THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 22 FEBRUARY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996204
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 22, 1963

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THE WHITE HOUSE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
PRECEDENCE
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FROM:
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INFO:
CITE.
THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--22 FEBRUARY 1963
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHEd1TIST--22 FEBRUARY 1963
1. CUBA--MILITARY:
A. WE HAVE NO WORD YET ON WHAT THE BAIKAL, THE SOVIET
PASSENGER SHIP WHICH ARRIVED TUESDAY, BROUGHT OR IS TAKING OUT.
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/THE SOVIET DIRECT FLIGHT
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TU-114 WHICH ARRIVED IN HAVANA ON WEDNESDAY WAS A SPECIAL FLIGHT,
possIBLy WITH VIP'S ABOARD.
TOP SECRET DINAR
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F. HAVANA PROPAGANDA
ON THE SHRIMP BOAT IN
DENIES THAT CUBAN PILOTS OPENED FIRE
WEDNESDAY'S INCIDENT.
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2. CUBA
, A.
THE SOVIETS.
IN JANUARY
HELP THE
--ECONOMIC:
SOVIET
BOUGHT FOUR OLD 10,000?TON LIBERTY
AND ARE DICKERING FOR THREE MORE
MERCHANT FLEET "ASSURE SHIPMENTS
SHIPS IN ITALY
TO
FOR CUBA."
SOVIET SHIPPING
YARDS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH DEMANDS, THE CUBA
RUN BEING THE LATEST. THE OLD LIBERTIES ARE A GOOD BUY AND THE
SOVIETS WITH A LARGE NUMBER ALREADY, ARE FAMILIAR. WITH THEM.
WE HAVE HEARD ELSEWHERE THAT THEY ARE DICKERINGFOR A DOZEN OR
TWO IN THE LONDON MARKET.
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5. SPAIN:
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C. CIA PEOPLE IN MADRID THINK A 13 FEBRUARY PARIS HERALD-
TRIBUNE ARTICLE WHICH QUOTED US OFFICIALS TO THE EFFECT SPAIN WAS
OVERESTIMATING THE VALUE OF ITS BASES MAY HAVE BEEN PARTLY RES-
PONSIBLE FOR THIS PESSIMISM.
6. INDONESIA-MALAYSIA:
A. THE INDONESIAN COMMUNIST PARTY IS PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE
IN INDONESIAN EFFORTS TO ABORT THE BIRTH OF THE MALAYSIAN FED-
ERATION.
B. VOLUNTEERS ENROLLED IN INDONESIAN WEST BORNEO FOR GUER-
RILLA WORK IN NORTH BORNEO ARE REPORTED TO BE DRAWN LARGELY FROM
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7. USSR:
A. FIRST DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE ROCKET FORCES TOLUBKO
CLAIMED IN WEDNESDAY'S RED STAR THAT THE USSR NOW HAS MISSILES
WHICH CAN DELIVER 100 MEGATON WARHEADS.
B. ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT BE DEAD CERTAIN, WE DOUBT THIS.
C. TOLUBKO ALSO CLAIMED THE USSR HAS ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE
WEAPONS..... IMPLYINGAN OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY WITH A DEPLOYED
SYSTEM.
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E; MOSCOW IS POURING OUT A STREAM OF CLAIMS FOR MILITARY
INVINCIBILITY TODAY; TOMORROW IS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SOVIET ARMY AND NAVY./
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8. NOTES:
A. BRAZIL-FRANCE: THE DISPUTE OVER FRENCH LOBSTER BOATS
FISHING IN WATERS THE BRAZILIANS REGARD AS THEIRS (THE FRENCH
SAY THE BOATS ARE FISHING AS FAR AS SIXTY MILES OUT) STILL RE-
MAINS A WAR OF WORDS. GOULART IS UPSET BY FRENCH NOTIFICATION
A WARSHIP WAS BEING SENT TO PROTECT THE LOBSTER BOATS AND HAS
GIVEN ORDERS THAT HIS AMBASSADOR IN PARIS SEE DE GAULLE AND
REQUEST THAT ANY SAILING ORDERS BE CANCELLED.
B. COMMUNIST CHINA:
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IN THE MINDS OF SOVIETS
THERE IS "ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION"
THAT THE CHINESE
CAN EXPLODE A NUCLEAR DEVICE--IN 1963.
C. USSR: WE MAY BE SEEING THE FIRST SIGNS OF PREPARATIONS
FOR ANOTHER SPACE ATTEMPT, POSSIBLY A MANNED ONE.
TRY COULD COME WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
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F. YUGOSLAVIA: TITO IS POSTPONING HIS VISIT TO LATIN
AMERICA TILL LATE 1963 OR EARLY 1964. A YUGOSLAV OFFICIAL IM?
PLIED THAT TITO IS DELAYING ACCEPTANCE OF A CUBAN INVITATION IN
THE HOPES OF GETTING A SETTLEMENT OF THE MOST?FAVORED?NATION
ISSUE AND A US INVITATION.
G. EASTERN EUROPE: THE COMMUNIST IMAGE MAY SUFFER FURTHER
DAMAGE IN AFRICAN EYES. .AFRICAN STUDENTS IN BUCHAREST, ENCOUNTER?
ING PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPERIENCED IN SOFIA, ARE HOPING
TO ORGANIZE A STUDENT UNION; AFRICAN STUDENTS IN MOSCOW ARE SAID
TO BE "EXTREMELY" DISTURBED BY THE TROUBLES IN BULGARIA.
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I. URUGUAY:
STAGING A COUP UNLESS A WAVE OF STRIKES INTERRUPTING PUBLIC
UTILITIES WAS DEALT WITH BY THE GOVERNMENT,
THE SITUATION AS ONE OF VIRTUAL ANARCHY.
THE PRESS LAST NIGHT, HOWEVER, REPORTED THAT TELEPHONE AND POWER
PLANT WORKERS WERE GOING BACK ON THE JOB AND ANY COUP MAY HAVE
BEEN AVERTED.
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