THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 SEPTEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959055
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 29, 1961

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29 SEPTEMBER 1961 CHECKLIST (COPY)
1. SYRIA BREAKS AWAY FROM THE UAR.
A. THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMAND IN DAMASCUS APPEARS TO HAVE CONSOLIDATED
ITS COUP. SEVERAL KEY MILITARY COMMANDS HAVE PLEDGED SUPPORT.
B. NASIR, WHO HAS SHOWN NO INCLINATION TO COMPROMISE WITH THE
REBELS, ATTEMPTED TO LAND EGYPTIAN PARATROOPS NEAR THE PORT OF LATAKIA,
WHERE HE THOUGHT FORCES WERE LOYAL TO HIM. THEY WERE NOT, AND THE
ATTACK FAILED. NASIR MAY FEEL COMPELLED TO TRY AGAIN, HOWEVER, IF HE
CAN OVERCOME THE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN GETTING EGYPTIAN TROOPS
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INTO SYRIA. WE HAVE NO
INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF PRO-NASIR ELEMENTS IN SYRIA
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C. THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS HEADED BY MAMT? KUZBARI, A POLITICIAN WHO
SERVED IN TWO PRE MERGER CABINETS AND WHO AT THAT TIME SEEMED TO HOLD
MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE VIEWS. THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, HOWEVER, IS
ONE ADNAN QUWATLI:- Timms ARE MANY QUWATLI'S IN SYRIA.
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D. THESE EVENTS WILL, AT THE LEAST, GIVE THE USSR AN INCREASED
OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERFERENCE IN ARAB AFFAIRS, WHICH HAVE PROBABLY
ENTERED ANOTHER PROTRACTED PERIOD OF INSTABILITY, JORDAN HAS RECOG-
NIZED THE NEW GOVERNMENT;
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THE OTHER ARAB STATES HAVE NOT BEEh50X1
HEARD FROM. ISRAEL, FOR WHICH THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SYRIA WOULD APPEAR
TO BE GOOD NEWS, IS PLAYING IT COOL. BLOC PROPAGANDA HAS SO FAR CON-
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2. NKRUMAH MOVES TO THE LEFT.
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HE HAS DISMISSED FROM HIS GOVERNMENT THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT
OPPONENTS OF HIS INCREASING ALIGNMENT WITH THE BLOC. THEIR OUSTER
PROBABLY ENDS ANY IMMEDIATE THREAT TO HIS REGIME.
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3. SOVIET CROP PROSPECTS. THIS YEAR WILL BE CONSIDERABLY BETTER
THAN LAST, BUT FAR BELOW REQUIREMENTS OF THE SEVEN-YEAR PLAN. THE
HARVEST IN THE "NEW LANDS," WHICH PROVIDE A THIRD OF THE CROP, IS THE
WORST SINCE 1957.
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4. YUGOSLAVS ATTACK SOVIET PARTY PROGRAM. THEY HAD HELD OFF FOR
TWO MONTHS, APPARENTLY HOPING THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE BELGRADE CONFEREN
CE WOULD INDUCE THE SOVIETS TO TONE DOWN THE PROGRAM'S CRITICISM OF
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5. NOTES
A. MENDE HAS WITHDRAWN HIS DEMAND THAT ADENAUER RESIGN AS THE
PRINCE FOR A COALITION WITH HIS FREE DEMOCRATS.
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6. LATE NOTE.
NASIR IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A SPEECH AT 1000 THIS MORNING (WASHINGTON
TIME).
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