THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 JUNE 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996420
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 26, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-26 JUNE 1963
1. USSR:
A. IF EimusHcloy HAS IN FACT GONE To RUMANIA As RUMORED--
WE STILL ARE NOT SURE, BUT A SPEECH IN MOSCOW ON TUESDAY WAS
I:LEAH FOR HIM--HE MUST THINK RUMANIA'S ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES WITH
THE imp. NEED HIS PERSONAL ATTENTION BEFORE THE siNo7sovIET CON-
FRONTATION NEXT WEEK.
B. WE HAVE, HOWEVER SEEN NO sIplis or THE MOVEMENT OF
VIP AIRCRAFT TO BUCHAREST, WHICH WE WOULD NoHmA44Y EXPECT.
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C. ALTHOUGH THE RUMANIAN DEVIATION IS NOT ONE TO WHICH
THE CHINESE WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC, BUCHAREST AND PEIPING ARE
EACH TRYING TO EXPLOIT THE OTHER'S QUARREL WITH MOSCOW.
D. RUMANIA IS THE ONLY EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO PUBLISH A
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST CHINESE PARTY LETTER, WITH ITS IMPLIED
CONDEMNATION OF SOVIET "ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION" OF THE SATELLITES,
E. KHRUSHCHEV IS NOW DUE IN EAST BERLIN ON FRIDAY--TWO
DAYS BEFORE ULBRICHT'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE OFFICIAL EXCUSE FOR
HIS VISIT.
2. BRITISH GUIANA:
A. MEMBERS OF BOTH THE GOVERNMENT PARTY AND THE OPPOSITION
HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE RECENT SPATE OF DYNA-
MITINGS.
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B. A BRITISH UN OFFICIAL HAS TOLD US THAT LONDON HAD
HOPED LAST WEEK'S PROROGUING OF THE ASSEMBLY--AND WITH IT THE
SUSPENSION OF THE DISPUTED LABOR BILL?WOULD END THE STRIKE.
3. ALGERIA:
A. BEN BELLA'S GOVERNMENT IS FACING TROUBLE FROM SEVERAL
SIDES.
B. MILITARY LEADERS--PROBABLY HIS CHIEF SOURCE OF SUPPORT--
ARE GRUMBLING OVER GOVERNMENT INEFFICIENCY, AND SOME ARMY PER?
SONNEL RECENTLY MUTINIED OVER OVERDUE PAY.
C. MOST MODERATES HAVE CRITIZED THE GOVERNMENT'S HASTY
NATIONALIZATION OF FARM LANDS AND SMALL BUSINESS THIS SPRING.
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E. YESTERDAY BEN BELLA ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF FOUR MEN--
ONE OF THEM APPARENTLY HIS LONG?TIME ASSOCIATE MOHAMED BOUDIAF
WHO DRIFTED INTO OPPOSITION LAST YEA--IN CONNECTION WITH A RE?
CENTLY DISCOVERED PLOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
F. TTHIS AND PREVIOUS SACKINGS OF CAPABLE MEN HAVE NARROWED,
BEN BELLA.'S BASE OF SUPPORT AND BLUNTED GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO
DEAL WITH STAGGERING ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,
MOREOVER, HE IS WORKING AGAINSTA DEADLINE._ HIS MANDATE, .As WELL
AS THAT OF THE PRESENT ASSEMBLY, RUNS OUT IN SEPTEMBER.
5. USSR?CUBA?GUINEA:.
A. Moscow HAS FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN TAXING S9ME OF THE RISK
OUT OF ITS CIVIL_AIR FLIGHTS TO CUBA.
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B. GUINEA HAS GRANTED LANDING RIGHTS FOR REGULAR TU-114
RUNS TO HAVANA VIA YUGOSLAVIA AND CONAKRY.
C. WEEKLY SERVICE WILL BEGIN TODAY. THE RETURN FLIGHT--
EASIER BECAUSE OF PREVAILING WINDS--WILL STILL FOLLOW THE NON-
STOP NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTE.
D. WE DO NOT THINK THIS MEANS ANY CHANGE IN GUINEA'S
COOL ATTITUDE TOWARD THE BLOC. TOURE RECENTLY GAVE PAN AMERICAN
PERMISSION TO FLY THROUGH CONAKRY, AND PROBABLY FELT THAT HIS
NEUTRALISM REQUIRED EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE USSR.
7. NOTES:
A. ISRAEL: THE "NEW" CABINET PROPOSED BY PRIME MINISTER
ESHKOL IS MOSTLY A CHANGE WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE, AND IS UNLIKELY
TO AFFECT THE COUNTRY'S DEFENSE AND FOREIGN POLICIES.
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B. ITALY: DEBATE ON A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR LEONE'S
GOVERNMENT IS NOT SCHEDULED UNTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S DEPAR?
TURE FROM ITALY. LEONE'S CHANCES IN THE VOTE DEPEND ON THE
NENNI SOCIALISTS, WHO ARE STILL SQUABBLING. OUR EMBASSY RATES
HIS CHANCES AS ABOUT EVEN.
C. CONGO: THE VULTURES CONTINUE TO EYE THE REMAINS OF
TSHOMBE'S EMPIRE. LEOPOLDVILLE HAS NOW CREATED A PROVINCE OF
"EAST KATANGA," WHICH, TOGETHER WITH PREVIOUS BOUNDARY CHANGES,
WIPES OUT TSHOMBE'S SOUTH KATANGA AND LEAVES NO LEGAL BASIS FOR
HIS GOVERNMENT. TSHOMBE REMAINS IN A PARIS CLINIC
D. SOUTH VIETNAM: WITH BUDDHIST DISTRUST OF THE GOVERN?
MENT'S GOOD FAITH RUNNING DEEP, SOME YOUNGER EXTREMISTS CLAIM
THAT BUDDHIST AGITATION HAS JUST BEGUN.
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