THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 16 MAY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996349
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 16, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BYTHE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
MAY 1963
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1. Haiti
a. Duvalier is still on the
scene in Port-au-Prince. Those
flight reservations may have been
insurance in case of trouble, which
did not materialize.
b. Another critical day--22
May, the second anniversary of his
"inauguration"--is approaching.
Duvalier is making extensive prepara-
tions for a mass "celebration" in-
volving up to 1.5 million people.
e. Dominican troops continue
their withdrawal from the border,
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2. Cuba
a. Castro's future travel
plans apparently are not known even
in Cuba.
c. Our shipping summary for
April shows an upswing from March
in arrivals, from 64 to 77. Free
world ship arrivals also were up;
dry-cargo ships rose from 22 to 26.
d. The most apparent single
cause for this rise is that this is
the sugar shipping season. Some 20
dry-cargo vessels and 5 tankers ar-
rived in ballast to load sugar and
molasses.r
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e. Another Soviet passenger
vessel, the Maria Ulyanova (a regu-
lar in the Cuba run) is on its way
to Cuba
Cuba{
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4. Laos
5. Communist
China
a. Leaders in Vientiane appear
to have called off their 16 May
"offensive."
C.
increased Vietnamese activity in the
area, this could reflect either a
buildup within Laos or increased in-
filtration into South Vietnam. Or
both.
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C. Iraq - the Kurds There has been no move from
either side toward a settlement, and the forces o
both are getting ready for a fight.7
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E. USSR We may have identified another top military
EWE-who may have been,tainted by association with Penkov-
sky. Marshal Varentsov (commander of the Rocket and
Artillery Forces of the Ground Forces) has been com-
pletely out of the news since January. So far we
have heard of no successor.
F. Congo Although the program for retraining General
Mobutu's unruly Congolese warriors has yet to get
off the ground, the UN command--beset by money and
manpower problems--is planning against a timetable
calling for the progressive withdrawal of all UN
forces by the end of the year.
G. Turkey Prime Minister Inonu may soon offer up the
resignation of his government. He is having trouble
keeping in line the small parties in coalition with
his Republican Peoples Party and may think he can
capture their popular support. His military backers,
however, may be hard to convince.
H. UAR-Syria-Iraq Cairo is making it quite clear that
the current regime in Syria is not to its taste.
I. Middle East A Cairo press item claimed yesterday
that the Arab states have begun "consultations"
over President Kennedy's statements on "US protection
for Israel." The item says that the Lebanese For-
eign Affairs Committee would hear from Foreign Minis-
ter To-0.a on this today. We have no other word on
such a "consultation."
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