THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 MARCH 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992272
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 29, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
29 MAR. 1962
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1. Frondizi falls
2, .Laos
After a day of nOtable confusion,
the armed forces deposed and arrested
him early this morning. Plans for
his disposal are unknown. No disorders
have so far been reported. The military
have announced that Senate President
Guido, the constitutional successor,
will replace Frondizi, but Guido has
not confirmed his acceptance
a. Sullivan reports Phoumi more
stubborn and obstructive than ever.
Sullivan will go to the Plaine des
Jarres tomorrow.
b. Meanwhile, the British
Ambassador has returned from talking
to Souvanna and Souphannouvong.
Souvannal
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is determined to leave for Paris on
Tuesday. He has no intention of surrender-
ing his mandate, however, and he and
Souphannouvong believe it will take two
or three months for US and other pressures
to soften Phoumi up.
c. Souphannouvong, while claiming
he had no intention of taking "important
places" such as Nam Tha, also claimed
that Phoumi was taking provocative action
in reinforcing the town.
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3. Congo
4. Berlin
a. Adoula and Tshomb4 yesterday
exchanged communiques at long range.
While neither showed any inclination
to break off the talks, neither made
any concessions, and Tshomb4 has re-
newed his insistance that any agreement
be ratified by the Katangan Assembly.
Adoula, in a attempt to break the
deadlock, has called for members of
all provisional assemblies, including
the Katangan, to meet at Lovanium
University on Monday.
b. The UN has apparently bought
the plan to bring pressure on Tshomb4
by collecting mining taxes in Katanga, and
has authorized Gardiner, its representa-
tive in Leopoldville, to undertake this
whenever he thinks it necessary. Gardiner
is willing but is afraid--as is Spaak--
that Tshomb4 will resist such pressure
tactics and that implementation of the
plan will precipitate another round of
fighting between UN and Katangan forces.
He
has some doubts that the
UN force now in Katanga can do the job.
a. Eight Soviet flights yesterday
and four early this morning have been
completed with no incidents so far
reported.
b. The East German Customs law
was passed yesterday.
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5. France-Algeria
6. Syria
7. Latin American group
In UN split over
Cuban attendance
The Algerians, while still ?
suspicious of French Army intentions,
appear pleased with the action so
far taken against the OAS. The
French have been on the psychological
defensive, however, since their troops
fired into a European crowd on Monday;
the OAS is playing up the fact that
these troops were Moslems in an effort
to divide the army and intensify
European emotions.
Ambassador Knight believes the
new regime will take the line that
foreign recognitions of the earlier
government (i.e. that set up after
the split with Egypt) are still valid
The regime states that a new civilian
provisional government will be set up
in a few days. There has been some
relaxation of alert status on both
sides of the Syrian-Israeli border.
Argentina, Colombia, and "some"
Central American countries want Cuba
excluded from UN meetings. Bolivia
threatens to withdraw if Cuba is
excluded, and Brazil, Ecuador, and
Mexico are also opposed.
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8. Competition for control Holden Roberto's Angolan People's
of Angolan nationalist Union is losing ground to the Commu
movement nist backed Popular Movement for the
Liberation of Angola, and is under
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pressure to merge with it. Roberto
is trying to divert this pressure by
setting up a "national front" which
will take in all factions except the
Communists
to form a provisional government.
9. Situation in British
Guiana remains chaotic
Colonial Office Undersecretary
Fraser has returned to London pessi-
mistic about the colony's future and
anxious that Britain quit the colony
as soon as possible. The British have
apparently not yet decided whether to
postpone the independence conference
scheduled for May.
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NOTES
A. There have been no major new developments relating to West
New Guinea.
B. The Soviet missile range ships have now turned east and appear
headed toward the same general area of the Central Pacific where
they have operated previously.
C. Embassy Ottawa forwards a report that the Canadian parliament
will be dissolved next week, with elections to be held in June.
E. The urgent meeting in Moscow which we reported Saturday now
appears to have been urgent only because Khrushchev was
crhadnlpd 1-11 cnpak He gave a routine pep-talk on agriculture.
F. The Chinese Communists, taking up where they left off with U Nu,
are trying hard to butter up Ne Win.
G. Balaguer's efforts to intervene in Dominican politics from Puerto
Rico are developing strong resentment in Santo Domingo.
H. An uprising in the south of Ecuador appears under control, but
military leaders and conservative politicians are still waiting
their chance to oust Arosemena.
I. Embassy Madrid reports that recent US gestures toward Spain have
been well received.
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WATCH COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS--28 March 1962
No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends deliberately to initiate
direct military action in the immediate future.
Berlin: Soviet harassing and probing tactics against Allied
access to Berlin will continue and may be intensified in an attempt
to maintain a sense of urgency on the Berlin question. There are
tentative indications of impending Warsaw Pact training exercises,
but Bloc military activity in general suggests that the Communists
do not intend their actions to provoke military confrontation in the
immediate future.
Laos: We continue to believe it unlikely that the Communists
Intend torenew major hostilities in the immediate future.
South Vietnam: In spite of vigorous government military opera-
tions, the Viet Cong continue aggressive operations against lines of
communications and isolated guard posts. Suspected enemy airdrops
suggest that the Viet Cong are building up their strength in the
plateau region of the country.
Indonesia: Dutch and Indonesian military moves in the after-
math of the recent Indonesian infiltrations of West New Guinea
territory may further jeopardize the currently stalled political
negotiations.
Syria-Israel: Although neither Syria nor Israel desires major
hostilities at this time, both have deployed and alerted forces in
the Lake Tiberias area, and further clashes are likely.
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DOCUMENT OF INTEREST
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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