THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW 19 JUNE 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959248
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 19, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW--19 JUNE 1964
1. CYPRUS:
A. AT LAST REPORT, INONU HAD CHANGED HIS MIND AFTER
FIRST THREATENING TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF A TOO CLOSE VOTE OF
CONFIDENCE FROM THE TURKISH ASSEMBLY. THE PRESS QUOTES HIM
AS SAYING HE WILL LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON SUNDAY, AS SCHEDULED.
B. INONU IS LIKELY TO VIEW THE CLOSE VOTE ON HIS CYPRUS
POLICY--200 TO 194--AS A BAR AGAINST CONCESSIONS DURING HIS
VISIT.
C. ON THE ISLAND, THERE HAS BEEN A RESURGENCE OF FIGHT-
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2. CONGO:
A. CONGOLESE ARMY UNITS IN NORTH KATANGA ARE ONCE
AGAIN REPORTED DEMORALIZED AND MAY HAVE YIELDED ALBERTVILLE
TO THE REBELS. SERIOUS OUTBREAKS ELSEWHERE IN THE CONGO
APPEAR ALMOST CERTAIN.
B. THE COLLAPSE OF THE ARMY WILL ADD TO TSHOMBE'S
BARGAINING STRENGTH. HIS EX?KATANGA GENDARMES
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IS THE CONGO'S RICHEST AREA AND ONLY LIGHTLY GARRISONED.
C. IN LEOPOLDVILLE, KASAVUBU HAS ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT
TO ANNOUNCE HIS PLANS FOR THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT. HE APPARENTLY
STILL INTENDS TO KEEP ADOULA ON AFTER PARLIAMENT IS DISSOLVED
ON 30 JUNE IN PREPARATION FOR NEW ELECTIONS.
D. THREE OF THE PRINCIPAL POLITICAL CLIQUES HAVE CALLED
FOR THE RELEASE OF GIZENGA AND THE RETURN OF EXILES.
3. LAOS:
A. LITTLE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED IN THE PLAINE DES JARRES
FIGHTING.
B. KONG LE'S FORCES GAVE UP PHOU KOUT HILL LAST WEDNES?
DAY, UNDER PATHET LAO ARTILLERY FIRE. A T-28 RETURNED THE
FIRE THE NEXT MORNING.
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C. THE PATHET LAO RADIO CLAIMED ON THURSDAY THAT THE US
HAD "AGAIN SENT SIX T-28 PLANES TO CONDUCT WANTON BOMBING AND
STRAFING." A CHINESE BROADCAST ADDED THAT ON 15 JUNE THE US
AND ITS "LACKEYS" SENT A PLANE TO SPRAY CHEMICALS WHICH
POISONED LOCAL INHABITANTS AND A NUMBER OF OXEN.
D. DIPLOMATIC JOCKEYING CONTINUES, AS MOSCOW APPEARS TO
BE BACKING AWAY FROM THE POLISH PROPOSAL FOR A SIX?NATION
CONFERENCE. A POLISH FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL IN WARSAW HAS
TOLD AMBASSADOR CABOT THAT THE POLES ARE NOW CONSIDERING A
NEW PROPOSAL. IT WILL PROBABLY INVOLVE A MEETING OF THE THREE
FACTIONS, IN LINE WITH THE DESIRES OF PEIPING AND THE PATHET
LAO.
4. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THE SHARP RISE WE HAVE NOTED IN VIET CONG ACTIVITY
DURING THE PAST WEEK SHOWS UP CLEARLY IN THE LATEST STATISTICS.
B. THE TOTAL OF 615 INCIDENTS DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF
JUNE IS ONE THIRD MORE THAN DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND THE
HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE EARLY MARCH.
C. WEDNESDAY'S BATTALION?STRENGTH ATTACK ON A DISTRICT
CAPITAL IN HAU NGHIA PROVINCE, JUST WEST OF SAIGON, IS THE
FIRST BIG VIET CONG ACTION OF THIS KIND IN TWO MONTHS. THERE
HAVE BEEN TEN OTHER SIGNIFICANT ATTACKS SINCE 8 JUNE, MOSTLY
IN COMPANY STRENGTH.
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D. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HAVE SLACKENED SOMEWHAT WITH
THE ONSET OF THE MONSOON, THE MORE BOGGED DOWN THEY GET, THE
MORE AGGRESSIVE THE VIET CONG FORAYS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME.
E. REPORTS OF COMMUNIST PLANS FOR A CAMPAIGN OF TERRORISM
CONTINUE TO BE HEARD IN SAIGON.
5. ARGENTINA:
A. PRESIDENT ILLIA HAS DECIDED TO TAKE A FIRM STAND
AGAINST THE AGITATION CAMPAIGN OF THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION
OF LABOR (DGT),
B. THE CGT HAS POSTPONED UNTIL 28 JUNE AN ATTEMPT TO
STRIKE THE WHOLE COUNTRY, IT THREATENS TO CONTINUE LOCAL
STRIKES, HOWEVER, AND HAS PULLED OUT SOME THOUSANDS OF IN?
DUSTRIAL AND MARITIME WORKERS IN BUENOS AIRES.
C. ILLIA, WHOSE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY HAS SO FAR
BEEN ONE OF MASTERFUL INACTIVITY, HAS BEEN CONCILIATORY TO
LABOR UP TO NOW, BUSINESSMEN AND THE MILITARY, HOWEVER, HAVE
BEEN INSISTING THAT HE MUST STAND UP TO THE CGT, WHOSE SIT?IN
TECHNIQUE IS HIGHLY DISRUPTIVE,
D. THE POLICE WILL NOW BE ORDERED TO EVICT WORKERS
"OCCUPYING" PLANTS AND ARREST THEIR LEADERS, THE NATIONAL
GENDARMERIE WILL FURNISH BACKSTOPPING IF REQUIRED.
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6. MAPHILINDO:
A. THE SUMMIT MEETING BEGINS ON SATURDAY.
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7. BURMA:
A. NE WIN'S BUNGLING HAS HURT MANY BURMESE BADLY, AND
THERE IS GROWING TALK OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE REGIME.
B. HIS SLAPDASH SOCIALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY HAS LED TO
SERIOUS FOOD AND FUEL SHORTAGES. HIS XENOPHOBIA AND TOLERANCE
OF FORMER COMMUNISTS HIGH IN THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALSO ADDING
TO THE SENSE OF DESPERATION MANY FEEL.
8. PAKISTAN:
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9. CUBA:
10. CUBA?USSR:
A. ABOUT 3,000 SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL HAVE PULLED OUT
DURING THE PAST SIX WEEKS.
B. THE EIGHT PASSENGER SHIPS WHICH HAVE COME AND GONE
SINCE EARLY MAY CARRIED MANY SOVIET SERVICEMEN, MOST OF WHOM
WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAM AND RADAR SYSTEMS. MORE VOYAGES
HOME APPARENTLY ARE BEING PLANNED.
TRANSFER TO CUBAN PERSONNEL OF SAM AND ASSOCIATED EARLY WARN?
ING RADAR OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTORS SEEMS
TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
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11. COMMUNIST CHINA ? ITALY:
A. SOCIALIST SENATOR VITTORELLI APPARENTLY TALKED ONLY
TRADE WITH MAO DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO PEIPING.
12. FRANCE:
A. DE GAULLE PERFORMED SO WELL DURING HIS TOUR OF FRANCE'S
NORTHERN PROVINCES LAST WEEK THAT HIS DOCTORS' HAVE GIVEN UP
OPPOSITION TO HIS SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP. HE WILL VISIT TEN
COUNTRIES, BEGINNING ABOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN VENEZUELA.
13. VENEZUELA:
A. THE STUDENTS STILL HAVE A TOTALLY EFFECTIVE STRIKE
GOING AT CENTRAL UNIVERSITY AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK. THE WALK?
OUT HAS BEEN PEACEFUL SO FAR, BUT THE COMMUNISTS THREATEN
VIOLENCE IF ANYONE TRIES TO GO TO CLASS.
14. USSR ? EAST GERMANY:
A. THE REMOVAL OF ELEMENTS OF SOVIET FORCES FROM GERMANY
MAY BE GETTING UNDER WAY.
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