THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 13 NOVEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996660
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 13, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S .
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
13 NOVEMBER 1963
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Iraq-Syria
LATE ITEM
a. The arrest on Monday of doc-
trinaire Baathist Party leader Saadi
by more moderate party elements has
touched off another burst of gunfire
in Baghdad. Fragments of the national
guard and air force refused to take
his arrest lying down and jets have
attacked the presidential palace this
morning.
b. However, Defense Minister
Ammash and his party cadres within
the army appear to be siding with
the moderates, and the situation at
last report is calming down.
c. Fortunately for the moderates,
those army units opposed to the Baath
are for the most part stationed in
the north fighting the Kurds and were
thus unable to capitalize on the con-
fusion in the party's ranks. How-
ever, they may yet move.
d. In any case, the Baath has
been split and seriously weakened by
the arrest of Saadi. The latter,
who has a strong following in the
lower levels of the party, has favored
rapid socialization and early union
with Syria.
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e. Should the Iraqi Baath fall
from power, we doubt that the Syrian
party can survive either. The lat-
ter is also in political convulsions,
but with the opposite tendency ap-
parently coming out on top.
f. General Amin al-Hafiz, com-
mander of the army, has succeeded
moderate Baathist Premier Bitar. His
rival General Muhammad Umran, leader
of the doctrinaire Syrian Baathists,
has been named as deputy prime minis-
ter and one of Umran's followers has
been appointed Chief of Staff.
g. These contradictory tenden-
cies in the Iraqi and Syrian branches
of the Baath probably lie behind the
recent muffling of unity talk. Syrian
military units are still stationed
in Iraq, however.
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1. South Vietnam
2. Laos
a. The new military leaders
are out to revive cooperation with
the once-powerful politico-religious
sects in the delta.
b. Brigadier General Nguyen Huu
Co, new corps commander for the prov-
inces south of the Mekong River
considers support from the Hoa
Hao and Cao Dai sects of prime im-
portance in developing popular sup-
port in the countryside.
c. Co does not want the sects
to set up their own armies again
but plans to use their followers in
the government's paramilitary forces.
d. Premier Tho has also indi-
cated that he and General Minh hope
to use the two sects and Catholic
elements as well to breathe new life
into the strategic hamlet program.
a. A clearing operation by
neutralist and right-wing troops to
oust enemy forces from key positions
near the Plaine des Jarres is running
into trouble.
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b. The Pathet Lao are counter-
attacking in the Lat Boua region
north of the Plaine. Neutralist
positions in the Lat Houang area have
also come under fire.
c. The neutralists have been
trying to strengthen their positions
north of the Plaine to get the jump
on an expected Pathet attack in this
area. They also want to take the
high ground commanding the Route 4
supply route from Xieng Khouang town.
d. They would in fact very much
like to take the town itself, but we
give them little chance.
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NOTES
A. Burma The Ministry of Home Affairs is meeting
Thursday on the deportation of ten foreign Christian
missionaries,headed by two Americans) old Burma hands,
whose families have been working with the border
tribes for many years. They are alleged to be
"stirring up trouble contrary to the Security of
Burma." This is another example of Ne Win's xenopho-
bia and could have been touched off by the recent
coup in South Vietnam.
B. USSR Our embassy's initial reaction is that
Milhoorn's arrest is probably in retaliation for
our arrest of the Amtorg chaffeur Igor A. Ivanov
who was involved in the Butenko espionage case. Ef-
forts of our consul to see Barghoorn have been un-
successful.
C. Yemen-Egypt The Yemeni tribes are demanding addi-
tional tribute for their continued loyalty to the
republican regime. The regime does not have the
money) and has not been able to pay its army and
civil servants in three months. Cairo will undoubt-
edly cough up, but Nasir cannot be too happy about
it, especially since there is no end in sight.
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E. Nationalist China
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Cuba Reuters' correspondent Alan Oxley has been
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espionage. ?Oxley, the last resident newsman from
an English-speaking country, was arrested over 15
times in his three-year assignment in Cuba.
Algeria One Fadeyev, a Soviet general described
as "head of Russian instruction," has turned up in
Al?eria. On Sunda ?he visited Bedea
The few Soviet mili-
tary personnel previously known to be in Algeria
are aiding in mine removal near the Tunisian border.
H. Iceland Prime Minister Olafur Thors is resigning
on doctor's orders. Bjarni Benediktsson, the miniS-
ter of justice, is expected to be installed as his
successor tomorrow. Our embassy anticipates no
changes in the composition or policies of the govern-
ment as a result of Thors resignation.
I. Colombia
arrival of the El Cisne off Rio Hacha near
the northwestern tip of TOIZEUTE.
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