THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 5 JULY 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958934
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 5, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
5 JULY 1961
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2. Laotian situation
a) Likelihood of military action by
Qasim believed much diminished with
British military strength in Kuwait
now superior to Iraqi forces in
border area;
b) Baghdad has cancelled all military
leaves until further notice but on
3 July units at Basra were instructed
"not to undertake any operation which
would incite Kuwait";
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d) Top Arab League official is work-
in hard on mediation effort.
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The contending factions in Laos con-
tinue to mark time pending the open- 50X1
ing of talks on a coalition government.
On a brief stopover in Bangkok before
returning to Vientiane on 4 July,
Phoumi declared out-of-the-blue that
the Zurich meeting had agreed that
Souvanna and Souphannouvong both
unsuitable as premier because they
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3. Hammarskjold alarmed
over planned Congo
coup.
4. Chinese Communists put
Out feeler on private
talks with US
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Mobutu and
Bomboko, with French encouragement, are
considering a military coup against flvi
the Ileo government. The attempt wc:=
allegedly take place in the next week
if Kasavubu's support can be assured.
The Secretary General believes that
such a coup would play into Soviet
hands by enhancing Gizenga's support
among the neutralist African states
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An intimation of Peiping's desire for
a series of informal, private conver-
sations with US officials came ata
recent meeting between US and Chinese
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taking an unusually affable tack,
urged an extension of such contacts,
but took pains to hold the Peiping
line on Laos, Taiwan and the UN. In
recent months, Peiping has made sim-
ilar approaches through other channels,
always insisting, however, that Wash-
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NOTES
A. ?The USSR launched two test ICBM's within a 16-hour period on
4 July,
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C. Ah-impending influx of Soviet aircraft technicians into Mali
has been reported. Their assignment would include setting
up a central' maintenance base for Soviet-built aircraft supplied
to Ghana,-Guinea, and Mali.
D. UN observer on the spot reports extensive armed exchanges,along
India-Pakistan cease-fire line during June.
E. There is as yet no significant indication of puolic reaction to
the South Korean coup within .a coup. Pak is moving fast in
attempt to nail down No. 1 place in regime.
F. Speeches yesterday by Khrushchev in Moscow and Party. Secretary
Suslov-in Ulan Bator developed no new lines, according to avail-
able excerpt's.
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