THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 4 JULY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 4, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
4 JULY 1962
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1. Taiwan Strait
2. France
We have nothing significant to
report.
We expect opposition members in the
French Assembly will seize on next week's
debate over more funds for De Gaulle's
nuclear weapons program to press for
a vote of censure to unseat Pompidou's
government. (The total cost of France's
badly-needed gaseous diffusion plant
will be 10-12 times the original estimate
of $110 million.) Proponents of cen-
sure see this as the best election is-
sue that is likely to come along, and they
are trying to marshal support from
those in the assembly who feel an
independent French nuclear force will
impede European integration. We are
not sure of the outcome at this stage,
but support for Pompidou has never been
enthusiastic in the assembly. With
the necessity for an Algerian settle-
ment no longer acting to unify various
assembly elements behind De Gaulle, there
is a real chance that the opposition
will succeed. De Gaulle would then be
faced with calling elections in August
or ruling by decree.
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3. Algeria
Algeria
4. Peru
5. Thailand
The two Algerian factions have not
yet come to blows. Ben Khedda and
company arrived in Algiers yesterday
amid wild celebrations. Ben Bella has
flown to Cairo, apparently waiting
for his strength in Algeria itself to
build up. There have been a number
of defections from the provisional
government's forces to Ben Bella's,
and the French may have opened
the TUntsian and Moroccan frontiers,
which would permit a major accretion to
Ben Bella's strength. Nasir is
feverishly attempting to mediate.
Yesterday's round of private talks
between the presidential candidates
(Haya was closeted with Belaunde for
more than two hours) has given rise to
speculation that some sort of government
of "national union" may be worked out.
If so, the leaders will have to sell
the idea to their respective followers,
and this may be Haya's intention in
calling a special national convention
of his party to open tonight.
The Thai Government has formally
announced it will comply, under protest,
with the international court decision.
With the public somewhat more apathetic
over the issue than had been expected,
Sarit will probably not feel it neces-
sary to go through with even a pro-
forma resignation.
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6. Laos
? a. Souvanna arrives in Geneva
this morning where he says he will
stay until the conference ends. ? He
will then return to Paris to see De
Gaulle, thence to Washington before
returning to Laos.
b. In Vientiane, Souphannouvong
has told the press he will not release
American prisoners until a final agree-
ment is signed at Geneva.
C. The new government's acting
foreign minister says it will give
recognition to anyone who asks for it.
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B. Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro arrived in Moscow Monday, prob-
ably seeking more Soviet military aid and, specifically, more ad-
vanced equipment such as the MIG-21s and surface-to-air missiles
C. Pakistan's acceptance of the Shah's offer to mediate the dispute
with Afghanistan coincides with signs that Afghanistan would like
to engage in talks if it could find a face-saving way to do so.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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