL THE AIR DEFENSE
EARLY WARNING AND TRACKING RADARS IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR OF
THE ISLAND--ANOTHER STEP TOWARD FULL CONTROL OF THE AIR
DEFENSE SYSTEM. THE EAST AND WEST AIR DEFENSE SECTORS SHOULD
FOLLOW SOON. THERE ARE NOW SIX SOVIET PASSENGER SHIPS ON
THEIR WAY OR IN CUBAN PORTS.
C. BOLIVIA: TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY IN BOLIVIA, AND
PAZ' CIVILIAN MILITIA WILL BE OUT IN FORCE IN LA PAZ. THE
FEAR IS THAT THE OPPOSITION, HAVING FAILED TO FORCE POSTPONE?
MENT OF THE ELECTIONS, MAY TRY TO DISRUPT THEM. ALL OPPOSI?
TION GROUPS INTEND, IN ANY EVENT, TO BOYCOTT THE ELECTIONS,
AND THE CHANCES FOR DISORDERS ARE GOOD.
D. INDIA: THE CONGRESS PARTY WORKING COMMITTEE MAY
VERY WELL CHOOSE NEHRU'S SUCCESSOR AT TODAY'S MEETING. BY
OUR COUNT, SHASTRI HAS A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE BEHIND
HIM, BUT WE THINK A PROLONGED DELAY WOULD NOT WORK IN HIS
FAVOR.
E. MOROCCO: MOROCCO PARTICULARLY CASABLANCA IS IN
AN UPROAR OVER RECENT SUGAR AND GASOLINE PRICE INCREASES, AND
A GENERAL STRIKE SEEMS TO BE SHAPING UP. GOVERNMENT TROOPS
ARE PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
50X1
1 4.'r4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002700070001-0
TOP SECRET /
TOP. SECRET
, . .
/ ,Declassified in Part - SanitizedCr:)per Approved for Release 201 5/07/24 : Cli(-RDIS79-r06936A00170067001(4