THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 1 DECEMBER 1961

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December 1, 1961
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151 t! !!! !!! 1! Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 1 DEC. 1961 TOrS-E-GREL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 E. I F - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 1. Dominican Republic 2.- South Vietnam General Rodriguez, fed up with the continuing inability of Balaguer and the opposition to form a coalition,has imposed his own solution, under which the armed forces would dominate a two- year provisional government under Balaguer, with Rodriguez himself next in line of succession. Balaguer has agreed. Flail? and the National Civic Union regard the military ultimatum as "the dawn of a new dictatorship." In a reversal of an earlier decision, they have now decided to continue the general strike, and today could be a bloody one. A. The press campaign a ainst the US has ?raduall abated. 50X1 50X1 50X1 B. An official in Diem's office claims that the educated class in Saigon believes these articles to be "true andjustified." 50X1 50X1 50X1 For The President Only?Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 1$ laM1 E3 !=t t;1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04: CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 3. Indonesian military build-up 4. Soviet Party Congress brings Bulgarian party upheaval Djakarta/ to limit buying to thnsp war materials ureently heeded It 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Vulko Chervenkov, leader of the strong Stalinist faction, has been ousted from the Politburo by party boss Zhivkov. The latter fo r several years has managed to hola his own between Chervenkov's group and a pro- Yugoslav faction only with Soviet help. His problems are not over, however, as the Stalinist group is still 50X1 powerful and competent. For The President Only?Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 50X1 i r it r-771 ii Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 5. Soviet submarine activities in the North Atlantic extended 6. Estimate of Chinese grain crop Congo Since late July they have conducted continuous patrols in areas well south of a line running from Greenland through Iceland to the UK- Soviet submarines have maintained a virtually continuous defensive patrol in the southern Norwegian Sea and northeast Atlantic since July 1958, 50X1 We put it at about 175 million tons for 1961. Last year's was about 180 million, making this the third successive year in which grain pro- duction has fallen. LATE ITEM 50X1 Tshombe left Elizabethville secretly this morning on an aircraft routed Brazzaville-Rome-Brussels. His ultimate destination is rumored to be Brazil, but this seems improbable. 50X1 50X1 For The President Only?Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 r 1 ri r 1r-1 r L_1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 NOTES over A. The Belgians and Dutch, still concerned/prejudicing British participation in the Common Market, have succeeded in obtaining a postponement of .a meeting scheduled for Wednesday on the French draft treaty of confederation. They have asked instead tor a foreign ministers' meeting of the Six, which will probably be squeezed in on 10 December. B. Spaak has expressed his "great appreciation" of the agreements reached by the President with Adenauer. C. There are a number of rumors in Moscow that Voroshilov has committed suicide as a result of his humiliation at the Party Congress. D. Communist China has used the anniversary of last year's Communist Conference in Moscow (which dealt with Sino-Soviet issues) to make a statement implying that the dispute over Albania should be settled the same way. While not vituperative, the Chinese made it clear they do not accept Khrushchev's thesis that this question had to be treated publicly. E. Nehru, by increasing psychological pressures against the Portuguese in Goa, is providing himself with a useful issue in the February elections. The Portuguese are afraid of a military attack, but Nehru has indicated he does not intend to go that far. F. A new French-Tunisian spat may be provoked by French reinforce- ment of the Bizerte base this week. The force of 3-400 paratroopers was apparently sent to restore the morale of French civilians rho felt unprotected, G. In Tehran, the National Front intends to defy police orders and demonstrate on 5 December against continued operation of the government without a parliament. For The President Only?Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 --1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000400150001-6 50X1 50X1