THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00898012
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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-02699
• Publication Date: September 18, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
18 SEPTEMBER 1961
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LATE ITEM
The UN has declared Hammarskold's plane missing, and an
extensive air search with US participation is now underway. An
unconfirmed broadcast from Rhodesia reports that the wreckage
of a plane has been sighted near the Congo-Northern Rhodesia
border.
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1. Katanga situation
2. Berlin developments
a) There is no firm word-on the-
whereabOpts: ofHammarskjold. He
flew out of Leopoldville yesterday;
but did not arrive in Northern
Rhodesia for a meeting with Tshombe,
as alleged in press reports. Our
Embassy in Leopoldville believes
that his plane was lost near Ndolo
(Rhodesia), possibly shot down by
the lone Katangan jet.
b) As of this morning, UN units in
Blisabethville and Kamina were still
under severe pressure from Katangan
forces;
c) in Jadotville, the impromptu
cease-fire reported yesterday now
appears to have broken down; the
UN relief column has still not
succeeded in pushing through.
a) No concrete new measures of sig-
nificance on the part of the Communists
have been reported. The bloc is now
focussing its propaganda on the 'Wbst
German jets incident.
b) The East Germans have asked for
temporary custody of the two pilots,
and Soviet planes were noted recon-
noitering Tegel airfield where the
West German planes are located.
a) Yesterday's East German local
elections appear to have tone off
in routine fashion.
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3. Soviet nuclear tests
4. Assessment of Canadian
foreign affairs debate
There may have been another test
today at the Arctic testing ground.
The tfttr*O0e4aa test in the current
series occuied in the same area
on Saturday,
There was another
one yesterday in the Semipalatinsk
area,
Analysis of
the 12, 13, and 16 September tests
in the Arctic indicate that the
devices may have been delivered by
medium-or short-range surface-to-
surface ballistic missiles.
The chief features of the recent
debate in the House of Commons, as
seen by our Embassy in Ottawa were.
a) the government firmly supported
the Western position on Berlin and
identified Berlin as an instance
of the world-wide confrontation
between Soviet aggressive tendencies
and the free world;
b) the government called for firmness
of purpose and recognized the pos-
sibility of war while urging
negotiations for an honorable
settlement;
c) the government announced new
defense measures;
d) the Liberal Party opposition
endorsed the government's position
on Berlin and NATO;
e) the government and the Liberals
vigorously castigated the USSR for its
resumption of nuclear testing, while
mildly criticizing the US for lack of
consultation in our decision to
proceed with testing.
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B.
Turkish security officials have imposed a ban on any public
discussion of the trials just concluded. There have been
no serious incidents stemming from
the executions
of Menderes
(and his two former associates)
C.
The Iraqi military action against
dissident Kurds
during the
past week was apparently fairly successful and
diminished the threat of a major insurrection.
has probably
D.
Afghan Foreign Minister Naim is reportedly considering
a
Washington trip following his visit
to Mocow, now underway.
E.
Both Moscow and Peiping have made
bare announcements on the
second US test. No further significant commentary
on US
resumption has been noted.
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