THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 JUNE 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996422
• 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 27, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-27 JUNE 1963
1. BRITISH GUIANA:
A. PRESS REPORTS FROM GEORGETOWN SAY THAT BRITISH TROOPS
WERE CALLED INTO ACTION LAST NIGHT TO HELP LOCAL POLICE DEAL
WITH THE WAVE OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES,
B. NO PROGRESS TOWARD A SOLUTION OF THE TWO-MONTH-OLD
CRISIS WAS MADE IN YESTERDAY'S TALKS.
2, USSR:
A. MOSCOW HAS NOT JAMMED A VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCAST
TO THE USSR FOR MORE THAN A WEEK NOW.
B. THE NEW SOVIET FORBEARANCE FOLLOWS ON THE HEELS OF A
FAVORABLE MOSCOW RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
SPEECH AND ITS SIGNING OF THE "HOT LINE" AGREEMENT,
C. WE SEE THESE MOVES AS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE PRESENT
ATMOSPHERE OF SOVIET-US RELATIONS.
D. THE LAST TIME THAT SOVIET JAMMING STOPPED WAS FOR SOME
SIX MONTHS DURING AND AFTER KHRUSHCHEV'S VISIT TO THE US.
E. MOSCOW ALSO STOPPED JAMMING BBC TRANSMISSIONS IN EARLY
JUNE.
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3. FRANCE:
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A. DISCONTENT IS RISING AMONG FRENCH FARMERS.
B. DISSATISFIED WITH LOW PRICES, ANGERED BY FOREIGN COM-
PETITION AND UNHAPPY OVER EEC'S IMPLICATIONS, FARMERS IN SEVERAL
DEPARTMENTS LAST WEEK JOINED IN SIZABLE DEMONSTRATIONS AND
STRIKES.
C. DE GAULLE'S DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY PROGRAMS ARE
NOT INVULNERABLE TO SUCH OUTBURSTS.
D. IN THIS CASE HE MAY ADOPT AN EVEN STIFFER ATTITUDE IN
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS.
4. CONGO:
A. ADOULA'S GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO EXTEND FORMAL RECOGNI-
TION TO HOLDEN ROBERTO'S ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT-IN-
EXILE.
B. WE WOULD JUDGE THAT ADOULA IS DOING THIS TO PRESERVE
HIS POSITION IN THE FRONT RANK OF THOSE GIVING AID AND COMFORT
TO THE ANGOLAN REBELS. THIS POSITION HAS BEEN THREATENED BY
GROWING SUPPORT AMONG AFRICAN NATIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CONTINENT.
C. THE MOVE IS CERTAIN TO DRAW A SHARP PORTUGUESE PROTEST.
D. BITTER AS THE PILL IS, HOWEVER, WE ARE INCLINED TO
THINK THAT LISBON WILL GET IT DOWN WITHOUT BREAKING RELATIONS
OR MOVING AGAINST THE CONGO MILITARILY.
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5. EGYPT-YEMEN:
A. NASIR'S TOP ADVISER HAS PREDICTED A FURTHER DELAY IN
THE WITHDRAWAL OF EGYPTIAN FORCES FROM YEMEN.
B. HE BLAMES THIS ON A RESURGENCE IN ROYALIST ACTIVITY,
WHICH HE CHARGED, WAS CAUSED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL
SAUDI ARMS, AMMUNITION AND MONEY DURING THE EXTENDED UN DISEN-
GAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
?C. HE INDICATED THAT THE NEXT EGYPTIAN MOVE AWAITED THE
RETURN FROM YEMEN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF FIELD MARSHAL AMER.
D. WE ARE PRESSING HARD ON THE EGYPTIANS TO ADHERE TO THE
DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
?6. CUBA:
C. CUBANA AIRLINES IS STILL-ANGLING WITH THE DUTCH FOR
LANDING RIGHTS IN SURINAM. .ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF GRAND CAYMANS IS SEEKING WAYS TO DISCOURAGE. FURTHER CUBANA
FLIGHTS TO THE ISLAND.
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7. NOTES:
A. SOUTH KOREA: CONTINUED BAD WEATHER, HIGHLIGHTED BY A
DAMAGING TYPHOON, PROMISES TO AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SERIOUS FOOD
SITUATION. THE RESULTING HARDSHIPS MAY WELL LEAD TO DISORDERS,
WHICH COULD TAKE A STRONGLY ANTI-US TURN.
B.
D. THE KURDS: HIT-AND-RUN ATTACKS ON THE IRAQ PETROLEUM
COMPANY'S PIPELINE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BROUGHT BRIEF
INTERRUPTIONS IN THE COMPANY'S SERVICE. THE COMPANY IS WORRIED
THAT THE KURDS MAY PUT THE ENTIRE PIPELINE SYSTEM OUT FOR A
LENGTHY PERIOD BY CUTTING THE WATER INTAKE FOR ITS POWER PLANT.
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