THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959051
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 25, 1961

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TO WHITE HOUSE: EYES ONLY TO CAPTAIN SHEPPARD FOR THE PRESIDENT
COPY TO GENERAL CLIFTON (EYES ONLY)
-ERgSIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
1. CONGO.
A. THE UN HAS REJECTED TSHOMBE'S ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE CEASE-FIRE--THAT THE UN LEAVE KATANGA AND
PAY FOR DAMAGES. THE CEASE-FIRE, SO FAR IS STILL IN EFFECT.
B. THE PRESS REPPORTS EXTENSIVELY ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK KATANGA, BUT WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION FROM
OFFICIAL SOURCES. SUCH A MOVE WOULD POSE MAJOR LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS
AND TAKE SOME TIME TO DEVELOP.
C. THERE ARE SIGNS OF INCREASING RHODESIAN AND SOUTH 50X1
AFRICAN SUPPORT FOR TSHOMBE.
2. EXPANSION OF COMMUNIST GUERILLA ACTIVITY IN SOUTH VIETNAM. 50X1
THE NUMBER OF STATIONS IN THEIR CLANDESTINE RADIO NET HAS RISEN FROM FIVE
IN 1959 TO 29 THIS JANUARY AND 49 NOW. WE HAVE DETECTED THREE NEW
ONES SINCE JULY IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, WHERE THEY HAVE STEPPED
UP ATTACKS THIS MONTH. 50X1
3. BERLIN.
A. THE SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE IN THE BERLIN AIR SAFETY CENTER
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HAS BEGUN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A *SALAMI" APPROACH TO
MANEUVERING WESTERN REPRESENTATIVES INTO REPORTING TO HIM
THE EXACT TIMES THAT WESTERN AIRCRAFT WILL CROSS THE EAST GERMAN-
WEST GERMAN_BORDER. WHICH WOULD BE TREATING IT AS AN INTERNATIONAL
FRONTIER. 50X1
B. THE SOVIETS HAVE PROTESTED INCREASED US PATROLLING
OF THE BERLIN.,MAREINBORN AUTOBAHN. 50X1
C. THE FRENCH HAVE REFUSED TO TURN OVER
TO THE EAST GERMANS THE TWO WEST GERMAN FIGHTER PILOTS WHO FLEW TO
BERLIN LAST WEEK. 50X1
4. NKRUMAH'S DISMISSAL OF BRITISH OFFICERS. ALTHOUGH INVITED 50X1
TO REMAIN AS ADVISORS, MOST WILL LEAVE. NKRUMAH
UNDOUBTEDLY FELT THE BRITISH PRESENCE WAS AN OBSTACLE 50X1
TO HIS PLANS TO ACCEPT SOVIET MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND TO FUNCTION
IN THE CASABLANCA POWERS' "AFRICAN HIGH COMMAND."
5. NOTES
A. TENSION IN ALGERIA IS VERY HIGH/
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C. THE TUNISIANS ARE STILL COMPLAINING THAT FRANCE
UPPING ITS TERMS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS TO THE BIZERTE BASE.
D. JAMAICA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE WEST INDIES FEDERATION
MAY SOON BE FOLLOWED BY TRINIDAD'S. EFFORTS TO RENEGOTIATE THE
DEFENSE AREAS AGREEMENT CONCLUDED LAST FEBRUARY WITH THE US MAY
FOLLOW.
E. THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS SEEM TO BE PUTTING PRESSURE ON
OUTER MONGOLIA NOT TO ESTABLISH DOPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH JAPAN.
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