THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 8 APRIL 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959080
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 8, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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1. Cyprus
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a. Turkish Foreign Minister
Erkin says Prime Minister Inonu is
"very bitter" over the trend of
events in Cyprus. Erkin believes
the issue is now being turned into
a straight Greek-Turkish problem.
b. This implies that Turkey,
frustrated by its inability to in-
fluence directly the course of events
on Cyprus.will step up direct pres-
sure on Greece.
c. Our ambassador fears that
this will lead to a "go it alone"
Turkish policy toward Greece which
will be carried out without prior
consultation with the US.
d. On Cyprus itself, the problem
over control of the road between
Nicosia and the north coast port of
Kyrenia is still unsolved.
? e. The UN command has announced
it intends to open all major roads,
including this one, by tomorrow.
f. The position of Turkish
Cypriots in northwest Cyprus also is
becoming more difficult.
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2. Brazil
a. Brazil should have its
interim president shortly. The
Congress, reflecting the heavy pres-
sure put on it by the military, has
approved a bill calling for an im-
mediate election.
b. As we have noted earlier,
the revolt's leaders have threatened
to dissolve Congress if it does not
come up with the proper man.
c. Ambassador Gordon reports
it is generally accepted that a mili-
tary man will be made president, with
Castello Branco the front-runner.
d. Gordon is concerned that the
drive of the ant i-Goulart forces to make
a quick and effective purge of sub-
versives may go too far. Some measures
they have taken seem to us to be ex-
cessive.
e. Large-scale arrests continue,
and all radio stations in at least
one state have been commandeered by
the state government.
f. Also, censorship on outgoing
cable news copy went into effect in
Rio Tuesday afternoon.
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3. USSR
g. Not surprisingly, some
Brazilians are beginning to worry
about these tendencies in a regime
dominated by the military.
a. Khrushchev is having some
trouble in his own back yard in
lining up support for his new counter-
offensive against Peiping and in
particular for a new international
conference of Communist parties.
b. The more independent-minded
East Europeans know they would lose
their newly won maneuver room if
they had to commit themselves defin-
itively to Moscow in a showdown with
the Chinese.
C, The Hungarians have not yet
specifically backed the conference
proposal and are thought to prefer
no action at all to the possible
break with the Chinese that might
follow from such a meeting.
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4. Pakistan
d. There are reports circulat-
ing in Budapest that Khrushchev is
going to stay on there until 13 April,
presumably in the hope of bringing
Kadar around.
e. The Rumanians are also drag-
ging their feet. The Poles, who have
said nothing publicly on the issue,
are believed willing to attend .a con-
ference only if its purpose is to
seek a means of reconciliation with
Peiping.
f. Khrushchev does seem to have
the Bast Germans in his pocket, and
the Bulgarians and Czechs are also on
record as favoring a conference this
year.
a. There are reasons for sus-
pecting that Pakistan, despite pro-
tests to the contrary, may indeed have
reached some sort of understanding
with Communist China.
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5. Middle East
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6. Egypt
a. Nasir has assured Ambassador
Badeau that he would lay off specific
mention of American bases or Wheelus
in his propaganda.
b. He also claimed that after
hearing about propaganda broadcasts
of the clandestine "Voice of the Arab
nation" attacking President Johnson
he had ordered them to stop.
c. Nasir may well feel he can
afford to keep quiet about Wheelus
now that negotiations for its removal
have been set in train by the Libyans.
d. However, it remains to be
seen how long he will refrain from
interfering again in Libya particularly
if he sees any good chance of toppling
the monarchy by his own efforts.
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7. East Africa
a. Kenyan Minister of State
Murumbi says that Tanganyika's
President Nyerere is ready to go
ahead immediately on federation with
Kenya and leave the door open to
Uganda and Zanzibar to join later.
b. Such a development might
provide a ray of hope for keeping
Zanzibar's Karume from being swal-
lowed up by the Communists.
c. However, we have no confirma-
tion from Nyerere himself on this
subject and recent Tanganyikan actions
would appear to point in just the
opposite direction.
d. Kenyan emissary Koinange was
able to get Karume to say categorically
that if an East African Federation
were formed Zanzibar would join it.
Koinange, however, failed in his pri-
mary mission, which was to get Karume
to ask for support from Kenya.
the Zanzi-
bar regime
intends
to make Pemba the main training
ground for "freedom fighters" for
the liberation of Africa.
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? 8. Dominican
Republic
f. Such a development appears
plausible
g. Karume's demand yesterday
that the NASA space station be re-
moved by I May is the latest move in
the drive to eliminate Western
influence on the island.
a. Ramon Tapia is still hold-
ing out. He has refused to resign
unless his replacement in the tri-
umvirate is named simultaneously.
b. This has led to a further
falling out between the remaining
members of the triumvirate, Reid nd
Tavares.
c. Reid suspects a maneuver
to supplant him as senior member of
the triumvirate, while Tavares, with
justification, suspects Reid is tired
of sharing power and wants to rule
by himself.
d. ? Ex-president Donnelly is
worried that dissident groups will
rally around Tapia. This would fur-
ther confuse the political situation
and give the Communists an opportunity
for troublemaking..
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NOTES
A. Laos Right-wing observation teams trained by Americans
Vigr7 reported that some 2,000 to 3,000 troops, including
many North Vietnamese have moved from the region east of
Thakhek southeast to the Muong Phine area. This area
serves as a base for Communist operations along the
southern Laos - South Vietnam border. The reinforce-
ment could have been planned to offset any joint opera-
tions that General Khanh and Phoumi might arrange.
B. USSR-Iran The Soviets are reacting with some sensitivity
to the joint US-Iranian exercise "operation Delawar,"
C. Bolivia In response to Barrientos' threat to resign
Ta?ri-svice-presidential running mate in next month's
elections, President Paz has announced that he had
nothing to do with Federico Fortun's recent maneuvering
?to get himself back on the ticket in place of Barrientos.
Fortun has now promised to support the Paz-Barrientos
slate and is expected to go to Buenos Aires until things
cool down.
D. USSR The navy is continuing to develop a modest force
'a-Fissile-equipped surface ships to complement its
large missile submarine construction program.
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E. India A meeting of Indian Communist Party officials
WRElhg tomorrow may produce a formal party split.
The pro-Chinese faction is threatening to leave the
party if its effort to oust party chairman J. A. Dange
fails. He is turn has proposed disciplinary action
against them including explusion of five leftist leaders.
F. Venezuela Government authorities
are braced for a
new series of attacks by terrorists on 9 April, which
is the anniversary of the Castroite Armed Forces of
National Liberation.
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H. Chile Further reflection leads us to think that our
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entry in the presidential race was unduly optimistic.
He is more likely to draw votes from the right than from
the left. Hence Allende's chances may well be strength-
ened rather than weakened.
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