THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 31 MARCH 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959063
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 31, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--31 MARCH 1964
1. BRAZIL:
CHANCES FOR
A.:: EACH. DAY SEEMS. TO BRING/CIVIL WAR A LITTLE CLOSER.
B. IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT.OPPOSITION ELEMENTS IN THE
MILITARY LED BY ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF CASTELLO BRANCO ARE IN
FACT PREPARING FOR A MOVE AGAINST GOULART, POSSIBLY AS EARLY
AS THIS WEEK.
C. CASTELLO BRANCO'S GROUP IS TO BE CENTERED INITIALLY
IN SAO PAULO, HEADQUARTERS OF THE SECOND ARMY. THE ARMY COM-
MANDER, GENERAL KRUEL, HAS LINED up AGAINST GOULART.
D. ALTHOUGH THE MOVEMENT IS SPEARHEADED BY THE ARMY,
THE PLOTTERS CLAIM THEY. HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CERTAIN NAVAL AND
AIR FORCE ELEMENTS. THEY SEEM CONFIDENT THEY CAN NEUTRALIZE
UNITS WHICH MAY STICK WITH GOULART.
E.
THE GOVERNORS
ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET
IN PORTO ALEGRE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO FORMULATE PLANS OF
THEIR OWN.
F. AS THE ACTION DEVELOPS, THESE GROUPS WILL PROBABLY
COALESCE,
G GOULART IS UNDOUBTEDLY AWARE OF ALL THIS. WHAT HE CAN
DO ABOUT IT IS LESS CLEAR.. HIS IMAIRDIATE TACTIC IS TO UNDER-
CUT THE MILITARY BY ATTACKING THE DISCIPLINE OF THEIR UNITS.
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H. WHILE YESTERDAY HE APPARENTLY BACKED DOWN SOMEWHAT
ON THE ISSUE OF THE NAVAL DEMONSTRATORS LAST NIGHT HE MADE
AN OPEN BID FOR THE SUPPORT OF BRAZIL'S NON?COMMISSIONED OF?
FICERS.
I. HE SAID ALSO THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR
BASIC REFORMS AND WOULD "GO TO THE STREETS AND SQUARES FOR
SUPPORT IF CONGRESS FAILS TO PASS HIS PROGRAM.
J. ALL THIS PLAYS INTO COMMUNIST HANDS.
A GREAT VICTORY FOR
THE PARTY AS MILITARY DISCIPLINE HAS BEEN GIVEN A "CRIPPLING
BLOW."
K. THE PARTY IS ALSO MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR A GENERAL
STRIKE SHOULD THE MILITARY MOVE.
2. SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE:
A. THE CHINESE HAVE UNBURDENED THEMSELVES OF YET ANOTHER
ATTACK ON THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP, WHICH, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SAID
THIS BEFORE, SEEMS TO RULE OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF COMPROMISE.
B. IN A VITUPERATIVE STATEMENT PUBLISHED YESTERDAY, THE
CHINESE CALL ON ALL COMMUNIST PARTIES TO "REPUDIATE AND LIQUI?
DATE" THE REVISIONISM OF KHRUSHCHEV "THE GREATEST CAPITULA?
TIONIST OF ALL TIME."
C. THE CHINESE MAKE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT IN ANY NEW WORLD
COMMUNIST CONFERENCE THEY WILL REFUSE TO MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS.
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D. IN FACT THEY NOW SAY THAT IN EARLIER MEETINGS IN 1957
AND 1960 THEY WENT TOO FAR IN MEETING THE USSR'S POINT OF VIEW.
THEY NOW WANT THESE EARLIER RESOLUTIONS AMENDED, THROUGH JOINT
CONSULTATIONS.
E. THIS CHINESE POSITION BEARS OUT THE VIEW OF THE
ITALIAN AND OTHER PARTIES WHO HAD OPPOSED KHRUSHCHEV'S REQUESTS
FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST CONFERENCE ON GROUNDS THAT IT
COULD ONLY LEAD TO A GREATER SPLIT OR AN UNSATISFACTORY COM-
PROMISE.
F. EVEN THOUGH THIS STATEMENT WOULD SEEM TO MARK THE
END OF THE LINE, WE ARE NOT SURE HOW KHRUSHCHEV WILL REACT,
HE HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE RESTRAINT SO FAR, LARGELY BECAUSE OF
HIS PROBLEMS WITH OTHER PARTIES MORE OR LESS ON HIS SIDE.
3. CONGO:
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NING TO RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET AND TO DISMISS HIS DEFENSE MINIS-
TER ANANY,
B. SENSITIVE TO PUBLIC CRITICISM THAT HE HAS A "DO-NOTHING"
GOVERNMENT, ADOULA HAS WANTED FOR SOME TIME TO WEED OUT MINIS-
TERS HE REGARDS AS INCOMPETENT OR POLITICALLY DANGEROUS.
C. HE IS SAID TO BE IRRITATED WITH ANANY'S FREEWHEELING
MANEUVERS TO PROMOTE HIMSELF AND HIS CONGOLESE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE PREMIER IS PROBABLY ALSO AWARE OF ANANY'S TALK OF MOUNTING
A COUP.
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D. NEWS OF HIS LIKELY EXCLUSION FROM THE CABINET MIGHT
LEAD ANANY TO ATTEMPT A COUP, ALTHOUGH HIS PLANS DO NOT APPEAR
FAR ADVANCED.
4. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. GENERAL KHANH SAYS HE WOULD WELCOME ANY CAMBODIAN
DELEGATION TO SAIGON, BUT REJECTS SIHANOUK'S POSITION THAT SUCH
TALKS DEPEND ON PRIOR GREAT POWER AGREEMENT TO CONVENE AN INTER?
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREAT POWER "GUARANTEES."
B. DEFENSE MINISTER GENERAL KHIEM RETURNED FROM TAIPEI
FRIDAY FOLLOWING FIVE DAYS OF TALKS.
D. A REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL IN HUE HAS SENTENCED PHAN
QUANG DONG TO DEATH. HE IS A FORMER HENCHMAN OF DIEM'S BROTHER
CAN. THE SENTENCE IS UNDER APPEAL.
E. CAN S TRIAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS,
BUT GENERAL KHANH HAS SAID HE WILL NOT ALLOW CAN TO BE BROUGHT
TO HUE FOR THE TRIAL IN ORDER TO FORESTALL POSSIBLE RELIGIOUS
TROUBLES THERE.
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5. EGYPT?UK:
A. THE TWO COUNTRIES APPEAR TO BE DRAWING EVEN FARTHER
APART.
B. EGYPT LAST WEEK NATIONALIZED BRITISH OIL INTERESTS.
THESE INCLUDE JOINT SHELL?BRITISH PETROLEUM SHARES REPRESENT?
ING ABOUT $30 MILLION IN OIL FIELDS AND A REFINERY,
C. THIS FOLLOWED A STATEMENT EARLIER IN THE MONTH BY
HOME JUSTIFYING BRITISH ACTION IN THE 1956 SUEZ CRISIS. NASIR
RESPONDED TO THIS WITH PROPAGANDA ATTACKS AGAINST BRITISH
BASES IN CYPRUS AND ADEN, NOT TO MENTION LIBYA.
D. BRITISH AND EGYPTIAN FORCES AND INTERESTS CLASH MOST
DIRECTLY ON THE YEMEN?ADEN FRONTIER. LAST WEEK THE RAF ATTACKED
A YEMEN FORT IN RETALIATION FOR A YEMENI (OR EGYPTIAN) RAID
AGAINST AN ARMY POST IN THE ADEN FEDERATION.
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6. NOTES:
A. CYPRUS: GYANI HAS SCHEDULED A SERIES OF MEETINGS
THIS MORNING WITH MAKARIOS AND KUCHUK IN AN EFFORT TO HEAD
OFF FURTHER SHOOTING AT UN FORCES, YESTERDAY'S ACTION MAY
HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO TEST THE NEWLY CONSTITUTED UN FORCES.
? UN OFFICERS YESTERDAY REFUSED A GREEK CYPRIOT DEMAND THAT
THEY BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE BEFORE A UN PATROL IS MADE.
B. SOMALIA-ETHIOPIA: A MOGADISCIO BROADCAST CLAIMED
YESTERDAY THAT SOMALI FORCES HAD CAPTURED US MADE WEAPONS
AND VEHICLES USED BY ETHIOPIAN TROOPS ON THE FRONTIER, IT
SAID THIS "GIVES THE LIE TO PREVIOUS ASSURANCES BY THE AMERI-
CANS THAT THE MILITARY AID THEY GAVE ETHIOPIA WOULD NOT BE
USED TO HARM THE SOMALI NATION."
C. SOUTH KOREA: THE PRESS IN SOUTH KOREA YESTERDAY
REPORTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED ON A "COOLING OFF
PERIOD" IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN, THERE WAS ONLY ONE
DEMONSTRATION IN SEOUL YESTERDAY INVOLVING 1,000 HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND ONLY ONE OTHER SMALL DEMONSTRATION ELSEWHERE IN
THE COUNTRY.
D. SAUDI ARABIA: THE GOVERNMENT RADIO HAS BROADCAST
A DECREE SIGNED BY PRINCE FAYSAL STRIPPING KING SAUD OF "ALL
ORGANIZATIONAL, EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND JURIDICIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES," ALTHOUGH HE "REMAINS AS KING OF THE COUNTRY."
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E. NORTH VIETNAM:
F. PORTUGAL - COMMUNIST CHINA: GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED
PORTUGUESE NEWS MEDIA HAVE DEVOTED iiNUSUAL ATTENTION TO COM-
MUNIST CHINA DURING THE PAST WEEK OR SO, EMBASSY LISBON HAS
BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS TRACEABLE TO A GOVERNMENT "SUGGESTION"
THAT AN EFFORT ,BE MADE TO HELP PREPARE PUBLIC OPINION FOR
RECOGNITION OF PEIPING, BUT IT MAY
AGAINST THE US.
G. CAMBODIA:
SIMPLY BEA PRESSURE TACTIC
SIHANOUK
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PLANS TO VISIT PEIPING "SOMETIME IN APRIL," AND MAY VISIT
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OLYMPIO MOURAO FILMY; COMMANDER OF THE FOURTH MILITARY REGION
HAS BROKEN OUT IN MINAS GERAIS PROVINCE JUST NORTH OF RIO DE
JANEIRO. A SIMILAR MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO ERUPT MOMENTARILY
IN SAO PAULO. WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER AT PRESENT AND RIO IS
REPORTED QUIET. AMBASSADOR GORDON HAS REPEATED THIS INFORMATION.
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