THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 21 MAY 1962

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 21, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
21 MAY 1962
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1. Laos
a. Acting Foreign Minister
.Sisouk told Brown yesterday that word 50X1
from the Lao ambassador in Washington
stating that the US desired a reorgniza-
tion of the royal government and the
removal of Phoumi from all positions of
political influence caused a "very
violent" reaction in Vientiane and
might undo recent progress toward a
settlement with Souvanna. He said the {--
cabinet would meet today to decide (
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whether to resign or resist. We doubt.)
that the cabinet will resign, but do \
not rule out the possibility that Phoumi
will at least temporarily revert to
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realcitrance
b. Souvanna, due back today, has
requested an audience with the king in
prelude to a three-princes meeting in
the Plaine des Jarres. He has, mean-
while, put a time limit on his availability
for negotiations by saying he will return
to Paris in time to attend his daughter's
wedding on 28 June.._
c. There have been no important
developments on the military front. We
think, however, that there is now a
good chance that Phoumi will soon be
moving the bulk of his forces to the
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d. Pakistan and the Philippines,
partially motivated by a desire to show
their current pique with the US, have
reacted negatively to the idea of sending
troops to Thailand.
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2. West New Guinea
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? e. Sihanouk, in reply to an U Thant
feeler, has sent a message to New York
saying that he is, under certain circum-
stances, willing to make another effort
to mediate the Laotian crisis.
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?. a. Subandrio was in a highly emo.
tional frame of mind when he talked with 50X1
Jones on Saturday. Jones, who reports
that the atmosphere in Djakarta is
becoming increasingly tense,
speculates that Subandrio's performance
may be a tip-off that the Indonesians 50X1
are about to undertake some desperate
action against the Dutch.
b. Thanks to the USSR, Indonesian
capacity to strike a painful blow
has been notably increased
recently. Earlier this month nine MIG-250X1
--fitted for air-to-air missiles--were
delivered in Djakarta, and six jet medium
bombers are on the way. Several of these
bombers, of which the Indonesians now
possess 16, are to be equipped witll
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c. In New York, U Thant has asked 50X1
both sides to stop fighting, and to resume
negotiations on the basis of the Bunker
formula.
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3. Soviets may be
preparing to
resume pressures
against Berlin
4. New Syrian upheavals
appear inevitable
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We note that Khrushchev's tough
talk in Bulgaria coincided with the
Soviet Berlin Commandant's refusal
to discuss the right of East German
authorities to control the sector border.
In the last few days the East German 50X1
propaganda machine has begun making
noises suggesting a revival of demands
for visa controls at the sector border.
In addition a French military convoy
was turned back on Friday and one of
ours was delayed yesterday. The pretext
in both cases was refusal to submit to
a head count; Soviet officials on the
scene said their orders came from
"the highest quarters."
With the economy in increasingly
bad shape, opposition politicians ex-
ploiting a new-found freedom to freewheel,
and pro-Nasir sentiment growing, the
goverdment of Premier Azmah--never a
tower of strength--may not be with us
much longer. The lay-off of large
numbers of factory workers that is
to take place this week promises to
touch off a new round of anti-regime
demonstrations, the outcome of which
we are presently unable to predict.
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7. Argentina
Algerian nationalist leaders on
Friday let out the reins on-their people
a bitbyrxiblicly endorsing their right
to "legitimate self-defense"; partly,
we think, to head Off a new effort by
Ben Bella and his militant backers to
take matters into their own hands.
Whatever the reason, the pronouncement
will probably be interpreted loosely
and result in a lengthening of the
European casualty list.
Tshombe showed up in Leopoldville
on Friday, but contact with Adoula was
put off until today when the two got
together to discuss "procedUral questions."
UN officials, frustrated by the chilly
reception both sides have so far accorded
what the UN considers to be a reasonable
agenda, are mulling over ways and means
of getting things moving. Gardiner is
in favor of stopping railroad traffic
in Katanga--wherever the UN is in a
position to--as a starter.
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yesterday's
action recessing the Congress, ordering
the reorganization of political parties
and limiting the life of the present
regime to 1964 is backed by all military
factions. 50X1
the government can now proceed, in
a calm atmosphere, to straighten out
the country's political and economic
problems. Until we get a better look
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lhandles the strikes set for next
week, we are not convinced that Guido's
sailing is going to be all that smooth.
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NOTES
A. With daily turn-backs now running ahead of new entrants by about
r
4,000 to 3,500, the British in Hong
?head above water in coping with the
are, nevertheless, building a secondary
much to keep the locals from helping
arrest as to keep the refugees out
Kong are managing to keep
Chinese refugee problem.
fence along the border
friends and relatives evade
their
They
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B.
In Sudan the first of the long-expected
Soviet civil aviation
delegation arrived in Khartoum on Friday
as scheduled.
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C.
people in Guatemala City
are concerned that Ydigoras, thinking
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the worst of his troubles
are over, will rest on his oars rather
than pull for the reforms
he has promised,
:thereby exposing him-
self to disaster later on.
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D.
Salazar recently told an. American
reporter
that he would not agree
to a renewal of the Azores base agreement and that Portugal would
henceforth look to Europe tor economic support. We do not accept
this threat at face-valuei:but-think'it is indicative of the
nosed attitude th Portilommspwill whcAn +alkS underway.
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E.
ainese'Communist troops are
on the move in the China-Laos-Burma border triangle. If there
is anything to this information, it could mean that the Communists
are preparing to go after the Chinese Nationalist irregulars that
are Scattered about the area as they did--with Burmese permission--
in November 1960.
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