THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 15 MAY 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992339
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 15, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
15 MAY 1962
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LATE NOTE
Moscow this morning pulled out the propaganda stops on Laos.
We are accused of "sabre rattling," and the movement of our forces
in Southeast Asia is described as a "reckless and dangerous provoca-
tion" which could lead to "serious consequences" for peace in the
area.
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. Laos
a. Phoumi and Boun Oum took off
yesterday on their latest junket in
search of aid and sympathy, this time
to Taipei. Given the existing atmosphere50X1
of uncertainty in Vientiane, we do not
rule out the possibility of a sudden
move to oust Phoumi before he returns.
b. In Paris, Souvanna has said
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a gesture probably aimed at making
it possible for Phoumi to attend a
meeting of the three-princes at Khang
Khay without loss of face, Souvanna
also stated that he will first seek
to lay his plans before the king in
Luang Prabang.
c. Khrushchev and Gromyko had
nothing to say about the movement of
US forces in Southeast Asia during
their meeting with Ambassador Thompson
on Sunday. Their silence, plus the
low-key treatment so far accorded
Laotian developments by the Moscow
press, leads Thompson to believe that
the Soviets do not intend seriously
to oppose us in this area.
d. The Thai, nervous about the
exposure of their border in the Ban
Houei Sai area, are playing hard on
the theme that they will soon be the
victim of indirect aggression from
that direction and want us to deploy
our forces accordingly.
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. Sino-Indian border
dispute
Peiping has accused India of a
new "aggression" in southeastern
Ladakh and has demanded that Indian
troops be withdrawn.
Chinese
reinforcements have probably been
moving into the area via the Lhasa-Ladakh
road since the spring thaw, which sug-
gests they will soon be "defending"
themselves with something more damaging
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3. Prospects for USSR-
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Sudan air agreement
improve
a high-powered Soviet
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delegation will be arriving in the
'Sudan on Friday. Our Embassy does not
think the Sudanese can withstand the
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.pressure of this delegation and that
they will conclude the air agreement
that will open the door for the ex-
tension of Soviet air routes to east
:and west Africa.
4. British accession to
the EEC
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NOTES
A. Our Embassy in Manila appears to be in for some heavy weather
this week as student and labor leaders have scheduled demon-
strations for today and Saturday in protest against the defeat
of the war claims bill.
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B. Tunisia intends to reheat its Bizerte base argument with France, 50X1
at least,on the diplomatic front. Ambassador Bourguiba is
returning to Washington with warnings to this effect, hoping
that Paris can somehow be ?ressed to commit itself to an
evacuation schedule.
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D.
Chiang Kai-shek
has been pronounced to be in excellent health and has resumed
his official duties.
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