THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 OCTOBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996011
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 30, 1962

11 = = Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 30 OCTOBER 1962 -70144E-CREI_ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 C� F=== r71 t , 1- �1 FL7MtiLi I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 USSR-Cuba a. We are so far unable to veri- fy Kuznetsov's assertion that the So- viets have begun to dismantle their missile bases in Cuba. b. We have not yet seen all of yesterday's photography. Pictures in hand are of poor quality and do not prove anything one way or another. c. The Soviets have the ship- ping available in Cuba to start moving out military equipment with the excep- tion of the missilesthemselves. Their water lift now in Cuban ports consist$ of one passenger and thirteen cargo ships. e. Moscow yesterday gave short shrift to Castro's "five points." They were published but that was all. 50X1 _ ea_ I.. T-_ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 1 50X1 50X1 ri ri I i r= 1=1 L 1 I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 U I r � 2. Cuba a. Havana yesterday promised to stay on its best behavior during U Thant's visit, which begins today. b. The Cubans, having trouble keeping down that empty feeling of being left high and dry, are bending ears wherever they can to get in their say about the dismantling of the missile bases. U Thant's group,is bound to hear a lot about the need to sell the US on accepting Castro 's "five point guarantee" against aggression before the missiles go. C. We are seeing indications, however, that the Cuban regime is willing to settle for a great deal less. We are, in fact, getting the impression that Castro and his henchmen will be happy to get out of their jam still holding office. d. Meanwhile, some Cuban exiles, such as the Alpha 66 group, are saying they intend to go on fighting no matter what as long as Fidel Castro RtAVR in thp qaddle 50X1 �� � I � I .a � ��� . � A' Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 ..2:21 ( / ; � ',. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-R261-'79T00936A001100260001-6 \� > , nap Langar CHIP CHAP V JAMMU 0 .7iItargit -.. ...s.,, '4- ..� \\\ � i G ALW AN VAL �N........L._... \ ' 1 p �.. , ,..,, Leh ' .! - -- K A S H M lek, - i . (Status in dispard .21571 t. \ 21000.:4: \'-.<"; # '',yet91 i'''''' 5" \C.1..., rho \ { ! i ' \-Chushul\ - -N D IA? A e 21380 1 STAIV I TE MIL 230;0 CHAN ANGON . 234,21 - 00758 H . CHENMO V,ALLEY AREA ) � 22700 � - Hanle; 0, McMahon Line i MA along hirnpur Jalapahar PAK. _Shillong Areas Chinese hove occupied since 20 October Boundary shown on recent Chinese Communist maps (Where differing from US and Western maps) U RIO /�. Myilkyina Boundary shown on most US and Western mops Rood or track /A 21020 Spot height (in feet) �Pounds?, shown nent Irtia maps Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A0011002600017-0 1� 1 1=1 EM MEI Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 3. Communist 'China - Cuba Peiping's first reaction to Moscow's Cuban retreat was a one-paragraph factual report in the bottom corner on the third page of yesterday's People',6 Daily. The Chinese, it seems, are also muttering about a "Soviet Munich." 4. Bloc military We have not detected anything posture unusual in bloc military activities in the past 24 hours. 5. India- China a. �The pattern of the Communist advance in Ladakh suggests that Peiping's objective is to occupy territory shown to be Chinese on its maps. b. Chinese forces yesterday captured the village of Demchhog in southern Ladakh. This puts them in possession of just about all the� real estate they claim in the Ladakh sector of the border. It remains to be seen whether they will press on, but farther north they have marked time, once they reached the outer limits of the territory they say belongs to them. (Cont 'd) 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 r-1 r77-71 r_ r Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 c. In the Northeast Frontier Agency, the battle for the Se La pass has not yet been joined. the Chinese have in mind catching the Indians from behind by outflanking them to the east. d. It is too early to say at what point the Chinese might stop in this area; they are still a good distance away from wher he sa the ou ht to be e. On Sunday, Nehru2 once again putting it on the line that negotia- tions were out of the question until the Chinese agreed to pull back to the positions they held on 8 September. f. India, however, may settle for less. Its ambassador at the UN is putting neutrals up to asking U Thant to issue an appeal to India and China to restore the status quo ante bellum. If this doesn't work, he suggests an effort be made to get Thant to offer his good offices to promote a settlement. 50X1 50X1 1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 201-5/08/-06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 ir It=it i i 1=21 r=1 I 1 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 6. Laos cue told now the see a. The Pathet Lao, taking its from what Premier Pham Van Dong Souvanna in Hanoi last week, is saying there are no objections to ICC coming into its territory to if Vietnamese troops are anywhere 50X1 around. Al? well and good, but the Communists also say the ICC must first give prior notice of precisely where it wants to go, identify the Vietnamese units alleged to be there, and come up with the name of their commanding officers. b. Souvanna is going to Khang Khay sometime this week presumably to be on hand when Souphannouvong returns. C. The Soviet airlift ias active as ever. It has been making 40 to 50,flights to all parts of Laos every week. d. In Bangkok, Sarit has reacted to Phoumi's call for help in getting Chinese Nationalist troops out of Laos as something of a joke. He suggested to Ambassador Young yesterday that perhaps they ought to be sent to Cambodia or to India to fight the Chinese Communists. r__ TL _ T. C- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 r t _ r--=-1 1=1 tz:=1 I - a Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 . USSR 50X1 50X1 50X1 � I . �����. ml� - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 r 1 1TT ii 1=1 �1 17=) r-- r -1 u�A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 A. NOTES B. Venezuela President Betancourt reacted swiftly yes- terday to meet the threat of Sabotage head-on. ,regular army troops have been turned out in Caracas, security guards thrown around oil instal- lations and troublesome labor leaders arrested. C. Brazil/Cuba If disapproving sounds mean anything, President Goulart has sown some seeds of dissension amongst the military by sending his top military ad- viser on a busv-bodv mission to Havan to see what can be donel D. Warsaw Pact The chief of staff post, unoccupied for five months, was filled yesterday by the appointment of Soviet Army General Pavel Batov. A much-decorated officer, Batov was once chief of the Soviet military advisery group in China and, most recently, commander of Soviet forces in Hungary. 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 nx,1 50X1 . . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 50X1 LJ- I-1 I if I I- I ir 1 I I 1 1 r Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 DOCUMENT OF INTEREST � . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/08/06 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001100260001-6 F 50X1