THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 SEPTEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005995947
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 25, 1962

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
25 SEPTEMBER 1962
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l. Cuba
b. The Soviet build-up is appar-
ently being accomplished at some cost
to Moscow's commitments to other
countries
c. In Paris, NATO countries are
split three ways on whether to bar the
chartering of their ships to the bloc
for the Cuba run. The count is five
in favor, four on the fence, and five
against. These opposed (UK, Greece,
Netherlands, Norway and Denmark) provide
the bulk of the shipping involved. They
argue lack of authority* to prevent trade
in:nop-strategic goods,
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e. The Alpha-66 exile group
announced in Miami yesterday that the
organization had budgeted more than
$12,000 for another foray against
Cuba.
2. Cabot-Wang a. As expected, the U-2 inci-
talks dent over east China earlier this
month was the reason the Chinese
asked for last Thursday's special
meeting with Ambassador Cabot.
b. Wang talked toughly, saying
such incidents, if not stopped forth-
with, could bring on a war, but did
not try to deliver a formal note.
c. Cabot does not rule out the
possibility that the Chinese are
thinking of using the incident as a
pretext to launch some sort of retal-
iatory operation, He feels, however,
that the protest is more probably a
reflection of Peiping's gall over
what it considers a public demonstra-
tion that the US does not show the
same prudence toward China that it
does toward the USSR.
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. Southern
Rhodesia
4. Laos
a. Salisbury's crackdown last
week on the local African nationalist
movement may bring on more serious
vieaence than the nationalist activi-
ties which caused it.
b. Joshua Nkomo, the nation-
alists' leader who set himself up as
head of a government in exile in
neighboring Tanganyika on Sunday,
plans to use Tanganyika as a base
for terrorist activities.j
a. The reactivated Soviet air-
lift has maintained regular operations
? to all parts of Laos for the second
week running. Our tabulation of 39
flights i8 down from last week's 59,
Probably because of bad weather.
b. The Pathet Lao are again
charging that Phoumi's forces are
violating the cease-fire. This out-
burst, we suspect, is meant for the
record to provide justification for
operations against the Meos and other
rightist outposts in Pathet Lao -
controlled territory.
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5. Argentina
c. Playing tit-for-tat, Vientiane
yesterday recalled its ambassador from
South Vietnam for "consultations."
d. Souphannouvong today took off
from Peiping for Moscow after four days
of consultations with top Chinese
Communist leaders.
? a. Guido and Ongania may not be
altogether out of the woods, although
the prevailing sentiment on all sides
is against a renewal of violence.
b. The Navy's unhappiness over
the recent turn of events was under-
scored last night when 25 members of
the powerful Council of Admirals
turned in their resignations./
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SUMMARY: BERLIN SITUATION
1. Since the closingof the Soviet Kommandatura on 22
August, there has been no major change on the local
scene.
2. We think, however, that the trend of events during
the past three weeks, as set forth below, strongly
suggests that the Soviets will heat up the Berlin
problem again in November and at least initiate steps
leading to a separate peace treaty. We note that
November is the fourth anniversary of Khrushchev's
reopening of the Berlin question, and ?that Soviet
military, forces normally reach their annual peak of
readiness at about this time.
3. Chronology:
28 August: Khrushchev categorically tells U Thant
that a treaty will be signed some day soon. Ex-
pressed a conviction the West would not fight.
3 September: Ulbricht returns from month-long visit
to USSR;
8 September:
East German
forces may be getting ready to blockade Berlin in
November,
11 September: TASS notes the pause in Berlin negotia-
tiont pending US elections, butemphasizes this is
? not a retreat from Communist demands.
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11-17 September: Khrushchev takes same line with
various European VIP's that he did with U Thant,
saying treaty can be delayed until November. He
laid out a timetable calling for meetings between
Secretary Rusk and Gromyko in New York, followed
by his own visit to the UN, during which he hoped
to see President Kennedy. He also hinted at an
intention to put the Soviet case before the UN in
November if a satisfactory settlement had not been
worked out.
18 September: TASS calls for abolition of "NATO
Kommandaturas" in Berlin and conclusion of a peace
treaty.
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NOTES
A. Sino-Indian border There has been no letup in the
battle of communiques between New Delhi and Peiping.
The only thing ?that seems to be certain is that
skirmishing continues.
B. East Germany With the harvest in, Warsaw Pact exer-
cises are about to get under way. We have identified
some Polish troops in East Germany.
C.
Communist China First guesses on China's 1962 grain
production, now coming in from all sides, are some-
what divergent. Our preliminary estimate lines us
up with those who say the harvest will be only
slightly better than last year's.
E. Yugoslavia-USSR: The Yugoslav reception for Soviet
President Brezhnev, yesterday was almost painfully
elaborate. Ambassador Kennan comments that the only
people who seemed really to enjoy the show were the
school children turned out for the occasion. We note
that although Brezhnev is making a government-to-
government visit, he has the Soviet party official
in charge of relations with non-bloc communist
parties buried in his entourage.
F. Ethiopia - Somali Republic: Relations between the two
countries, already near the breaking point, may not be
able to stand the strain of an Ethiopian attempt on
Sunday to arrest a Somali diplomat on charges of
spying.
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