THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 SEPTEMBER 1961

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September 9, 1961
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7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200250001-7 9 SEPT 61 CHECKLIST (COPY) 1. BERLIN DEVELOPMENTS. A. THE EAST GERMAN REGIME IS PROCEEDING WITH A NUMBER OF PLANS TO TIGHTEN SECURITY AND IMPROVE DISCIPLINE. THE ACTION 50X1, SCHEDULED FOR 20 SEPTEMBER WILL APPARENTLY INVOLVE THE DEPORTATION OF UNRELIABLE ELEMENTS FROM COUNTIES ALONG THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE FRONTIERI1 IN ADDITION, A DECREE CUM CALLING FOR "RESPONSIBLE PARTY COMRADES TO GO INTO VILLAGES AND PLACES WHERE THERE ARE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT POINTS" IS TO GO INTO EFFECT ON 15 SEPTEMBER. THERE ARE ALSO PLANS TO PROVIDE INDOCTRINATION IN THE SECURITY AND ARMED FORCES FOR A PERIOD OF "ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS," USING SPECIALLY ASSIGNED PARTY MEMBERS. B. THE REGIME APPARENTLY FEELS IT MUST MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM IT ACHIEVED WITH THE SEALING OFF ACTION LAST MONTH. THESE MEASURES, WHICH WILL PUT GREAT STRAIN ON THE ALREADY UNHAPPY EAST GERMAN PARTY, ARE APPARENTLY TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A HARSHER DRIVE TO RAISE PRODUCTION THROUGH AN INCREASE IN WORK NORMS. MORALE IS ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO SUCH ACTION, WHICH PRECIPITATED THE JUNE 1953 AFFAIR. 50X1 2. "PEACE APPEAL." BUT VIEWS ON METHOD OF RESPONDING TO THE BELGRADE CON1b)(iiCE THE MECHANICS OF RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER IMPORTANT. 50X1 50X1 KHRUSHCHEV WILL ANSWER INDIVIDUALLY TO ALL 25 CHIEFS OF STATis THE AMERICANS WILL PROBABLY ONLY WRITE ONE LETTER TO 110x1 WHOLE GROUP. THE LATTER ACTION WOULD BE A GRAVE ERROR. 50X1 if Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200250001-7 411 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200250001-7 50X1 50X1 4. PHOUMI STILL FAVORS MILITARY SOLUTION IN LAOS. AMBASSADOR BROWN DISCOUNTS PHOUMI'S PROFESSED WILLINGNESS TO SEARCH FOR A COMPROMISE WITH SOUVANNA. IN A RECENT PRIVATE CONVERSATION, PROM IS SAID TO HAVE REPLIED TO CRITICISM OF HIS INTRANSIGENCE IN DEALING WITH SOUVANNA BY SAYING "DON'T YOU WORRY: THE AMERICANS ARE WITH US TO THE END AND WILL NOT LET US DOWN." 50X1 5. CHINESE NATIONALISTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND APPROACH US CONSUL, THEIR COMMANDER CLAISM HIS FORCE, WHICH CONTAINS THE HARD CORE OF IRREGULARS (WE BELIEVE 4000 AT MOST) WHO REFUSED REPATRIATION, WILL FALL APART IF IT DOES NOT RECEIVE SUPPORT SOON. AMBASSADOR YOUNG BELIEVES IT MAY NOW BE POSSIBLE EITHER TO EVACUATE THESE TROOPS TO 50X1 TAIWAN OR RESETTLE THEM AS CIVILIANS IN THAILAND. AMBASSADOR DRUM- WRIGHT THINKS MU TAIPEI MAY BE WILLING TO TAKE THEM, 6. AFGHAN DIFFICULTIES MOUNT. PAKISTAN IS INSISTING THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PUSHTOON NOMADS HAVE PASSPORTS AND VISAS FOR THEIR ANNUAL OCTOBER MIGRATION INTO PAKISTAN. BOTH COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN FORCES ON THE BORDER. IN ADDITION, THS FRUIT HARVEST IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN CANNOT REACH ITS NORMAL MARKETS AND ,IS',1BEGINNING TO ROT. NOTES A. THE FOUR RANGE INSTRUMENTATION SHIPS IN DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT AN ICBM TEST FIRING TO THE 50X1 THE PACIFIC NOW\APPEAR CENTRAL PACIFICIAWE HAVE ALSO NOTED PREPARATIORS FOR ANOTHER SOVIET SPACE SHOT. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for _Release 2015/05/04: CIA-RDP79T00936A000200250001 7 ? 50X11 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200250001-7 B, THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT FROL KOZLOV WILL REPRESENT THE USSR AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HE IS A PRESIDIUM MEMBER AND PARTY SECRETARY, PROBABLY RANKING SECOND TO KHRUSHCHEV. C. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RUMORS THAT KHRUSHCHEV WILL SIGN A PEACE TREATY WITH EAST GERMANY VERY SOON. WE SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME INDICATION THAT THE DRAFT PEACE TREATY MAY BE PUBLISHED SOON. 50X1 E. KHRISHNA MENON HAS INFORMED US THAT THE JOINT LETTER FROM THE 50X1 BELGRADE CONFERENCE WAS DRAFTED BY NEHRU HIMSELF. F. THERE WAS AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT' TO ASSASSINATE DE GAULLE 50X1 LAST NIGHT. HIS STAFF ANNOUNCED THAT SOME SORT OF MINE PLACED ON THE ROAD TO HIS COUNTRY HOUSE MIS-FIRED, AND STATED THAT HE WAS NOT HARMED. H. GOULART YESTERDAY OBTAINED CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR HIS CABINET. IT APPEARS WEIGHTED ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, BUT THE BACKGROUNDS OF ITS MEMBERS ARE TOO DIVERSE FOR A MORE SPECIFIC CHARACTERIZATION. I. THE FBI HAS A REPORT THAT OFFICIALS OF THE GHANAIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON ARE AWARE OF A PLOT TO OUST NKRUMAH IN FAVOR OF GBEDEMAH. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000200250001-7