THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 23 SEPTEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996572
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 23, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
23 SEPTEMBER 1963
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1. Malaysia
a. Sukarno's confrontation of
Malaysia moved another ste forward
over the weekend.
c. Ambassador Jones says the
Indonesian decision to break off
trade with Malaysia amounts to In-
donesia's cutting its economic
throat in pursuit of a political ob-
jective.
d. In Singapore, the smashing
victory scored by Lee Kuan Yew in
Saturday's election will strengthen
his claim to a bigger voice in run-
ning Malaysia. Lee attracted a large
number of Malay votes despite Rahman's
last-minute appeal on behalf of
Malay candidates.
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2. South Vietnam
3. Pakistan-
China
c. The US embassy in Saigon
notes some improvement in relations
between working-level Vietnamese
and their, American counterparts.
However, articles critical of the
US continue to appear in the con-
trolled press and briefings for
Vietnamese troops retain an anti-
American flavor.
a. Pakistani officials have
decided that the Lahore-Kashgar air
route, one of the two allowed Pakis-
tan in the agreement with China, is
something less than a commercial
plum.
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4. Cuba
b. They describe a trial
flight early this month as a "touch-
and-go" affair and recall vividly
flying through cloud banks at 24,000
feet while much higher mountain peaks
loomed all around.
c. At Kashgar the officials
found only A gravel runway and no
terminal or maintenance facilities.
Kashgar did have a'radio beacon but
the Pakistanis failed to pick it up
until their plane was directly over
the airport.
d. The Pakistanis were also
unimpressed with the lot of Kashgar's
Moslem population, which looked in-
timidated, persecuted and poverty-
stricken.
b. Castro's picture of himself
as successfully curtailing the in-
fluence of orthodox Communists at
home
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5. Czechoslovakia
a. The changes in the Czech
cabinet announced Saturday represent
Novotny's long-expected move to pla-
cate his critics by jettisoning em-
barrassing political baggage.
b. Most of the dismissed of-
ficials, including Premier Siroky,
have been tarred either with the
regime's past political repression
or present economic mistakes.
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6. Haiti
c. Sop of course, has Novotny,
and someof the new appointees are
members of a loose "liberal" group-
ing within the Central Committee
which we regard as hostile to Novotny.
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NOTES
A. Sino-Soviet We doubt that Peiping, which has been
reading and writing the same sort of material for
years, will miss the threat with which the Soviets
wound up their week-end lecture. Moscow told the
Chinese that they could expect a "resolute rebuff"
if they kept to the "dangerous path" they have been
following, especially along the border.
B. Japan Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda sets out today
on a good will visit to the Philippines, Indonesia,
Australia and New Zealand. He has confided to Am-
bassador Reischauer his plan to propose that the
leaders of these countries come to Tokyo next year
to discuss the formation of a new West Pacific or-
ganization. Ikeda sets great stock in this scheme,
the chief object of which is to draw Indonesia more
into the western camp.
C. Ecuador The junta which replaced Arosemena appears
to be coming apart. The betting in Quito is that
either General Naranjo or Colonel Gandara will soon
make a move to assume control.
D. Mexico-US In the past two weeks both President
Lopez Mateos and the foreign minister have publicly
reiterated their confidence that the US will soon
carry out its undertaking to reduce the salt con-
tent of Colorado River water reaching Mexico. Mexi-
co City fears serious political repercussions if an
effective solution is not found before winter crops
are planted.
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E. USSR-Brazil The Soviet embassy in Rio has announced
that Gromyko will visit Brazil after attending the
inauguration of the Argentine president on 12 October.
F. Angolai
Angolan fighters are start-
ing to filter back into Angola, having completed
their military training in the Congo.
G. Laos The Pathet Lao now say that they are holding
the menwho went down with an Air America plane early
this month as "prisoners of war", but did not specify
how many survivors they were holding. Three Ameri-
cans were aboard.
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