THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 16 NOVEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996666
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 16, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-16 NOVEMBER 1963
1. IRAQ:
A. THE "INTERNATIONAL COMMAND" OF THE BAATH PARTY HAS
TAKEN CHARGE OF THE PARTY IN IRAQ, AND IS TRYING TO RESTORE
.PARTY DISCIPLINE AND CONTAIN INTERNECINE PARTY WARFARE.
C. BAGHDAD IS QUIET, AT LEAST FOR THE !GWENT.
2. CUBA-VENEZUELA:
A.
ON THE NORTH COAST OF VENEZUELA
CUBA.
ARMS CACHE DISCOVERED
CAMS Fgpm
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3. I SRAEL- JORDAN :
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B. IN THE MT, SCOPUS ENCLAVE NEAR JERUSALEM, ISRAELI
TROOPS ARE AGAIN HARASSING ARAB VILLAGERS WHO LIVE JUST OUT-
SIDE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORY. IN THE LATRUN AREA WEST OF
JERUSALEM THE ISRAELIS HAVE BEGUN TO PLOW AND PLANT LARGE
SEGMENTS OF A "NO MAN'S LAND" BETWEEN JORDAN AND ISRAEL.
4. LAOS:
A. THE NEUTRALIST AND RIGHT-WING CLEARING OPERATION
HAS PETERED OUT IN THE FACE
OF PATHET LAO RESISTANCE,
B. IN TYPICAL LAOTIAN FASHION, THE PARTICIPANTS ARE
HEADING BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. KONG LE AND PATHET
GENERAL SINGKAPO ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET TODAY IN THE PLAINE
DES JARRES ON SINGKAPO'S INVITATION.
C. WE DOUBT THAT ANY MORE WILL COME or THIS THAN OF
THE INNUMERABLE PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS.
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5. NOTES:
A. ARGENTINA: ILLIA LAST NIGHT ANNULLED THE OIL CON-
TRACTS. HIS DECREES CALL FOR THE TREASURY MINISTER TO PRESENT
A REPORT ON THE OIL PROBLEM. THIS PRESUMABLY WILL SERVE AS
A BASIS FOR A COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT TO BE DECIDED IN THE
COURTS.
B. CANADA-BULGARIA: CANADIAN ABILITY TO DELIVER ON
THE WHEAT DEALS WITH EAST EUROPE IS BEING TAXED TO THE LIMIT.
ALTHOUGH THE BULGARIANS HAVE BEEN PRESSING FOR DELIVERY OF
200,000 TONS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR THE CANADIANS SAY
THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL WHEN THE ST. LAWRENCE
OPENS. OUR LEGATION IN SOFIA THINKS BULGARIA MAY SOON TRY
TO GET WHEAT FROM THE US.
C. UK: DENIS HEALEY, LABOR'S DEFENSE SPOKESMAN, HAS
TOLD OUR EMBASSY THAT IF THE MLF PROPOSAL SURVIVES AND AL-
TERNATIVE COURSES REMAIN BLOCKED, THEN A LABOR GOVERNMENT WOULD
FINALLY COME AROUND TO JOINING MLF RATHER THAN STAYING OUT-
SIDE. HE SAID THIS VIEW WAS SHARED BY HAROLD WILSON AND
PATRICK GORDON WALKER ALTHOUGH FOR OBVIOUS REASONS IT COULD
ONLY BE FOUND IN "SMALL PRINT" PARTY STATEMENTS ON GENERAL
MLF POLICY.
D. SOUTH KOREA: THE REGIME IS USING MORE POLICE PRES-
SURE IN THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN FOR THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THAN
IT DID IN LAST MONTH'S UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE PRESIDENTIAL
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ELECTIONS. IF THE POLICE GET TOO HEAVY-HANDED THERE COULD
BE TROUBLE IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH ENDS
ON 26 NOVEMBER.
E. FRANCE - SOUTH VIETNAM: A FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY
OFFICIAL HAS TOLD AMBASSADOR BOHLEN THERE IS REAL DISAGREE-
MENT BETWEEN THE QUAI D'ORSAY AND DE GAULLE ON VIETNAMESE
POLICY. HE SAID THAT DE GAULLE HAD FLATLY OVERRULED THE
QUAI'S RECOMMENDATION THAT FRANCE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE THE
NEW SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, THE OFFICIAL SPECULATED
THAT DE GAULLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHOW HIS INDEPENDENCE OF
THE US, BUT THAT HE WAS ALSO ACTING ON A VAGUE BELIEF THAT
SOME FORM OF NEGOTIATIONS MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE.
G. BRAZIL: THE BRAZILIAN SENATE HAS FOR THE FIRST
TIME EXERCISED ITS CONSTITUTIONAL PREROGATIVE TO CONVOKE AN
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF CONGRESS, PROBABLY TO PREVENT GOULART
FROM TAKING SOME ACTION TO EXPAND HIS POWER-SUCH AS DECLARING
A STATE OF SIEGE--WHILE THE LEGISLATURE IS ADJOURNED. THE
LARGEST VOTE FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION--SET FOR 16 DECEMBER TO
8 MARCH--CAME FROM GOULART'S NOMINAL ALLIES, THE SOCIAL DEMO-
CRATS.
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H. BARGHOORN: FOLLOWING IS THE TASS ANNOUNCEMENT:
"AS IT WAS REPORTED EARLIER, THE STATE SECURITY ORGANS IN
MOSCOW ARRESTED FOR ESPIONAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN FREDERICK
CHARLES-BARGHOORN WHO WAS IN THE USSR AS A TOURIST, THE IN-
VESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS ENGAGED IN INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE USSR. THUS THE SOVIET ORGANS HAD
EVERY GROUND TO PUT F.C. BARGHOORN ON TRIAL. BUT IN Ingw
OF THE CONCERN OF THE US HIGH OFFICIALS OVER F.C. BARGHOORN'S
FATE THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT DECIDED MERELY TO EXPEL HIM FROM
THE SOVIET UNION."
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