THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996532
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 30, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-30 AUGUST 1963
1. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. DIEM IS VIGOROUSLY AND EMOTIONALLY DEFENDING THE
REGIME'S POLICIES TOWARD THE BUDDHISTS.
B. HE TOLD A US OFFICIAL ON WEDNESDAY THAT HE HAD NOW
SOLVED THE BUDDHIST ISSUE WITH THE HELP OF "REAL" BUDDHIST
LEADERS PREVIOUSLY SHUNTED ASIDE BY VIET CONG CADRES WITHIN
BUDDHIST RANKS.
C. DIEM--REPORTEDLY USING WORDS AS IF THEY HAD SOME
MAGIC THAT MADE THEM BELIEVABLE--SAID NHU'S ACTIONS WERE
SELFLESS, AND SHOWED PASSIONATE INDIGNATION OVER ATTACKS
IN THE "IRRESPONSIBLE" US PRESS AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT
AND HIS FAMILY,
D. EFFORTS--
--To LINE UP POPULAR SUP?
PORT FOR THE REGIME ARE CONTINUING,
E. YESTERDAY MAO TSE?TUNG, IN A STATEMENT AIMED
ACTUALLY AT CONTRASTING CHINESE SUPPORT WITH MOSCOW'S
RELATIVE RESTRAINT, PLEDGED SUPPORT FROM "THE CHINESE
PEOPLE" IN THE FIGHT "AGAINST DIEM AND THE US."
2. INDIA?USSR:
A. MOSCOW APPEARS WILLING TO UP ITS ECONOMIC AID
TO INDIA, AND FINANCE MINISTER KRISHNAMACHARI SAYS
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DISCUSSIONS WILL OPEN IN A FEW WEEKS.
B. NEW DELHI IS COUNTING ON THE swim BLOC TO CHIP
IN ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THE THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN.
BLOC COMMITMENTS UP TO THE PRESENT MIDPOINT ARE JUST OVER
$600 MILLION.
C. THE INDIAN STEEL MINISTRY WANTS TO SEEK SOVIET
AID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOKARO STEEL MILL, BUT
NEHRU HAS NOT DECIDED YET ON THIS..
3, YEMEN-UAR-SAUDI ARABIA:
A. UN REPRESENTATIVE RIKHYE? EN ROUTE TO YEMEN, TOLD
OUR EMBASSY IN CAIRO YESTERDAY THAT THE EGYPTIANS ASS&D
HIM THERE WOULD BE NO MORE BOMBINGS OF SAUDI TERRITORY.
B. RIKHYE ALSO CLAIMS FOREIGN MINISTER FAWZI TOLD
HIM CAIRO HAS INFORMED THANT IT WILL PAY ITS SHARE TOWARD
KEEPING THE UN MISSION IN YEMEN ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.
C. RESENTMENT IS GROWING IN JIDDA, HOWEVER, OVER
THANT'S RECENT ALLEGATIONS THAT THE SAUDIS HAVE NOT LIVED
UP TO THE DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
D, OUR EMBASSY IN TAIZ HAS OBSERVED A SHARP INCREASE
IN UAR CASUALTIES DURING THE PAST MONTH, WHICH DOESN'T
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QUITE JIBE WITH MARSHAL AMER'S EARLY AUGUST PUBLIC ASSER?
TION THAT "MILITARY OPERATIONS IN YEMEN ARE COMPLETED."
4. MALAYSIA:
A. COLONIAL SECRETARY SANDYS TOLD US OFFICIALS YESTER?
DAY THAT LONDON DOES NOT CONSIDER THE FORMATION OF MALAYSIA
TO BE CONTINGENT UPON A UN FINDING THAT IT REFLECTS THE
WILL OF THE PEOPLES CONCERNED,
B. HE ADDED THAT THE PEOPLE OF BORNEO HAVE ALREADY
SEEN TOO MUCH EVIDENCE OF INDONESIAN STRENGTH AND APPARENT
BRITISH WEAKNESS BEFORE PRESSURE.
C. MEANWHILE, THE INDONESIAN NAVY IS PREPARING TO
COUNTER INCIDENTS THAT MIGHT ARISE OUT OF THE MALAYSIA
DISPUTE. /
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5. NOTES:
A, INDIA: NEHRU'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES, ESPECIALLY
FINANCE MINISTER KRISHNAMACHARI, ARE PROMINENT AND CAPABLE
MEN. THEY ARE, HOWEVER WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL IN?
FLUENCE. SUBSTITUTION OF THEM FOR THE THREE CONGRESS PARTY
STALWARTS RECENTLY TRANSFERRED TO PARTY ORGANIZATIONAL WORK
SUGGESTS THAT HENCEFORTH REAL POWER WILL LIE IN THE NATIONAL
ORGANS OF THE PARTY INSTEAD OF THE CABINET, WHICH IS THE
WAY NEHRU WANTS IT.
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B.
C. URUGUAY ? COMMUNIST CHINA: INTERESTED IN EXPANDING
ITS EXPORTS TO COMMUNIST CHINA, URUGUAY HAS GIVEN PEIPING
PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH A TRADE OFFICE IN MONTEVIDEO. THERE
IS LITTLE CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE PRESENT LOW
LEVEL OF TRADE, HOWEVER, AND WE FIGURE THE OFFICE WILL BE
MAINLY AN OUTLET FOR PRO-PE IPING PROPAGANDA.
D. WEST GERMANY: THE THREE ALLIED EMBASSIES IN BONN
FORESEE AN EARLY RENEWAL OF WEST GERMAN MOPOSALS TO HOLD
BUNDESTAG MEETINGS IN WEST BERLIN. THE EMBASSIES GENERALLY
AGREE THAT THE PRESSURE WILL COME FROM ALL PARTIES AND WILL
BE EVEN GREATER THAN THAT EXERTED LAST SPRING. IT WAS GEN?
ERALLY FELT THAT THE ALLIES MAY SOON BE CONFRONTED WITH A
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CHOICE OF GIVING IN ON THE ISSUE, OR OBJECTING TO IT ON
PRINCIPLE.
E. CUBA:
THE PRESS LAST NIGHT CITED "REPORTS"
OF A POSSIBLE NEW ANTI?CASTRO INVASION AND AN ALERT OF THE
CUBAN MILITIA.
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