THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 DECEMBER 1961

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992112
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 28, 1961

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EYES ONLY RRONLEY SMITH FuR RP/ IFW 9FFORE PASSINS GENERAL
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THE PRESIDENT'S I1FLLICE CHECKLIST--F DECEMPER 1)61
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A. YF:;IERDAY POUN OUM, IRRITATED AT SCOTHANOUVONG'S HARSH
.71-,T,EC'ri ON HIS ARRIVAL It VIRtsTIANF, PUT INTO EFFECT THE TAOTIU HE
AND PHOUNI HAD EARLIER COOKED TT, HE TOLD SOuVANNA THAT THERE
NO POINT IN A THREE P?flCE ERIINC. AS SUCH, THAT SOUVAUNA
AAD ALL THE FACILITIES NECESSARY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, AND THAI
IT WAS UP 10 MIN TO DO SO, SOUVANNA'S CARINET SHOULD COPSIST OF
FOUR OF POUN OUm'S SUPPORTERS, RIiT NEUTRALS, AP4D FOUR PATHET
O. FURTHERMORE, OF THE FIGHT NEUTRALS, FOUR SHOULD RE "VIENTIANE
NEUTRALS" ND ROUN OUm'S GROUP SmOULO nAVE. DFFENSF AND INT i7J0P.
IN PHOUm'S MIND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLOY IS "TO ALLOY SOUVANNA
TO HANG HIMSELF," SINCE HE WILL BE tNABLF 10 FORM A COVFF1ENT,
AFTER !,4HICH THE KING WILL BE INDUCED TO SIR P IN AS PRF71IFP HIMSELF.
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BUT REASONABLE. HE WAS WILLING TO SUBSTITUTE INFORHAL CONSUL-1'AI IOW.:3
FC': A F0M1AL PRINCFS' MEETING, AND WAS CONSIDERING. FORMULAE FOR
ENLARGING THE "NEUTRAL" GROUP IO INCLUDE SOME FROM VIENTIANE.
D. THE Ireusi OF BROWN'S F.:PORTING IS THAI THE US H47 LOSI
(.4Ror1) WITH BOUN OUN PUT GAINED SOME ITH SOUVANNA, WHILE
3:PiiANOUVONG HAS REhAVED AS AS EXPECTED.
F. TODAY I-HERE HAS BEEN A POUND OF MEETINGS WI4H THE KING,
THE PPINCES, FiRON AND THE BRITISii AND SOVIET Am8ASSADORS IN
VAPIOUS COMBINATIONS. WE HAVE NO WORD YET ON WHAT WAS SAID, Bri
NO ONE HAS LEF1 VIENTIANE. AND SUM/ANNA'S "INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS"
STEM TO HE TAKIW7 PLACE.
2. CoNGO:
A. KATANGAL FOREIGN MINISTER KIMBA CONTACTED OUR EMBASSY
IN PARIS TUESDAY IN AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO BY-PASS OPR
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CON10- WITH TSHOMDE'S VERSION OF WHAT
WENT ON Al KITONA. IT WAS APPARENT, HOWEVER,, THAT KIMBA WAS
FINDING LliTLE SUPPORT IN EUROPE, BUT STILL HAD HOPES OF THE
BELGIAN FINANCIERS. (EMBASSY BRUSSELS SAYS THE !,11,0N. MINIERE
YILL ADVISE HP TO ACCEPT THE KITOMA AGREEENT.)
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A3("T FL IZABETHV TUE, THE EUROPEAN cermuITY THERE HP1; A PPA RE :ii*LY
PANICKED AND LARCE NUMBERS ARE TRYING TO CET OUT, INCLUDING OOME
OF THE ME ROE JiA R TES. FURTHERMORE, MANY VAT A NGAN ARMY OFFICERS ARE
KSFIq INC WITH THEIR ARMS TO JOIN THEIR TB TPE.
3. FALL IG MORAL IN BERL IN:
OuI YI I SS ION (3IMENT0 THAI FOP THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1')45
4F RL I NERS A r0.7. FECOM INC SOMEWHAT VULNERABLE TO COMMUNIST SCA
Pr?OPACNDA , 'H ICH IS BEING USED ON A MASSIVE SCALF, 1-qr. PA
ALSO I7',FFN SME DROP IN ECONOMIC IND ICES T H IC FALL I COUPLED WIT H
A OE NERAL FEEL INC THAI WEST GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS NOT
DOING E NOW; H TO HELP ilERL IN' S ECONOMY.
4. COMMON YAH ET DFADLOCX:
THE NIN 'ESTERS WILL MEET ,1j-A IN FRIDAY 0.1 A COmmON ACP 'CULT UPAL
POI ICY. AOREEmENT MUST PE ACHIEVED EY MONDAY Tr TANF:IT ION
TO THE SECOND OF THE THREE TRANSITIONAL FOUR- YEAR FTAGEG I[
TY1 TO ''''T'' POST FONED AT LEAST A YEAR, WE REL UNE THE SIX ARE A CUTa Y
CONSOITI:3 CE I HE LOSS OF MOMENTIM WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM FA IL USE ,
mE AI7EME:NT W ILL PROSAPL Y EHAMMERED OUT.
5. YE '7,"1 NEA (.!jINEA MANEUVERING:
E OW w ILL INC, TO HAVE BILATERAL TALKS, WITH A
TK I PD PA A' Y, RESHAPE r THANT , PRE :;ENT . WHILE ROTH HAVE f';ilt ID THEY
ALL SOS tr-2c-J.',ND IT IONS, SPKARO TOLD JONE THERE sHorL7) F47 "ADVANCF
UNbESTArDING" TAT I HE PURPOSE OF N7GOT IAT IONS WOULD BE TO CARRY
OUT THE I ',R OF THE ADM IN ISTRAT ION OF LEST NEW CU INEA TO
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IN PAX IST AN SINCE SEPTEMBER
THERE IS NO SIGN THAT AFGHANISTAN IS CHANGING II'S
POLICY TOWARD PAKISTAN, bill IT HAS EVIDENTLY CONCLUDED -THAT BLOCKING
OUR AID SHIPMENTS HAS NOT PRODUCED THE KING OF AMER IGAN PRESSURE
ON PAKISTAN THAT THE AFGHANS WANTED ,WE. ALSO SEE IN THE'EVIDENCE
THAT THE AFGHANS ST ILL FEEL A NEED FOR 'A US AID PROGRAM TO BALANCE.
THAT OF -T HE SOVIETS.
S. WATCH COMMITTEE PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS-27 JECEniER 191
NO SIO-SOVIET SLOG COUNTRY INTENDS DEL ISERATEL Y TO INITIATE
A. BERLIN : YURI HER COMMUNIST HARASSMENTS ARE I LiE EXPEGIED. 3
DIRECT ILITAkY ACT ION IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
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6. LAOS THE bREAKDOWN OF PRINCELY _NEGOTIATIONS IN V lENTIANE
APPEARS IMM INENT -UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PROSPECT 'S HAVE
SHARPLY INCREASED FOR A RENEWAL Of MILITARY OPERATIONS IN LAOS.
r" THERE ARE- INDICATIONS THAT THE- -PATHET: L ACL AND_ - KOLEFQiE5 ARE '
INCREASING PREPARATIONS FOR SUCH A CONTINGENCY.
C. SOUTH VIETNAM: VIET GONG SUBVERSIVE AND SMALL-SCALE MILITARY
ACTIVITY CONTINUE 'G AT A HIGH RATE, DESPITE WIDES,PREAD COUNTER-
AGT IONS BY GOVERNMENT FORGES. A RENEWAL OF 'AJOit FIGHTING iN LA02;
iS LIKELY TO LEAD TO INCREASED C01MUN 1ST OPERATIONS IN SOUTH
VIETNAM. THE V LET CONG HAS THE CAPA8 IL ITV OF CONDUCT I MI LAIWE -SCALE
ATT AKS ON PRESELECTID TARGETS IN SOME AREAS Of THE COUNTRY AT ANY
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D. IRAQ-KUWAIT: bRITISH FORCES ARING ON THE AREA HAVE
BEEN ALERTED. IRAQI STATEMENTS .NACING THE FUTURE OF KUWAIT CON-
TINUE, LiUT WE HAVE SEEN NO CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF IRAQI. PHEPAHATIONG
FOR AN ATTACK.
M IxoYAN IS TO v IST G IEA i*EXT NON' H, kESUhJ.LY IN AN
EFFORT TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE .1)ONE TO SOVIET-GUINEAN RELATIONS wHEN
ritE SOVIET AmbASSADoR AS OUSTED ON GROUNT)S HE HAD GuNSeIREi) TO
OVERTHROW T CURE .
G. EGYPT'S DISSOLUTION OF THE "UN ED AtiAt3 STATES," INSUB
SIANT IAL UN ION WITH YEMEN, RESULTS FRO is,i NAS 'S HEASMENI OF HIS
OOMOEPT OF "ARAL', UNITY" FOLLOWING THE SYRIAN DEBACLE. iiAFeAtiENTLY-
FINDS IT ?DIFFICULT TO SEE_ THE IMAII..AS ACO-WoRKER IN THE cAuSE OF
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RADICAL ARAB NATIONALISM.
RELATIONS0. BETWEEN THE GREEK AND TURKISH CO UIiIES It
CYPRUS ARE WORSENING. 3
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