THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 JANUARY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996799
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 28, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
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ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
28 JANUARY 1964
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LATE ITEMS
1. Communist Peiping like Taipei has yet
China - France again come out four square against
"two Chinas" and in so doing has
put the French on the spot?
The relevant passage in a
Ministry of Foreign Affairs state-
ment issued today is as follows:
"According to international practice,
recognition of the new government of
A country naturally implies ceasing
to recognize the old ruling group
overthrown by the people of that
country.
"Consequently, the representa-
tives of the old ruling group can
no longer be regarded as representa-
tives of that country to be present
side by side with the representatives
of the new government in one and
the same country or international
organization.
"It was with this understanding
that the Government of the People's
Republic of China reached agreement
with the Government of the French
Republic on the establishment of
diplomatic relations and the exchange
of ambassadors between China and France."
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2. Cyprus
Late press reports from Ankara
quote Turkish Government sources as
saying Turkey "is walking out" of
the London Conference. This has not
yet been confirmed from any official
source.
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1. Cyprus a. There is still no give on
either side.
b. The UK continues its ef-
forts to line up Western support
for some kind of interallied police
force for Cyprus.
c. Greece has accepted the
British proposal for a force of "al-
lied troops" drawn from NATO members.
Turkey was to give its answer last
night.
d. Sandys is considering what
pressure might be brought to bear
on Makarios to persuade him to accept.
e. Makarios seemed interested,
however, ?in an idea of Ambassador
Wilkins that police officials from
some other country be added to the
combined Greek Cypriot and Turkish
Cypriot police force as a temporary
solution.
f. London appears determined
to resort to the UN if fighting
breaks out before a peace-keeping
formula is achieved.
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2, Nationalist a, There has so far been no
China -France reaction from either Paris or Pei-
ping to yesterday's statement by the
Chinese Nationalist Foreign Ministry,
Taipei confined itself to a strong
protest and a reiteration of its
opposition to the two Chinas' theme
"whatever the circumstances,"
b. Other reactions:
? USSR -Soviet propaganda, dis-
playiirrgensitivity to Western press
reports to the contrary, said ?the
Soviet Union welcomed the establish-
ment of relations between Paris and
Peiping.
Ethiopia - The Emperor, who
will receive ChouEn-lai tomorrow
or Thursday, is giving serious con-
sideration to immediate recognition
of Peiping.
Cambodia wholeheartedly approves.
Ambassador Sprouse believes France's
position has been strengthened in
Cambodia as compared with that of
the US, ?
(Cont 'd)
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3. Libya
Chad - President Tombalbaye has
told that he
could not afford to have a Chinese
Communist diplomatic mission active
in the country.
Dahomey is expected to recog-
nize Peiping within a few days.
a. Rioting continues in Tripoli,
with extensive damage from fire and
vandalism. The police report seven-
teen deaths to date.
b. Wheelus Air Base is taking
special precautionary measures. Sev-
eral Americans have suffered minor
cuts and bruises from stoning inci-
dents.
C.
King Idris' ouster of Prime Minister
Fikini and his use of strong-arm
methods against the opposition has
weakened the position of both him-
self and his government.
d. Fikini is popular in Libya
and could provide a focus around
which opposition to the regime could
unite, possibly with Egvntia7 sup-
port.
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4. Arab States - a. The Arab leaders' plan for
Israel blocking Israel's Jordan River project
will take a long time to put into
effect, if in fact it ever is.
b. King Husayn and Lebanese
Foreign Minister Takla have said
that any effort to divert the Jordan
River's headwaters would not even
begin until the Arab joint military
command is satisfied that military
preparations for meeting any Israeli
retaliation are complete.
c. Their estimates of the time
required to build up Arab armed forces
vary from one to three years. An Arab
League announcement implies that di-
version work would take an additional
eighteen months at a minimum.
d. The more prosperous Arab
states are to assist in financing
both the military build up and the
headwaters diversion project, a
type of cooperation at which the
Arabs have not been notably suc-
cessful.
? e. There remains a possibility
that Syria might jump the gun by?
sabotage or other action
against the Israeli project. The
Syrians were much more bellicose
about Israel than anyone else at
the Cairo conference.
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S. South Vietnam
a. The security situation in
the northern provinces, where hard
information is scarce, apparently
took a sharp turn for the worse
after the coup last November.
b. Our consul at Hue' has
reported that the Viet Cong push
late in the year seriously eroded
the morale of the strategic hamlet
militia.
C. Many militiamen turned in
their arms, and others were disarmed
by local officials who considered
them unreliable.
d. The Viet Cong for the most
part ?have been using irregular
platoon-sized units in intensified
harassing operations without com-
mitting their regular battalions.
e. The government reports
that encouraging progress is now
being made in two of the eight
provinces concerned, but we cannot
vouch for it.
f. Another recent study, also
on the pessimistic side, shows that
Viet Cong ground fire against air-
craft was much more effective last
year than in 1962.
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NOTES
A. Panama Panamanian UN representative Boyd:has.told
the Costa Rican representative that Panama is not
insisting on any particular wording regarding revision
of the-treaty, wanting only some reference to the
treaty. .Whether any such Compromise could be'sold
to the Panamanian .public remains questionable.
B. Indonesia-Malaysia Ambassador Jones has found
Sukarno in a bad mood over press stories that the
US and UK were in agreement that the independence
and integrity of Malaysia must be guaranteed. Sukarno
seemed to calm down after strong representations by
Jones but wished to be assured that the US would
accept any solution agreed to by the three nations
concerned.
C. Tanganyika Our embassy reported yesterday that
Dar-es-Salaam continued calm but that the situation
had not yet stabilized. Nyerere has called for an
emergency meeting of the Ministers of Defense and
Foreign Affairs of the members of the Organization
of African Unity, which includes virtually all the
Africa states.
D.
Cuba-Tanganyika Pablo Ribalta Perez, appointed
first Cuban ambassador to Tanganyika in DecemberE
Ribalta, who
has no known diplomatic experience, was
involved in guerrilla warfare training when
he was in charge of the San Julian Air Base.
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E. Argentina-USSR The sale of approximately 40,000
tons of wheat to the USSR has been announced by two
firms in Buenos Aires. Negotiations for further
sales are in progress. Argentina's wheat crop, which
appears to be the best in ten years, could yield an
exportable surplus of over 3 million tons.
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