THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 21 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995941
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 21, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--21 SEPTEMBER 1962
1. ARGENTINA:
A. EARLY THIS MORNING, THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN BUENOS
AIRES
TURNED IN FAVOR OF GENERAL ONGANIA AND HIS
"LEGALIST" FOLLOWERS AT CAMPO DE MAYO.
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2. CUBA:
A. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A US TUG REPORTED SIGHTING A
CUBA?BOUND RUSSIAN CONVOY, ESCORTED BY TWO SUBMARINES, AT .
A POINT ABOUT 700 MILES EAST OF HAVANA, A CHECK BY ONE OF
OUR NAVY AIRCRAFT VERIFIED THE PRESENCE OF FIVE SOVIET MER?
CHANTMEN IN THE AREA, BUT SAW NO SUBMARINES. THE NAVY HAS
LAID ON A SURFACE SEARCH FOR TODAY.
B.
?SCOW'S CANVASS OF
ITS MILITARY FORCES FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE IN CUBA. /HIS
ACTIVITY IS PUZZLING; WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
BEFORE4
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C. THE MOVE MAY BE PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE: TO REPLACE
PERSONNEL WHO HAD BEEN SUDDENLY oRpERED THERE WITH OTHERS
PREPARED TO STAY FOR SOME TIME. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD
MEAN ANOTHER SIZEABLE INCREMENT TO SOVIET PERSONNEL IN CUBA
OR .A BELIEF IN MOSCOW THAT ITS PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO BE
ENGAGED IN COMBAT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET A BETTER ANSWER.
D. RED STAR THIS ORNING CARRIES AN ARTICLE ATTACKING
THE SENATE RESOLUTION ON CUBA. SOVIET MISSILE SUBMARINES,
IT SAID, ARE READY TO PUT TO SEA IF TENSION IN THE CARIBBEAN
CONTINUES TO RISE.
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F. IN CONAKRY, OUR AMBASSADOR WAS TOLD ON MONDAY THAT
GUINEAN OFFICIALS, SOMEWHAT DISENCHANTED WITH THEIR CIVIL
AIR AGREEMENT WITH THE USSR, ARE PRESENTLY DISINCLINED TO
GRANT MOSCOW-LANDING RIGHTS FOR AIRCRAFT HEADED FOR HAVANA.
3. -CONG0:-.
A. THE UN PLAN FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION HAS BOGGED
DOWN IN A MORASS OF LEGALISTIC ARGUMENT OVER HOW MUCH PRO-
VINCIAL AUTONOMY OUGHT TO BE WRITTEN INTO THE CONSTITUTION.
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B. WE DO NOT HAVE 4221=1. PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING ON
IN SOUTH KASAI AND NORTHERN KATANGA
LEOPOLDVILLE. IS GETTING READY TO MAKE
A MOVE AGAINST TSHOMBE'S FORCES IN THOSE PROVINCES IF IT
HAS NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
Co .A UNITED NATIONS C-47 WAS SHOT DOWN OVER NORTHERN
KATANGA YESTERDAY. NO ONE IS QUITE SURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE,
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4. THAILAND:
A. SARIT TOLD THE PRESS YESTERDAY THAT THE TIME
HAD COME FOR THAILAND TO BEGIN WORKING OUT FORMAL TRADE
AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH THE USSR.
B. WE TAKE THIS AS THE FIRST MOVE TO GIVE BODY TO
RECENT THAI? THREATS TO ADOPT A MORE INDEPENDENT POLICY BE?
CAUSE OF THEIR PIQUE OVER US POLICY TOWARDS LAOS AND
CAMBODIA. HOWEVER, WE NOTE THAT SARIT WAS CAREFUL TO
LEAVE HIMSELF AN ESCAPE HATCH BY SAYING THAT NOTHING
DEFINITE WOULD BE DONE UNTIL FOREIGN MINISTER THANAT RE?
TURNS FROM HIS CURRENT CHORES AT THE UN.
D.
THANAT TOLD AMBASSADOR YOUNG
ON TUESDAY IN BLUNT LANGUAGE THAT THE US NEED NOT EXPECT
THE SAME THAI SUPPORT IN THE UN AS IT HAS RECEIVED IN THE
PAST,
5, SINO?SOVIET RELATIONS:
A. WE CANNOT CONFIRM PRESS REPORTS THAT PEIPING HAS
ASKED THE USSR TO CLOSE ALL OF ITS CONSULATES IN CHINA. THERE
IS, NONETHELESS, TENUOUS EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THAT MOSCOW'S
POSTS AT HARBIN IN MANCHURIA AND URUMCHI IN SINKIANG MAY IN
FACT HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
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B. NEVERTHELESS WE ARE COMING TO BELIEVE THAT
A NEW PERIOD OF OPEN HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE TWO POWERS HAS
ARRIVED. ALBANIA HAS CHIMED IN BY ENDORSING EVERYTHING
THE CHINESE HAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT SOVIET?YUGOSLAV RAPPROCHE?
MENT, AND BY ATTACKING KHRUSHCHEV PERSONALLY AS WELL.
6. COMMUNIST CHINA?JAPAN:
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A JAPANESE FIRM IS NEGOTIAT?
ING WITH COMMUNIST CHINA FOR THE IMPORTATION OF 50,000 TONS OF
IRON ORE FROM HAINAN ISLAND NEXT YEAR.
B.
WE CAN SEE HOW PEIPING MIGHT BE ATTRACTED TO THE DEAL. FOR
ONE THING, IT WOULD EARN BADLY NEEDED FOREIGN EXCHANGE. FOR
ANOTHER, IT COULD LEAD TO THE REFURBISHING OF HAINAN'S ANTI?
QUATED MINING COMPLEX WITH JAPANESE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, THUS
MAKING AVAILABLE TO CHINA SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER QUANTITIES OF
THE RICHEST IRON ORE IN THE WORLD (OVER 70% METAL CONTENT).
C. THERE DO NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY POLITICAL OBSTACLES TO
AN AGREEMENT. AS RECENTLY AS WEDNESDAY, CHEN Yl WAS TELLING
VISITING JAPANESE NEWSMEN THAT A GOVERNMENT?TO?GOVERNMENT
TRADE AGREEMENT IS STILL OUT OF THE QUESTION, BUT THAT
PRIVATE DEALS WERE QUITE IN ORDER.
7, SINO?INDIAN BORDER:
PEIPING IS CLAIMING THIS MORNING THAT A FIRE FIGHT IS IN
PROGRESS AT THE EASTERN END OF THE SINO?INDIAN BORDER IN WHICH
CHINESE FORCES HAVE SUFFERED CASUALTIES. THE SITUATION, IT SAYS,
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?HAS REACHED THE CRITICAL POINT' AT WHICH THE "FLAMES OF WAR
MAY FLARE UP." ALL THE FACTS ARE NOT YET IN HAND, BUTTHE
TONE OF THE quirEsE BLAST IS SHRILLER THAN USUAL.
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S. NOTES:
A. SOUTH VIETNAM:
B. INDONESIA: A CABINET SHAKE?UP SEEMS TO BE IN THE
MAKING, THE HIGHLIGHT OF WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE SUBANDRIO3S
ELEVATION TO THE POSITION OF FIRST MINISTER IN REWARD FOR
HIS ROLE IN THE WEST NEW GUINEA SETTLEMENT,
C. AFGHANISTAN: THE AFGHANS HAVE ASKED US TO MAKE
AVAILABLE TRAINING SLOTS DURING THE NEXT ACADEMIC PERIOD
FOR TEN OF THEIR ARMY OFFICERS. THIS REQUEST, THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND IN NEARLY THREE YEARS, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE
WITHOUT THE PERSONAL APPROVAL OF PRIME INISTER DAUD.
D. SOMALI?ETHIOPIA: RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
NEVER VERY GOOD, HAVE BEEN BROUGHT CLOSE TO THE BREAKING
POINT BY SOMALI SUSPICIONS THAT THE ETHIOPIANS ARE PLOTTING
THEIR
TO ASSASSINATE / PRESIDENT.
USSR:
E. /THERE WAS APPARENTLY ANOTHER NUCLEAR TEST AT NOVAYA
ZE LYA THIS MORNING.
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