THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 SEPTEMBER 1962

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BYTHE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 26 SEPTEMBER 1962 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 1 1- 1 CL7Q F 1 E;Q F I irir] ii L1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 1. Cuba a. The port facility in Cuba, which the Soviets contracted for yes- terday, will be the first base for their fishing fleets outside the bloc. b. The Soviet North Atlantic fishing fleet of some 500 trawlers has operated primarily around the Grand Banks, but has been extending'its op- erations southward. Some of the trawl- ers are converted for oceanographic re- search and communications intelligence operations. c. We do ?not know where the base is planned, but would expect some port to be chosen which already has some fa- cilities (and could be expanded later) to permit early use by Soviet vessels. d. Meanwhile, Panama is follow- ing ,up Senator Smathers' idea of a Car- ibbean region military alliance against Cuba. e. Panamanian delegates in New York are promoting a meeting of the ten countries concerned to consider the idea and to work out an agreed position to present at the forthcoming Washing- ton meetings. r? TL_ n___! J _ _ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 F- 1 L 1 F 1 I [ 1 F- I 1 I---3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 2. Berlin a. U Than?t told Ambassador Steven- son yesterday, in connection with Khru- shchev's idea of posting a UN observer in Berlin, that he did not feel the UN should un`dertake heavy responsibilities in Berlin at present. b. As a beginning, however, U Thant thought that as a humanitarian measure an observer might be useful, perhaps assisting divided families on both sides of the wall and carrying out some degree of liaison between the two sides. In any Case, he did not want to take the initiative in the matter. c. The subject of Berlin did not come up during Secretary Rusk's luncheon meeting with Gromyko yesterday. 50X6 TL_ n_, -_Lt?-r_ r_ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 1 1 Ii I 1 t L 1 F 1 F I 1 C C F- I 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 4. France-Algeria 5. Congo a. over 3,000 Europeans who have disap- peared in Algeria since early July as victims of Algerian reprisals. b. Paris is trying to hush up the matter, both to encourage refugees to return (there are some 650,000 of them) And to reduce the political im- pact of the refugee issue on the Oc- tober referendum and the later assem- bly elections. putting c. Ben Bella is still government together. a. more Katangan planes have been spotted at the same airfield where UN reconnaissance earlier showed Harvards b. The new planes, to be Harvards, are adjacent to the field at Kolwezi. Word is that the Katangans have arranged to obtain an unknown number of P-51 Mus- tangs, but we have no confirmation. also thought c. Reports that the Katangan gendarmerie has been expanded also show that Tshombe has in mind the possibility of an eventual military showdown. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 I- 1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 REArigw OF THE SITUATION IN YEMEN 1. Seventy-one-year-old Imam Ahmad.odwite?dled of pulmon- ary illness on 19 September.) /He was one of the more colorful mon- archs of the area. 2. He had ruled Yemen's 5 million citizens since 1948 by buying off powerful tribal chiefs, taking "custody" (i.e., hostage) of their sons and ruthlessly suppress- ing all dissidence. During his reign he survived two coup attempts (one, in 1955, was led by his brother whom the Imam later publicly executed in a mass be- heading), a tribal revolt, and an assassination at- tempt. 3. 4. Mohammed Badr, the late Imam's 35-year-old son and "Crown Prince," has moved quickly to consolidate his position as the new Imam. In a bid for support, he has announced a general amnesty for political prison- ers and abolished the system of hostages. There has as yet been no overt opposition to him, but his ac- cession is known to be resented by Yemen's powerful northern tribes. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 50X6 50X6 L:=J V -1 F- 1 LL-5.3 V1 E ( 1 L -1 LiA Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24: CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 ? 5. The Imamate, which is in fact a religious office from which the holder derives political authority as well, has by custom been filled by tribal agreement. The northern tribal chiefs object to the arbitrary desig- nation of Badr by the late Imam. They would prefer Prince Hasan, Imam Ahmad's brother, who is presently in New York as head of the Yemeni UN delegation. 6. Hasan is adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward Badr and has denied that he plans to return to Yemen to lead the opposition. 7. Badr has relatively progressive ideas, by Yemeni standards (i.e., he wants to drag the Yemeni ?out of the eleventh century but certainly not into the twen- tieth). But he has not shown himself to have his father's strength of purpose. 8. In attempting to placate the conservative tribal ments, Badr runs the risk of exposing himself to throw by pro-Nasir republican elements ,Th0 Egyptian gov- ht'becobe reasonabl ele over - ernment's overt relationship mi cordial 9. Badr, as Crown Prince, was instrumental in obtaining economic and military aid from the Soviet bloc. This represents economic opportunism rather than political conviction. C- TL- f1- I.. T. Declassifiedin Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24: CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 L- - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 I -71 L -1 1 1 1 1 -1 NOTES A. French Tests The French plan several atomic tests in. the Sahara between late next month and early .De- cember. These will be the last in the 50X1 Sahara, Thereafter, testing (not before the middle of next year).will be.done in the 50X1 Pacific, 50X1 B. China-USSR The Reuters correspondent in Peiping claims that Russian officials there have acknowledged the two remaining Soviet consulates at Shanghai and Harbin will be closed next month "as an economy move." Rumors to this effect had earlier been denied by So- viet officials in Shanghai and Peiping, but we had thought it a distinct possibility and are now inclined to accept it as a fact. C, China D. USSR Extensive Far Eastern military exercises of the pastthree weeks have ended. They featured live firing to Kamchatka of three medium-range missiles. E. TL- Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24: CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 N=5 =TS 11=1= EMS 12:1 = 1=5 6:= I= =3 =5 Effla Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9 ? DOCUMENT OF INTEREST 50X1 Cesr TkT? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001000330001-9