THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 MARCH 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996258
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 24, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-724 MARCH 1962
17 ARGENTINE POLITICAL CRISIS, STILL UNRESOLVED:
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MADE MONDAY THE DEADLINE FOR FRONDIZ I TO FORM A SATISFACTORY CABINET.
YESTERDAY, GENERAL :ARAMBURU, A WIDELY RESPECTED SUPPORTER OF CONSTI-
TUTIONALITY :W;k10 SUCCEEDED PERON, AGREED TO 'HELP HIM Fogro ONE. THIS
EFFORT HAS APPARENTLY BOGGED DOWN, ALTHOUGH FOUR ! minsi;gRs HAVE
BEEN PUBLICLY NAMED IN AN EFFORT TO CALM THINGS DOWN.
BETTING IS
LESS THAN EVEN THAT FRONDIZ I WILL MEET HIS DEADLINE
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THE
PERONISTA GENERAL STRIKE YESTERDAY
WAS A FIZZLE.
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souna VIETNAM:
B.. COMMUNIST CHINA ISSUED ANOTHER STRONGLY-WORDED ATTACK ON
U.S ACTIVITIES TODAY..
C. THERE WERE 492 INCIDENTS REPORTED LAST WEEK., Up;FROM 406
THE PREVIOUS WEEK, MOST OF THE INCREASE WAS IN KIDNAPPINGS,
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3. BERLIN:
A. TWO SOVIET FLIGHTS IN THE NORTHERN CORRIDOR THIS MORNING
TOOK PLACE WITHOUT INCIDENT.
B. THE EAST GERMANS SEEM TO BE BACKING DOWN ON THE TRANSIT
VISA ISSUE IN THE FACE OF IMPLIED WEST GERMAN THREATS TO INTERRUPT
INTERZONAL TRADE,
C. THE EAST GERMANS LAST NIGHT BEGAN SETTING UP CONCRETE
OBSTACLES AT FOUR CROSSING poniTp IN BERLIN SIMILAR TO. THOSE
CONSTRUCTED AT:FRIEDRICHSTRASSE EARLY THIS MONTH,
D. A REGULAR US ARMY SUPPLY
CONVOY LEAVING BERLIN WAS HELD UP
BY THE SOVIETS FOR TWO HOURS YESTERDAY.
4. '4CLIVIANULTIMATIIM,TO CHILE:
A HYDROELECTRIC AND IRRIGATION PROJECT BUILT BY CHILE ON THE
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LAUCA RIVER, WHICH RISES IN CHILE AND FLOWS INTO BOLIVIA, IS SCHEDULED
TO BEGIN OPERATION IN APRIL. BOLIVIA CHARGES CHILEAN ,USE OF THE
RIVER. WOULD BE AN "ACT OF AGGRESSION,." IS THREATENING TO.BRING'THE
MATTER TO THE OAS, .AND HAS HINTED THE US SHOULD MEDIATE THE DISPUTE.
BOLIVIA HAS NO USE FOR LAUCAN:WATER' AND IS MORE INTERESTED IN USING.
THE ISSUE TO DIVERT PUBLIC ATTENTION FROM DOMESTIC PROBLEMS AND
PERHAPS TO INDUCE CHILE TO NEGOTIATE ON BOLIVIA'S smmE FOR'ACCESS
TO THE PACIFIC,
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5. WEST NEW GUINEA:
INDONESIAN NEGOTIATOR MALIK HAS FLOWN HOME TO SEEK GREATER
NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY. HE HOPES TO BE BACK THURSDAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE OF THE TALKS HAS BEEN GOOD, WITH EACH SIDE APPARENTLY
CONVINCED OF THE OTHER'S GOOD,FAITHe
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6, DE GAULLE ORDERS FRENCH ARMY TO PUT DOWN EUROPEAN "ARMED IN-
SURRECTION "IN ALGIERS:
THIS ORDER FORCES THE ARMY TO COMMIT ITSELF FULLY IN SUPPORT
OF HIS POLICIES. THE OAS MUST MAKE A STRONG SHOWING IN RESPONSE
OR LOSE MOMENTUM. PRESS REPORTS THIS MORNING SUGGEST THAT THE ARM1RDo
IS MOVING VIGOROUSLY, SOMEWHAT TO THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF THE EUROPEAN
SETTLERS. IN ORAN, THE OAS YESTERDAY ROBBED A BANK OF ALMOST $5,000,000.
8. USSR EXPLOITS ISRAELI-SYRIAN TENSION:
THE SOVIETS HAVE PROMISED TO SUPPORT SYRIA IN THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. SYRIAN PRIME MINISTER DAWALIBI IS PRESSING THE
UNITED STATES FOR SIMILAR BACKING, THREATENING THAT IF IT BECAME
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iNOWN THAT ONLY THE USSR WAS SUPPORTING THE ARABS, THERE WOULD BEA
POPULAR GROUNDSWELL TOWARDS THE USSR IN THE ARAB WORLD. HE CLAIMED
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HIS OWN GOVERNMENT WOULD FALL./
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9. GOULART VISIT PLANS:
.PRESIDENT GOULART OF BRAZIL WANTS TO TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT
ALONE, "WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS WHICH THE PRESENCE OF BRAZILIAN
CABINET MINISTERS MIGHT PLACE ON SUCH A FRANK DISCUSSION." HE SAID
THE ARGENTINE SITUATION REINFORCED HIS CONVICTION THAT STABILIZATION
MEASURES MUST NOT HURT THE WORKING CLASS AND THAT THE ALLIANCE FOR
PROGRESS MUST INCLUDE PROJECTS WITH A VERY BROAD SOCIAL APPEAL,
SUCH AS MEDICAL CENTERS FOR SMALL TOWNS.
10. NOTES:
A. AS OF 0800 EST THIS MORNING, WE HAD NO WORD ON HARRIMAN'S
MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
' B. A:SOVIET PARTY MEETING. PERHAPS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
IS TO TAKE PLACE IN MOSCOW TUESDAY, WITH OFFICIALS HURRIEDLY
SUMMONED FROM? THE HINTERLAND. THE SUBJECT IS "REORGANIZATION,"
WHICH MIGHT REFER TO KHRUSHCHEV'S RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAM, BUT THE TIMING LEADS US TO SUSPECT SOMETHING MORE MAY BE
INVOLVED. THE SAME OFFICIALS WILL HAVE TO BE BACK IN MOSCOW ON
10 APRIL FOR THEJ'IRST SESSION OF THE NEWLY ELECTED SUPREME SOVIET.
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? D. ADOULA AND TSHOMBE ARE STILL BOGGED DOWN IN LEGALITIES,
WITH THE FORMER tEcomm INCREASII4GLY IMPATIENT.'
E. THE EEC FOREIGN.MINISTERS MADE LITTLE PROGRESS ON POLITICAL
FEDERATION AT THEIR MEETING TUESDAY. THE. NEXT ROUND IS SCHEDULED
FOR 17 ApRIL,
G. THE BRAZILIAN COMMUNIST PARTY HAS SPLIT. ? THE DISSIDENTS
HAVE ESTABLISHED A RIVAL "COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRAZIL," WITH CHINESE
OVERTONES, AND ARE ATTACKING THEIR PARENT BODY FOR ITS POLICY OF
REFRAINING FROM VIOLENT TACTICS.
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H. THE MOROCCANS HAVE ASSURED US THEY WILL ADMIT NO SOVIET MILITARY
TECHNICIANS AND INSTRUCTORS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ARMS AGREEMENT
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