THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 OCTOBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959473
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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 9, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
9 OCTOBER 1964
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1. Communist
Agriculture
a. The Soviet harvest is
nearly in, and our studies show
that this year's grain crop was
about 120-125 million tons. Last
year's was about 95 million.
b. This will make large-
scale imports unnecessary, and will
permit a start to be made on re-
building state grain reserves,
badly depleted after last year's
poor crop.
c. Eastern Europe, with an-
other mediocre crop this year,has
already contracted to import 3.8
million tons of grain from the West
to tide it over until the next har-
vests. Poland may be in the market
for another million tons from the
US.
d. Growing conditions for the
important late rice crop in Com-
munist China, now being harvested,
have been fair to good. The out-
look is for an over-all grain and
tuber take slightly up from last
year, but China is still importing
more than ever before.
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2. Cyprus
a. UN troops spotted two
large crates (6x6x8 feet), promi-
nently marked "USSR," being trucked
through Limassol yesterday morning.
b. They are probably the re-
sult either of an earlier economic
deal or of an effort by Makarios'
supporters to fake some tangible
results of the recent Moscow talks.
c. As far as we can tell the
best the Greek Cypriots got out of
Moscow in the way of military goods
was a promise to send along aging
"defensive" weapons at a later date.
d. Makarios, in the anglo-
phobic atmosphere of Cairo, has for
the first time come out flatly
against foreign bases on Cyprus.
This is likely to add impetus to
a planned march on one of the Brit-
ish bases this weekend, which the
Communists have been trying to stir
up.
e. Greek Cypriot Minister of
Interior Georkatzis, a Grivas sup-
porter, admits that the general's
popularity is slipping. There have
been reports of clashes between
pro-Grivas and pro-Makarios factions.
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3. Congo
4. Bolivia
a. Tshombe left Cairo this
morning and is flying to Paris for
a brief stay before returning to
the Congo. The staffs of the UAR
and Algerian embassies in Leopold-
ville were allowed to cross the
river to Brazzaville yesterday.
b. Both sides say that dip-
lomatic relations will not be
broken as a result, though this
could come. Cairo has asked the
Ethiopians to handle its affairs
in the Congo for a while.
c. We have no further word
about the Americans in Stanleyville.
Some 30 odd Europeans were released
in Wednesday's lightning capture
of Uvira.
d. The sudden loss of Uvira
has left the rebels in some dis-
array. One rumor has it that rebel
commander Olenga has taken refuge
in nearby Rwanda.
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5. UN Arrearages
a. The prospects are getting
dimmer for favorable action by the
General Assembly this year on the
question of Soviet and French re-
fusal to pay peacekeeping assess-
ments.
b. The latest blow has been
India's statement this week in sup-
port of the Soviet position.
c. The Soviets seem quite
confident that a motion to deprive
them of their voting rights would
be defeated if it should come to
a vote. The feeling is growing
among the less-developed nations
that the matter would best be left
to a later session of the assembly.'
d. There is even talk of
postponing the opening of the as-
sembly, now set for 10 November,
in order to sidestep the issue.
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B. Cuba Castro is beginning to apply the Communist
system of standard wages and work norms to the
Cuban peasant. The system was imposed on non-
agricultural workers last November. In so doing
the Cubans are ignoring a massive body of evi-
dence that this system has not worked in other
Communist lands.
. Venezuela The Communists plan to step up their
campaign of terrorism in Caracas today
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E. Israel-Syria The situation along the "black
line" remains edgy. The Syrians fired at
Israeli tractors on both Wednesday and Thurs-
day as the Israelis continue to plow in the
disputed area. So far, UN officials have
managed to keep the lid on.
F. Niger President Diori, whose regime has been
shaken by a rash of antigovernment incidents,
blames these on former premier Bakary and the
Chinese Communists. Diori says he has seized
infiltrators who were trained in Peiping as
well as arms from Communist China. Bakari has
been in touch with Communists since being run
out of the country eight years ago, but we
feel that Diori is exaggerating the extent of
Chinese Communist involvement.
H.
West Germany - USSR A West German Foreign
Ministry official says that preparations for
an Erhard-Khrushchev meeting are at a virtual
standstill. He indicated that, although the
Chancellor had spoken of a January meeting, no
specific date had thus far been discussed with
the Soviets, and no further action had been
taken on extending a formal invitation to Khru-
shchev.
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