THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 14 AUGUST 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959002
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 14, 1961

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
14 AUGUST 1961
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THE SITUATION IN BERLIN - As of 0800 This Morning
The new restrictions on the travel of East Berliners and East
Germans to West Berlin were announced by the Ulbricht regime as
haVing been introduced in response to a proposal by the Warsaw
Pact nations. This is the first time the Warsaw Pact organization'
has urged action on a specific domestic problem of a member nation.
The decrees which formally impose the travel limitations are
very specific in making clear that there are no changes in the
existing regulations regarding the transit rights of the three
Western powers between West Germany and West Berlin or of West
Germans travelling between West Germany and West Berlin.
Yesterday 670 refugees registered at Marienfelde but of these
only about 40 or 50 had crossed into Berlin on that day, the remainder
having entered the West sector earlier.
East German security forces--Peoples' Police, Customs, Border
and Transport Police and armed workers militia--are stationed in
strength at all crossing-points and only 13 of the former 87 inter-
sector crossing points in the city remain open (see MAP). At these
13 open crossing points only those East Germans and East Berliners
with special permits will be allowed to enter the West sector.
the Ulbricht regime,
in view of the possibility of spontaneous demonstrations as the
control measures are enforced, has--with Soviet backing--sought
to forestall widespread violence by a public display of armed
police, troops and armor.
Some minor incidents occurred in East Berlin yesterday,
but as of now, no major incidents have been reported.
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1. French overture to Tuni-
sia on bilateral talks
2. Tshombe may accept
position in new
Congolese government
Paris sent a note to Tunis on 11
August (not yet published) stating
a willingness to start talks on
arranging return to "a more normal
situation" in Bizerte. The acting
Tunisian Foreign Minister, however,
privately told Ambassador Walmsley
that he sees "no progress" in the
note. This reaction, plus Tunis' 50X1
failure to comment on the French
withdrawal of a paratroop regiment
from Bizerte, suggests Bourguiba
may want to see what comes out of
the UN General Assembly before
undertaking bilateral negotiations.
Urged by the Belgians, Tshombe
is now willing to come to terms with
Adoula, and a Katanga spokesman
announded he would go to Leopold-
ville shortly. He probably will
try to drive a hard bargain with
the Adoula government, however, and
early agreement on his participation
in the regime is unlikely. The US
Embassy in Leopoldville notes that
in its first ten days, the Adoula
government has shown at least out-
ward indications of Stability and
previously quarrelling factions are
now proclaiming a desire to col-
laborate.
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3. Albania's growing isola-
tion from the bloc
4. Moroccan-Spanish friction
may soon take a "serious
turn"
Although there has been no formal an-
nouncement that Albania's membership
status in the Warsaw Pact organization
has changed, there are signs that TirE5-0-xi
is no longer participating in all Pact
activities. Party boss Hoxha attended
neither last week's Pact meeting in
Moscow nor the one held last March.
All other European Satellite party
leaders attended both. Albania was
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Ambassador Bonsai in Rabat thinks
either side could foment an incident
which would further weaken the Western
position in Morocco and the Mahgreb.
The Spanish ambassador told Bonsai
that many Berber tribes in northern
Morocco, where there was a small
rebellion in 1959, could be covertly
encouraged to revolt and implied
that Spanish military leaders might
be preparing to offer such encourage-
ment. In Morocco, Bonsai thinks
the King himself might instigate
an anti-Spanish incident to strengthen
his domestic position.
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South Korean armed forces have been put on a special alert from
13-17 August as a precaution against possible disturbances in
connection with independence day (15 August) observances.
Soviet Baltic Fleet units have been conducting a series of
exercises, most recently on 9 August. Such training is usually
carried out in the spring and fall. The exercises appear to
be genuine readiness training but may also be staged at this
time to impress the West.
The US Embassy in Moscow believes that Moscow and Peiping have
divergent interests in Southeast Asia and that if large-scale
ostilities were resumed, the USSR would try to keep Chinese 50X1
forces out of Laos. The Embassy notes, however, that if
ilitary action developed into a serious threat to Pathet Lao
forces, Moscow and Peiping would have the mutual interest of
trying to prevent loss of prestige by the Communist bloc as
whole.
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An Air Jordan official (American) told a US Embassy officer in
Amman that he had been unable to stop the fourth chartered flight5?X1
to the Congo (8 August from Cairo) but that further flights had
been cancelled. Air Jordan, he said, was being sued for the
cancellation of the balance of 80 flights contracted for with
the UAR.
F. Some 1200 junior officers and non-corns of the Ethiopian Imperial
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they are strong enough to take action if they have the deter-
mination. Action may be taken in the very near future.
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