THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 DECEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996112
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 29, 1962

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THE PRESIDEWS INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--29 DECEMBER 1962
1. CUBA:
A. HIGH-ALTITUDE PHOTOGRAPHY ON THURSDAY SHOWED WHAT
APPEARED TO BE TEN FROG (SHORT-RANGE TACTICAL) MISSILE TRANS-
PORTERS AT A PIER IN MARIEL: PHOTOS TAKEN SEVERAL HOURS
LATER SHOWED THAT A FREIGHTER HAD ARRIVED AT THE SAME PIER
AND HAD OPENED ITS HATCHES.
B. WE COULD BE SEEING THE FIRST SIGN OF THE WITHDRAWAL
OF AT LEAST SOME SOVIET GROUND FORCE ELEMENTS, ALTHOUGH WE
CANNOT BE SURE UNTIL WE SEE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE SOVIET AR-
MORED ENCAMPMENTS.
2, USSR:
A. AMBASSADOR KOHLER HAS REPORTED HIS CONCERN OVER A
DEVELOPING ANTI-AMERICAN CAMPAIGN, APPARENTLY AIMED AT INTIMI-
DATING RUSSIANS FROM CONTACT WITH AMERICAN PERSONNEL. THIS
IS NOW ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN JAMMING OF VOA RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE PROGRAMS--IN SOME AREAS TO THE SATURATION POINT.
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B. WE BELIEVE THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP IS REACTING TO THE
PENKOVSKY CASE WITH ITS USUAL SENSITIVITY TO SUCH MATTERS,
AND IS TRYING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT DISCOURAGING TO OTHER
PENKOVSKYS. IF SO, THE CAMPAIGN DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN A
HARDENING OF BASIC SOVIET POLICY TOWARD THE US.
C. A BRITISH CORRESPONDENT HAS HEARD THAT THE TRIAL
OF WYNNE, THE ENGLISHMAN INVOLVED IN THE CASE, WILL BE VERY
BRIEF AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY HIS EXCHANGE FOR "SOMEONE IN
ENGLAND." KOHLER GUESSES FROM THIS AND OTHER HINTS FLOATING
AROUND THAT PENKOVSKY'S TRIAL WILL BE CLOSED, WITH WYNNE'S
PUBLIC.
3. INDIA/PAKISTAN:
A. ABOUT THE MOST THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE TALKS SO
FAR IS THAT NO ONE HAS GONE OFF IN A HUFF AND THAT A SECOND
ROUND HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.
C.
THE CHINESE APPEAR TO HAVE AGREED TO
A BORDER LINE WHICH THE PAKISTANIS CONSIDER TO BE BETTER THAN
THEY EXPECTED TO GET. THE RUB WILL COME WHEN SURVEYS BEGIN IN
EARNEST.
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D. SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN NO EXCESSIVELY BITTER REMARK
FROM THE INDIANS'AND AYUB HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO SMOOTH THINGS
OVER.
4. INDONESIA:
A. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT, IN ADDITION TO MAJOR DIPLO-
MATIC AND POLITICAL EFFORTS TO FRUSTRATE THE FORMATION OF
MALAYSIA, SUKARNO DECIDED ABOUT A WEEK AGO ON A PARAMILITARY
PROGRAM TO GIVE FURTHER SUPPORT TO AZAHARI'S REBELS AND OTHER
LIKE-MINDED ELEMENTS IN NORTHERN BORNEO. HE WAS FULLY BRIEFED
ON THE WEAKNESS AND DISORGANIZATION OF AZAHARI'S REBELS, BUT
DECIDED AZAHARI COULD NOT BE ABANDONED.
C. HE HAS ORDERED THAT A NEW TRAINING PROGRAM BE SET
UP FOR GUERRILLAS AND THAT REBELS FLEEING INTO INDONESIAN TER-
RITORY BE REGROUPED AND FITTED INTO THIS PROGRAM. GUERRILLAS,
ARE TO BE TRAINED FOR OPERATIONS IN SARAWAK AND NORTH BORNEO..
AS WELL AS BRUNEI.
E. WE SEE MORE SIGNS THAT THE INDONESIANS ARE EYEING
PORTUGUESE TIMOR HUNGRILY, BUT THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY POINT
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TO ACTION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
5. USSR/INDONESIA:
A.
THE USSR WOULD DO "EVERYTHING POSSIBLE" TO MAKE IT EASY FOR
INDONESIA TO REPAY ITS DEBT. AN ECONOMIC TEAM
IN JANUARY TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS.
B. FOR OVER A MONTH, THE INDONESIANS HAVE BEEN AGONIZ?
ING OVER OTHER SOVIET STATEMENTS ON THE SUBJECT WHICH LED
THEM TO BELIEVE THAT SPECIAL CONDITIONS MIGHT BE ATTACHED
TO RESCHEDULING THE DEBT PAYMENTS./
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C.
THIS OFFER, HOWEVER, IS REMINISCENT
OF THE USSR'S ATTITUDE TOWARD INDONESIALAST SUMMER WHEN IT
WAS TRYING TO INDUCE SUKARNO TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO MILITARY
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MEANWHILE, SOVIET ARMS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE,/
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7, CONGO:
A. THE DIE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAST IN KATANGA; UN
CONGO CHIEF GARDINER SAYS UN MILITARY ACTION WILL CONTINUE
AS LONG AS TSHOMBE CONTINUES TO RESIST.
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B. THE FIGHTING WHICH ERUPTED THURSDAY NIGHT APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN ON KATANGAN INITIATIVE, BUT THE UN IS FOLLOWING
THROUGH AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO GET TSHOMBE TO EFFECT
A CEASE?FIRE.
C. UN FORCES CONTROL ELISABETHVILLE AND ARE MOVING
TO CLEAR KATANGAN ROADBLOCKS AROUND THECCITY. THERE ARE
SOME LATE SUGGESTIONS OF INCREASING KATANGAN RESISTANCE.
D. FURTHER UN MOVES ARE PLANNED AGAINST MAJOR MINING
CENTERS. UN OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK, HOWEVER, ARE WORRIED
LEST "POLITICAL EVENTS" FOLLOWING THE CLEANUP OF ELISABETH?
VILLE PREVENT SUCH MOVES FOR WHICH IT WILL TAKE 2-3 WEEKS
TO READY THEIR FORCES.
SEVERAL KATANGAN
AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED IN THE INITIAL STRIKES.
F. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER TSHOMBE ESCAPED
ELISABETHVILLE YESTERDAY EVENING; A UN SPOKESMAN CLAIMED EARLY
TODAY HE WAS IN HIS HOME, WHICH WAS IN UN HANDS. LAST NIGHT
IT WAS BELIEVED HE HAD JOINED HIS MINISTERS IN KIPUSHI, SOUTH?
WEST OF ELISABETHVILLE ON THE NORTHERN RHODESIAN BORDER, WHERE
THEY FLED WHEN THE FIGHTING BEGAN.
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THE MERCEN-
ARIES, THE KEY TO ANY EFFECTIVE KATANGAN MILITARY ACTION.
H. RHODESIAN FORCES ARE BEING MOVED TO THE KATANGA
BORDER AS A "PRECAUTION."
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8. NOTES:
A. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WE HAVE NO LIGHT TO SHED ON
AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT EARLY TODAY THAT IT HAD
SUPPRESSED A PEASANT REVOLT NEAR THE HAITIAN BORDER.
B. ECUADOR: MILITARY LEADERS ARE WORKING TOWARD A
JUNTA TO TAKE OVER FROM PRESIDENT AROSEMENA, BUT SO FAR SEEM
UNABLE TO AGREE ON A PLAN.
WE WOULD NOT BET AGAINST A MOVE AT ANY TIME.
D. USSR: THE LATEST SOVIET SATELLITE IS STILL UP DE-
SPITE SOME SIGNS THAT YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BRING IT DOWN
MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNED EARLY TODAY.
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E. BRAZIL:. THE BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON IS
MAKING A MAJOR EFFORT TO SOFTEN UP THE US PRESS, HOPING TO
"DIMINISH THE INTERPRETIVE DISTORTIONS ABOUT THE BRAZILIAN
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