THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 8 JUNE 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996387
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 8, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--8 JUNE 1963
1. YEMEN:
A. THE EGYPTIANS HAVE MOUNTED A NEW SERIES OF AIR AT?
TACKS AGAINST SAUDI BORDER TOWNS THIS WEEK.
2. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THE GOVERNMENT'S QUARREL WITH THE BUDDHISTS AP?
PEARS TO BE CALMING DOWN.
B. PRESIDENT DIEM MADE A CONCILIATORY BROADCAST ON
FRIDAY IN PARTIAL CONCESSION TO BUDDHIST DEMANDS THAT THE GOV?
ERNMENT ACCEPT SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EVENTS IN HUE LAST
WEEK.
C. FURTHER AGREEMENTS ARE BEING NEGOTIATED BETWEEN
THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AND THE BUDDHIST LEADERS,
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D. THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING COMMISSION BELIEVES
THE "BLISTER GAS" CASUALTIES IN HUE WERE CAUSED BY A TYPE OF
FRENCH TEAR GAS WHICH BURNS THE SKIN IF IT SPLATTERS IN LIQUID
FORM,
3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
A. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT STALINIST PREMIER VILIAM
SIROKY IS ABOUT TO BE PURGED BY PARTY LEADER NOVOTNY--ALSO
A STALINIST,
B. NOVOTNY SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO RIDE A WHIRLWIND
HERE, HE PURGED A FEW STALINISTS IN APRIL IN LIMITED AND
LONG OVERDUE CONCESSIONS TO POPULAR PRESSURES, BUT HE HOPED
TO HOLD DE?STALINIZATION TO THIS LEST HE TOO SHOULD FALL,
C. NOW, HOWEVER, THE REMOVAL OF SIROKY MAY BE INTER?
PRETED AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS AND CREATE GREATER PRESSURES FOR
LIBERALIZATION BOTH IN THE PARTY AND IN THE GENERAL POPULACE.
D. THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK PARTY OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS REMINISCENT IN SOME WAYS OF THE BREAK?
DOWN OF THE HUNGARIAN PARTY BEFORE OCTOBER 1956. WE ARE NOT
PREPARED TO PUSH THE ANALOGY VERY FAR YET, HOWEVER, REMEMBER?
ING THE CZECH TENDENCY TOWARD POLITICAL PASSIVITY,
4, IRAN:
A. TEHRAN, QUM AND SHIRAZ HAVE QUIETED DOWN UNDER MAR?
TIAL LAW AND CURFEW.
B. FIFTEEN MULLAHS, INCLUDING THEIR LEADER AYATOLLAH
KHOMEINI, AND 50 KEY AGITATORS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND FACE
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SEVERE PUNISHMENT, KHOMEINI WILL PROBABLY NOT BE EXECUTED
IN ORDER TO PREVENT MARTYRDOM.
C. THE SHAH HAS NOT BEEN SHAKEN FROM HIS DETERMINA?
TION TO CARRY OUT HIS REFORM PROGRAM. THERE IS INCREASED
DANGER, HOWEVER, OF HIS ASSASSINATION BY .A RELIGIOUS FANATIC.
5. COMMON MARKET ? AUSTRIA:
A. THE EEC EXECUTIVE COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY PLANNING
FOR A "TIGHT ECONOMIC UNION" WITH AUSTRIA.
B. ONLY A MINIMUM OF EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE GRANTED TO
ENABLE AUSTRIA TO MEET? ITS NEUTRALITY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
AUSTRIAN STATE TREATY.
C. THE SOVIETS HAVE CONSISTENTLY OPPOSED A CLOSE
AUSTRIAN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EEC AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY RE?
ACT STRONGLY.
D. SOME OF THE SIX ALSO (HAVE MISGIVINGS AND MAY NOT
BUY THE COMMISSION'S APPROACH.
6, COMMUNIST CHINA ? PAKISTAN:
A. AN AGREEMENT FOR AIR SERVICE BETWEEN PAKISTAN
AND COMMUNIST CHINA HAS BEEN REACHED BY AIRLINE AUTHORITIES
OF THE TWO COUNTRIES. PAKISTAN IS TO HAVE LANDING RIGHTS AT
CANTON AND SHANGHAI, CHINA AT KARACHI AND DACCA.
B. INDIAN REACTION IS NOT IN YET BUT IS PREDICTABLE;
PEIPING IS UNDOUBTEDLY GLOATING.
C. NO NON?COMMUNIST AIRLINE HAS EVER FLOWN INTO CHINA,
ALTHOUGH SIMILAR AGREEMENTS EXIST WITH BURMA AND CEYLON, AND
WE WONDER IF THE PAKISTANIS WILL GET IN EITHER.
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7. CYPRUS:
A. PRESIDENT MAKARIOS HAS MADE UP HIS MIND THAT THE
CYPRUS CONSTITUTION MUST BE REVISED ESPECIALLY TO ELIMINATE
THE RIGHT OF BRITIAN, GREECE AND TURKEY TO INTERVENE MILI?
TARILY.
B. THIS WILL BE OPPOSED BOTH BY THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS,
WHO VIEW THE CONSTITUTION AS THEIR PROTECTION AGAINST THE
GREEK MAJORITIES, AND BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT.
C. TALKS BETWEEN GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS ON TOWN
ADMINISTRATION--ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM--HAVE GOTTEN
NOWHERE.
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NOTES:
A. PORTUGUESE GUINEA:
GUERRILLAS HAVE MADE IT HOT FOR THE PORTUGUESE MILITARY.
B. CUBA: PRESIDENT DORTICOS HAS ORDERED THREE DAYS
OF OFFICIAL MOURNING, 4-6 JUNE, FOR POPE JOHN, DESCRIBED AS
"CHIEF OF THE VATICAN STATE."
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D. SOVIET BLOC FORCES: THE WARSAW PACT MANEUVERS
IN BULGARIA NOW APPEAR TO BE THE LARGEST PACT FIELD TRAINING
EXERCISES YET HELD
THE PROB?
LEM IS A COUNTEROFFENSIVE INTO GREECE AND TURKEY FOLLOWING A
NATO ATTACK ON THE BALKANS.
E. US ? NORTH KOREA: WE ARE REQUESTING BOTH THE
SOVIETS AND THE BRITISH TO USE THEIR GOOD OFFICES THE LAT?
TER THROUGH THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS, TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF
THE TWO US ARMY OFFICERS WHOSE HELICOPTER MADE A FORCED LAND?
ING IN NORTH KOREA ON 17 MAY. THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS
HAS ALSO BEEN ASKED TO HELP OUT.
G. ECUADOR: THE SAN DIEGO TUNA BOAT "WHITE STAR"
WAS RELEASED TODAY AFTER ITS OWNERS PAID A $14,000 FINE. THE
"RANGER" IS BEING HELD PENDING PAYMENT Of A SIMILAR FINE.
H. BRITISH GUIANA: THE SEVEN?WEEK DEADLOCK BETWEEN
THE JAGAN GOVERNMENT AND THE TRADES UNION COUNCIL SHOWS NO
SIGN OF BREAKING. RACIAL TROUBLES--EAST INDIANS AGAINST NE?
GROES--AND THE DETERIORATING ECONOMIC SITUATION ARE BUILDING
UP TO ANOTHER EXPLOSION WHICH COULD REQUIRE BRITISH INTERVEN?
TION,
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