THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 NOVEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996685
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 25, 1963

lE3 15= !=3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10: CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25 NOVEMBER 1963 -TOP-SEGIZEI Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 r ?A r- i:=1 I it ir i .1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 r 1. South Vietnam a. Vietnamese Communist forces kept up their high post-coup level of activity over the weekend. b. The most significant action was an attack early yesterday morn- ing against a US special forces train- ing camp some 30 miles from Saigon. c. When the smoke cleared after a sharp fight, four US soldiers were missing and at least 35 South Vietnamese were dead. d. Late yesterday morning, the Viet Cong shot down two aircraft sup- porting a government operation in the extreme south, and damaged twelve more. Two more Americans are missing in this action. e. Back in Saigon, the new re- gime's troubles with the ambitious General Ton That Dinh continue. f. He is still angling to get control of the important strategic hamlet program and has yet to give up command of the Third Corps, which the generals assigned to another of their number earlier in the month. This corps is of particular signifi- cance in that it surrounds Saigon. For The President Only - Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 MALAYSIA ? BR UN,J,..,1 Sarawak INDIAN ? OCEAN MALAYSIA 0 MILES 1000 631124 34176 50X1 classified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RD-P79T00936A002100020001-1 Eig2 t=i Esm EEM ES;1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 2. Indonesia- Malaysia 3. Venezuela a. Sukarno is beefing up the subversive aspects of his confronta- tion campaign against Malaysia. a. The weekend was marred only by sporadic and minor acts of ter- rorism in several cities. Govern- ment security forces have the situa- tion generally under control. b. The Venezuelan Air Force is stepping up its efforts to track down and destroy intruder aircraft. The Venezuelans are convinced that planes have been ferrying supplies to pro-Castro guerrillas in the mountains of the northwest. (Cont'd) For The President Only - Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 ":6 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 fa ? 12 10 72 70 68 66 64 62 60 82 10 2 ? 0 ? ? . ? _ 0 ? -, Diana le \ I, CURACAO % "..... Amuar. , i, ?El Carden .?`,......; - '- . Coro ' -4?Pr 0 cab rcaibo , %imas a/ ' Baituitmito . 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The new regime apparently is not convinced that the hard core of the Baath Party and its paramili- tary supporters have been put down for good. a. We have information that a showdown between the moderate and extremist factions of the ruling Baath Party in Syria is fast approach- ing. (Cont'd) For The President Only - Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 ? 50X1 50X1 L:=1 f - r="-1 1=23 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 6. Italy b. Prime Minister Hafiz as the leading figure on the side of modera- tion. General Umran heads the doc- trinaire extremists. c. It was a split along the same lines that brought about the Baath Party's fall from power in Iraq. a. Premier-designate Moro ex- pects that the program for a "center- left" coalition government will be approved today by the four parties involved. c. After the program has been approved, the final selection of a cabinet can be undertaken. This could take the rest of the week. ,)0 For The President Only - Too Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 F-71- 50X1 50X1 50X1 ( Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 *CAIRO JORDAN KUWAIT KUWAIT Medina Medina. ecca ?Teif RED SEA NEUTRAL ZONE SAUDI ARABIA FRENCH SOMAL?LAND Fbeclassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/09/10 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002100020001-1 C=3 ADEN GULF OF ADEN ETHIOPIA ? Nhamis Mushait., Al Hudayclah. .Najran *Saclah .cg \