THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 MARCH 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959059
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 28, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--28 MARCH 1964
1. INDONESIA-MALAYSIA:
A. SUKARNO QUITE OBVIOUSLY INTENDS TO CONTINUE THE IN-
FILTRATION OF NEW GUERRILLAS, SABOTEURS AND SUBVERSIVES INTO
MALAYSIA.
B.
SUKARNO HAS NEVER DEVIATED, DESPITE SUCH TACTICAL
DIVERSIONS AS THE "CEASE-FIRE" AGREEMENT IN JANUARY FROM HIS
GOAL OF DISMEMBERING MALAYSIA AND TOPPLING RAHMAN.
C.; IN THE TWO MONTHS SINCE HE ACCEPTED THE CEASE-FIRE,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF GUERRILLAS SENT INTO MALAYSIAN
BORNEO HAS TRIPLED
D. IN RECENT WEEKS SOME GUERRILLAS HAVE COME OUT
AGAIN, LARGELY BECAUSE OF FOOD SHORTAGES AND MALAYSIAN SE-
CURITY FORCES.
F. SUKARNO WAS GREATLY ANGERED BY THE FAILURE OF THE
TERRORISTS HE DISPATCHED TO SINGAPORE AND PENINSULAR MALAYSIA.
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2. CYPRUS:
A. NO UNTOWARD INCIDENTS MARRED THE OFFICIAL TAKEOVER
YESTERDAY BY GENERAL GYANI AND THE UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE.
B. CANADIAN TROOPERS HAVE DISPLACED THE BRITISH IN A
NICOSIA SUBURB AND THIS MORNING ARE MOVING OUT TOWARD KYRENIA.,
THERE COULD BE TROUBLE IN THIS AREA, WHERE THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS
HAVE BEEN BUILDING A LIGHT AIR STRIP WHICH THE GREEK CYPRIOTS
SWEAR THEY WILL REMOVE.
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E. WE HEAR ALSO THAT MAKARIOS HAS REFUSED TO LET VICE
PRESIDENT KUCHUK AND THREE TURKISH CYPRIOT MINISTERS RETURN
TO THE GOVERNMENT. SINCE HE NOW CALLS THESE AND OTHER TURKISH
CYPRIOT LEADERS ';'REBELS," HE MAY HAVE SOME SORT OF JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS IN MIND FOR THEM, A STEP WHICH CAN SCARCELY BRING
THE TWO COMMUNITIES CLOSER TOGETHER.
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3. SOUTH KOREA:
A. STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS SPILLED OVER INTO THEIR FIFTH
DAY AMID SOME SIGNS THAT THEY ARE BEGINNING TO PETER OUT.
B. IF SO, THIS WOULD BE A VICTORY FOR THE SOFT TACTICS
PURSUED BY THE PAK GOVERNMENT ESPECIALLY IF IT CAN KEEP THE
TALKS WITH JAPAN GOING.
C. PAK, HOWEVER, IS NOT YET COUNTING HIS CHICKENS. THE
RETURN TODAY OF KIM CHONG?PIL COULD PROVIDE THE RALLYING POINT
FOR OPPOSITIONISTS TO GET THE DEMONSTRATIONS GOING AGAIN. KIM
HAS BEEN TAKING A LEADING ROLE IN THE TOKYO TALKS AND WAS A
PARTICULAR TARGET OF THE STUDENTS.
D. THERE IS CONCERN IN JAPAN LEST SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS
BE TOUCHED OFF THERE.
4. BRAZIL:
A. NAVY AND MARINE ENLISTED MEN WHO CONDUCTED A TWO?DAY
SIT?IN STRIKE IN DOWNTOWN RIO WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YESTER?
DAY AFTERNOON BY ARMY UNITS.
B. BY EVENING, HOWEVER, THEY HAD BEEN RELEASED AND RE?
TURNED TO THEIR UNITS. BOTH THE ARMY INTERVENTION AND THE
STRIKERS' RELEASE WERE APPARENTLY UNDERTAKEN WITH GOULART'S
ACQUIESCENCE.
C. THIS REMOVES FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND THE MOST IMMEDIATE
CAUSE OF TENSION; BUT THE SITUATION IS STILL MOST FRAGILE.
D. THE RIGHT AND LEFT IN BRAZILIAN POLITICS ARE POLARIZING
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GOULART AND HIS CHAMPIONS ON THE LEFT ARE INTENT ON USING THE
PRESIDENT'S "REFORM" CAMPAIGN TO GAIN GREATER POWER.
E. ,FURTHER EXPROPRIATIONS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY ARE IN
THE CARDS.. A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BIG US?OWNED POWER COMPANY
MAY BE THE NEXT TO GO. LAND?HUNGRY PEASANTS IN THE POVERTY?
STRICKEN NORTHEAST., DOUBTLESS ENCOURAGED BY THE LEFTIST STATE
ADMINISTRATION, ARE BEGINNING TO SEIZE PRIVATE LAND.
F. AT THE SAME TIME OPPOSITION TO GOULART, THOUGH STILL
BADLY DIVIDED, IS APPARENTLY BEGINNING TO COALESCE ON THE
RIGHT AND CENTER. FIVE GOVERNORS HAVE BANDED TOGETHER TO
STOP GOULART.
G. THEY MAY MAKE COMMON CAUSE WITH
A GROUP OF MILITARY LEADERS
WHO WE THINK ARE READY TO ACT IF GOULART MAKES ANY
EXTRALEGAL MOVE.
H. THE MOST IMMEDIATE DANGER IN THE COMPLICATED GAME
OF PROBING FOR POWER GOULART IS PLAYING IS THAT, FACED WITH
ANOTHER INCIDENT LIKE THE NAVAL MILITARY, HE WILL MISCALCULATE
THE FIRMNESS OF HIS OPPOSITION OR LOSE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION.
EITHER COULD THROW BRAZIL INTO CIVIL WAR.
5. NOTES:
A. USSR:
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B. HAITI ? DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
C. CONGO: UN FORCES ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN LEAVING
KATANGA IN MID?APRIL AND TO BE CLEAR OF THE AREA BY JUNE, A
MONTH EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED. THE ABILITY OF THE
CONGOLESE ARMY TO DEAL WITH ENSUING DISTURBANCES, QUESTIONABLE
AT BEST, HAS BEEN FURTHER ERODED BY THE NEW DEMANDS PLACED ON
IT BY UNREST IN KWILU, NEIGHBORING LAC LEOPOLD II PROVINCE,
IN EASTERN KIVU, AND ALONG THE SUDANESE FRONTIER.
D. JORDAN
E. MEXICO?FRANCE:
DE GAULLE HAS INVITED DIAZ ORDAZ, WHO WILL BE MEXICO'S NEXT
PRESIDENT, TO VISIT FRANCE AS SOON AFTER HIS I DECEMBER IN?
AUGURATION AS FEASIBLE.
F. ADEN?YEMEN:
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G. CAMBODIA: SIHANOUK NOW WANTS A NINE?NATION CONFER?
ENCE IN GENEVA, SIMILAR TO THE 1954 MEETING ON INDOCHINA, INSTEAD
OF A REPEAT OF THE 14?NATION LAOTIAN CONFERENCE. THIS WOULD
EXCLUDE THAILAND, BURMA, INDIA, POLAND, AND CANADA.
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