THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 OCTOBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992003
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 27, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
27 OCT 1961
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1. Berlin
US authorities in Berlin confirmed by
telephone last night that ,a Soviet
force, including at least 13 tanks
and 5 armored personnel carriers, has
moved into East Berlin and assembled
just off Friederichstrasse about six
blocks from the checkpoint. Earlier
the Soviet Commandant stated in a letter
to the US Commandant that "the sending of
armed patrols into East Berlin will
be considered an act of provocatory
armed penetration into the territory
of the GDR" and warned that "such
acts involving application of force
will be stopped by countermeasures
from our side." In another letter,
he warned that further US helicopter
flights over East Berlin would be
met with "necessary measures." So
far this morning no further moves by
either side have been reported.
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There may have been another :nuclear test,
at Novaya Zemlya this morning.
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? 2. Soviet Party Congress A. The new attacks on Molotov yesterday.
led by Pavel Satyukov, one of Khrushchev's
inner circle of assistants, was a clear .
attempt to link the anti-party group
with the Chinese and Albanians,- as well
as to establish that the group is un-
repentant and deserves further punighment.
Be If Molotov did in fact attack..
Khrushchev's program as "revisionist"
and appeal to foreign parties for
support, as he has now been charged,
it would appear that he believes
there is substantial anti-Khrushchev
sentiment at the Congress. We have
seen no evidence of such, but since
Khrushchev controls the rostrum and
the preSs we would not expect to see
anything but the present adulation.
Nevertheless, we continue to suspect
that the Congress is not following
its original scenario.
C. In contrast to Chou En-lai's
plea to the Party Congress last week
not to fight over Albania in public,
Peiping is now publishing full details
of Khrushchev's charges and the Albanian
reply, and has again endorsed Premier
Hoxha. Its leadership is probably
readying an answer to Khrushchev.
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It has just been announced that scheduled Congress proceedings
for today are cancelled, that "debate on Khrushchev's report and
program has been "discontinued" and that he will make a "winding-up
speech" this afternoon. Kozlov's report on changes in Party rules
is presumably to come, but may also be foreshortened, with the election
of the new central committee and presidium following almost immediately.
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. Soviets attack Boun Oum Pushkin has asked Ambassador Harriman
that the US "use its influence" to see
that Souvanna has a free hand to choose
the eight neutralist members of his
cabinet without interference by Boun
Oum. Negotiations on cabinet make-
up re presently stalled by inability
of the three princes to agree on a
meeting site, but the Soviets evidently
believe that Phoumi has persuaded,Boun
Oum to sabotage the talks. Harriban
also is suspicious of Phoumi's good
faith. Phouml An a press interview'
Wednesday said the only alternatives
facing Laos were going Communist
under Souvanna or fighting under
Phoumi.
4. Growing public uneasi-
ness in Saigon
5. Dominican siutation
improves
Ambassador Nolting attributes it to
recent dramatic Viet Cong attacks,
Diem's declaration of a national
emergency, cancellation of National
Day celebrations yesterday, and the
murder of Colonel Nam. He also notes
increasing dissatisfaction with Diem
in top government and military circles.
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Democratic opposition leaders, recog-
niging that Ramfis Trujillo could help
to control the restive military, may
withdraw their stipulation that he
must step down as head of the armed
forces before they enter coalition
government.
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6. Resurgence of Gizenga in The serious setback suffered by Adoula
the Congo when the UN's Katanga operation collapsed
has opened the way for Gizenga to re-
establish himself in Stanleyville, while
his supporters in Leopoldville are
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7. Bolivian situation
precarious
8. Plot against Qasim
still alive
Gizenga is
preparing for a military incursion intO -
northern Katanga, which if successful
would further increase Gizenga' a status
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While sporadic violence continues,
the government believes it has post-
poned a threatened general strike un-
til Sunday and hopes to get financial
help from the US in granting promised
wage concessions to factory workers.
It is also faced wtih paying off by
the end of the month on promised
wage boosts to teachers and other
government workers, and the exhaustion
of its financial resources is approach-
ing.
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NOTES
A. West German Defense Minister Strauss told Ambassador Dowling he
had secretly met with a group of French politicians last Monday.
Heave no details on what happered, but said that if anything'
should happen to De Gaulle, the Germans would favor a government
udder Pinay,as the only alternative, he said, would be a popular
front.
B. The Indonesian Air Force has recommended reduction of Pope's
sentence.
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C. The OAS demonstrations in Algeria rumored for this morning have not
materialized.
TRE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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