THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 APRIL 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992316
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 25, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-.-25 APRIL 1962
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1. GROMYKO'S SPEECH TO SUPREME SOVIET YESTERDAY:
GROMYKO, WHILE USING THE EXPECTED HARSH LANGUAGE ON NUCLEAR
TESTING, LEFT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE USSR HOPES A NEW ROUND OF
TESTING WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH BILATERAL TALKS ON BERLIN. HE
ENVISIONS THESE AS PRODUCING "SPECIFIC RESULTS" FOR SUBMISSION
EITHER TO A FOUR POWER SUMMIT OR TO ANOTHER KENNEDY-KHRUSHCHEV
MEETING. THERE WAS AGAIN NO REFERENCE TO A TIME LIMIT ON BERLIN.
2. ATTITUDES ON US TEST RESUMPTION:
A. WE HAVE HEARD FROM THREE OF THE NON-ALIGNED EIGHT AT THE
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE: THE UAR OPPOSES CONCERTED ACTION BY THE
EIGHT AND KNOWS OF NO PLAN TO SUPPORT A POSSIBLE? SOVIET WALKOUT--
AMBASSADOR BADEAU EXPECTS A BLAST SIMILAR TO THAT MADE AGAINST THE
SOVIET TESTS; NIGERIA TENDS TOWARD THE WESTERN POSITION IN THE CON-
FERENCE; INDIA FEELS THE TESTS WILL HAVE "MOST SERIOUS EFFECTS" ON
THE TALKS BUT THREATENS NO WALKOUT.
B. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE ITS EXPECTED PUBLIC
PROTEST. LEFT WING GROUPS IN TOKYO HAVE THREATENED SIT-DOWN STRIKES IN
FRONT OF OUR EMBASSY. SOME 500 JAPANESE SECURITY POLICE, STANDING
BY TO MAINTAIN ORDER, HAVE ALREADY HAD A BRUSH WITH 100 PROTESTING
STUDENTS.
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3, LAOS:
A. KONG LE 'S DEPARTURE ON A TOUR OF THE BLOC AND A SIMILAR
TRIP BY THE PRO?SOUVANNA COMMANDER AT PHONG SALY ARE FURTHER INDICA?
TIONS OF INCREASING COMMUNIST INFLUENCE OVER THESE LEADERS.
B. WE BELIEVE THAT VIENTIANE PRESS REPORTS OF HEAVY FIGHTING
AT NAM THA ARE EXAGGERATED. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE STEP?UP IN
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REFLECTED NORMAL SUPPLY OPERATIONS AND NOT PREPARATIONS FOR A LARGE-
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SCALE RESUMPTION OF FIGHTING.
C. THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR, WHO IS ABOUT TO DEPART LAOS ON LEAVE,
HAS AGAIN STATED THAT ACHIEVEMENT OF A SETTLEMENT DEPENDS ENTIRELY
ON THE US, AND HAS INDICATED THAT THE USSR WAS PREPARED TO WAIT
INDEFINITELY. HE DESCRIBED LAOS AS HAVING DROPPED FROM FIRST TO
THIRD OR FOURTH PLACE AS AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE, BEING REPLACED
BY VIETNAM.
D. THE THAIS ARE NOW TELLING AMBASSADOR YOUNG THAT THEY DETECT
SIGNS OF GROWING DOUBTS ON THE PART OF PHOUMI AND HIS SUPPORTERS.
PHOUMI IS REPORTED MOVING THE POLICE AND MILITIA TO THE INTERIOR
MINISTRY, WHICH HE WOULD HOPE TO CONTROL INDIRECTLY IF FORCED TO
ACCEPT A SOUVANNA COALITION. WE AGREE WITH YOUNG THAT, WHILE THE
REPORTS MAY OVERSTATE THE DEGREE OF LAO SOFTENING, THEY GIVE SOME
HOPE THAT UNANIMOUS REBUFFS OF THE LAOTIAN MISSIONS SEEKING OVER?
SEAS SUPPORT MIGHT EVENTUALLY BRIgG PHOUMI AROUND TO SERIOUS
NEGOTIATIONS.
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4. SOUTH VIETNAM COMMUNISTS THREATEN TO SEEK OUTSIDE HELP:
HANOI YESTERDAY BROADCAST THEIR STATEMENT THREATENING TO CALL
ON NORTH VIETNAM FOR MATERIEL AND MEN. THIS IS THE VIET CONG'S
FIRST THREAT TO SEEK EITHER OUTSIDE GOVERNMENTAL HELP OR MANPOWER.
IT COULD BE USED TO JUSTIFY MORE OPEN SUPPORT BY NORTH VIETNAM OR
TO GENERATE.INTERNATIONAL.PRESSURE FOR A CONFERENCE ON SOUTH VIETNAM.
5. CONGO:
YESTERDAY ADOULA ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF AN AGREEMENT
WITH TSHONBE HE WOULD SEEK HELP FROM "FRIENDLY" AFRO?ASIAN STATES
IN ENDING KATANGA 'S SECESSION. HE IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE REQUESTED
MILITARY AID OUTSIDE THE UN FRAMEWORK, BUT GHANA AND MALI ARE HOSTILE
TOWARD TSHOMBE AND THE SUDAN YESTERDAY CALLED ON THE UN TO CARRY OUT
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON KATANGA. ADOULA
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ALSO DEMANDED THAT
THE UN COMMAND BE GIVEN A CLEARER MANDATE ON KATANGA. A NEW ROUND
OF TALKS BETWEEN ADOULA AND TSHOMBE IS EXPECTED SOON.
6. SYRIAN INSTABILITY CONTINUES:
THE CONCERN OF THE WEEK?OLD SYRIAN GOVERNMENT OVER ITS INSECURITY
IS REFLECTED IN THE CANCELLATION ON 23 APRIL OF LEAVES OF ALL SECURITY
PERSONNEL. MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE SAME DATE MAY BE FOLLOWED BY
LARGER ONES IN THE NORTHERN CITIES. COUP ATTEMPTS BY EITHER CONSERVA?
TIVE OR PRO?NASIR FACTIONS IN THE ARMY OFFICER CORPS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
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7. ARGENTINA:.
GUIDO'S DECREE NULLIFYING PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SINCE
MID?DECEMBER AND ESTABLISHING FEDERAL CONTROL IN PROVINCES NOT PREVIOUS?
LY "INTERVENED" SETS THE STAGE FOR AN OPEN CONTEST BETWEEN THE PERON?
ISTAS AND THE GOVERNMENT., THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOR HAS.
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CONGRESSIONAL VICTORIES WERE LEFT TO CONGRESS TO NULLIFY
8. NOTES:
A. THE SUPREME SOVIET "ENDED ITS WORK" TODAY APPARENTLY WITHOUT
A MAJOR ADDRESS BY KHRUSHCHEV. HE HEADS A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO
DRAFT A NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH WILL REPLACE THE "STALIN CONSTITUTION"
OF 1936.
? B. THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON WILL REQUEST AUTHORIZATION
TO RESUME TALKS WITH THE INDONESIANS, BUT IS NOT CONFIDENT HE WILL
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RECEIVE IT.
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E. COMMUNIST CHINA HAS REPLIED TO INDIA'S NEEDLING ON THE BORDER
PROBLEM BY CHARGING TWO INDIAN VIOLATIONS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
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