THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 JUNE 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992367
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 9, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
9 JUNE 1962
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1. Laos
a. Phoumi told Ambassador Brown
yesterday that he was encouraged by
the fact that the three princes had
agreed at the Khang Khay meeting to
the principle of unanimity inthe con-
duct of foreign affairs as well as
the operations of the Defense and
Interior Ministries. He indicated,
?however, that he was not satisfied
with several of Souvanna's proposals
for the division of cabinet posts
and that he objected to some of the people
Souvanna has nominated for top positions.
We anticipate more hard bargaining on
these matters on Monday when the three
sides gather again for what may well be
a decisive meeting.
b. Pro-Souvanna forces in northern
Laos are still receiving at least token
assistance--such as small quantities
of medicines--from Communist China, de-
spite their currently strained rela-
tions with the Pathet Lao and Viet
Minh. The fact that these supplies
are picked up at the border suggests
that the Chinese have not yet established
their own logistic pipeline into Laos.
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2. Communist China -_South We are in possession of firm
Vietnam evidence that Peiping, presumably
anxious to get American forces
out of Southeast Asia, is attempting
to convene an international conference
to negotiate a settlement of the South
V nam mroblem.
3. USSR
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Khrushchev told a group of Soviet
officials he had decided to postpone
the next Soviet nuclear test series
for six to eight months. This fits
with what we know of activity around
Novaya Zemlya, which has died down
after a period during whic it looked
as if tests were imminent.
b. A Category "C" test vehicle
was launched from Tyuratam to the
Kamchatka Peninsula last night. The
Soviets thus achieved their fourth
success in six tries at firing this
improved "second-generation" missile
during 1962.
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4. Bloc economic
conference
The strictly routine conference
communiqu?ssued in Moscow last
night was out of harmony with a
meeting requiring the presence of so
many top-drawer Communist leaders.
It will probably be at least several
days before we receive any meaning-
ful information as to what actually
went on. We note, however, that the
communiqu?eflected the Sino-Soviet
cleavageby announcing that Mangolia,
a staunch Moscow supporter, has been
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countries are not even listed among
those attending the meeting as observers.
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6. Indonesia - West
New Guinea
a. Sukarno seemed to agree with
Jones yesterday that there is not much
difference between the Indonesian and
Dutch approaches to the Bunker proposals.
"The light was dawnihg" on the prospects
for a resumption of talks, he said, but
he indicated that the sun would not rise
above the horizon until he had received
ironclad assurances that the Dutch
were willing to transfer the administra-
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b. In West New Guinea, Iutc
authorities say they have the military
situation well in hand, and that steps
are being taken to stop Indonesian
airdrop of men and supplies./
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Indonesians have, in fact, suffered
heavy casualties, and that some army
officers are developing doubts of
their ability to maintain an effective
guerrilla force in New Guinea, let
alone mount an all-out invasion any
time soon.
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7. South Korea
a. Prime Minister Song Yo Chan
told Ambassador. Berger yesterday that
he had submitted his resignation, to
become effective in a week or ten days.
This, coming on top of other indica-
tions of mounting strains within the
ruling junta, suggests that South
Korea is about to enter another period
of political instability, the outcome
of which we are unable to predict,.
b. Students, meanwhile, are still
emotionally worked up over the status-
of-forces issue, and there was a small
demonstration this morning at Taegu,
150 miles southeast of Seoul. Rumors
are rife that the students are being
goaded to go back into the streets
by various anti-government groups who
hope to benefit from fishing in any
troubled waters they might be able to
stir up. Security forces are on the
alert, but their effectiveness ie
suspect since they basically sympathize
with the students.
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NOTES
A. Peiping, scarcely veiling a threat to unleash a new surge of
humanity against Hong Kong's ramparts if it is ignored, has
warned the British three times in the past few days against
facilitating the movement of Chinese refugees to Taiwan.
B. In Angola, Holden Roberto is said to be on the verge of making
common cause with Communist-oriented insurgents in response to
pressure from certain Asian-African states, and because he lacks
the material wherewithal to keep his forces operating as an
independent entity.
C. Tomorrow's local elections in Italy, involving about 10 percent
of the electorate, should provide the best evidence to date on
how well Fanfani's "opening to the left" type of government has
gone down with the public.
D. The clandestine Viet Cong radio announced on Tuesday that US
Sergeant George Fryett, who disappeared from Saigon last Christmas,
is in Communist hands and in good health. He is alleged to have
expressed regret for having involuntarily participated in "armed
aggression" against South Vietnam, and to have petitioned for
"amnesty" which, we suspect, will be granted for its propaganda
value.
E. The Soviet Ambassador to Cuba left forborne on Friday reportedly
grumbling that it was well nigh impossible for him to carry out
Moscow's rigid instructions and at the same time please the Cubans,
who were forever changing their minds on what they wanted from
the USSR and when they wanted it.
F.
the Soviets have begun to
put pressure on Lebanon to grant them air transit routes through
Beirut.
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