THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 AUGUST 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995858
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 2, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
2 AUGUST 1962
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1. Soviet Space Program
2. Soviet Nuclear Tests
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a) Sputnik XIX, whose reaovery
after four days in orbit we reported
yesterday, landed in the same generalapo
area used in 1961 for the recovery
of Gagarin. and: Titov and two
dogs.
b) We expect one or more opera-
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palatinsk at midnight (EDT) Tuesday
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3. Germany
4. Vietnam
a) Berlin and Bonn are alive with
rumors of impending Soviet action regardin50k1
Berlin. Soviet diplomats in Bonn are sug-
gesting to newspapermen that should they
take August vacations they would miss an
"historical event," and they hint this might
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General Assembly session.
b) In its weekly review of the situa-
tion, our Watch Committeenoted several measures
in East Germany consistent with preparations
for more East German participation in Berlin
access controls or for a period of increased
tension. Although the committee could derive
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c) Although not necessarily related to
the Berlin situation, Radio Sofia announced
that the Bulgarian defense minister led a
delegation to the USSR today. Ulbricht went
yesterday.
We have little. light to throw on the case of
jitters Saigon suffered last night over the
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a coup by some militabUAl
elements was scheduled, possibly even with
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extra guards posted bUAl
and troops were confined to their barracks,
but so:far''nOthing untoward has been reported.
We do not now know whether an attempt was
actually planned and called off or whether poor
inforMationSnowballed.
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019, WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS-1 AUGUST 1962
No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends to initiate direct
military action in the immediate future.
There are indications that the Soviets and East Germans
are preparing for increased tensions over Berlin, and renewed
harassments of Western access may occur.
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NOTES
A. We have nothing to report regarding official Dutch or Indo-
nesian reactions to the Bunker talks and no new information
regarding the continuing Indonesian military activity.
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recess begins on 1 September it ought to end in early November,
not 1 January.
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