THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 3 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996487
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 3, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-3 AUGUST 1963
I. UAR - YEMEN - SAUDI ARABIA:
C.
2.. COMMUNIST CHINA - TEST BAN:
A. THE CHINESE YESTERDAY HANDED DIPLOMATIC liass.lobTs IN
PEIPING A LETTER FROM CHOU EN-LAX CALLING roo4 A MEETING OF ALL
CHIEFS OF STATE TO DISCUSS THE CHINESE PROPOSAL FOR A TOTAL
"PROHIBITION AND DESTRUCTION" OF ismcLEA4 wg4PoNs.
S. SINCE WE WERE pow A mil( IN WARSAW IT APPEARS THAT
THE CHINESE ARE TRYING TO SPREAD THE LETTER AS WIDELY AS THEY
CAN IN AN EFFORT. TO TRUMP THE, TEST BAN AGREEMENT,
C. THEY HAVE COUPLED THIS MOVE ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT
WITH THE MOST .OUTSPOKEN ATTACK ON THE SOVIETS YET TO SEE LIGHT
IN CHINA.
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D. AN ALMOST APOPLECTIC maluis DAILY YESTERDAY DREW FOR
ITS READERS A PICTURE OF SOVIET LEADER4 "EMBRACING US IMPERIALISM
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IN JOYOUS ABANDON." THE PAPER ALLEGED THAT THE TEST BAN AGREE?
MENT IS A "US?SOVIET ALLIANCE AGA/NST CHINA PURE AND SIMPLE*"
E. THE PAPER ENDED BY IMPLYING THAT THE SOVIET PEOPLE
WOULD SURELY REACT AGAINST THIS "BETRAYAL" BY THEIR LEADERS.
3. SOUTH ,VIETNAM:
A. :A CONSERVATIVE BUDDHIST LEADER HAS WARNED THAT CONTROL
OF THE BUDDHIST PROTEST MOVEMENT MAY BE SLIPPING INTO THE HANDS
OF EXTREMIST BONZES.
B. HE FEARS THAT IF THIS HAPPENS, THE MOVEMENT WILL TAKE
ON A MORE FRANKLY POLITICAL CHARACTER AND BRING NEW VIOLENCE.
C. TO AVOID THIS, HE SUGGESTS THAT THE US MEDIATE" THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CONSERVATIVE BUDDHISTS AND THE GOVERN?
MENT.
D. WE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS RENEWED ITS
OFFER TO SET UP A MIXED COMMISSION WITH THE BUDDHISTS TO LOOK
INTO THE DISPUTE. THE BUDDHISTS REFUSE UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT
MEETS THEIR CONDITIONS.
4. CUBA:
A. WE NOW BELIEVE THAT ENOUGH CUBANS ARE BEING TRAINED
TO OPERATE ALL 24 SURFACE?TO?AIR MISSILE SITES IN CUBA.
B. THE TEN?MONTH COURSE GOT UNDERWAY
SAN JULIAN AIRFIELD.
C, COMPLETION OF THIS TRAINING WILL GIVE THE CUBANS AN
TO HANDLE MOST OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE MISSILES.
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D. AT A MINIMUM SOVIET TECHNICIANS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY
ON IN KEY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR BILLETS.
5. CUBA-US:
A. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED CANADA TO APPROVE A
CHARTERED FLIGHT TO CARRY "AMERICAN STUDENTS VISITING CUBA"
FROM HAVANA TO MONTREAL.
B. THE US FREEZE ON CUBAN ASSETS IS TUTTING A CRIMP IN
OPERATION OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN THE WEST.
6, NOTES:
A. USSR: THE SOVIET NAVY'S SS-N-5 MISSILE WHICH CAN BE
LAUNCHED FROM UNDERWATER, MAY NOW BE OPERATIONAL./
B. USSR-GUINEA: THE SOVIETS ARE HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING
LIFE INTO THEIR AID PROGRAM, /
/WE OF THE cliur wtopums Is THE
FAILURE OF GUINEAN WORKERS TO SHOW UP AT THE WORK SITES. PAR-
TICULARLY GALLING TO THE SOVIETS IS THE RAPID prtowss BEING
MADE BY THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS ON Twit MATCH FACTORY.
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C. CANADA?CHINA: UNDER THE TERMS OF A NEW LONG?TERM
AGREEMENT OTTAWA WILL PROVIDE COMMUNIST CHINA WITH UP TO SIX
MILLION TONS OF WHEAT BETWEEN NOW AND MID-1966. A TOTAL OF
500,000 TONS WILL BE SHIPPED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
D. BRAZIL: GOULART WAS OUT IN THE HUSTINGS OF POVERTY?
STRICKEN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL LAST WEEK TALKING DARKLY OF REBEL?
LION IF HIS REFORM PROGRAM IS NOT ENACTED SOON. WE REGARD THIS
AS AN ATTEMPT BY THE DEMAGOGIC BRAZILIAN CHIEF TO WHIP UP POP?
ULAR PRESSURE ON THE CONGRESS.
E. LAOS: NEUTRALIST MILITARY LEADERS HAVE MADE ANOTHER
PITCH FOR THE US TO FURNISH AID DIRECTLY TO THEM RATHER THAN
THROUGH CHANNELS CONTROLLED BY PHOUMI. THEY SAY THAT THEY MUST
ACHIEVE A MORE INDEPENDENT POSITION IF LAOS IS TO "ENDURE."
F. CONGO:
G. IRAQ: OPERATIONS AGAINST THE KURDS GO ON AND AS A
CONSEQUENCE THERE WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY GRAIN HARVESTED IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
THIS AREA AND ULTIMATELY ALL OF IRAQ FACE FAMINE UNLESS
WHEAT IMPORTS ARE ARgAlipp
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