THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992109
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 27, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--27 DECEMBER 1961
GERMAN TREATY RESCHEDULED:
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:KHRUSHCHEY REMAINS DETERMINED TO SIGN A TREATY IRRESPECTIVE OF
NEGOTIATION RESULTS BUT WILL DELAY UNTIL FEBRUARY OR MARCH TO
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ADDITIONAL MILITARY PREPARATIONS NECESSITATED BY THE WEST'S UNEXPECTED
STRENGTHENING OF NATO CAPABILITIES.
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BANKING MEANWHILE ON HIGH-LEVEL BERLIN TALKS TO "GAIN TIME" AND
JUSTIFY THE PREVIOUS DEADLINE POSTPONEMENT.
B.
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ACTION, BUT WE DOUBT THAT MILITARY PLANNERS COULD OR WOULD TAKE
THIS INTO ACCOUNT.
2. KUWAIT:
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3. CONGO:
A . . OUR CONSULATE , REPORTS THE REDEPLOYMENT OF UN FORCES IN
ELI ZABETHV ILLE CONTINUES, WITH " UNDISC IPLINED" ? ETHIOPIANS ASSIGNED
TO THE MA IN RESIDENTIAL SEC TION AND SPECULATES THE UN MAY PLAN FUR'rHER
? ATTACKS AGAINST KA TANGAN BASES IF THE KI TONA ? AGREEMENT IS REJECTED.
B. HOFFAC10ER REPORTS THE FLOW OF EUROPEAN REFUGEES FROM EL IZABETH-
vm,g CONTINUES, -WITH "EVERY DEPARTING CONVEYANCE FILLED TO CAPACITY "
? C AS OF .0800 WE HAVE NO WORD ON THE ? KA TANGA DEPUTIES MISS ION
TO LEOPOLDVILLE . THE POSSIBILITY OF DELAY, HOWEVER; IS RAISED BY
. TS HOMBE ' S REQUEST. YESTERDAY EVENING FOR ADDITIONAL UN ASSURANCES
D. THE CONGO ARMY "PRESENCE" AT KAMINA AS
LARGELY SYMBOL IC IS NOT SHARED BY MOBUTU WHO REPORTEDLY CONSIDERS
KAM I NA AN ESSENTIAL BASE FOR EVENTUAL DIRECT CONGOLESE OPERATIONS
AGAINST KATANGAN STRONG POINTS.
E. THE UN IS SO FAR UNSUCCESSFUL IN FINDING AN AFRICAN RE-
PLACEMENT FOR GENERAL MACEOIN, WHO HAS AGREED TO REMAIN UNTIL 31
MARCH.
F. GULL I ON REPORTING ON CONTINUED FRICTION BETWEEN "LEFTIST"
AND "MODERATES" IN THE ADOULA CABINET, IS HOPEFUL FOR SOME RESOLUTION
OF THE "MESS" BUT DOES NOT RULE OUT A BLOW-UP REQUIRING US TO
EXERT OUR INFLUENCE.
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4. USSR AGREES TO IRANIAN FRIENDSHIP NEGOTIATIONS:
A. IN A SUDDEN REVERSAL OF FIELD THE RUSSIANS HAVE ACCEPTED THE
SHAH'S TWO-YEAR OLD STANDING OFFER CT A MISSILE-BASE BAN AS THE BASIS
FOR TALKS, NAMED GROMYKO AS THEIR SENIOR NEGOTIATOR, AND PROMISED AN
END TO SOVIET BROADCASTS ATTACKING THE SHAH WHEN DISCUSSIONS BEGIN.
B. THE FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURED CHARGE ROCKWELL YESTERDAY THAT
IRAN WOULD CONSULT WITH US AND OTHER ALLIES BEFORE TAKING ANY SUB-
STANTIVE POSITION IN THE TALKS.
5. LAOS:
A. IN THEIR VIENTIANE ARRIVAL SPEECHES THIS MORNING SOUVANNA
PHOUMA SPOKE IN A CONCILIATORY VEIN WHILE SOUPHANNOUVONG BLASTED
"AMERICAN WARMONGERS" AND PRINCE BOUN OUM.
B. OUR EMBASSY IS INVESTIGATING CONFLICTING REPORTS ON nit
ORIGIN OF THE ANTI-AMERICAN AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEAFLETS DISTRIBUTED
YESTERDAY, ALLEGEDLY BY SOUVANNA'S ESCORTS.
6. ALBANIA:
A. HER NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO VOICE CONCERN OVER SOVIET OR EACH
OTHER'S INTENT TO EXPLOIT THE CURRENT POWER VACUUM BY ARMED ACTION.
SO FAR, WE HAVE NO GOOD EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ANYBODY'S ALLEGATIONS.
B. MEANWHILE, SINO-ALBANIAN RELATIONS PERK MERRILY ALONG.
YESTERDAY PEIPING ANNOUNCED FORMATION OF A JOINT SHIPPING COMPANY
WITH ALBANIA TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC TIES AND TIRANA PREDICTED 1962
PLAN FULFILLMENT WITH CHINESE AID DESPITE SOVIET CANCELLATION OF CREDITS.
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7. NOTES:
A. THE USSR DELIVERED 8 TU-16 JET MEDIUM BOMBERS TO EGYPT
YESTERDAY. MORE TU-16S, MODERN JET FIGHTERS, AND A VARIETY OF
SHORT-RANGE GUIDED MISSILES, NAVAL VESSELS, AND LAND ARMAMENTS ARE
ALSO DUE UNDER LAST JUNE'S AGREEMENT.
B. WEST BERLIN OFFICIALS, APPREHENSIVE OF POSSIBLE POPULAR
ACTION AGAINST THE "WALL" DURING THE HOLIDAYS, ARE MONITORING
ACTIVITIES OF LIKELY INSTIGATORS.
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C. PRESIDENT YDIGORAS HAS NOW PUBLICLY STATED GUATEMALA'S INTENT
TO BREAK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN OVER BELIZE.
D. SIHANOUK'S POLICY SPEECH YESTERDAY WAS COMPARATIVELY MILD,
AND MADE NO REFERENCE TO THE US.
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