THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 14 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995929
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 14, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
14 SEPTEMBER 1962
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1. Berlin
2. Congo
a. The Russians have bowed to
Western demands and have reverted to
a bus for their War Memorial contingent.
b. Before this word came we were
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worried over the matter.
a.- Tshombe is fulminating against
what he charges is a combined UN-
Congolese 'plan to attack his positions
in Northern Katanga.
b. He seems, however, to have
cooled down considerably over the
clash between a UN patrol and his
gendarmerie on Wednesday. He called
in the US, UK and Belgian consuls
yesterday to say he regretted the
previous day's outburst during which,
besides lambasting the UN, he poured
invective on the consuls personally.
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c. The local UK authorities, and
the Katangans too, show some readiness
to agree to a freeze of positions on
both sides in order to prevent a new
incident, which Western representa-
tives in Elisabethville agree could
be fatal to the UN's reintegration
plan.
d. Belgium's Spaak has made what
is in effect a strong plea that the US
close out the Katanga Information
Office under the Belgian Streulens,
arguing that its survival nourishes
the belief that the cause of Katangan
secession still has political support
here.
3. Soviet There are clear indications that
nuclear the USSR has run into technical diff 1-
tests culties during the current nuclear
test series in the Arctic and has been
unable to hold to its test schedule.
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4. Brazil a. President Goulart's contest
with the Brazilian congress over
presidential powers is nearing a dlimax.
b. The congress, in session since
Monday, is holding out against Goulart's
demand for an October plebiscite on the
parliamentary system.
c. Goulart partisans among the
military and in the labor movement
are making ominous sounds about what
will happen unless congress gives in.
Some of these seem to be for psycho-
logical effect, but Goulart himself
seems anxious to head off a general
strike called for Saturday, evidently
fearing that he may be sowing a wild
wind.
5. Soviet- a. It looks very much as though
Iranian Moscow is adopting a more amiable
relations approach toward Iran.
b. The Soviets have been press-
ing Tehran on and off since 1957 to
sign a joint statement under which
Iran would foreswear foreign missile
bases on its soil. Now, however,
Moscow has agreed to accept a uni-
lateral Iranian declaration to that
effect which would have none of the
connotations of a treaty.
c. This is no more than the
Iranians have been ready to give all
along. As matters now stand, the de-
claration is due to be issued in
Tehran tomorrow and will be sealed
by an acknowledgement of receipt by
the Soviet Embassy.
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6. Cambodia
a. Cambodia's acceptance of U
Thant's plan to establish a special
UN mission in the Thai-Cambodian area
could bring some lifting of the storm
clouds hanging over relations between
the two countries. Having already
suggested such a step, Thailand can
probably be counted on to go along.
b. Up to this point, however,
there is no indication whether
Sihanouk sees a UN presence as a
substitute for, or merely a supplement
to, the international guarantees of
Cambodian neutrality he has been
seeking.
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c. Cambodian
government is
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working on a deal to obtain anti-
aircraft weapons, and
the Czechs would be
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NOTES
Soviet Venus Probe There is no firm indication yet
as to whether or not the satellite launched Tuesday
night has been put into a trajectory toward Venus.
B. USSR The first TASS comment on yesterday's press
conference features an allegation that the President
"actually admitted that preparations are under way
in the United States for overthrowing the Cuban govern?
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ment."
C. Cuba The number of confirmed SAM sites
under construe-
tion. grows,
D. Morocco-Algeria Morocco, which may see a chance to bene-
fit from Algeria's preoccupation with other problems, is
again moving troops toward the Saharan area in dispute
between the two countries. The Moroccans tried to take
control of the region just after Algerian independence
but pulled out when the Algerians fought back.
E.
Communist China What seems to be a Communist
missile site--probably for surface-to-surface coastal
defense missiles--has been located at Dairen at the
tip of the Liaotung Peninsula.
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F. West Germany In its scrutiny of the Soviet declara-
tion on Cuba, the press gazes hard at the implied
link between Cuba and Berlin but concludes in
unison that the US has no intention of striking
any kind of bargain.
G. Netherlands Both chambers of.the Dutch parlia-
ment have now approved the West New Guinea agree-
ment. The Senate vote took place yesterday.
H. France-Arab States Saudi Arabia has joined Syria
and Jordan in reopening relations with Paris.
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