THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 MARCH 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992263
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 24, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--24 MARCH 1962
1. ARGENTINE POLITICAL CRISIS STILL UNRESOLVED:
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MADE MONDAY THE DEADLINE FOR FRONDIZI TO FORM A SATISFACTORY CABINET.
,YESTERDAY, GENERAL ARAMBURU, A WIDELY RESPECTED SUPPORTER OF CONSTI-
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TUTIONALITY 'WHO SUCCEEDED PERON , AGREED TO HELP HIM FORM ONE. THIS
EFFORT HAS APPARENTLY BOGGED DOWN, ALTHOUGH FOUR MINISTERS HAVE
BEEN PUBLICLY NAMED IN AN EFFORT TO CALM THINGS DOWN. BETTING IS
LESS THAN EVEN THAT FRONDIZI WILL MEET HIS DEADLINE,
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THE PERONISTA GENERAL STRIKE YESTERDAY WAS A FIZZLE.
2, SOMI VIETNAM:
A. WITHIN A TEN MILE RADIUS OF SNOUL, CAMBODIA, (ON THE BORDER
ABOUT 100 MILES DUE NORTH OF SAIGON) WE HAVE LOCATED A NORTH VIETNAMESE
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY WITH LINKS TO HANOI THE VIET CONG
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS AND ONE OF ITS TWO MAJOR REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS,H
.AND THE MAIN TRANSMITTER FOR THE CLANDESTINE "LIBERATION MEWS AGENCY."
THESE INSTALLATIONS COULD BE ON ,EITHER SIDE 0F: THE BORDER, OR
STRADDLING IT,
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B. COMMUNIST CHINA Ispup ANOTHER STRONGLY-WORDWATTACK ON
U.S ACTIVITIES TODAY.
C. ,THERE, WERE 492 INCIDENTS REPORTED LAST WEEK,. UP rwm 406
THE PREVIOUS WEEK!: .MOST OF THE INCREASE WAS' IN KIDNAPPINGS,
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3. BERLIN:
A. :TWO SOVIET FLIGHTS IN.THE NORTHERN CORRIDOR THIS MORNING
TOOK PLACE WITHOUT INCIDENT.
B. . THE EAST GERMANS SEEM TO BE BACKING DOWN ON THE TRANSIT
VISA ISSUE IN THE FACE OF IMPLIED WEST GERMAN THREATS TO INTERRUPT
INTERZONAL TRADE.
C. THE EAST GERMANS LAST NIGHT BEGAN SETTING UP CONCRETE
OBSTACLES AT FOUR CROSSING POINTS IN BERLIN SIMILAR TO THOSE
CONSTRUCTED AT FRIEDRICHSTRASSE EARLY THIS MONTH.:
D. A REGULAR US ARMY SUPPLY CONVOY LEAVING BERLIN WAS HELD UP
BY THE SOVIETS FOR TWO HOURS YESTERDAY.
4. '4uurinctibLuLTxmATum:Togug;
A HYDROELECTRIC AND IRRIGATION PROJECT BUILT BY CHILE ON THB
LAMA RIVER, WHICH RISES IN CHILE AND FLOWS INTO BOLIVIA, IS SCHEDgLED
TO BEGIN OPERATION IN APRIL, BOLIVIA CHARGES CHILEAN USE OF THE
RIVER WOULD BE AN "ACT OF AGGRESSION, IS THREATENING TO-BRINGTHE
MATTER TO THE OAS, AND HAS HINTED THE US SHOULD MEDIATE THE
BOLIVIA HAS NO USE FOR LAUCAN:WATER AND IS MORE INTERESTED IN USING
THE ISSUE TO.DIVERT PUBLIC ATTENTION FROM DOMESTIC PROBLEMS AND
PERHAPS TO INDUCE CHILE TO NEGOTIATE ON BOLIVIA'S SCHEME_FOR ACCESS
TO THE imeInc.
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5 WEST NEW GUINEA:
INDONESIAN NEGOTIATOR MALIK HAS FLOWN 1OME TO SEEK GREATER
NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY . HE HOPES TO BE BACK THURSDAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE OF THE TALKS HAS BEEN GOOD, WITH EACH SIDE APPARENTLY
CONVINCED OF THE 0 ER S GOOD FAITH.
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6. DE GAULLE ORDERS FRENCH ARMY TO PUT DOWN EUROPEAN "ARMED IN?
SURRECTION "IN ALGIERS:
THIS ORDER FORCES THE ARMY TO COMMIT ITSELF FULLY IN SUPPORT
OF HIS POLICIES. THE OAS MUST MAKE A STRONG SHOWING IN RESPONSE
OR LOSE MOMENTUM. PRESS REPORTS THIS MORNING SUGGEST THAT THE ARMY
IS MOVING VIGOROUSLY, SOMEWHAT TO THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF THE EUROPEAN
SETTLERS. IN ORAN THE OAS YESTERDAY ROBBED A BANK OF ALMOST $5,000,000.
7. SOVIET NUCLEAR TEST PREPARATIONS:
THE PATTERN OF SOVIET AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC
IS CONSISTENT WITH AN INTENTION TO BEGIN A NEW TEST SERIES AT NOVAYA
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8. USSR EXPLOITS ISRAELI?SYRIAN TENSION:
THE SOVIETS HAVE PROMISED TO SUPPORT STRIA IN THE UN SECURITY.
COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, SYRIAN PRIME MINISTER DAWALIBI IS PRESSING THE
UNITED, STATES FOR SIMILAR BACKING, THREATENING THAT IF IT BECAME,
KNOWN THAT ONLY THE USSR WAS SUPPORTING THE ARABS, THERE WOULD BEA
POPULAR GROUNDSWELL TOWARDS THE USSR IN THE ARAB WORLD. RE CLAIMED
HIS OWN GOVERNMENT WOULD FALL. THE SITUATION AROUND LAKE TIBERIAS
REMAINS UNEASY;
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9. GOULART VISIT PLANS:
PRESIDENT GOULART OF BRAZIL WANTS TO TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT
ALONE, "WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS WHICH THE PRESENCE OF BRAZILIAN
CABINET MINISTERS MIGHT PLACE ON SUCH A FRANK DISCUSSION." HE SAID
THE ARGENTINE SITUATION REINFORCED HIS CONVICTION THAT STABILIZATION
MEASURES MUST NOT HURT THE WORKING CLASS AND THAT THE ALLIANCE FOR
PROGRESS MUST INCLUDE PROJECTS WITH A VERY BROAD SOCIAL APPEAL,
SUCH AS MEDICAL CENTERS FOR SMALL TOWNS.
10. NOTES;
A. AS OF 0800 EST THIS MORNING WE HAD NO WORD ON HARRIMAN'S
MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
B. A SOVIET PARTY MEETING PERHAPS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
IS TO TAKE PLACE IN MOSCOW TUESDAY, WITH OFFICIALS HURRIEDLY
SUMMONED FROM THE HINTERLAND.
inuqH MIGHT REFER TO KHRUSUCHEV'S RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAM, BUT THE TIMING LEADS US TO SUSPECT SOMETHING MORE MAY BE
INVOLVED THE SAME OFFICIALS WILL HAVE TO BE BACK IN MOSCOW ON
10 APRIL FOR THLFIRST SESSION OF:THE NEWLY ELECTED SUPREME SOVIET.
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D. ADOULA AND TSHOMBE ARE STILL BOGGED DOWN IN LEGALITIES,
WITH THE FORMER BECOMING INCREASINGLY INPATIENT.'
E. THE EEC FOREIGN MINISTERS MADE LITTLE PROGRESS ON POLITICAL
FEDERATION ATTHEIR MEETING TUESDAY. THE NEXT ROUND IS SCHEDULED
FOR 17 APRIL.
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G. THE BRAZILIAN COMMUNIST PARTY HAS SPLIT. THE DISSIDENTS
HAVE ESTALISHED A RIVAL "COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRAZIL," WITH CHINESE
OVERTONES, AND ARE ATTACEING THEIR PARENT BODY FOR ITS POLICY OF
REFRAINING FROM VIOLENT TACTICS.
H. THE MOROCCANS HAVE ASSURED US THEY WILL ADMUNO SOVIET MILITARY
TECHNICIANS AND INSTRUCTORS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ARMS AGREEMENT
THEY MAY REACH WITH THE USSR.
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