THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 19 DECEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996096
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 19, 1962

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1. CUBA :
C. THE WAY THE CUBAN PRESS HAS BEEN TREATING NEWS ABOUT
THE USSR AND CHINA "SUGGESTS THAT CUBA IS TRYING TO FACE BOTH
WAYS OR PERHAPS EVEN NEITHER."
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F. SUNDAY'S PHOTOGRAPHY RAISED THE NUMBER OF MIG-21s IDENTI-
FIED IN CUBA FROM 39 TO 42
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3. INDONESIA:
A. ALTHOUGH THE INDONESIANS HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED WITH A FLOURISH
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THEY WANT TO POSTPONE DELIVERY OF SOME OF THE SAM EQUIPMENT STILL
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D. INDONESIAN OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED OVER THE UNEXPLAINED
FAILURE OF A DELEGATION OF SOVIET ECONOMIC EXPERTS TO ARRIVE IN
DJAKARTA, AS SCHEDULED, ON 15 DECEMBER. THE INDONESIANS HAVE
BEEN ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT MOSCOW MIGHT ASK IN RE-
TURN FOR KHRUSHCHEV'S AGREEMENT LAST MONTH TO PERMIT SOME STRETCH-
OUT IN THE DEBT REPAYMENT SCHEDULE,
4. INDIA-PAKISTAN:
A. THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER IN LONDON HAS MADE WHAT
WAS DESCRIBED AS A "STRONG DEMARCHE" TO THE BRITISH TO THE EFFECT
THAT NEW DELHI WOULD OBJECT STRENUOUSLY IF CONTINUATION OF
"GENEROUS" ARMS AID WERE MADE CONTINGENT ON SETTLEMENT OF INDIAN-
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PAKISTAN DIFFERENCES.
C. THE SAME NOTE IS BEING SOUNDED BY INDIAN OFFICIALS AND
THE PRESS IN NEW DELHI.. NEHRU TOLD A US INTERVIEWER YESTERDAY
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THAT THE INDIANS WOULD NOT GIVE IN TO THE CHINESE WHETHER THERE WAS
WESTERN AID OR NOT BUT SAID HE DOUBTED THAT US AID WOULD BE WITH-
HELD IF THERE WERE NO KASHMIR SETTLEMENT.
5. PERU:
A. THE STRIKE-CONNECTED VIOLENCE AT THE US-OWNED MINING IN-
STALLATION AT LA OROYA HAS HALTED, LEAVING BEHIND SCORES OF
CASUALTIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $4 MILLION.
B. NO US FATALITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
C. THE MILITARY JUNTA BEGINS TO SEE THAT IT WENT WRONG IN AC-
CEPTING COMMUNIST SUPPORT ON THE SLY OUT OF AN URGE TO CRIPPLE
THE LEFTIST, NON-COMMUNIST APRA PARTY. A CRACKDOWN ON THE COMMU-
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6. LAOS:
B.
THE ATMOSPHERE ratRE AS
UNSETTLED AND DISTURBING. FOR MORE THAN A WEEK,
A RUMOR, WHICH BEGINS TO BE ALMOST INSISTENT, THAT A MOVE
BY THE CENTER AND RIGHT FACTIONS TO DRIVE THE LEFTISTS OUT OF THE
GOVERNMENT IS IMMINENT.
7. SOVIET AGRICULTURE:
A. WE THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH SOVIET STATISTICS ON
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THE 1962 AGRICULTURAL YEAR TO CONCLUDE THAT NET OUTPUT WAS THE
LOWEST IN YEARS--LOWER IN FACT THAN IN ANY OF THE POST?WAR YEARS
FOR WHICH WE HAVE REASONABLY GOOD FIGURES.
B. HEAVY SETBACKS DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES IN SOME AREAS, PAR?
TICULARLY THE NORTHERN PART OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA, COMBINED WITH THE
PERENNIAL DEFECTS OF THE SYSTEM TO PRODUCE THE DISMAL OUTCOME.
PARTY SPOKESMEN IN THE BALTIC REPUBLIC COMPARE THIS YEARS EX?
TREME WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THOSE OF THE FAMINE YEAR OF 1928.
C. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE SOVIET CONSUMER IS NOT GRIM--THERE
IS ENOUGH FOOD TO KEEP HIS DIET AT A SAFE LEVEL--BUT THERE WILL
BE MANY SHORTAGES, SUPPLIES OF THE MUCH?FAVORED POTATO FOR
EXAMPLE, HAVE NOT BEEN SO LOW SINCE AT LEAST 1950.
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8. NOTES:
C. CANADA ? COMMUNIST CHINA: A NEW GRAIN CONTRACT
HAS BEEN SIGNED. THE CANADIANS WILL SUPPLY ROUGHLY THE
SAME AMOUNT OF WHEAT AS IN 1962-870,000 LONG TONS WILL
BE DELIVERED BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE OF THE COMING YEAR
D. MALAYSIA: THE GOVERNMENTS OF MALAYA AND SINGAPORE
ARE CALLING ONE ANOTHER NAMES IN A DISPUTE, A BY?PRODUCT
OF THE BRUNEI REVOLT WHICH DEALS A FURTHER SETBACK TO?
THE PROJECTED MALAYSIAN FEDERATION. THE ISSUE, WHICH
TURNS ON THE SCOPE IN THE TWO TERRITORIES OF THE SECURITY
ROUNDUP GENERATED BY THE BRUNEI REBELLION, HAS MALAYAN PRE?
MIER RAHMAN TALKING IN OVERCHARGED TONES OF GOING AHEAD
WITH THE FEDERATION WITHOUT SINGAPORE.
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E. MEXICO: PRESIDENT LOPEZ MATEOS SAID YESTERDAY
AT A BANGUET FOR PRESIDENT ALESSANDRI THAT MEXICO WOULD
BE WILLING TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON THE DENUCLEARIZATION
OF LATIN AMERICA IF AN "IMPORTANT GROUP" OF LATIN AMERICAN
NATIONS ALSO SUBSCRIBED TO THE PRINCIPLE.
F. CONGO: TSHOMBE, REPLYING TO A LETTER FORM U THANT
ON MONDAY, YESTERDAY NOTIFIED THE UN THAT HE IS READY TO
SEND A DELEGATION TO LEOPOLDVILLE TO NEGOTIATE ON THE PRO?
POSAL TO ROUTE UNION MINIERE REVENUES THROUGH THE MONETARY
COUNCIL.
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