THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 14 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992085
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 14, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
14 DEC. 1961
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1. Goa
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think that New Delhi would like to
ease off, if it can do so without
losing face.
c) A Portuguese note on the issue,
described as "very confidential," was
delivered in New Delhi yesterday,
according to press dispatches. We
have no word yet of its contents.
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2, Laos
3. Congo
a) Phoumi came close to torpedoing
the three princes meeting on Tuesday
when, in replying to Souvanna's latest
offer to come to Vientiane, be reneged
on granting Souvanna's security terms.
Yesterday, after some stern words
from Ambassador Brown, he reversed
himself again and publicly announced
acceptance of the terms.
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a) The UN is scheduled to launch a
major offensive in Elizabethville
today, following yesterday's buildup
of troops and supplies, but there has
been no word yet that the action has
begun.
b) Gizenga's whereabouts are again
unknown. He may be somewhere in ,the
?area of the Northern Katanga border
looking for _opportunities to batten
on the situation there. However, the
Egyptians, who have been a major prop
for him, are apparently pulling their 50X1
mission out of Stanleyville and trang-
ferring it to Leopoldville.
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5. Moscow adopts patient The Soviets, Ambassador Thompson
air on timetable for believes, are avoiding any show of
negotiations impatience or pessimism over the
outlook for successful negotiations.
He notes that both the press and
official contacts are registering
awareness of the timetable for further
four-power consultations designed to
achieve agreement on the timing and
substance of Berlin negotiations.
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A. No significant disturbances occurred in Venezuela yesterday.
B. Its fumbling behavior in the Dominican crisis is beginning to
cost the National Civic Union some of its support. The lost
following seems, however, to be gravitating as much toward other
moderate groups as toward the extremists.
C. One Soviet arms shipment reached Alexandria last week and others
are believed to be enroute now under the sizeable Soviet-Egyptian
arms deal
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D. The Austrians say that the first Soviet reaction to their announce-
ment that they are seeking Common Market ties was "mild." They
still expect to be treated to heavy pressure.
E. Latest returns from Australian election shows Menzies may have
only 61 out of 122 seats. A third cabinet minister has been
defeated.
F. The Chinese Nationalists are threatening a Security Council veto
of Tanganyika's admission to the UN because of Tanganyika's
avowed support for Peiping. President Nyerere has turned down
a formula under which Taipei would not veto Tanganyika if the
latter would not vote against the Nationalists for 2 years. ,
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS-713 December 1961
No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action in the immediate future.
BERLIN: There are indications the Communists will continue
their finggure on the Western position in Berlin, including
measures designed to harass and restrict Western access and to
gain acceptance of the Berlin wall as an international border.
However, their present military activity does not suggest that
they expect these measures will significantly raise the risk
of an early serious military confrontation.
LAOS: An early political solution is not likely. In the
event that negotiations are not held or fail ultimately to reach
an agreement, an increase in military operations appears likely.
SOUTH VIETNAM: Viet Cong subversive and military activity
contilifiTET-it-rlikh rate with no markedly successful counter-
actions by government forces.
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INDONESIA: Disappointed by the UN's failure to recommend a
"satiT-611" solution to the West New Guinea problem, Sukarno ap-
pears to be taking an increasingly belligerent attitude; has stated
that his own time for action is running out; and has made a highly
advertised promise to issue some command regarding West New Guinea
on 19 December. On the other hand, Indonesian tactics have long
been to threaten military action for purposes of exerting diplomatic
pressures, meanwhile continuing the military buildup.
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