THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 AUGUST 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959390
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 29, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--29 AUGUST 1964
1. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. JOCKEYING FOR POWER CONTINUES AMONG THE LEADERSHIP.
B. EARLY THIS MORNING, CIVILIAN VICE PREMIER NGUYEN
XUAN OANH--WHO HAS STUDIED AND TAUGHT IN THE US--WAS TAGGED
AS ACTING PREMIER, TO HEAD A CARETAKER GOVERNMENT FOR TWO
MONTHS.
C. THIS PARTIALLY ACCORDS WITH THE LINE GENERAL KHANH
WAS TAKING WITH AMBASSADOR TAYLOR YESTERDAY--THAT HE WOULD
STAY ON AS PREMIER BUT WOULD TAKE A "SHORT" LEAVE AND LET
OANH SIGN PAPERS DURING THIS PERIOD. YESTERDAY, AMBASSADOR
TAYLOR DESCRIBED KHANH AS "OBVIOUSLY AT THE POINT OF PHYSICAL
EXHAUSTION."
D. EARLIER, KHANH HAD ALSO SAID HE HOPED TO BE NAMED
PRESIDENT BY A "COMMITTEE OF UNITY" COMPOSED OF VARIOUS
NOTABLES--AND FORMATION OF SUCH A COMMITTEE WAS ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY, HOWEVER, GENERAL MINH WOULD PREFER TO SEE HIMSELF
AS CHIEF OF STATE WITH KHANH AS PREMIER.
E. THERE HAS BEEN NO NEW VIOLENCE REPORTED FROM THE
NORTHERN CITIES AND BY EARLY MORNING TODAY (SAIGON TIME)
SECURITY ELEMENTS WERE MOVING TO RESTORE ORDER IN SAIGON.
F. THUS FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO NOTABLE STEPUP IN VIET
CONG ACTIVITY TO EXPLOIT THE CRISIS.
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G. DURING PAST CRISES, HOWEVER, INTENSIFIED VIET CONG
ACTIVITY HAS NOT BEEN IMMEDIATELY APPARENT
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ARE REPORTS THAT THE VIET CONG HAVE CONCENTRATED TWO OR THREE
BATTALIONS IN HAU NGHIA PROVINCE, JUST WEST OF SAIGON.
2. COMMUNIST CHINA ? VIETNAM:
A. THE CHINESE MAY BE PLANNING TO STRENGTHEN THEIR
NAVAL CAPABILITY IN THE GULF OF TONKIN AREA.
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3. CYPRUS:
A. ROTATION OF TURKISH TROOPS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY
REMAINS THE PRIMARY PRESENT ISSUE, WITH PRECISE TURKISH
INTENTIONS STILL A QUESTION RAISING TENSIONS ON THE ISLAND.
THE TURKISH EMBASSY CHARGE IN NICOSIA HAS BEEN QUOTED AS
SAYING THAT UNARMED TROOPS WOULD BE LANDED; IF BLOCKED, THEY
WOULD WITHDRAW AND FORCE WOULD THEN BE USED.
B. GREEK CYPRIOTS CONTINUE TO SQUEEZE THE SMALL TURKISH
BRIDGEHEAD IN NORTHWEST CYPRUS, ALTHOUGH FIGHTING HAS NOT
YET ERUPTED. THREE GREEK RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW
THE COASTAL ROAD WEST OF KYRENIA YESTERDAY, BUT NO TURKISH
FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR FIVE DAYS.
C. IN ANKARA, ANTI?AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN
SWELLING. CONCEIVABLY THEY COULD SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR
SOME MOVE TO OUST INONU.
D. AN INFLUENTIAL TURKISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMED YESTERDAY
THAT UNLESS TURKISH DEMANDS REGARDING THE "CYPRUS PLAN" WERE
MET, TURKEY "WILL CHOOSE A NEW WAY"--AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN
POLICY AND REMOVAL OF SOME AMERICAN PRIVILEGES.
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4. CONGO:
A. REBEL OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH AND THE EAST ARE STILL
EXPANDING.
B. LEOPOLDVILLE CLAIMS THAT ALBERTVILLE HAS BEEN TAKEN
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MERCENARY FORCE IS STILL A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AWAY.
C. THE BELGIANS, WHO CONSIDER SOME GOVERNMENT MILITARY
SUCCESS A PREREQUISITE TO ANY POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, ARE GIVING
PRIORITY TO THEIR PLAN CALLING FOR THE FORMATION OF SIX NEW
"COLUMNS" COMBINING CONGO ARMY, KATANGA GENDARME AND MERCENARY
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D. MEANWHILE, THE BELGIAN CONSUL GENERAL IN LEOPOLDVILLE
SAYS THAT KATANGAN GENDARMES STILL IN ANGOLA ARE TO BE BROUGHT
BACK "SOON" TO STIFFEN KATANGA POLICE FORCES.
E. AN OAU SESSION ON THE CONGO NOW SEEMS ON FOR
ABOUT 5 SEPTEMBER. TSHOMBE INDICATES HIS INTENTION TO ATTEND.
SO FAR THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CONSENSUS ON THE FORM OF OAU
ACTION, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE INCREASING SIGNS IT WILL INVOLVE
"NEGOTIATIONS" BETWEEN THE LEOPOLDVILLE GOVERNMENT AND THE
DISSIDENTS.
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F. IN THIS LATTER CONNECTION, GHANA'S NKRUMAH IS STILL
MANEUVERING, HE HAS NOW PROPOSED TO CONGOLESE PRESIDENT
KASAVUBU THAT A CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENT AND REBEL LEADERS
BE HELD IN ACCRA, WITH GHANA, NIGERIA, ALGERIA, ETHIOPIA
AND SUDAN SITTING IN AS OAU MEDIATORS,
5. INDONESIA:
A. US OFFICIALS IN SUMATRA HAVE HEARD THAT NEW LEFTIST
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST US RUBBER ESTATES ARE IN THE WIND.
THEY ALSO HEAR, HOWEVER, THAT ORDERS HAVE COME FROM DJAKARTA
TO "LET THE PEOPLE ACT AGAINST THE BRITISH" BUT TO PREVENT
DAMAGE TO AMERICAN PROPERTIES,
B. THE USIS OFFICE IN SURABAYA--ON JAVA--HAS A REPORT
THAT IT TOO IS TO BE AN EARLY TARGET.
C. THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR IN DJAKARTA, ECHOING TOKYO,
FULLY EXPECTS JAPAN TO BE NEXT IF INDONESIAN COMMUNISTS ARE
SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR EFFORTS TO WORSEN US?INDONESIAN RELATIONS.
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6. NOTES:
A. ETHIOPIA:
YOUNG
OFFICERS--DISGRUNTLED OVER CONDITIONS IN THE SERVICES AND
OVER FAILURE TO FORCE THE ISSUES WITH SOMALIA LAST FEBRUARY
--ARE PLANNING A COUP
WE THINK THE EMPEROR HAS
PROBABLY ALSO HEARD OF THIS. THE LAST COUP, IN DECEMBER 1960,
FAILED.
B. TANGANYIKA?ZANZIBAR: TANGANYIKAN OFFICIALS ARE GET?
TING NERVOUS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ZANZIBAR, OVER WHICH THEY
HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTROL./
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D. BERLIN:
US HELICOPTER OVERFLIGHT OF EAST BERLIN THAT THE NEXT
SUCH OVERFLIGHT WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THE "MOST SERIOUS
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EITHER BE BUZZED, FORCED DOWN, OR SHOT DOWN. THE LATTER SEEMS
UNLIKELY, BUT WE WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED BY AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE
ONE DOWN.
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