THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 7 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995917
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 7, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
7 SEPTEMBER 1962
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1. Argentina
2. Laos
a. Civilian and military cabinet
members have agreed to name a "Chief
of Cabinet" in the next few days.
According to the plan, a military man
will take this post and will run the
government by decree. President
Guido will merely countersign.
b. A first step in the new
scheme was taken last night when
congress was dissolved. New elections
for president, congress, and pro-
vincial posts, ?were set for October
next year.
c. The thought is that this
arrangement will forestall those who
are pushing for a full military take-
over, but Ambassador McClintock
suggests that it may further whet
appetites hungering for full military
control.
a. Vientiane announced this
morning the establishment of formal
relations with Peiping and Hanoi.
b. Peiping appears to be
pressing ahead without its usual con-
cern for the "two Chinas" question,
perhaps hoping that the Chinese
Nationalists will withdraw from the
scene. At present the Nationalists
seem disposed to do just that.
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USIB WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--6 September 1962
No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends to initiate direct
military action in the immediate future.
The 30 August Soviet threat to US access to West
Berlin is part of a Soviet effort to equate Western and
Soviet access rights to West Berlin and is a further
step toward creating de facto the conditions which a
peace treaty with East Germany would formalize. We have
not, however, noted any indications that the Soviets are
preparing for hostilities over Berlin in the immediate
future.
Evidence of increased Soviet activities in Cuba in-
cludes the construction of SAM sites and the recent
delivery of additional land armaments and boats equipped
with short-range missiles. These activities represent
a significant Soviet effort to improve Cuban military
capabilities, primarily defensive, and reflect a Soviet
willingness to become more deeply involved in support
of the Castro regime.
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A. USSR The latest word we have regarding Khrushchev's
rumored attendance at the UN this month is that he
told U Thant he had no intention of attending the
opening sessions but might come later if his presence
seemed warranted.
B. USSR A debate in the Soviet Union over civil defense
policy evidently has ended with a decision to forego
construction of deep-level bomb shelters. Emphasis
is instead placed on urban evacuation, improving
existing shelters, constructing homemade fallout
shelters and adapting caves, underpasses, interior
rooms and cellars.
C. Cuba
Soviets have provided Cuba with "rockets of the
same kind that shot down the U-2" and that prepara-
tions have been made for the "complete destruction"
of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo in the event of
a US attack on Cuba.
D. Congo The only constructive effort toward stability
is still being made by the UN team while Tshombe and
Adoula continue to bicker, fret, and drag their feet,
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