THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 MAY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996363
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: May 24, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
24 MAY 1963
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1. Haiti - a. Port-au-Prince calmed down
Communist Bloc yesterday, a religious holiday, as
peasants from the hinterland began
to head home.
b. Duvalier has invited sus-
picion that he might appeal for help
to the Communist Bloc by implying,
in a speech Wednesday, that he would
accept foreign aid from any source.
c. We note in connection with
this that a Polish "economist" ar-
rived in Port-au-Prince last Satur-
day for consultations with the resi-
dent Polish commercial attache.
d. Warsaw's ambassador to
Mexico, who is accredited to Haiti
as well, is expected to present his
credentials to Duvalier on Monday.
This would provide a suitable occa-
sion to make a formal appeal, es-
pecially if the spadework has al-
ready been done
2. North Vietnam - a. Comparison of photography
Laos taken in mid-May with earlier recon-
naissance shows that a military in-
stallation in the extreme southwest
corner of North Vietnam has under-
gone considerable expansion since
January 1961,
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3. Cuba-USSR
the Pathet Lao, with North Vietnamese
help, are readying a general of
to clear the Plaine des Jarres
of neutralist and rightist forces.
The Com-
munists are capable of doing this
and have--from their point of view--
ample justification in Kong Le's
efforts to restore his own position
a. The official portion of
Castro's visit ended yesterday with
a huge rally at a Moscow stadium.
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b. In Khrushchev's speech,
there was no hint of a bilateral
defense pact, and his statements on
Soviet military backing for Cuba
were less explicit than some he has .
made previously.
c. Castro's reply suggests
the Soviets have successfully softened
him up. For instance, he now refers
to Khrushchev's "timely and energe-
tic" actions in preserving peace
last fall.
f. The Soviet ship Maria
Ulyanova (capacity 430) aFFria in
Havana yesterday on its regular run.
We have no passenger information
yet,
but
Moscow
announced yesterday
that
100
Soviet
agriculture special-
ists
had
sailed
(it did not say when)
to help with mechanization problems.
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4. Indonesia
g, photography
shows no significant change in the
status of the Soviet camps covered.
This included all of the principal
encampments except Holguin.
a,
most conditions
for revolution now exist in
country. One missing ingredient is
the support of army leaders, and
this may develop.
b. ?the
rather passive, sympathetic attitude
of government troops during the re-
cent anti-Chinese riots in the Ban-
dung area, younger
army officers and students as the
principal elements behind these dis-
orders.
C. We feel im-
plication of imminent revolution is
overdrawn. We have little doubt,
however, that a cessation of opera-
tions by the oil companies
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5. Brazil
mill lead to a sharp rise
in popular discontent.
a. Political tensions in
Brazil are rising yet again.
elements of the left or
right intend to take some sort of
violent action against their oppo-
nents today or tonight.
c. Serious military plotting
for an eventuAl Coup against Goulart
continues to move forward.
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NOTES
A. EEC At the EEC Agriculture Ministers,',session on
Wie-sday,West Germany's Minister Schwartz set the
tone with a declaration that Bonn is unwilling "on
principle" to teduce its grain prices (the highest
in EEC). He anticipates inflationary price rises
will gradually bring the other member's prices in-
to line. The outlook appears no better for a re-
duction in duties on poultry which the council will
consider next week.
B. Turkey Ankara and Istanbul are outwardly quiet
under martial law. The prevailing mood is one of
regret, not so much that the coup failed (it had
few real sympathizers), but that the government
has been given an excuse to do nothing but retrench.
Pressure is building up again.
D. Berlin Khrushchev told Swedish Foreign Minister
ViTggiin last week that he found it difficult to dis-
cuss Berlin with Adenauer. He assumed it would also
be difficult to discuss the matter with Chancellor-
Designate Erhard and therefore reserves the right
to discuss the issue with Erhard's successor.
E. USSR The Soviets early this morning launched what
appears to be another recoverable, Cosmos series
satellite from Tyuratam.
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