THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 23 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992103
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 23, 1961

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PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-23 December 1961
1. ,CONGO:
A. TSHOMBE'S POSITION HAS HARDENED FURTHER SINCE HE
RETURNED SAFELY TO ELISABETHVILLE. HE CLAIMS THAT HE AND ADOULA
HAD ACCEPTED THE "LOI FUNDAMENTALE" DRAFTED BY THE BELGIANS,
WHICH MAKES KATANGA A PROVINCE OF THE CONGO, WHEN AMBASSADOR
GULLION --CAq.T AS VILLAIN--PRODUCED A NEW SET OF DEMANDS AND
"BRUTALLY WARNED TSHOMBE HE HAD A CHOICE TO ACCEPT THIS PROTOCOL
OR ELSE THE US WOULD GIVE THE UN EVERY POSSIBLE MEANS TO CRUSH
KATANGA." HE SAYS HE NEVER HAD AUTHORITY FROM HIS CABINET TO
ACCEPT SUCH AN AGREEMENT. (GULLION REPORTS THAT MIDWAY IN THE
KITONA MEETING WHEN THINGS WERE GOING WELL TSHOMBE SUDDENLY
ANNOUNCED HE HAD NO POWER TO NEGOTIATE. FROM THIS POINT THE TALKS
BECAME EXTREMELY BITTER, AND WERE FINALLY SAVED FROM BREAKDOWN
WHEN TSHOMBE WAS ALLOWED TO INCLUDE IN A LETTER TO THE UN
TRANSMITTING THE AGREEMENT A REFERENCE TO CONSULTATION WITH THE
KATANGA GOVERNMENT.)
B. TSHOMBE'S CABINET NOW SAYS IT HAS NO AUTHORITY
EITHER, AND MUST REFER TO THE KATANGAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. THE
ASSEMBLY, IT CLAIMS, HAS BEEN SCATTERED BY THE FIGHTING IN
ELISABETHVILLE AND IT WILL TAKE A WEEK OR TEN DAYS TO RECONVENE
IT. TSHOMBE'S DIE-HARD MINISTERS HAVE ASKED THAT THE UN CON-
TINUE THE CEASE FIRE WHILE THIS TAKES PLACE, GUARANTEE SAFE
TRAVEL TO ELISABETHVILLE FOR ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES, AND GUARANTEE
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SECURITY OF THE ASSEMBLY WHILE IT MEETS. NO .RESPONSE. TOTHESE
DEMANDS HAS BEEN REPORTED YET. WE SUSPECT THE UN WILL BALK AT
ASSISTING TSHOMBE IN WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER EVASIVE MANEUVER,
.IN ANY CASE, WE DOUBT THAT THE SITUATION IN ELISABETHVILLE CAN
BE FROZEN FOR MORE THAN A FEW DAYS LONGER.
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C. THERE ARE A FEW POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS TONOTE,
HOWEVER. TSHOMBE HAS FOR THE MOMENT ACCEPTED KATANGA'S PRO-
VINCIAL STATUS UNDER THE "LOI FUNDAMENTALE" AND HAS NOT PERSONALLY
GONE BEYOND HIS ACCUSATIONS OF DURESS TO REPUDIATE FINALLY THE
KITONA AGREEMENT. FURTHERMORE,
lali
KATANGAN GOVERNMENT HAS SPLIT OVER THE AGREEMENT WITH A SIZABLE
FACTION URGING ACCEPTANCE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY "FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS AT LEAST"
D., INITIAL SOVIET REACTION TO KITONA WAS CAUTIOUS, BUT
ZORIN IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY ACCUSED GULLION OF "SAVING" TSHOMBE.
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2. PRESENT LINE-UP FOR OAS MEETING NEXT MONTH: IT APPEARS
TO US THAT:
A. NINE (COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA,
HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU) WOULD LIKE TO
STIFFEN THE ORIGINAL COLOMBIAN PLAN TO "INVITE" CUBA TO BREAK
ITS TIES WITH THE BLOC.
B. THREE (HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VENEZUELA) HAVE NOT
COMMITTED THEMSELVES BUT WILL PROBABLY ALSO AGREE TO STRENGTHENING
THE PROPOSAL.
C. SIX (ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, ECUADOR,
URUGUAY)--ALSO UNCOMMITTED--ARE LIKELY TO OPPOSE STRENGTHENING,
BUT SOME ARE PROBABLY NOW WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL
PLAN. FRONDIZI IN PARTICULAR IS UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE FROM HIS
MILITARY TO TAKE A STRONGER LINE AGAINST CUBA.
D. TWO (CUBA, MEXICO) WILL BE OPPOSED. A SPECIAL CUBAN
DIPLOMATIC MISSION IS OUT VISITING VARIOUS CAPITALS IN AN ATTEMPT
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4.- INDEPENDENT AFRICAN STATES TO MEET IN NIGERIA ON
22 JANUARY: THE CONFERENCE IS A FOLLOW-UP ON THE MONROVIA
CONFERENCE LAST MAY AND WILL DEAL WITH BROAD PROPOSALS FOR INTER-
AFRICAN COOPERATION. THE FIVE "CASABLANCA" RADICAL STATES, UNEASY
OVER THEIR ISOLATION FROM THE 20 "MONROVIA" MODERATE STATES, NOW
PLAN TO ATTEND. THEY APPARENTLY WANT TO TURN IT INTO A "PREPARA-
TORY MEETING" FOR THE PAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR TUNIS
IN APRIL. WHICH THEY HAVE MORE HOPE OF DOMINATING.
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5. VIETNAM:
A. NORTH VIETNAM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF CONCERN OVER
GUERRILLA AC T IV I T IES--SUPPORTED BY SOUTH V I ETNAM? ?AMONG ETHNIC
MINORITIES ALONG ITS WESTERN BORDER.
B. A JOINT US?SOUTH VIETNAMESE RADIO DIRECTION?
FINDING TEAM WAS AMBUSHED BY THE V IET CONG YESTERDAY. THE TEAM
CONTAINED ONE US SERGEANT, WHO WAS KILLED,
C. SOUTH VIETNAM IS DISCUSSING WITH SOUTH KOREA THE
POSSIBILITIES FOR SOME FORM OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE, APPARENTLY
IN THE TRAINING F IELD .
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6. INDONESIA?NETHERLANDS: SUKARNO'S WAR OF NERVES ON WEST
:NEW GUINEA CONTINUES TO BUILD UP. AS WITH THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN
AGAINST. GOAT IT APPEARS TO BE ACQUIRING A LOGIC OF ITS OWN;
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DUTCH PARLIAMENT 14 To DEBATE NEW GUINEL, POLICY ON 2 JANUARY,
.AFTER:WHICH-.THE HAGUE WILL PROBABLY LOOK FOR A WAY TO ENTER
BILATERAL TALKS. WE THINK,-THIS PACE MAY BE:A BIT SLOW FOR SUKARNO.
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7. TDEVELOPMENTS IN SINO-SOVIET DISPUTE:
A. THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS AND SOVIETS COLLIDED HEAD-ON
AT THE WORLD PEACE COUNCIL MEETING IN STOCKHOLM LAST WEEK, WITH
THE FORMER DEMANDING IN BITTER POLEMICS THAT "REVOLUTIONARY
STRUGGLE" NOT BE SUBORDINATED TO DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
B. THOMPSON REPORTS PRAVDA USING THE WORD "NEGATIVE"
TO DESCRIBE THE CHINESE--THE STRONGEST LANGUAGE EVER USED IN
PUBLIC BY THE SOVIETS AGAINST PEIPING.
C. HE ALSO REPORTS HIS IMPRESSION THAT SOVIET SUPPORT
FOR CHINESE ADMISSION TO THE UN WAS LESS ENTHUSIASTIC IN
DECEMBER THAN IT HAD BEEN WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENED.
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8.? NOTES:
A NKRUMAH HAS MADE HIS SPEECH ON THE VOLTA RIVER
PROJECT. A SUMMARY BROADCAST BY ACCRA RAD IO APPEARS MORE
FAVORABLE TO THE US THAN THE PRELIMINARY TEXT FURNISHED TO OUR
EMBASSY.
B. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS THAT AT LEAST SOME
OF THE SOVIET CONSCRIPTS RETAINED BEYOND THE IR NORMAL TERM OF
SERV ICE WILL BE RELEASED SOON
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