THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 JANUARY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996116
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 2, 1963

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OPERAIIONAL IMMEDIATE
PRECEDENCE
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--2 JANUARY 1963
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--2 JANUARY 1963
1. CONGO:
A. AS USUAL, WHEN HE IS UNDER PRESSURE, TSHOMBE (FROM
JADOTVILLE) SAYS HE WILL COME TO ELISABETHVILLE AND COME TO
TERMS, BUT HE HAS POSED CONDITIONS,
B. FOR ITS PART, THE UN IS IN NO MOOD TO DICKER FUR-
THER WITH TSHOMBE.
C. GULLION AND DEAN ALSO FEEL, WITH TSHOMBE.NOW ON
THE RUN AND HIS DEMONSTRATED INCAPACITY FOR CONSTRUCTIVE AC-
TIONS, IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO REIN-
STATE HIM TO A POSITION WHERE HE CAN DO FURTHER HARM. flaw44.40/1.0A.
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D. U THANT, ON MONDAY, MADE IT CLEAR TN HIS PUBLIC
STATEMENT THAT HE EXPECTS TSHOMBE TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION
FORTHWITH (WITHIN TWO WEEKS) UNDER THE RECONCILIATION PLAN:
1) SEND A REPRESENTATIVE IMMEIDATELY TO LEOPOLDVILLE TO AR-
RANGE UNION MINIERE'S PAYMENTS; 2) ASSURE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
OF ALL UN PERSONNEL IN KATANGA; 3) COOPERATE WITH THE UN IN
ARRANGING FOR DISMISSAL OF MERCENARIES; 4) ACCEPT CUSTOMS AND
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; 5) DESPATCH
OFFICERS TO LEOPOLDVILLE TO TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
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E. THE UN IS MAKING NO BONES ABOUT ITS INSISTENCE ON
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. UN FORCES APPARENTLY INTEND TO EXTEND
MILITARY CONTROL WHEREVER THEY CAN DO SO WITHOUT HEAVY
FIGHTING,
F. COLUMNS FROM ELISABETHVILLE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE
ALONG THE ROAD TO JADOTVILLE, BUT WILL PROBABLY STOP SHORT
OF TESTING THE TOWN ITSELF, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR KOLWEZI,
BOTH PLACES
ARE HEAVILY DEFENDED BY GEN?
DARMERIE AND MERCENARIES WHOSE RAPID RETREAT TO THEM HAS
BEEN A LONG?ESTABLISHED CONTINGENCY PLAN,
G. IN LEOPOLDVILLE, MEANWHILE, ADOULAI HAS FINALLY
PROROGUED PARLIAMENT, AND KASAVUBU HAS PROCLAIMED A GENERAL
AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL OFFENDERS.
H. THE ARMY IS PREPARING FOR MOVES INTO SOUTH KATANGA,
BUT ITS CAPABILITIES, EXCEPT FOR MAKING TROUBLE, ARE ALMOST
NIL, DEFENSE MINISTER ANANY HAS ALREADY ASKED US FOR AIRLIFT
HELP WITH THESE MOVES,
I. CONSUL DEAN HAS RECEIVED THREATS TO THE LIVES OF
HIMSELF AND FAMILY. UN FORCES HAVE DETAILED A NINE?MAN
GUARD FOR PROTECTION,
2, CUBA:
A. THE HUGE ANNIVERSARY RALLY AND PARADE GET UNDER
WAY TODAY, AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE INDICATES THAT SURFACE?
TO?AIR MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS ARE BEING PREPARED FOR THE
PARADE.
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B. IN NEW YORK, KUZNETSOV, YESTERDAY AGAIN
BALKED AT ' ANY, REFERENCE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT OF 27 OCTOBER OR THE PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT
OF 20 NOVEMBER IN OUR DRAFT LETTER TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL.
3. NORTH BORNEO:
A. AZAHARI HAS
DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT IN MANILA AND IS PLANNING TO RETURN
TO NORTH BORNEO BY NEXT THURSDAY ABOARD A FISHING VESSEL.
. B. HIS ARRIVAL MAY SIGNAL A NEW OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE--
? THIS TIME IN NORTH BORNEO.
4, YEMEN:
A. ? A YEAR?END FLURRY OF INFLAMMATORY STATEMENTS
OUT OF CAIRO AND SANA AND THE UAR BOMBING OF A SAUDI BORDER
TOWN HAVE REINFORCED PRINCE FAYSAL'S CONVICTION THAT NASIR
IS OUT TO GET HIM.
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E. IT IS CLEAR, IN ANY CASE, THAT NEITHER CAIRO
NOR JIDDA WILL ACT FIRST TO GET DISENGAGEMENT UNDER WAY.
5. YUGOSLAVIA:
A. AMBASSADOR KENNAN IS ALARMED AT THE EXTENT OF
TITO'S EVIDENT REORIENTATION TOWARD THE SOVIET BLOC SINCE
HIS RETURN FROM THE USSR.
B. KENNAN POINTS OUT, HOWEVER, THAT MANY IN YUGO?
SLAVIA WILL NOT ADJUST WILLINGLY OR WITHOUT A REGIME CRACK?
DOWN TO TITO'S NEW PRO?SOVIET COURSE. HE SEES SIGNS THAT
PREPARATIONS FOR A CRACKDOWN ARE ALREADY AFOOT.
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6. NOTES
A. JAPAN IKEDA MAY DISSOLVE THE LOWER HOUSE THIS
MONTH AND CALL FOR NEW ELECTIONS. IF HE DOES, IT WILL
BE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUBLIC DISAPPROVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONISM
BY THE SOCIALIST PARTY DURING THE RECENT SPECIAL DIET SES?
SION.
B. ITALY ITALY'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER CENTER WENT
INTO OPERATION LAST THURSDAY, 100 MILES SOUTH OF ROME.
IT IS THE LARGEST SUCH CENTER NOW OPERATING IN EUROPE AND
CAN PRODUCE THIS YEAR ENOUGH ENERGY TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS
OF SOME 2 MILLION PEOPLE.
C. SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE A LONG, YEAR?END EDITORIAL
IN PEOPLE'S DAILY SEEMS TO BE SAYING THAT NO GIVE IS FORTH?
COMING FROM PEIPING'S SIDE OF THE SINO?SOVIET DISPUTE.
IT SAYS OF THE SOVIET COURSE IN CUBA: "100 PERCENT AP?
PEASEMENT, A MUNICH PURE AND SIMPLE."
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