THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 17 OCTOBER 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005959490
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: October 17, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
17 OCTOBER 1964
1-C7-5EGREL
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1. Soviet Leadership
a. The new leaders in Moscow
quite clearly intend to preside
over Khrushchev's disgrace. They
may indeed go even further since
Pravda today produced a long cata-
logue of Khrushchevian sins and
shortcomings.
b. Among these, the paper's
mention of "hair-brained schemes"
could refer to the missile buildup
in Cuba and "immature conclusions
and hasty decisions" to his fre-
quent and ill-fated initiatives in
agriculture--two of Khrushchev's
more spectacular failures.
c. The paper further suggests
that the former leader will be
tarred with the "cult of person-
ality" brush. This indicates that
for the short run at least the new
bosses will stress collective lead-
ership.
d. In the editorial and ap-
proaches by Soviet ambassadors in
various capitals around the world,
Khrushchev's successors have been
making the point that they intend
to go on trying to improve east-
west relations.
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2. The China Angle
a. Whatever the longer term
prospects may be, it seems unlikely
that the ouster of Khrushchev by
itself is going to lead to an abrupt
bettering of relations between Mos-
cow and Peiping.
b. Pravda today suggests that
for its part Moscow intends "as
hitherto" to pursue an "active
line" toward a new meeting of
Communist parties without, however,
tying the new leaders to the Decem-
ber date proposed by Khrushchev.
c. On the other hand, the
pro forma greeting which Mao and
his associates sent does not seem
to us to have been intended as the
opening gun in a campaign for
warmer Sino-Soviet relations.
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3. Communist China
d. In addition, the Peiping
announcement on China's nuclear
test contained no acknowledgement
of the sizable Soviet contribution.
The success was attributed to China's
own scientists "relying on their
own efforts."
a. The successful atmos-
pheric test at the Lop Nor site,
coming as it did on the heels of
Khrushchev's ouster, has doubtless
added to the already monumental
self-regard of the Chinese leader-
ship.
b. Within hours of exploding
a rough 15 KT device, they were
jubilantly describing the event to
the world as a "major contribution
to peace," arguing that they, unlike
earlier nuclear powers, could be
trusted to be neither adventurous
nor capitulationist with their
bomb..
c. The Chinese also called
for a summit conference to discuss
the "complete prohibition and thor-
ough destruction of nuclear weapons.
This is an old Chinese chestnut,
used, for example, in August 1963
to blunt criticism of Peiping's
refusal to adhere to the test ban
treaty.
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d. Reaction to the Chinese
test has been slow in developing.
e. There has been no comment
from the USSR or Eastern Europe.
Hanoi and Pyongyang have provided
dutiful counterpoint to the Chi-
nese line. The first non-bloc
party to weigh in with its views
has been the Italian which views
the event with "alarm."
f. West European statesmen
have reflected resignation at an
anticipated development and have
focussed on its political ramifi-
cations. Several have found in the
Chinese success a new and persuasive
argument for admitting Peiping to
world forums.
g. In Asia the reaction in
Japan and India has been predictably
? strong. Japan spoke of China's ig-
noring the "desires of the world's
people against nuclear testing."
India found the Chinese action a
definite "danger to peace."
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4. UK Elections
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5. Congo
a. A mixed force of merce-
naries and former Katangan gen-
darmes has retaken Bumba, some
200 miles downriVer from Stanley-
yule./
b. The Congolese army, having
had its fill of looting, has now
abandoned the key city of Uvira,
opening Bukavu again to rebel
attack. US officials in the area
predict that. the situation cannot
be rectified without air support.
c. As far as we know, there
was no air support activity yes-
terday, and planes are to remain
on the ground over the weekend.
Ambassador Godley has Mobutu's
assurances that the transfer of
a South African air unit to the
Coquilhatville area will be can-
celled.
d. We have yet another
report of the mistreatment of
US officials in Stanleyville.
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6. USSR-US
a. Although we are not entirely
sure, it now looks as if the US Nep-
tune aircraft, which was damaged
while flying at about 500 feet near
Sakhalin Island last Tuesday, was
the target of a Soviet SAM,
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7. Laos
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Communist forces
on Thursday attacked rightist posi-
tions near ThAkhek, the first action
in this part of Laos for many months.
b. It is too early to tell
whether this is an isolated action
or the signal for the stepped up
Pathet Lao drive we have been ex-
pecting.
d. The French are still try-
ing to get the princely talks back
on the tracks. They say they have
Souphannouvong's promise to come
to Paris after cleaning up a few
"urgent" matters on the Plaine des
Jarres. Souvanna has agreed to
stay on until 25 October, the
French declare.
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D. Venezuela
Venezuelan terrorists plan to step
up their activity in the Caracas area
Government forces are also stepping up
their counterinsurgency activities through all
of northern Venezuela.
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E. -Sic Transit Gloria Mundi In these last few
days the ax has been falling all over the world.
Not only has it cut down such diverse figures
as Khrushchev and Lord Home, but it has shown
itself no respector of either victor or van-
quished; both the Cardinal's Johnny Keane and
the Yankee's Yogi Berra have felt its edge.
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