THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 19 MARCH 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996248
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 19, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-19 MARCH 1963
1. CUBAN RAID;
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IT-PROMISErS-Te-effilii-BMIA-HrEfreN MONDAY NIGHT'S. RAID ON ISABELA
DE SAGUA ON THE NORTH CENTRAL -LAIMO
.ITS. CLAIMS HAVE. NOT ALWAYS BEEN RELIABLE IN THE PAST..
B.
THE RAID WAS CARRIED OUT AT MIDNIGHT AND
A SOVIET SHIP
DOCKED AT THE PORT (PROBABLY THE CARGO SHIP L'GOV WHICH ENTERED
ISABELA DE SAGUA ON THE EVENING OF 17 MARCH) WAS HIT THREE TIMES
ON THE BRIDGE., BUT WAS OTHERWISE UNDAMAGED.
C.
THE RAIDING PARTY STARTED FIRING FROM
ONE MILE OUT, FIRING "TWO OR THREE EXPLOSIVE 20 MM SHOTS" AND
"SIXTY TO SEVENTY 50-CALIBRE MACHINE GUN BULLETS."
NO CASUALTIES,- ALTHOUGH RADIO HAVANA YESTERDAY
SAID SEVERAL WOUNDED RUSSIAN SAILORS WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL
AT SAGUA LA GRANDE.
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2. CUBA .SOVIET FORCES:
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InfOTOGRApHY SHOW NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AT THE 50X1
SOVIET ENCAMPMENTS.
B, THERE WAS HEAVY CLOUD amg ON BOTH: DAYS OVER ALL CAMPS
EXCEPT REMEDIOS' !HERE NO CHANGE WAS NOTED,
3. BOLIVIAN ?LANE CRASH:-
B. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT.ONE OF THE CUBANS ABOARD WAS JUAN
MOLEN, INSPECTOR GENERAL or CUBAN EMBASSIES.
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4. SOUTH KOREA;
A. THE PAK REGIME MAY BE IN REAL TROUBLE.
B. PAK WAS CLOSETED LAST NIGHT WITH A NUMBER OF OPPOSITION
CIVILIAN POLITICIANS WHOSE OPEN DEFIANCE OF HIS BAN ON POLITICAL
ACTIVITY HAS BROUGHT THE COUNTRY TO THE BRINK OF WIDESPREAD
DISORDERS.
C. TEMPORIZING TO PRESERVE ORDER, PAK-AGREED TO WITHDRAW
'TOR TWELVE DAYS!' HIS PROPOSAL TO HOLD A. PLEBESCITE ON EXTENDING
MILITARY Rvi,g. THIS PROPOSAL, MADE. ON SATURDAY, HAD SPARKED POPU?
LAR DEMONSTRATIONS ALMOST ,AS. SOON AS IT WAS ANNOUNCED.
5. YEMEN?USSR;
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A.
YEMEN
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TO SEEK A LARGE AMOUNT OF MILITARY EQUIP?
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MENT.
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A BASIC RE?EQUIPMENT. EFFORT FOR THE .YEMENI
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ARMY.
C. THE USSR HAS THUS FAR PROVIDED
YEMEN WITH
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LIGHT TANKS AND SOME ROCKET LAUNCHERS
HELICOPTERS AND
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6. USSR:
A.
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HAS BEEN DEMOTED AND FIRED., HE WAS ,A FIRST DEPUTY
MINISTER OF DEFENSE. THE SAME SOURCE SAYS MARSHAL MOSKALENKO,
CHIEF OF THE MAIN INSPECTORATE, HAS BEEN PROMOTED, BUT HE DID
NOT KNOW TO WHAT JOB.
B. WE CAN CONFIRM NEITHER STORY YET, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN
INDICATIONS THAT THE MILITARY WERE AGAIN TRYING TO GET AROUND
STRICT PARTY CONTROL AND HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO ASSERT A STRONG
VOICE IN POLICY MAKING.
7. SOMALIA-UK-BLOC:
A. WITH THE BREAK IN RELATIONS NOW OFFICIAL, BRITISH PER-
SONNEL ARE PULLING OUT OF SOMALIA. THEY HAVE ASKED US TO HANDLE
AFFAIRS FOR THEM.
B. IN RESPONSE TO A SOMALI REQUEST FOR AID, THE CHINESE
COMMUNISTS HAVE OFFERED WHATEVER MILITARY ASSISTANCE THE SOMALI
GOVERNMENT DESIRED; MOSCOW WAS CAREFUL TO AVOID ANY SUCH OPEN
COMMITMENT, SUGGESTING INSTEAD THAT TOP SOMALI OFFICIALS VISIT
MOSCOW FOR TALKS; AND THE UAR HAS OFFERED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF ARMS IT IS CURRENTLY SENDING TO THE SOMALI REPUBLIC.
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8. NOTES:
A. USSR?US: MOSCOW, IN RESPONSE TO OUR NOTE OF 25 FEB?
RUARY, IS INSTRUCTING AMBASSADOR DOBRYNIN TO RESUME DISCUSSIONS.
IN WASHINGTON ON "QUESTIONS RELATING TO A GERMAN PEACE SETTLE?
MENT AND NORMALIZATION ON THIS BASIS OF THE SITUATION IN WEST
BERLIN."
B. WEST GERMANY: ADENAUER S GOVERNMENT WON A TEST OF
STRENGTH IN THE BUNDESTAG YESTERDAY ON THE ISSUE OF PROHIBITING
THE SALE OF LARGE?DIAMETER PIPE TO THE USSR. THE BAN REMAINS
IN TACT.
C. COMMUNIST CHINA?USSR: TWO CHINESE COMMUNIST IL-18
AIRCRAFT, PREVIOUSLY USED FOR VIP FLIGHTS, DEPARTED PEIPING FOR
MOSCOW ON A NON?SCHEDULED RUN SUNDAY. THE CHINESE HAVE OFFERED
TO SEND A DELEGATION TO DISCUSS THE SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE, AND
THIS COULD BE IT, IF SO, IT WOULD BE FAST ACTION.
D. IRAQ: CHANGES CONTINUE TO BE MADE IN THE RANKS OF
IRAQI OFFICIALDOM, AND AS THE PROCESS GOES ON, THOSE WITH US
TRAINING ARE FARING VERY WELL. SIX MEMBERS OF THE CABINET HOLD
DOCTORATES FROM US UNIVERSITIES AND MANY WITH US TRAINING ARE
BEING APPOINTED AND PROMOTED To FILL POSITIONS VACATED BY LEFTISTS
AND QASIMITES,
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F. CUBAN EXILES: EUGENIO SOLER ALONSO, EX-CASTRO AMBASSADOR
TO INDIA WHO IS NOW WORKING CLOSELY WITH BETANCOURT, TOLD OUR
EMBASSY IN CARACAS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT HE IS TRYING TO CON-
? VINCE BETANCOURT TO USE HIS INFLUENCE TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED
EXILE MOVEMENT. SOLER HAS NO THOUGHT THIS GROUP WOULD REPRESENT
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TOTALITY OF CUBAN EXILES, BUT WOULD REPRESENT MOST IMPORTANT
SEGMENTS. HE FEELS THAT A GROUP CREATED IN CARACAS? WITH TACIT
APPROVAL FROM BETANCOURT WOULD ELIMINATE THE SHADOW NOW CAST ON
THE MIAMI COUNCIL AS BEING US-MANAGED.
9. :,1)Ag,ygmEN:
NASIR HAS REJECTED THE IDEA OFA VISIT FROM BUNKER.
,HE CLAIMS TO FEAR UNFAVORABLE PUBLICITY WHICH WOULD ATTEND HIS
MEETING WITH BUNKER AT THIS TIME.
B. MARSHAL AMER, iCI IN CAIRO, SAYS HE HAS AGAIN ORDERED
THAT ALL ATTACKS ON SAUDI SOIL CEASE. HE CLAIMS THAT ANY ATTACKS
THAT HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY HAVE BEEN IN ? DEFIANCE OF ORDERS.'
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