THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 11 JULY 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005958944
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: July 11, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT%
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST.
July 1961
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NOTE: This issue includes items from that of 10 July
1. Comment on Khrushchev's The addition of 3.1 billion rubles
military budget state- represents an increase of about one-
ment third in announced military expenditures,
only 10-15 percent of which would be
accounted for by the halt in demobili-
zation. To spend this amount, however,
in the remaining months of 1961 would
require drastic--and probably detectable
--reorientation of the economy at the
expense of Khrushchev's programs for
"catching up with the West" and im-
proving the standard of living. We
suspect, therefore, that at least a
part of the announced increase re-
presents the uncovering of military
expenditures previously concealed in
other categories of the budget.
The announced halt in demobilization
makes public a step probably taken
several months earlier.
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2. Dominican riots set back The disturbances last week, inspired
chances for Balaguer's by pro-Castro extremists, resulted in
reform program violent reprisals by police and govern-
ment-controlled mobs. There will now
be greater pressure for repression of
all anti-Trujillo activities, and
moderate middle-class groups will be
afraid to give political support to
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a new radio program, "The Voice of the
Dominican Liberation Movement."2
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3. Kuwait developments
4. Laotian developments
a) The UAR is attempting to promote
a unified demand by the Arab states
for immediate British withdrawal.
Although it still opposes Iraqi
annexation, the VAR feels it is an
"Arab problem."
b) The Arab League is showing a
tendency toward making Kuwaiti
membership conditional on British
withdrawal.
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d)
the British,
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siaering replacing their troops with
an Arab or Swedish force under UN
auspices, and hinting that something
might be worked out in the Security
Council in "ten days or so." ,
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a) Phoumi's program for using the
King to bring about a new government in
Laos has fallen behind schedule; his
plan will not be ready for presenta-
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local friction between pro-uv nna
forces and the Communists.
c) Analysis of reorganization and
expansion of North Vietnamese communi-
cations supports earlier indications
that Hanoi has a growing role in air-
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5. SwedH s seek to postpone
Chi ese representation
issue
6. Noh-align d Nations
Conference
Their UN delegation is rounding up
support for setting up at this year's
General Assembly session a committee
which would study the "whole question"
and report back the following year.
The original twenty members have
finally agreed on additional nations
to be invited: Nigeria; Togo; Upper
Volta; Lebanon; Ecuador; Bolivia;
Mexico; and Brazil. This list re-
presents a substantial victory for
the moderates led by India and Burma.
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NOTES
A. Sunday's air show in Moscow was about as expected; no new
aircraft types were shown beyond those spot rd in rehearsals.
B. Soviet naval exercises in progress in the Atlan? ic have
extended into waters west of Ireland--much farther from home
bases than previous large-scale maneuvers.
D.
IncireiSing diSsatisfaCtion with U Nu's leadership has
prompted rumors in Rangoon of an early government cr sis
E.? The UN haE forcibly expelled from the Congo George Thyssen s,
an unofficial Belgian extremist adviser in Katanga. We
expect a reaction which will further complicate efforts to
achieve Katangan participation in the parliament meeting.
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