THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 23 JUNE 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958916
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 23, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
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23 JUNE 1961
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NOTE: This issue includes items from that of 22 June
1. Zurich communique signed
yesterday contains im-
portant concessions by
Phoumi and Boun Oum
2, MIGs for Cuba may be 19's
3, Another Chinese National-
ist protest against? US
actions
In it they:
a) agreed to form a coalition govern-
ment without reference to the national
assembly.
b) largely accepted the domestic and
foreign policies advocated by Souvanna;
c) disavowed "the protection of any
military alliance" i.e., SEATO;
d) apparently accepted the de facto
partition of Laos during the period of
provisional government. (This would
allow the Pathet ?Lao to consolidate
their holdings while using their poli-
tical arm to undermine Phoumi in his.
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rule crates delivered recently
could contain MIG-19's, a fighter
rated below the US Century series
in performance. Only two other non-
bloc countries--the UAR and Iraq--
have received these jets.
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Chiang gave Ambassador Drumright a bad
afternoon on Tuesday. Citing the Liao
case, Outer Mongolia, and the UN
moratorium issue, he stated his sus-
picion of a calculated change in US
China policy, and threatened "serious
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4. _ISrael-UAR border flare-
ups
5. Iranian Premier faces
mounting opposition
6. Dominican President
presses efforts to
secure American
approval
Syrians provoked a series of incidents
on the Israeli-Syrian border on 19, 21,
and 22 June, interrupting several months
of relative quiet. Approaching Israeli
elections, scheduled for August, may
prompt Ben-Gurion to recoup lost
prestige by reinstituting his popular
"reprisal" policy against Arab incur-
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Balaguer, while intimating that re-
paired diplomatic relations will
strengthen both him and the forces
of liberalization, appears, in fact,
to doubt his capacity to influence
domestic developments
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7. 'East Germans offer
economic aid to Brazil
8. Further French views on
Algeria
9. UNGA President Boland
invited to Hungary
? They have offered to build a variety
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the depressed northeast, as do the Poles.
A Brazilian mission travelling in Eastern
Europe has signed a number of agreements
which would greatly increase the level of
bloc-Brazil trade. (Quadros' announce-
ment on Wednesday of his hopes to in-
crease trade with Cuba seems to be
a political gesture designed-to offset
his action against striking pro-Castro
students in Recife earlier this month).
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The number-two French negotiator at
Evian believes the Algerians will drag
out the talks indefinitely, believing
time on their side. 'Citing a marked
increase in terrorism in Algeria he
believes the situation there will
"disintegrate" if the negotiations_ar-
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prolonged, and France will have' no
choice but partition./
This action is probably in response to
an informal US suggestion that it would
help smooth the way for normalization
of Hungary's international position.
Wehave seen no signs, however, that
action will be taken to carry out the
two other steps which were suggested p200
evacuation of Soviet troops and an
amnesty to the 1956 rebels.)
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NOTES
A.
The agreement between the Bolivian government
and the miners that
the strike will be dropped and the miners'
leaders released tem-
porarily eases the crisis in Bolivia.
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B.
Khrushchev flew to Alma Ata yesterday
for the 40th anniversary of
the Kazakh Republic. This,is routine;
he probably will make another
speech.
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C.
In the Congo, Tshombe has finally been
released, and presumably is
now to be more cooperative with Kasavubu.
The date for the parlia-
ment meeting seems to be slipping into
July.
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D. Emb ssy Prague has been informed by the Czechs that they will re-....
taliate for US actions in the Nacvalac case, in effect on an "eye
for an eye" basis.
E. Embassy Lisbon believes that Portugal is shipping MAP-supplied
military equipment to its African colonies.
F. The circumstances surrounding the formal conclusion of the Soviet
aid agreement with China signed on Tuesday suggests that there has
been a substantial reduction in Soviet economic commitments. How-
ever, no information on what the agreement contains is yet available,
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G. El Salvador, noting reports of US feelers for a conference of
hemisphere foreign ministers this summer, has expressed a belief
that the meeting would provoke disunity on the eve of the September
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H. Nkrumah has called leaders of parties from territories not yet in-
dependent to meet in Accra on 28 June. He leaves for Moscow
on 5 July.
LATE ITEMS
J.
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At 0730 we received telephone word
that Castro has rejected the
details are. available.
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tractor offer. No OUAl
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WATCH COMMITTEE colicuisums-r-21 JUNE
A. No change from last week.
B, No change from last week.
C. LAOS: The Communists continue to delay implementation of an ef-
fective cease-fire in Laos while their forces proceed with efforts
to eliminate pro-government 'forces in Communist-dominated areas
and to improve their already strong military position. They ap-
parently believe that these tactics will eventually result in the
est blishment of a "neutral" Laotian government satisfactory to
them. The ability of the Royal Laotian Government to maintain
its cohesion and determination to resist is increasingly uncertain.
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ISRAELI -SYRIAN
BORDER AREA
Approximate Locations
of Border Incidents
Canal or conduit,
proposed or under construction
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Tel Aviv - Jaffa
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LAKE HULA
(Drained)
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Jerusalem
DEAD
SEA
UAR
(SYRIA)
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STATUTE MILES
340
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