THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 DECEMBER 1962

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996110
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 28, 1962

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--28 DECEMBER 1962
1. INDIA/PAKISTAN:
A. NEHRU TOLD AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH YESTERDAY THAT HE
THOUGHT STOPPING CHINA'S PUSH INTO INDIA WOULD DISCOURAGE CHI-
NESE AGGRESSION ELSEWHERE, BUT THAT "CHINESE EXPANSION' ANY-
WHERE MUST BE OF SERIOUS CONCERN TO US AND WE MUST HELP STOP
IT."
B. AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH THINKS THIS STATEMENT WELL WORTH
NOTING FOR FUTURE REFERENCE WHEN A HELPFUL INDIAN ATTITUDE
MAY BE NEEDED.
C. IN TALKS YESTERDAY WITH AYUB (HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE
OF THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER AND RAISED NO OBJECTION TO THE $110-
$120 MILLION INDIAN AID FIGURE), AMBASSADOR kkONAUGHY GAINED
THE IMPRESSION PAKISTAN WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT. A COMPROMISE ON
THE KASHMIR PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY IN THE MATTER OF GRANTING
DIRECT INDIAN ACCESS TO LADAKH.
P. AYUB INDICATED THAT HIS REACTION TO OUR AID WOULD
ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON INDIA'S BEHAVIOR AT THE TALKS. HE FEELS
INDIA WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO DO NOTHING BECAUSE WE DID NOT MAKE
OUR AID CONDITIONAL.
E. AYUB ANTICIPATES THE FIRST ROUND WILL SIMPLY BE A RE-
HASH OF OLD POSITIONS AND SAID THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE
SOME THIRD PARTY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN WITH A .COMPROMISE PRO-
POSAL,
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F. INDIAN REACTION TO THE PAKISTANI-CHINESE BORDER ANNOUNCE-
MENT HAS BEEN MILD SO FAR, WHERE APPROPRIATE, PAKISTANI OFFI-
CIALS ADOPT AN AIR OF FAINT REGRET AND TRY TO BLAME THE CHINESE
FOR THE TIMING.
2. CONGO:
A. A SECOND ROUND OF SHOOTING BROKE OUT LATE YESTERDAY IN
ELISABETHVILLE
B. LIKE THE FIRST, IT PRESUMABLY WAS STARTED BY UNRULY
(AND NERVOUS) KATANGAN FORCES.BEERED UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
TSHOMBE EVIDENTLY CANNOT. ENFORCE ORDERS HE ISSUED THE GEN-
DARMERIE ON TUESDAY TO AVOID FURTHER INCIDENTS WITH THE UN AT
ALL COSTS.
C. CEASE-FIRE TALKS BETWEEN TSHOMBE AND UN REPRESENTATIVE
IN KATANGA, MATHU, WERE AGAIN UNDERWAY EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT
SO FAR WITHOUT RESULT. ELISABETHVILLE HAS NO POWER AND WATER
THIS MORNING,
D, ON OTHER MATTERS, WE HAVE NO PROGRESS TO REPORT, PAR-
LIAMENT HAS STILL NOT BEEN RECESSED AND, SO FAR AS WE KNOW,
NEITHER TSHOMBE NOR UNION MINIERE HAS DISPATCHED REPRESENTA-
TIVES TO LEOPOLDVILLE TO GET FOREIGN EXCHANGE PAYMENTS ARRANGED.
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3. SAUDI ARABIA/JORDAN/YEMEN:
F. THERE HAVE BEEN NO IMPORTANT MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS
IN YEMEN.
4. CUBA/USSR:
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D. WE BELIEVE PRESIDENT YDIGORAS' ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY
FORBIDDING THE USE OF GUATEMALA AS A CENTER FOR EMIGRE PLOT-
TING AGAINST CASTRO STEMS FROM HIS PIQUE TOWARD THOSE EXILES
(HE HAS THROWN FOUR OUT) WHO HAVE TRIED TO THWART HIS PLAN
TO SET UP AND RECOGNIZE A CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE.
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5. LAOS:.
A. APPARENTLY SOUVANNA FAILED TO PATCH THINGS UP BETWEEN
HIS NEUTRALISTS AND THE PATHETS.
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PLIES ONLY TO THE COMMUNIST FORCES WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO STARVE
OUT THE NEUTRALISTS.
C. KONG LE HAS ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THE SOVIET AIRCRAFT
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AT VIENTIANE ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET HIS SUPPLY NEEDS.
6. NOTES:
A. USSR: THE LATEST SOVIET COSMOS SERIES SATELLITE IS
STILL IN ORBIT. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT RECOVERY WOULD
BE ATTEMPTED ON THE 95TH ORBIT EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT WE
CANNOT SAY 'THE ATTEMPT WAS ACTUALLY MADE AND FAILED. THE NEXT
FAVORABLE RECOVERY PERIOD WILL BE ON THE 110TH OR 111TH ORBIT
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
B. INDONESIA: IT IS CLEAR FROM AMBASSADOR JONES' LARGELY
FRUITLESS TALK WITH SUKARNO ON WEDNESDAY THAT INDONESIA WILL
CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO GENERATE OPPOSITION TO MALAYSIA
IN NORTH BORNEO, SARAWAK AND BRUNEI.
D. SOUTH KOREA: THE 20-MONTH BAN ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY
WILL BE LIFTED BEGINNING WITH THE NEW YEAR, AND GENERAL PAK
HAS ANNOUNCED HE AND OTHER TOP JUNTA MEMBERS WILL BE RUNNING
FOR OFFICE IN THE "CIVILIAN" GOVERNMENT TO BE ELECTED LATER
IN THE YEAR. THE REGIME'S CONTROLS MAKE THEIR ELECTION, WITH
PAK AS PRESIDENT, A CERTAINTY.
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E. ALGERIA: BEN BELLA TOLD THE PRESS YESTERDAY THAT OUR
FOOD SHIPMENMSTO ALGERIA ARE "BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT AID CT
ITS KIND THE COUNTRY IS NOW RECEIVING." HE ADDED
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AND RECEPTION COMMITTEES WHEN THEIR AID ARRIVES, BUT "THE
AMERICANS ATTEND TO THE BUSINESS OF GETTING THE FOOD TO THE
PEOPLE"
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