THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 14 MARCH 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992244
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 14, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
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14 MAR. 1962
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1. Dutch-Indonesian
negotiations
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a. The Dutch have agreed to our
suggestion that discussions begin on
March 20 near Washington. :They have
indicated that although Bunker would
be acceptable,- Black, Gross:.! or, Boland
would suit them somewhat better.
b. Subandrio is flying to Bali
to lay the proposal before Sukarno and
has promised the Indonesian answer
later today. Embassy Djakarta looks
for a favorable reply on the arrange-
ments.
c. The Hague remains troubled
by reports it has received concerning
alTlanned Indonesian military move
against West New Guinea sometime in
April, and a fairly substantial
minority within the government is
still in favor of reinforcing the
Diutch positions. We believe from
our evidence that a large-scale
action is not yet within Djakarta's
means, but a sizeable infiltration
movement could be attempted at any
moment.
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2. Berlin corridors:
Soviets introduce
further variant
3. Restiveness in
Guatemala
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a. Today's Soviet flights
are scheduled to take place after
dark for the first time. The flight
plans filed yesterday call for four
flights, two out and two in, in the
northern corridor between 8 and 9 PM,
Berlin time (2 and 3 this afternoon,
Washington time.) For the third
day in ?a row they are to be within
the time and altitude spans of scheduled
Western commercial flights. Flight
plans filed this morning for tomorrow,
3 in and 3 out along the southern
corridor, revert to the AM pattern.
b. There was more chaff-dropping
yesterday but it was not close enough
In to affect the Berlin control zone.
Student demonstrators, who have
been protesting alleged election,
fraUds 3-months old, rioted yesterday
in Guatemala City under prodding from
a comparative handful of Communist
agitators. Casualties were high
after the police moved in but no
fatalities have been reported. The
outburst;--with more in the offing--
signals an intensified effort by the
Communists, who are too weak to act
alone, to provoke and ride along with
non-Communist opposition to the Ydigoras
government. ,Ydigoras is also in for
some buffeting from the right which
fears a rising leftist tide and he has
not yet eliminated the guerrilla bands
operating in the eastern part of the
country.
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4. Soviet space
activity
5. Chinese Communists
bargaining for Italian
assistance for
petroleum industry
a. The indications of an up-
coming Soviet space attempt
are now pointing toward
another postponement. ?We have no
clues to explain the on-again-off-
again sequence.
'there were
probably two earth satellite failures
at the Kapustin Yar missile test
range in the latter part of last
year--on October 27 and December 21.
Neither vehicle achieved Orbit,
as olainlv intended in each case
? A group representing Italy's
state-owned petroleum agency, now
in Peiping, is getting top-drawer
attention and seems likely to reach
an agreement for the supply of Italian
equipment and technicians. Similar
negotiations in the past have hung-up
on Chinese refusal to accept Italian
technical assistance, but the with-
drawal of Soviet help in this area
has apparently, brought a change of
heart.
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B. Quadros is scheduled to go on radio and television tomorrow for
his first major statement since returning to Brazil. After
he puts up some trial balloons there is likely to be more
seclusion while he studies which way the winds are blowing.
C. The Honduran Communist Party is trying to build support for
a general strike within the next few days, using the impasse
in contract negotiations between the Standard Fruit Company
and its Communist-dominated union as a springboard. A tough
response by the government would be welcomed by the party
leaders/
D. The government of Guinea continues to show distinct interest
In improving economic relations with the West. In meetings
with US, UK, Italian and West German representatives last week
in Conakry, Guinean officials made an unprecedentedly forceful
pitch for private investment capital, indicating that the Tour6
government was planning "clarification" of nationalization
policies. in order to reduce investors' apprehensions.
E. Sarit has agreed to Ambassador Harriman's visit to Bangkok,
beginning on the 21st, and has acknowledged that the upshot
Is meant to be joint Thai-US pressure on Phoumi.
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G. President Lleras has ordered the Colombian military to go on
the alert on the 18th of March because of a feared outbreak of
Communist-inspired violence following the elections on that date.
H. Soviet ambassador Dobrynin's schedule now calls for him to arrive
in New York today.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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