THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 4 JULY 1964

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0005959278
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September 16, 2015
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July 4, 1964
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 .THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--4 JULY 1964 . CYPRUS: .(CONT'D) 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8_xi PAPANDREOU LAST NIGHT REITERATED GREECE'S 50X1 REFUSAL TO TALK WITH TURKEY OR ATTEND ANY CONFERENCE ON CYPRUS THAT INCLUDED THE TURKS. 2. MEXICO?USSR: A. THE USSR HAS APPARENTLY OFFERED TO CONCLUDE A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO. B. MOSCOW IS PREPARED TO GRANT LONG?TERM CREDITS AND ASSISTANCE ON VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, 50X1 C. WE HAVE VERY FEW DETAILS AND NO INDICATION OF MEXICAN RECEPTIVITY TO THE OFFER. WE DO KNOW THAT IN THE PAST SOVIET? MEXICAN TRADE HAS BEEN MINISCULE, WITH THE FEW SOVIET GOODS THUS FAR IMPORTED BY MEXICO PROVING TO BE OF INFERIOR QUALITY. 3. LAOS: A. AFTER FURTHER MANEUVERING, SOUVANNA AND SOUPHANNOU? VONG MAY AGREE TO HOLD THEIR TRIPARTITE MEETING IN GENEVA. B. SOUVANNA IS STICKING TO HIS POSITION THAT THE MEET? ING WILL FIRST HAVE TO DEAL WITH A CEASEFIRE AND RETURN TO THE STATUS QUO ANTE,BEFORE PICKING A LAOTIAN DELEGATION TO A 14? NATION CONFERENCE. C. THE MILITARY SITUATION REMAINS QUIET. 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 5oxi 4. HONDURAS?US: A. THE HONDURANS ARE STILL CONDUCTING THEIR INVESTIGA? TION OF THE NINE US SHRIMPBOATS PICKED UP ON THURSDAY. B. THE HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAID YESTERDAY THEY WERE WELL WITHIN THE 12?MILE LIMIT CLAIMED BY HONDURAS, ALTHOUGH THE US EMBASSY HAD RECEIVED A REPORT THAT THE BOATS WERE OUT ABOUT 30 MILES. C. HE ASSURED THE EMBASSY THAT HONDURAS WANTED TO SETTLE THE MATTER QUICKLY AND NOT DETAIN THE BOATS ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY. HE WAS FIRM, HOWEVER, IN INSISTING THAT HIS GOVERN? MENT INTENDS TO INFORCE ITS LAW IF THE INVESTIGATION SUPPORTS HIS ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT. 5. NOTES: A. MEXICO?US: MEXICAN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING AMBASSADOR CARRILLO FLORES FROM WASHINGTON, WILL MEET THIS MONDAY TO CON? SIDER THE US PROPOSAL ON THE SALINITY PROBLEM. OUR EMBASSY NOTES THAT THE 12 JULY DATE FOR COUNTRY?WIDE DEMONSTRATIONS HAS BEEN PUSHED PACK TO 9 AUGUST. B. TANGANYIKA?ZANZIBAR: THE USSR HAS NOW COMPLIED WITH DAR?ES?SALAAM'S 1 JULY DIRECTIVE AND REDUCED ITS EMBASSY ON ZANZIBAR TO A CONSULATE. AT LAST REPORT THE EAST GERMANS WERE STILL HOLDING OUT. (CONT'.D) 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8_xi D. CONGO: THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE? MENT OF THE PROGRESS OF TSHOMBE'S EFFORTS TO SET UP A TRANSI? TIONAL GOVERNMENT. E. BERLIN AIR CORRIDOR: A SOVIET INTERCEPTOR MILDLY HARASSED A US ARMY MOHAWK OBSERVATION PLANE FLYING THE SOUTH AIR CORRIDOR TO BERLIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. NO SHOTS WERE FIRED; THE INTERCEPTOR MERELY WAGGLED ITS WINGS AND FLEW NEAR THE MOHAWK WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH ITS FLIGHT. A US PROTEST HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE SOVIET AIR CONTROLLER, WHO HAD SAID WHEN THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED THAT HE CONSIDERED THE MOHAWK TO BE A COMBAT PLANE AND COULD NOT THEREFORE GUARANTEE ITS SAFETY. 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 ' Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002800170001-8 TOP SECRET 11/ ? ii TOP SECRET / J-Lf r'"'i"1De4ied n Sanitized Copy 4provdfor 6ee se 10'50!/21 ci?R"Dr)7"9-1"06935A001801760018