THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 18 JULY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995811
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 18, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
18 JULY W62
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LATE ITEM
We have so far only preliminary and fragmentary reports
on what is going on in Peru, but it appears that the military have
finally made their move. A ring of troops and tanks was thrown
around the presidential palace in Lima early this morning and
forced entrance. The last straws, as far as the military were
concerned, would seem to have been yesterday's events, in which
their charges of fraud against Haya were formally rejected, Presi-
dent Prado refused to accept the cabinet's resignation and ordered
congress to proceed with the election of a new president in accordance
with the established constitutional rules.
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I. USSR-Berlin
2. Iran
In Geneva, the bloc's psychological
warriors are again hinting that if the
US is not more forthcoming when Secretary
Rusk meets with Gromyko in the course
of winding up the Laos conference, the
Soviets will move quickly to sign a
separate peace treaty with East Germany.
These threats are similar to those last
summer, which fell off after private
talks were begun with Gromyko.
The Shah yesterday accepted Prime
Minister Amini's resignation, but asked
him to stay on until a new man was
appointed. The story for public con-
sumption is that Amini quit because
of budgetary problems. We believe,
however, that the endless stream of
barbs loosed against him by powerful
elements opposed to reform has more
to do with it.
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3. Congo
a. In the assembly vote of endorse-
ment for Adoula's reshuffled government
on Monday, there were enough abstentions
to prevent his achieving an absolute
majority, giving rise to claims by his
opponents that he had, in fact, suffered
a vote of no confidence. Whatever
the legal niceties, opposition leaders
have called on President Kasavubu to
appoint a new premier. These develop-
ments, we suspect, may signal the out-
break of the political storm that has
been building up for sometime. As is
normally the case with Congolese
politics, we cannot predict what will
come next.
b. In New York, Foreign Minister
Bomboko and Interior Minister Kamitatu,
disappointed by the meager results of
their campaign for a more militant UN
policy, are planning to come home via
India, Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, and the
Casablanca bloc states, where they
hope to pick up all sorts of military
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c. The crowds have been dispersed'
in Elisabethville, but tension is still
running high following yesterday's
attack by a mob of "Femmes KatangaiseS"
on the UN's roadblock outside the city.
UN representative Gardner, in Leopold-
ville, believes that the casualties
resulting from this affair were inflicted
by Katangan security forces with a view
to blackening the UN, but seems to be
completely lost as to what he should
do next.
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4. Algeria
5. South Vietnam
Chiefs of the military regions,
now in their second day of secret
meetings, are still groping for a
formula that will at least paper-over
the split in nationalist ranks. Mean-
while, comments coming out of Ben
Bella's camp suggest that his faction
is not very- interested in settling
for much less than Ben Khedda's un-
conditional surrender. There are
continued hints that Ben Bella might
set up a separate Western Algerian
state.
a. As the Laos conference heads
into its final phase, our delegation
sees a possibility that the Communist
side will formally propose the convening
of a conference on Vietnam. Such a
call would find receptive neutralist
ears around the table, notably the
Indians who are already saying that
the prescription for settling the Laos
problem will work equally well for
Vietnam.
b. Meanwhile; the COmmunist-run
Liberation Front in South Vietnam,
peddling its case further afield than
ever before, is sending a delegation
to Cuba to participate in the 26 July
celebrations. It also plans, assuming
the Cubans agree, to establish a
"permanent office" in Havana.
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6. Afro-Asian Conference
Indonesia's dreams of a second
Bandung Conference moved closer to
reality last week when Pakistan agreed
to be a co-sponsor. Djakarta's big-
gest obstacle now is to convince
India, ever the reluctant dragon in
these affairs, that it should par-
ticipate. With Pakistan signed up
as a sponsor and Peiping committed
to be present, the odds are that New
Delhi will conclude that it cannot
afford not to go along with the
crowd.
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A. Khrushchev ?is making a pre-vacation tour of the Kola Peninsula
area near the Norwegian border where, we think, he will observe
tests of advanced naval weapons, possibly including the launching
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B. In Laos, center stage is presently occupied by the Chinese
representation issue. It is not likely to stay there long,
however, as the Laotians, by continuing to make friendly nods
in both directions, have just about sealed Taipei's decision to
withdraw from the contest.
C. With at least one eye on forcing President Arosemena to cancel
his forthcoming trip to the US, Ecuadorian Communists and their
sympathizers are attempting, with some success, to turn the current
flurry of strikes for better pay and social welfare into violent
demonstrations against the government.
D. A Thai Red Cross delegation arrived in Hanoi last Saturday to
renegotiate an agreement for repatriating the Vietnamese who took
refuge in northeastern Thailand during the Indochina war. The
original agreement lapsed last month after nearly half of the
estimated 70,000 refugees had been transported to North Vietnam.
E. A recent upsurge of military activity between
Peiping and the Sinkiang Military Region in west China, no doubt
stimulated by the current pushing and hauling with the Indians
in Ladakh, is nonetheless noteworthy in that it indicates the
establishment of a special command authority responsible for
Chinese forces deployed in the disputed territory.
F. Speaking on the radio yesterday, Sukarno once again declared
that West New Guinea would become a part of Indonesia before the
end of the year.
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