THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 1 MAY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992326
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 1, 1962

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1. May Day celebrations
2. Laos
Thus far, they have been notably
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to the memory of Stalin, observances
in bloc countries have been strictly
routine. As the day wears on in the
Western Hemisphere, however, the chances
remain fair that some May Day celebra-
tions will end in violence.
a. Before Phoumi took off on his
current, search for aid and solace, he
assured Ambassador BroWn that he had
decided to shelve plans for the forma-
tion of a king's government. He has
also sent a message to Souvanna offet.7
ing to resume negotiations. Brown
noted that Phoumi seems concerned about
his present relatiOns with the US and
intimated he would like to visit
Washingtonto receive assurances about
the future of his country. Phoumi
discussed the defense and interior
posts problem in a rational manner.
for the first time, in Brown's view,
but he also evidenced, concern as tO
how he can improve his present position
without too great a loss of face.
b. The Phoumi-Boun Oum mission
received a sympthetic reception in
Bangkok, but precious little in the
way of economic assistance. The
Laotians appear to be discouraged
over the prospects of obtaining much
moral or material support from the
other countries.they plan to visit.
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3. Sino-Indian border
dispute
steady deterioration
of the Laotian economy during the past
few weeks. Fast dwindling foreign
exchange holdings, heavy borrowings
from the national bank, and the order-
ing of a large quantity of new currency
notes are all symptomatic of pending
inflation. A more immediate threat to
political stability, however, are
indications that the government is
increasingly unable to pay its bills
and that the cancer of corruption is
spreading throughout its administrative
structure.
a. New Delhi has apparently
decided to grasp the nettle of creep-
ing Chinese Communist aggression in
the Ladakh area
After capturing a small Chinese outpost
in northern Ladakh last week, Indian
troops are preparing a follow-up attack
on a much larger installation farther
east. Peiping has-,not yet reacted, but
probably will do so soon. (
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4. Congo
5. Battle lines shaping
up in Guatemala
The next round of the Adoula-
Tshombe discourse will probably commence
in Leopoldville on Friday. Adoula,
worried that a prolonged parley will
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dangerously erode his political position,
has hinted that he might soon be forced
to take matters into his own hands. As
of last Saturday, however, he was still
professing an intention to work for a
solution of the Katanga problem in
cooperation with the United Nations,
It is beginning to look more and
more like Ydigoras and the military
against everyone else, with a showdown
seemingly close at hand. Non-Communist
opposition parties, accusing the presi-
dent of "intransigence and political
blindness," have broken off negotiations
for a compromise settlement and are
joining with the pro-Communists in
demanding his immediate resignation.
Meanwhile, the president's efforts
to form a cabinet composed of non-
partisan elder statesmen are not
encountering much success, probably
because the gentlemen in question are
understandably unenthusiastic about
taking up positions in no-man's
land just as both sides are preparing
to start shooting.
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A. Chinese Communist press coverage of this year's harvest prospects
is marked by deep anxiety over the possibility of a fourth
consecutive year of "natural adversity."
B. A flare-up of fighting is probably in store for Angola when the
rainy season ends this month as nationalist forces
strengthened by arms and money obtained from various African
countries, are preparing to intensify their militar campaign
against the Portuguese.
C. Thai and North Vietnamese Red Cross authorities have tentatively
agreed ?to extend beyond June. their joint program of evacuating
to North Vietnam some 70,000 Vietnamese who took refuge in north-
east Thailand during the Indochina war. To date, more than 30,000
of these people have been repatriated. The Thais regard the -
presence of these Vietnamese in the restive northeast portion of
Thailand as a serious security threat.
D.
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Political tension continues to run high in Baghdad. Recent indica-
tions of unrest are: a Communist-led demonstration which killed
and wounded 10 persons; the arrest of several members of the
opposition party on charges of coup plotting)
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ATE NOTE\
The two army sergeants captured by the Viet Cong early last
month were recovered today, apparently in good health, by South
Vietnamese forces. It is not yet clear whether they escaped or
were released by their captors.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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