THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 14 NOVEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• 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: November 14, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
14 NOVEMBER 1962
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1. USSR
a. Khrushchev used a farewell
interview with British Ambassador
Roberts to set forth what he appar-
ently wants us to consider his mini-
mum conditions for a Berlin settle-
ment.
b. He told Roberts that in bi-
lateral talks with us, agreement had
been reached on German frontiers, the
existence of two Germanies, and the
status of Berlin.
c. The only remaining issue
was the stationing of troops in West
Berlin. Even here, he said, the prob-
lem was not the continued presence of
Western forces in the city, only, their
NATO subordination. He implied that
an agreement to place Western troops
under the UN flag, thus giving them
an "international appearance," would
satisfy the long-standing Soviet de-
mand that the"occupation regimebe
ended.
? d. Khrushchev said that he had
planned to go to the UN with this pro-
posal and then sign his separate peace
treaty. he
might still proceed along these lines,
although he would prefer to reach an
agreement with the West beforehand.
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f. Khrushchev concluded with?
the remark that there was little?
scope for further compromise on the
Soviet side. He again said a peace
treaty would be prepared which would
confirm the existence of two German
states, but he made no reference to
a deadline for signing it.
2. USSR - Nuclear a. In discussing other issues
Test Ban with Roberts, Khrushchev indicated)
that after the completion of Soviet
and US nuclear tests, a test-ban
agreement could be signed. He indi-
cated a lively interest in the "black
box" idea of unmanned automatic seis-
mic stations.
b. Khrushchev said his experts
?
insisted on testing a "new scientific
method" and, therefore, the Soviet
test series would not be completed
on 20 November as he had announced. It
would continue at least until early
December; but would "certainly'end be-
fore the end of the year.
c. He also said that measures
to prevent surprise attack and to
liquidate foreign military bases might
now meet with better understanding in
light of the Cuban crisis, and showed
interest in a NATO - Warsaw Pact non-
aggression agreement.
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3. Cuba-UN
. Forel n Minister Ro
sal oyan wou ? re-
main in Havana "a few more days" then
return to New York.
d. In spite of all the rumors
we now know
/neither Moscow nor
the Soviets in Havana had any firm
idea when he would leave. /
might be Thursday.
that it
e. U Thant's idea about inspec-
tion on the spot by the five Latin
American ambassadors having been re-
jected, he is now proposing that an
unspecified group of ambassadors in
Havana act as a "verification commit-
tee.'t There has been no Cuban reac-
tion.
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4. Soviet Ship- a. From what we know so far
? ping from of the route being followed by the
Cuba Soviet ships transporting missiles
and equipment from Cuba, we believe
all are heading for the Black Sea.
Jordan-
Yemen,.
a. Jordanian Prime Minister
Tal flew to Tail yesterday to try to
straighten out the mess caused by
defection of Jordan's air force chief
and at least two of the
Hawker. Hunters
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b. He was especially concerned
that, before departure, the air force
chief might have ordered an offensive
strike in Yemen to give the UAR an
excuse to retaliate.
c. Husayn, meanwhile, has
grounded all Jordanian aircraft at
home and in Taif.
d. He agreed with Ambassador
Macomber and the British ambassador
that the planes in Taif probably
should be returned, but he wanted to
talk with Tal first.
e. These defections, and the
general unpopularity of Husayn's
policy toward Yemen, are building
tension in Amman.
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6. Venezuela
a. Special security measures
have been ordered in all Venezuelan
military units against the possi-
bility that a "subversive group"
may act today.
b. The plot was discovered
Monday when one of the participants
was arrested for distributing arms
to those involved.
c. Several rightist national
guard and air force officers have
also been arrested.
d. This is all pretty standard
stuff for Venezuela, but with
feelings running high over the Cuban
crisis, rightist plotters are more
inclined than usual to action.
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7.. India
8. USSR
a. Border troubles with the
? Chinese have done much to cool the
Indian ardor for disarmament.
b. New Delhi's representative
at the UN has told our people there?
that, since the USSR obviously cannot
direct the Chinese Communists to do
anything, any disarmament plan
negotiated by us with the USSR would
be meaningless.
c. Unless the Chinese specifically
subscribed (and he saw no possibility
of this), India could have no part of
it.
a. Those Cosmos series satellites
which the USSR has been recovering
(there have been four of them) evi-
dently are connected with the
development of a weather reconnaissance
System.
c. The Soviets are committed to
cooperate with us on a weather
satellite system, but so far we have
nothing from them.
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9. Communist
China
a. Foreign Minister Chen Yi has
admitted that in none of the four years
from 1959 through 1962 did China's
agricultural output exceed that of
1957.
b. This remark (to Japanese
newsmen last week) gives us our first
rought fix on this year's grain crop;
evidently it is below the 185 million
tons reported for 1957.
c. Chinese statistics after 1957
are no good. We estimate the 1958
crop at 212 million; 1959, 185 million;
1960, 180 million; and 1961, 180
million.
d. China's grain imports are
running around six million tons
annually, but ?three to four times
this much would be needed to bring
China up to the 1957 level on a per
capita basis.
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