THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 FEBRUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992173
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 2, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
2 FEB. 1962
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1. Laos
2. South Vietnam
a. Boun Oum refuses to go to Luang
Prabang and tells Souvanna also to stay
away until his forces pull-back from Nam
Tha. Enemy mortar fire on Nam Tha airfield
yesterday denied its use to government air-
craft.
b. On Wednesday Souvanna's headquarters
forbade his commander at Nam Tha to attack
the town'"because of the political loss
which may result" adding, however, "if
the Pathet Lao attack" his forces must
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C. The ICC is still after Kieng
Khouang approval to check alleged cease-
fire violations. Their presence; should
help lower the temperature.
a. Saigon military units were alerted
last night against a possible anti-Diem
coup by disgruntled army officers.
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c. Diem is actively following up
his earlier requests for South Korean and
Chinese Nationalist military assistance.
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3. Indonesia reinforces a. IL-28 jet light bombers--the first
? Morotai into this area--and arms and ammunition
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move there next week. The island lies
240 miles off the New Guinea coast and
well within air strike range of Biak, the
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b. Pre-negotiation talks in New York
are temporarily suspended as the Indonesian UN
Ambassador goes to Europe for a check on -
the "secret" negotiations there. His re-
sumption of talks with U Thant will depend
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tell us of these talks ,prospects of agree-
? ment are not too bright.
,c. Djakarta tells'us (1) oil exploita-
tion negotiations with American companies
are stalled pending West Irian developments;
(2) it hopes the Attorney General will have
good news on economic aid.
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4. Latin American
ferment
5. Communist bloc
activity
a. Frondizi is now facing his most
?severe crisis with the Argentine military.
They expect he will accede to their demands
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minister's blocking of Peron's bid to run
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for electoral office yesterday is at least
a partial response to military demands.
b. Frondizi has reportedly justified
Argentine's OAS stand to his military critics
as having been taken with the knowledge and
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a. We suspect major decisions are
finally shaping up in the current spate
of meetings. The Warsaw Pact defense
Ministers discussions concluded yesterday
follow Klarushchev's reported session with
other leaders in mid-January. A top-level
Pact political meeting is in the offing,
probably preceding the 5 March Soviet Central
Committee plenum.
b. We believe Albania, China and Berlin
are high on the agenda and expect the political
session may be used to endorse the current ,
"Soviet line emphasizing a "negotiated"'Ber-
lin, settlement. Ulbricht's "special plane"
arrived in Moscow yesterday. 50X1
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6. Cross currents in
the Near East
c. There are also indications that
Peiping is cranking up for a major con-
ference this month.
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a. Qasim, intent on supplanting Nasir
as Arab spokesman, is now wooing King Saud.
His foreign Minister, fresh from Syrian
negotiations, bids the Saudis join them
a ainst,the British Israelis and E tians.
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c. Damascus has followed up its
earlier request for Saud's intercession
with ARAMCO for an urgent loan by,asking
him to also make a personal demarche to our
government for a $100 million dollar loan
to aid Syria in its present financial
crisis.
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B. Ambassador Young thinks we are heading into a tangle with the
Thais over SEATO.
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C. Embassy Bonn notes increasing West German inclination to accept
the Soviet bid for direct talks. Dowling reports that Schroeder
would wish to coordinate action closely with us. ,
D. The Security Council has deferred further Kashmir consideration
until after March 1.
E. Venezuela is cooling off on her Britsh Guiana claim. Her delega-
tion to the UN finds little support it New York and itself
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F. Moscow radio welcomes President Kennedy's remarks concerning
improved communications,"Any step by the US to improve relations
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DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST'
II. Thais criticize SEATO.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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