THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 25 MAY 1963

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September 16, 2015
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May 25, 1963
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E3 13 11 13 E3 E=0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25 MAY 1963 50X1 TOP-SEGREI._ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 f_1=1E;;;QE1 c:Qt Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 1. France a. French military officials say privately that De Gaulle--who wants France to make its own deci- sion on war without being drawn into it by NATO actions--has decided to eliminate all "earmarking" of French forces to NATO. He would not, how- ever, change French commitments re- lating to "assigned" forces. b. Most immediately this would affect the Light Squadron of seven destroyers operating from Brest, which has recently been exer- cising in the Caribbean area. 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 CO EJ I r-1 r-7.711117m C71 r=1 U?A !ill ? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 2. Cuba---USSR a. The Russians may now be out of one of their four armored camps--Santiago de las Vegas, south of Havana. 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 50X1 1 - L 1-1 -1 1 1--1i E-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 ,3 . .Cuba e. Castro, meanwhile, may now be down on the Black Sea coast. f. / Castro may return Mon- day. A Mexican journalist has been asked to come and interview him. a. The US embassy in Tokyo hears that Cuban representatives are coming to Japan to look at elec- tronic equipment plants and food processing plants. .(Cont'4) 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 11 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 L -1 4. North Vietnam d. Havana last night announced the nationalization and expropria- tion of the Cuban properties of the Merck, Sharp and Dohme Corporation. a. We have yet another sign of activity which could reflect either increasing North Vietnamese activity in south-central Laos or increasing infiltration into South Vietnam via Laos. (Cont'd) r 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 \t?,4&. ?ssu.n,a. 1 r oc Rn 7F 1 nn Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001600300001-6 - 5ng Saly If e9/ Miles CHINA BURMA CHINA Lai Chau o.Mu ng Yo 1 fMengs- NORTH ,VIETNAM Son La . HAN 0 i NAMTHA kan s?? - Hnuei /... % ... ?:, ...Y\ 7 ? Sam Neua $.2ii r?-?.-....' ? LUANG PRABANG I '? ? :"T?e? SAM NEUA i ' - 1./\\-*?\; - ??????"1;laihe des I, - 6 larres ? ??? - ? . -: hay Pho Kho ' Tha-nh Hoa ong Het Gull of Tonkin Ha Tinh ntiane Nong Khai THAIL ANZY KHAMM Nho Thakhe Dong Hoi Quang Tri Ran Song Hoc ?Muong Kheung Lat BouaK