THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 APRIL 1963

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April 20, 1963
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EIM1 EMI 13 RIM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BYTHE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 20 APRIL 1963 50X1 - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 ? 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 1 -1 1 AL-1 1=11 1 1 F-71 1- 1 1 I 1 1 A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 1. Laos a. Communist control of the Plaine des Jarres appears virtually complete. b. Kong Le has abandoned the Plaine des Jarres airstrip and moved his command post north to the Muong Kheung-Ban Song Hac area. He has reserve armor and artillery there but is handicapped by a shortage of ammunition and POLO Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 50X1 f I E_A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 2. Cuba a. Photography of 17, 18, and 19 April is of limited value because of unfavorable weather and technical factors. As best it can be inter- preted at this time, however, it re- veals no significant changes recently at the Soviet encampments. d. Castro's proposed visit to the USSR is getting an exceptionally big buildup in Moscow. Alexi Adzhubei gave a 10 minute speech on Moscow radio on 18 April promising Castro a warm welcome. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 201-5-/07/4 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 50X1 50X1 EM2 E=3 E= =I Declassified - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 3. Ecuador a. A coup against President Arosemena is again reported to be in the offing. 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 t3 13 ES=a t3 E3 11 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 ? 4. West Germany 5. Yemen/ a. Adenauer may be forced into a showdown next week on the nomination of his successor. b. CDU press chief Ackermann has told our embassy in Bonn that Christian Democrat and Christian Socialist deputies will formally propose Erhard's selection next Tues- day. Ackermann said that in June Erhard would be introduced to Presi- dent Kennedy as the next Chancellor. c. Ambassador Dowling comments that Adenauer's ability to influence his party's decision should not be sold short, but his room for maneuver is rapidly narrowing. a. There is still no word on Yemen's agreement to the disengage- ment plan. 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved forReleas.e 201-5/07&1 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 J Li F-1=1 11-= Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 NOTES A. USSR Soviet preliminary reports of economic re- suits during the first quarter of 1963 claim indus- try has been adversely affected by an "unprecedentedly severe winter." US weather analysis supports this, but the lower production rates also appear to be a continuation of the general Soviet economic slowdown during the past two years. B. Communist China Although there was some improve- ment in mainland food production last year, sections of Kwangtung province are experiencing famine conditions. C. Jordan Today's parliamentary vote of confidence on the Rifai government is expected to be a close one. Our embassy believes that Rifai has an assured majority, but warns that a too thin margin of vic- tory might bring his resignation. D. Honduras Violence may occur during the ruling Liberal Party's presidential nominating convention which opens in Tegucigalpa today. President Villeda Morales is trying to steer the nomination away from Modesto Rodas Alvarado, who appears to control most of the delegates. Several thousand of Rodas Alvarado's followers are expected to arrive in Tegucigalpa this weekend. (Cont'd) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 50X1 50X1 50X1 I MO Declassified in in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 592 1 E. Guatemala some rebel activity in the northeastern sector of the country, where Castro-supported guerrillas have operated in the past. Air and ground forces were sent to the area on 18 April. Guatemalan Communists have concluded that Peralta's anti- 50X1 subversive decrees have left them no alternative but armed struggle. 50X1 G. France Paris has indicated that a French nuclear test site in the Pacific will be chosen before the end of 1963. The French announced on 17 April that no revisions of the military clauses of the Evian accord are foreseen, thus suggesting that further underground tests in the Sahara may be in prospect. (Cont'd) 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 J. Indonesian Communists The Yugoslav ambassador in Djakarta told our embassy yesterday that Peiping has taken control of the Indonesian Communist party (PKI) away from the USSR. Russia's ambassador confided to the Yugoslav that, as a result, Moscow no longer is urging the inclusion of the PKI in the Indonesian cabinet. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 50X1 Eaz 1;1 EgZ1 gag (gig Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 DOCUMENT OF INTEREST Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001500350001-2 50X1