THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 15 OCTOBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996611
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 15, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
15 OCTOBER 1963
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2. Berlin
a. The Moroccan army seems
intent on reoccupying military out-
posts in the undemarcated Algerian
border area.
b. Moroccan officials claim
their army has retaken the posts of
Hassi Beida and Tinjoub, which they
assert the Algerian Army seized a
week ago.
? c. King Hassan is reported to
have agreed to attend a conference
of North African leaders proposed
by Bourguiba for mid-November to
settle Moroccan-Algerian border dif-
ficulties. Ben Bella's reaction is
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a. Our Berlin Mission has con-
cluded that the interference with
Convoy 27 was a deliberate Soviet
action, with both important tactical
and political motives, which re-
quired advance Moscow clearance.
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b. On the other hand, our Mos-
cow Embassy does not believe the
Soviet government would have chosen
this precise moment to create trouble.
Its guess is that Soviet middle-level
authorities in both Germany and the
USSR felt the US was stepping up its
activities on the Autobahn. Embassy.
Moscow speculates that after clear-
ing sizeable convoys without having
them dismount on October 8 and 90
the Soviet military in Germany, pos-
sibly after a routine check with
Moscow, ordered that convoys in this
range should be required to dismount
with resultant difficulties for Con-
voy 27.
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either the
incident was provoked by local mili-
tary authorities to test whether
they could encroach on procedures
accepted in the past or the incident
arose from a genuine confusion over
dismounting procedures,and the Soviet
military authorities considered that
the convoy was of a size which would
normally dismount.
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d. Westbound Convoy 32 of dis-
mount size was held up for thirty
minutes yesterday by Soviet authori-
ties. The convoy commander refused
a Soviet demand to dismount because
of rain. At the end of thirty minutes
the rain ceased, the convoy dismounted,
and was cleared.
e. Three convoys are scheduled
for today, one for tomorrow and one
for Friday. None is of dismount size.
3. Saudi Arabia - a. It looks as though Saudi
Yemen Arabia will soon resume military
aid to the Yemeni royalists.
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_4. Cuba
c. Faysal has recently voiced
dissatisfaction over Egypt's failure
to reduce its troops in Yemen and
has threatened to return to his pre-
vious policy of aid to the royalists.
Faysal may have in mind implementing
this policy when the UN Observation
Mission's mandate expires on 4 Novem-
ber.
a. Castro is accepting disaster
relief from various national and
international organizations but is
sticking to his position not to ac-
cept aid from the American Red Cross
unless it is handled by the inter-
national Red Cross organization.
Havana radio continues to condemn
the offer of direct US Red Cross aid
as hypocritical. The Guantanamo
Naval Base reports that Castro's re-
fusal to accept direct US aid has
angered the Cuban people and some
members of the party organization.
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a convenient scapegoat for the
fundamental economic problems that
were already apparent before the
hurricane struck.
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NOTES
A. South Vietnam The regime has avoided a showdown
with organized labor by releasing Dam Sy Hien, vice
president of the General Confederation of Vietnamese
Labor (CVTC), who was arrested a week ago. CVTC
president Tran Quoc Buu had threatened to dissolve
the CVTC and call on international labor to condemn
labor suppression in South Vietnam if Huu were not
released by this Thursday.
B. Uruguay a
small group of rightist army officers led by Colonel
Mario Aquerrondo is plotting to overthrow the govern-
ment. It seems unlikely that the army, which sup-
ports constitutional government, would follow Aquer-
rondo. The army might stand aside, however, because
the government has not met its demands to curb Com-
munist activity, to raise military pay and to deal
with grievances of personnel.
C.
Communist China - Japan Peiping is making a bid
for increased trade relations with Japan. 1
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Chinese COmmunists have suggested the barter of
Hainan iron ore for Japanese steel, a direct Tokyo-
Peiping air route, and an exchange of permanent trade
delegations. .Similar proposals are expected to be
made at the $5 million Japanese trade fair now being
held in Peiping.
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D. Iceland The Thors government will face difficult
WESEBELic and political problems after today when the
present provisional seven-and-one-half percent wage
increase expires. Both Communists and non-Commun-
ists are likely to press for higher wages. The Com-
munists, who control the central labor federation,
are likely to resort to prolonged labor agitation.
The consequences could lead to popular dissatisfac-
tion with the government.
E.
Burma The Ne Win government and the pro-Peiping
Burma Communist Party (BCP) are reported to have ,
agreed on terms for talks aimed at ending the party's
long-time insurgency. In these talks, which prob-
ably will be long drawn out, Ne Win, according to an
diplomatic source, has agreed to legalize
the BCP, to publicize final negotiations with the
party, and to guarantee the security of its leader,
Thakin Than Tun.
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