THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 JULY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995815
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 20, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
20 JULY 1962
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I. _USSR
2. Laos
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a. We have been seeing indications
which suggest that the Soviets are getting
ready for another series of space shots.
The present betting is for the launching
of a recoverable earth satellite early
next month, followed by A VPhris nrobe
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b. Moscow has closed off an area
of the Barents Sea just north of Murmansk
from today through Monday. We suspect
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naval missile tests, perhans with Khrn-
shchey at the button.
If Souvanna has changed his
travel plans, he has so far kept it
to himself..
b. Meanwhile, the first feeble?
effort at troikaism--formation of
composite battalions--is coming apart
at the seams. Phoumi, reacting to
Souphannouvong's refusal to permit his
troops to enter the Plaine des Jarres,
has threatened to "arrest" the Kong
Le and Pathet Lao units in Vientiane
and Luang Prabang. As a consequence,
these troops, except for a small body-
guard contingent for Souphannouvong,
are being withdrawn from those towns.
c. Neutralist-Pathet Lao harmony,
manifest in Vientiane, tends to modulate
into discord in the back-country where
the struggle for local influence-goes on
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unabated. Our information indicates
that, in some instances, the two sides
are close to exchanging blows.
d. A Kong Le battalion commander
yesterday received orders to select
candidates for specialized training
with a view to their replacing Vietnamese
instructors "when they return to their
country." We are not by any means
prepared to say that this bit of informa-
tion heralds an imminent, large-scale
withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from
Laos. It is, nonetheless, the sort of
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creasing frequency when, and if, Hanoi
does decide to evacuate its troops.
e. In Geneva, all delegations
have signified their intentions to
sign on the dotted line on Monday.
a. In Elisabethville, UN repre-
sentative Gardiner finally got in to
see Tshombe, but, at last report, had not
made much headway with him on matters
of substance. Meanwhile, an uneasy
calm prevails, but more trouble may
erupt following the reestablishment
of the UN roadblock which was temporarily
dismantled yesterday to avoid incidents
during the funeral of the victims killed
during Thursday's rioting.
b. Our consul, noting an upsurge
of anti-US sentiment, reports that there
is a danger of demonstrations against
the Consulate and Americans, but does
not feel the time has come to consider
evacuation.
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4, South Vietnam
c, Back in Leopoldville, President
Kasavubu has rejected the request of
Adoula's opponents to appoint a new
prime minister, and proposes to adjourn
parliament instead Adoula, having thus
negotiated one hurdle, is confronted
with fresh troubles, this time from the
military side. Many of his troops, not
having much stomach for a scrap, are
balking against being sent to Katanga,
while out in Stanleyville--Lumumba's
old stronghold--General Lundula is
acting more and more as though he is
his own boss.
d. Officials of Union Miniere
on Wednesday listened politely (albeit
with their eyes on the ceiling), but
were impervious to Ambass Or Mac-
Arthur's arguments for a switch in
their,company's Katanga policy.
The Communist-operated liberation
front on Wednesday laid some of its
cards on the table. In what amounted
to a straight plagiarism'from -
Souvanna Phouma's book; it called for
the establishment of an all-party
national coalition government which
it, envisages will "adopt a neutral
peaceful foreign policy, establish
friendly intercourse with any country
and in the first place with neighboring
states. It will not affiliate with.any
military block, not recognize Any
foreign military base on its territory,
and will accept aid from any country,
providing no political conditions
are attached. An international
agreement is to be signed whereby the
great powers of different blocs commit
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5, West New Guinea
6, Britain-EEC
7. Peru
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independence, territorial intewritv and
neutrality of South Vietnam."
Dutch Premier De Quay yesterday
expressed satisfaction over the way
negotiations with the Indonesians are
going. He also hinted that The Hague,
in the interest of keeping things moving,
would be amenable to shortening the
transitional period prior to Djakarta's
takeover of the disputed territory,
provided an appropriate role was
retained for the UN.
The ministerial conference which
got under way in Brussels yesterday may
tell the story on whether the UK will
gain early admittance to the Common
Market. Against a backdrop of resurgent
French opposition and the unresolved
squabble over markets for temperate
zone agricultural products, the initial
outlook is not especially promising.
a. There were sporadic demonstra-
tions in downtown Lima last night, and
trouble now is beginning to spread to
the countryside. A good deal of behind-
the-scenes talk of general strikes,
counter-coups and the like is going on,
the general feeling being that if the
junta is not thrown off soon, there
will be many lean years ahead as far
as free political activity is concerned.
b. Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica
have recalled their ambassadors in Lima;
Honduras and Brazil have suspended re-
lations.2
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A. Burma's General Ne Win recently told Malcolm MacDonald that the
Soviets have been after him to conclude an arms deal which would
include jet fighters, but that he had repeatedly turned thumbs
down.
B. In Japan, the refusal of several prominent members of the ruling
Liberal-Democratic Party to serve in the new cabinet means that
Prime Minister Ikeda, like those before him, is probably in
for some hard times with his own party during his sophomore
term.
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C. Prime Minister Wasfi Tal of Jordan, reform-minded and a backer
of civilian supremacy in the military establishment, is said to
be raising the hackles of the military and conservative politicians
D. A Soviet submarine tender, now cruising in the Indian Ocean east
of Ceylon, may be on a mission to service the submarines that
Moscow has turned over to Indonesia.
E. Yet another Soviet official of cabinet rank is on a foreign
assignment. He is Minister of Communications Psurtsev who is
en route to Cuba to negotiate "a further improvement" of
postal, telegraph, and telephone connections between the two
countries.
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DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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