THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 JANUARY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996750
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 2, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--2 JANUARY 1964
1. CYPRUS:
A. BRITISH PATROLS ARE MAINTAINING A TENUOUS TRUCE,
BUT LOCAL INCIDENTS COULD LEAD TO LARGE?SCALE VIOLENCE.
B. TBE BRITISH ARE AIRLIFTING 700 MORE TROOPS TO
CYPRUS AND HAVE ALERTED A PARATROOP BRIGADE.
C. MEANWHILE, THE MILITARY PREPARATIONS OF BOTH
TURKEY AND GREECE CONTINUE TO CONCERN US. IN SOUTHERN
? TURKEY, FORCES ARE BEING READIED FOR A POSSIBLE MOVE
AGAINST CYPRUS.
D. AFTER CALLING AN EMERGENCY MEETING EARLY THIS
MORNING OF THE GREEK CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE MINISTER OF
DEFENSE AND PARTY LEADERS, PREMIER PARASKEVOPOULOS,
PLACED TBE ARMED FORCES ON A STATE OF "IMMEDIATE READI?
NESS."
2, ARAB CONFERENCE:
A. AN ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE IS NOW SCHEDULED TO
MEET 13 JANUARY IN CAIRO TO DEVELOP A UNIFIED ARAB RE?
SPONSE TO ISRAEL IW PLANS TO DIVERT THE JORDAN WATERS.
B. ISRAEL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN PUMPING TESTS FOR
THE PROJECT IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY,
C. NASIR HAS BEEN AT PAINS TO SPREAD THE WORD
THAT THE EGYPTIANS DO NOT CONTEMPLATE MILITARY ACTION.
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D. THE CONFERENCE, CALLED ON HIS INITIATIVE, SEEMS
DESIGNED MORE TO GUARD AGAINST SOME RASH SYRIAN MOVE, TO
PREPARE POLITICAL COUNTERMEASURES AND TO MEND FENCES WITH
THE OTHER ARAB STATES.
3. NATIONALIST CHINA:
A. AMBASSADOR WRIGHT DOES NOT THINK TAIPEI WILL
BREAK RELATIONS WITH TOKYO OVER THE JAPANESE DECISION TO
RETURN THE CHINESE COMMUNIST DEFECTOR TO THE MAINLAND.
B. NEVERTHRLESS, HE DOES EXPECT SOME FURTHER LIMITED
DIPLOMATIC MOVES AND SOME ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE ECONOMIC
EXPERTS NOW IN TAIPEI.
C. PRESIDENT CHIANG KAI-SHEK SAID INA RATHER EMO-
TIONAL INTERVIEW WITH THE AMBASSADOR THAT JAPANESE HANDLING
OF THE CASE WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF US "CODDLING" OF
JAPAN.
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4. NOTES:
A. USSR: AMBASSADOR KOHLER BELIEVES THAT SECRETARY
MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT ON A $1 BILLION REDUCTION IN OUR DE-
FENSE BUDGET MAY INFLUENCE A DECISION BY THE SOVIETS RE-
GARDING REDUCTION OF THEIR FORCES. HE SAYS THIS MATTER
IS APPARENTLY STILL UNDER DISCUSSION IN MOSCOW.
B. SAUDI ARABIA: CROWN PRINCE FAYSAL APPEARS TO
HAVE WON HIS RECENT CONTEST FOR POWER WITH KING SAUD,
C. USSR:
E, USSR !- EGYPT: KHRUSHCHEV WILL NOT VISIT CAIRO
UNTIL AFTER THE ARAB SUMMIT MEETING WHICH OPENS ON 13
JANUARY,
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