THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 DECEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996104
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 24, 1962

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KATANGAN GENDARMERIE AND UN ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE
CLASHED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ELISABETHVILLE . A UN HELICOP-
TER WAS DOWNED AND THE UN HAS GIVEN THE KATANGANS UNTIL
2 P. M. TODAY TO RETURN IT. WE CANNOT TELL FROM THE PRESS
REPORTS SO FAR IN WHAT TOUCHED OFF THE FIGHTING OR WHETHER
IT HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF,
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--24 DECEMBER 1962
1. CONGO:
A. ADOULA HAS TOLD GENERAL MOBUTU TO BE READY TO
SHUT DOWN PARLIAMENT. A CANVASS OF KEY COMMANDERS HAS CON?
VINCED MOBUTU THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT HIM RATHER THAN SEE
GIZENGA GO FREE.
B. PRESIDENT KASAVUBU IS LUKEWARM BUT WILL GO ALONG
WITH THE MOVE.
C. WITHIN ADOULA'S ENTOURAGE, HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME
DOUBT THAT HE WILL REALLY CARRY THROUGH.
D. THE UNION MINIERE, UNDER PRESSURE FROM SPAAK,
SHOWS SIGNS OF WILLINGNESS TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO LEO?
POLDVILLE TO BEGIN DISCUSSION OF A PAYMENTS ARRANGEMENT.
THE COMPANY SAYS, HOWEVER, THAT IT NEEDS SOME ASSURANCE
FROM THE UN AND ADOULA THAT THE STAGE HAS BEEN SET FOR TALKS.
E. IN NEW YORK, BUNCHE HAS TOLD OUR UN DELEGATION
THAT UN FORCES IN SOUTHERN KATANGA WOULD MOVE BEFORE THIS
MONTH IS OUT TO NAIL DOWN THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.
THIS WOULD ENTAIL REMOVAL OF THE ROADBLOCKS SET UP BY THE
KATANGAN GENDARMERIE AROUND ELISABETHVILLE. PRESSED BY OUR
REPRESENTATIVE, HE PROMISED TO INFORM THE US IN ADVANCE OF
ANY SUCH STEP.
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2. USSR:
B. THE NUCLEAR TEST SERIES IS COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE
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WITH 'A RUSH. THERE WAS ONE DETONATION ON SATURDAY, AND THREE
MORE YESTERDAY. ALL WERE IN THE NOVAYA 50X1
ZEMLYA AREA.
3., ECUADOR:
A. AROSEMENA'S DRUNKEN DISPLAY LAST THURSDAY HAS
CREATED A FULL?BLOWN PUBLIC SCANDAL. THERE IS A SOLID CON?
SENSUS AMONG POLITICAL AND MILITARY LEADERS THAT AROSEMENA
MUST GO.
B. ALTHOUGH IMPEACHMENT MACHINERY HAS BEEN SET IN
MOTION, IT IS BEING SLOWED BY UNCERTAINTY OVER THE SUCCES?
SION. VICE PRESIDENT VAREA IS RATED UNACCEPTABLE IN VIRTU?
ALLY ALL POLITICAL QUARTERS.
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A. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT SOME ELEMENTS IN THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY WOULD BE WILLING--OR WERE BEFORE
THEY WERE SUPPRESSED--TO PAY A POLITICAL PRICE TO MOSCOW TO
REGAIN SOVIET MILITARY ASSISTANCE,
5. ARAB STATES - YEMEN:
A. OUR EMBASSY IN AMMAN FEELS THAT THE JORDANIAN PUB-
LIC HAS GENERALLY WELCOMED US RECOGNITION OF YEMEN. THE
JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, IS GIVING VENT TO SOME ILL-
TEMPERED RECRIMINATIONS.
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C. THE UAR'S CLANDESTINE VOICE OF THE ARABS AFFIRMS
THAT BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES ARE TO BE EXPELLED FROM YEMEN--
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THE PENALTY FOR NON-RECOGNITION. WE LEARN HOWEVER, THAT
THE YEMENIS ARE SEEKING FINANCIAL HELP FROM KUWAIT AND
QUESTION WHETHER THEY WOULD IMPROVE THEIR PROSPECTS THERE
BY UNDULY ROILING THE BRITISH.
6. PERU:
A. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WARNED TO EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND OF COMMUNIST-LED LABOR DISORDERS. JUNTA HEAD GENERAL
PEREZ GODOY IS REPORTED, MEANWHILE, TO BE ON HIS WAY OUT
FOR FAILING TO PREVENT LAST WEEK'S STRIKE VIOLENCE DESPITE
AMPLE INFORMATION THAT IT WAS COMING.
B. CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED IN
TWO AREAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE OUTBREAK, AND A NUMBER OF
UNION LEADERS AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN JAILED. A GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN HAS PUT THE MAJOR BURDEN OF BLAME ON THE COMMU-
NISTS BUT SAVES SOME FOR THE HATED APRA PARTY.
7. NOTES:
A. WEST GERMANY: BONN'S EMBARGO ON THE SUPPLY OF
LARGE-DIAMETER PIPE TO THE USSR HAS DRAWN A STRONG PROTEST
FROM THE SOVIET TRADE MISSION. WEST GERMAN INDUSTRIALISTS
HAVE ALSO REGISTERED A COMPLAINT WITH ADENAUER.
B. FRANCE: COUVE DE MURVILLE IS DESCRIBED AS "CARE-
FULLY NON-COMMITTAL" ON THE POLARIS PROPOSAL. HE SAYS
HOWEVER, THAT DE GAULLE WAS PLEASED THAT THE PRESIDENT AND
MACMILLAN HAD COMMUNICATED WITH HIM BEFORE ANY PUBLIC RE-
LEASE.
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? C. ' LAOS: KONG LE HAD SOME BLUNT WORDS OF CRITICISM
FOR THE PATHET LAO IN A PRESS CONFERENCE SATURDAY WITH NEWS?
MEN ACCOMPANYING SOUVANNA TO THE PLAINE DES JARRES. AMONG
THE QUOTES:
? "MATERIALLY THE PATHET LAO ARE LAOTIAN BUT THEIR SPIRIT
IS FOREIGN"; "WE KNOW THEY NEVER ABANDON THEIR EFFORT TO
OBTAIN POWER"; "BEFORE WE DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. NOW WE
TRY TO RESIST THEM AND ARE MAKING PROPAGANDA FOR NEUTRALITY
AMONG THE POPULATION."
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