THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959032
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 9, 1961

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9 SEPT 61 CHECKLIST (COPY)
1. BERLIN DEVELOPMENTS.
A. THE EAST GERMAN REGIME IS PROCEEDING WITH A NUMBER OF PLANS
TO TIGHTEN SECURITY AND IMPROVE DISCIPLINE. THE ACTION
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SCHEDULED FOR 20 SEPTEMBER WILL APPARENTLY INVOLVE THE DEPORTATION OF
UNRELIABLE ELEMENTS FROM COUNTIES ALONG THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE FRONTIERI1
IN ADDITION, A DECREE CUM CALLING FOR "RESPONSIBLE PARTY COMRADES
TO GO INTO VILLAGES AND PLACES WHERE THERE ARE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT
POINTS" IS TO GO INTO EFFECT ON 15 SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE ALSO PLANS
TO PROVIDE INDOCTRINATION IN THE SECURITY AND ARMED FORCES FOR A
PERIOD OF "ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS," USING SPECIALLY ASSIGNED PARTY MEMBERS.
B. THE REGIME APPARENTLY FEELS IT MUST MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM
IT ACHIEVED WITH THE SEALING OFF ACTION LAST MONTH. THESE MEASURES,
WHICH WILL PUT GREAT STRAIN ON THE ALREADY UNHAPPY EAST GERMAN PARTY,
ARE APPARENTLY TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A HARSHER DRIVE TO RAISE PRODUCTION
THROUGH AN INCREASE IN WORK NORMS. MORALE IS ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE
TO SUCH ACTION, WHICH PRECIPITATED THE JUNE 1953 AFFAIR. 50X1
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"PEACE APPEAL."
BUT
VIEWS ON METHOD OF RESPONDING TO THE BELGRADE CON1b)(iiCE
THE MECHANICS OF RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER IMPORTANT. 50X1
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KHRUSHCHEV WILL ANSWER INDIVIDUALLY TO ALL 25 CHIEFS OF STATis
THE AMERICANS WILL PROBABLY ONLY WRITE ONE LETTER TO 110x1
WHOLE GROUP.
THE LATTER ACTION WOULD BE A GRAVE ERROR.
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4. PHOUMI STILL FAVORS MILITARY SOLUTION IN LAOS. AMBASSADOR BROWN
DISCOUNTS PHOUMI'S PROFESSED WILLINGNESS TO SEARCH FOR A COMPROMISE
WITH SOUVANNA. IN A RECENT PRIVATE CONVERSATION, PROM IS SAID TO
HAVE REPLIED TO CRITICISM OF HIS INTRANSIGENCE IN DEALING WITH
SOUVANNA BY SAYING "DON'T YOU WORRY: THE AMERICANS ARE WITH US TO
THE END AND WILL NOT LET US DOWN."
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5. CHINESE NATIONALISTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND APPROACH US CONSUL,
THEIR COMMANDER CLAISM HIS FORCE, WHICH CONTAINS THE HARD CORE OF
IRREGULARS (WE BELIEVE 4000 AT MOST) WHO REFUSED REPATRIATION, WILL
FALL APART IF IT DOES NOT RECEIVE SUPPORT SOON. AMBASSADOR YOUNG
BELIEVES IT MAY NOW BE POSSIBLE EITHER TO EVACUATE THESE TROOPS TO
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TAIWAN OR RESETTLE THEM AS CIVILIANS IN THAILAND. AMBASSADOR DRUM-
WRIGHT THINKS MU TAIPEI MAY BE WILLING TO TAKE THEM,
6. AFGHAN DIFFICULTIES MOUNT. PAKISTAN IS INSISTING THAT SEVERAL
HUNDRED THOUSAND PUSHTOON NOMADS HAVE PASSPORTS AND VISAS FOR THEIR
ANNUAL OCTOBER MIGRATION INTO PAKISTAN. BOTH COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN FORCES ON THE BORDER. IN ADDITION, THS FRUIT HARVEST IN
SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN CANNOT REACH ITS NORMAL MARKETS AND ,IS',1BEGINNING
TO ROT.
NOTES
A. THE FOUR RANGE INSTRUMENTATION SHIPS IN
DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT AN ICBM TEST FIRING TO THE
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THE PACIFIC NOW\APPEAR
CENTRAL PACIFICIAWE
HAVE ALSO NOTED PREPARATIORS FOR ANOTHER SOVIET SPACE SHOT.
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B, THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT FROL KOZLOV WILL REPRESENT THE
USSR AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HE IS A PRESIDIUM MEMBER AND PARTY
SECRETARY, PROBABLY RANKING SECOND TO KHRUSHCHEV.
C. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RUMORS THAT KHRUSHCHEV WILL SIGN A
PEACE TREATY WITH EAST GERMANY VERY SOON. WE SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME INDICATION THAT THE DRAFT PEACE TREATY MAY
BE PUBLISHED SOON.
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E. KHRISHNA MENON HAS INFORMED US THAT THE JOINT LETTER FROM THE
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BELGRADE CONFERENCE WAS DRAFTED BY NEHRU HIMSELF.
F. THERE WAS AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT' TO ASSASSINATE DE GAULLE 50X1
LAST NIGHT. HIS STAFF ANNOUNCED THAT SOME SORT OF MINE PLACED ON THE
ROAD TO HIS COUNTRY HOUSE MIS-FIRED, AND STATED THAT HE WAS NOT HARMED.
H. GOULART YESTERDAY OBTAINED CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR HIS
CABINET. IT APPEARS WEIGHTED ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, BUT THE
BACKGROUNDS OF ITS MEMBERS ARE TOO DIVERSE FOR A MORE SPECIFIC
CHARACTERIZATION.
I. THE FBI HAS A REPORT THAT OFFICIALS OF THE GHANAIAN EMBASSY
IN WASHINGTON ARE AWARE OF A PLOT TO OUST NKRUMAH IN FAVOR OF
GBEDEMAH.
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