THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 30 APRIL 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959145
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: April 30, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
30 APRIL 1964
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1. Cyprus
a. So far there is no
indication that Turkish units
are moving, but Ankara has again
brought itself to the brink of
intervention.
c. Greek Cypriots called
a halt to their attacks in the
Kyrenia pass yesterday, apparently
not wishing to give the Turks
another pretext for intervention.
The ceasefire was shOrt:-liVed;
however. This morning they are
again shelling St. Hilarion
Castle.
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f. The Greeks believe that
once the Turks get started they
will go all the way this time.
They may be right: the Inonu
government is under heavy pressure
to take a strong stand lest it
lose to the opposition or be
overthrown by the military.
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2. Zanzibar
a. Communist sympathizers
still control the information
media and hold the key government
posts.
b. Karume,.having in his own
mind solved the problem by forcing
unionwithTanganyika, seems
little interested in substantial
changes.
.c. The union is not
especially popular in' Zanzibar,
even within Karumes own Afro-
Shirzai Party, and any signifi-
cant staffing of Zanzibari_posts
with.Tanganyikans could mean
trouble from the Communists.
d. Kambona?, now foreign
minister,. is confident, perhaps
overly so, that Babu.will.be no
problem now that he is in Dar-es-
Salaam, where he. can.be,watched.
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3, Laos
4, U Thant on
Southeast Asia
a. Souphannouvong has agreed
to meet with Souvanna, but he has
not said where or when. Souvanna
had suggested neutralist head-
quarters at Muong Phanh on the
Plaine des Jarres.
b. Another extended period
of negotiations on this and similar
questions seems likely.
c. Vientiane is still firmly
In the hands ;of the .coup group., and
Souvanna is still there.
d.
it has been
decided not to force cabinet
changes on Souvanna right away
and--for the record at least--to
respect the Geneva accords.
a. U Thant, in Paris yester-
day, told the press that he thought
the problem in-Sdutheast Asia is
not essentially a military one.
Rather, he said, it is a political
problem "which can only be solved
by political and diplomatic
means."
( b. "Military means ;did
not solve it ten; years ago," he
said, and he can "see no reason
for them to succeed now."
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5. British Guiana
c. Although this is not a
specific endorsement of neutrality,
Ambassador Bohlen notes that
Thant's remarks will fall on
fertile soil in France and else-
where.
a. Jagan's People's Progres-
sive Party is making a deliberate
effort to arouse its East Indian
supporters against both the Negro
population and expatriate Britishers.
b. The Negro population is
in turn talking openly of retalia-
tion if there are any further pro-
vocations by the East Indians.
c. In this setting, any
minor racial incident could easily
and quickly assume serious pro-
portions.
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NOTES
? Thailand ?The possibility of a coup attempt
against the Thanom regime has decreased. First
-Army Commander, General Krit, who had earlier
been reported plotting, seems to have made his
peace with Thanom.
C.
Syria The hard-pressed regime in Damascus
has laad to turn to drastic measures to break
the shopkeeperts strike. Henceforth any shop
which stays closed is to be confiscated. This
does nothing to placate the opposition, which
is now close to spontaneous combustion.
D. Cuba May Day celebrations will feature a
three-hour nonmilitary parade climaxed by a
Castro speech. ,Castro will probably press the
campaign against US "provocations" which he
launched two weeks ago.
E. Kenya A
tary training
group of Kenyans
has left Nairobi
in Bulgaria
for mill-
under a program managed by
Kenya's pro-Communist minister of home affairs,
Oginga,Odinga..
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