THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 JANUARY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992163
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 27, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--27 JANUARY 1962
1. LAOS:
A. COMMUNIST FORCES HAVE OVERRUN ONE OF PHOUMI'S TWO BATTALIONS
AT NAM THA IN THE NORTHWEST. HE PLANS TO AIRLIFT A RELIEF BATTALION
THERE TODAY, BOTH SIDES CONTINUE FEELING EACH OTHER OUT IN THE
MAHAXAY?THAKEK REGION OF CENTRAL LAOS.
B. SHAKEN BY ENEMY RESPONSE TO HIS EARLIER "OFFENSIVES," PHOUMI
NOW TALKS OF ASKING UN HELP AGAINST 1HE NORTH VIETNAMESE BUILDUP
AND COMMUNIST ATTACKS,
C. OUR MAAG CHIEF, COMMENTING ON RECENT CONSISTENT ROYAL ARMY
REVERSES, NOTES AN ALMOST PATHOLOGICAL FEAR OF NORTH VIETNAM TROOPS
AMONG OFFICERS AND MEN AND CONCLUDES THAT SERIOUS WEAKNESSES, PARTICU?
LARLY IN LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION, CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE VIETIANE
FORCES.
D. PHOUMI, WITH AN EYE OUT FOR PEIPING, ASKS OUR INTERCESSION
WITH TAIPEI TO EXPATRIATE 3,000 NATIONALIST IRREGULARS FILTERING
IN FROM BURMA, BROWN STRONGLY SECONDS THE MOTION.
E. SOUVANNA IS IN PARIS STILL DISCOURAGED AND SCEPTICAL OF
OUR SUPPORT.
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2. PUNTA DEL ESTE SIDELIGHTS:
A. COLUMBIA, CONCERNED OVER VENEZUELAN PRO?CASTRO UPRISINGS AND
I15 OWN VULNERABILITY AS SPOKESMAN FOR STRONG ANTI?CUBAN MEASURES,
INSTRUCTED ITS DELEGATION TO AVOID AN EXTREMIST POSITION IN THE
INTERESTS OF LATIN UNITY.
C. URUGUAYAN LEFTISTS ARE
TO HIT THE STREETS WITHOUT
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FURTHER ORDERS UPON HEARING THE CONFERENCE HAS ADOPTED ANTI?CUBAN
MEASURES. THE FIRST ASSIGNED TASK IS SAID TO BE SETTING FIRE TO
OUR EMBASSY. PRO?CASTRO GROUPS ALREADY HAVE ONE SUCCESSFUL MONTEVIDEO
DEMONSTRATION UNDER THEIR BELTS.
3. CONGO:
DANGERS TO GIZENGA'S PERSONAL SAFETY POSE A CONTINUING RISK FOR
ADOULA, WHO IS STILL UNDECIDED WHAT LEGAL FORMS TO USE AGAINST HIM
OR WHEN. U THANT WANTS NO "MARTYR" TO HELP THE DEVELOPING SOVIET
PROPAGANDA ATTACKS ON HIMSELF AND THE UN. GULLION, IS ADVISING
ADOULA--S0 FAR WITH LIMITED SUCCESS--TO PRESS HIS CASE VIGOROUSLY
AND QUICKLY. MEANWHILE BRITAIN, HOLDING THE SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY
THIS MONTH, IS STALLING ON THE SOVIET REQUEST FOR AN IMMEDIATE CONGO
MEETING.
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4.. USSR?EGYPT:
ARRANGEMENTS FOR EGYPT TO RECEIVE SOVIET SURFACE?TO?AIR MISSILES
APPEAR WELL ALONG.
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5. NOTES:
A. ADZHUBEI IN MEXICO TELLS THE PRESS THAT, ALTHOUGH HE LIKES US,
WE ARE "GREEDY" AND "HAVE EVERYTHING." HE ASSERTED AMERICAN OPULENCE WAS
OBTAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF LATIN AMERICA, CITING AS AN EXAMPLE MEXICAN
"LOSS" OF TEXAS TO THE US. HE ADDED THAT RUSSIA ALSO SUFFERED TERRITORIAL
LOSS AT OUR HANDS IN THE CASE OF ALASKA "WHICH IS EVEN LARGER."
B. DIEM IS CONSIDERING A ONE?YEAR POSTPONEMENT OF THE UP?COMING
AUGUST ELECTIONS, ALLEGEDLY TO AVOID DISRUPTING HIS ANTI?SUBVERSION
CAMPAIGN, NOLTING BELIEVES THIS WOULD BE A GRAVE POLITICAL ERROR AND
SO INFORMED DIEM.
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C.
MOROCCAN?SOVIET MILITARY AGREEMENT
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PROVIDES UNLIMITED SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION FREE AND ARTILLER15?X1
AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON 12?YEAR CREDIT. NO AIRCRAFT ARE INVOLVED.
D. IN IRAN THE SHAH IS STILL BACKING PRIME MINISTER AMINI.
GENERAL BAKHTIAR LEFT THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY AND HIS PROTEGES IN THE
SECURITY SERVICE HAVE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED.
E. THE WEST GERMANS ARE STILL AFTER IBERIAN AIR BASES. THEY HAVE
A GOING DEAL WITH PORTUGAL AND DEFENSE MINISTER STRAUSS RECENTLY
REQUESTED SALAZAR'S INTERVENTION WITH MADRID FOR GERMAN USE OF SPANISH
FACILITIES.
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