THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 9 JULY 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: July 9, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
9 JULY 1962
TOP SECRET
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1, Algeria
2, Brazil
Morocco will be the scene of re-
conciliation talks which start today
between the two contending factions.
Both sides are at least agreed that
it would be tragic to plunge Algeria
into civil war, and they may succeed
in papering things over for the time
being. This will not be easy, however,
as Ben Bella probably feels he has
the upper hand and will press demands
that the Algerian "parliament" (where
he has a majority) be reconvened and
that Ben Khedda's cabinet be replaced
by the seven-man politburo (favorable
to Ben Bella) which was elected by
the last national council session.
Ben Khedda has shown no disposition
to be that accommodating.
Goulart's nomination as Premier
of 51-year old Laborite Francisco
Brochado da Rocha will be distasteful
to the conservative-moderate opposition
which dominates the assembly. Its
members, however, have been impressed
with Goulart's recent show of strength
and are fearful of what he may do next,
should the crisis be prolonged; they
may thus approve the nomination at
today's session as the lesser of several
evils. Should the assembly reject
Rocha it will reinforce Goulart's
contention that the parliamentary
system is not for Brazil, and that
there is need to return to some sort
of presidential system either through
a plebicite or a constitutional amend-
ment by the new assembly next fall.
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3. -Laos
Rocha, an able lawyer, is a close
associate of Rio Grande do Sul's
ultra-nationalist governor Brizola
for whom he has been hatchet man in
actions against US-owned utilities
in that state.
Souvanna has instructed Vientiane
to suspend all action on establishing
diplomatic relations until matters
are settled at Geneva. Souvanna still
intends to accord recognition to any-
one and everyone, but he does not want
complications over, recognition to
stall a, settlement.
Late press reports indicate that a
compromise has been reached at Geneva
on the touchy issue of how to handle
Laos' relation to SEATO in the neutrality
declaration to be issued as part of
the Geneva agreement.
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4. Moscow Disarmament Con- The week-long World Congress for
ference General Disarmament and Peace opened
this morning in Moscow with Khrushchev
as scheduled feature performer. There
are signs that Peiping may go part way
(at least publicly) toward underwriting
MOSCOW'S views on disarmament as a quid
pro quo for Khrushchev's recent declara-
tion of military support for Peiping.
In any case, fearful lest Sino-Soviet
differences reduce the propaganda impact
of the conference, both sides will go
all out in a public display of solidarity.
Even the Albanians present will probably
behave themselves. We, of course, will
be coming under a heavy propaganda
barrage.
5. Burma
Ne Win may be in for more instead
of less trouble for the high-handed way
he suppressed a leftist-led student
demonstration. Student martyrs have
served before in Burma as a focus for
antigovernment agitation, and Saturday's
massacre will tend to rally the many
civilian opposition elements who oppose
Ne Win's dictatorial methods.
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6. Belgium
7. Taiwan Strait
8, Adenauer-De Gaulle
meeting
There is a good chance the Lefevre
coalition government will topple, possibly
as early, as tomorrow when the education
budget comes up for debate and almost
certain rejection. Socialist
and Social Christian coalition partners
have been at each other's throats over
the question of expanding religious
influence in the education system.
Neither party is disposed to compromise,
and both are prepared to take the issue
to the polls.
There have been no major new develop-
ments in the military situation during
the past several days.(
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what they said in private, Adenauer and
De Gaulle at their meeting in Paris agreed
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NOTES
A. A strike wave is gathering force and may well swamp Austrian
Chancellor Gorbach's shaky coalition.
B. The East Germans are still pressing for trade credits from West
Germany and a meeting of interzonal trade negotiators to discuss
the matter is set for Thursday.
C. An editorial in Pravda today described the President's call for
US-European interdependence as a "new holy alliance" against
communism in preparation for "touching off a world thermonuclear
war."
D. Adenauer's Christian Democrats dropped eight seats and lost
their absolute majority in the North Rhein-Westphalian elections.
They now have 96 seats out of 200 in the state legislature. The
Social Democrats have 90; up 10.
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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