THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 20 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996514
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 20, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
20 AUGUST 1963
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1. South Vietnam
2.. Cuba-US
a. ? Buddhist demonstrations
are becoming larger, and more clearly
antigovernment.
b. A Buddhist official re-
cently said that agitation would
continue for several months. He
also said that monks and nuns are
now receiving political guidance in
the belief that Diem's regime can
be overthrown.
c. Buddhists are being urged
to organize a boycott of the national
assembly elections, scheduled for
the last of this month.
d. The Viet Cong also plans
to disrupt these elections, and can
do so in many hamlets and remote
areas.
(Cont'd)
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3. Egypt-Yemen
b, Reports from UN observers,
New York to believe Cairo
fected a net reduction of
4,750 troops.
have led
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up to
c. The Saudis, meanwhile, are
deeply concerned over lack of prog-
ress toward disengagement. Faysal
is under considerable pressure to
renew Saudi support for the Royal-
ists.
d. Egyptian officials still
claim Saudi support never ceased,
but yesterday did admit to our em-
bassy that recent bombings of Saudi
territory were pilot "mistakes," al-
though this would not be stated "of-
ficially." '
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4, West Germany - a. Adenauer is considering
Israel the diplomatic recognition of Israel.
b. He would like to bring
this off as one of the crowning steps
of his career, His hope is that it
can be handled in such a way that
"the Arabs would scream for only a
few days and then subside."
5. Algeria
c. Foreign Minister Schroeder
is opposed, fearing Arab recognition
of East Germany as retaliation.
his fears are probably well-
founded, at least as concerns Egypt,
Syria, and Iraq.
a. Former Algerian nationalist
leaders ousted by Ben Bella last
summer, are planning an uprising in
Algeria late this year.
b. Belkacem Krim, once a vice-
premier of the pre-independence pro-
visional government, is on a tour of
Arab capitals seeking arms and ammu-
nition.
c. Both President Bourguiba
and King Hassan cordially distrust
Ben Bella and might give Krim some
support.
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Congo
a. Adoula is concerned lest
the recent trouble in Brazzaville
be contagious in Leopoldville's cli-
mate of unemployment, rising prices,
and growing shortages.
b. "It can be done here" is
said to be a favorite slogan in the
native quarters of the city, where
Youlou's-corrupt government is openly
likened to Adoula's.
c. The most immediate danger
is a strike of government employees
threatened for next week, which could
easily get out of hand.
d. The discontented Congolese
army, which tends to identify itself
with the masses, probably would not
be very rough with a crowd bent on
ousting the government.
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NOTES
A. USSR Khrushchev was in the air this morning en
FaUfe to Yugoslavia for a two-weeks working vaca-
tion.
B. Syria-Israel We have no evidence to support the
Syrian claim of Israeli troop concentrations along
the border. The killing of two Israeli workers this
morning by a Syrian patrol will create strong pres-
sure on the Israeli government to take some retalia-
tory action.
C. Haiti
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east
D.
rebel guerrilla attacks in the north-
ouvalier.s goons nave siaugn-
tered buu peasants as a reprisal for support given
the rebels.
E. US-USSR Officers of the Soviet military attache
office in Mexico City were "effervescent" Sunday in
attempting to impress their American opposite num-
bers that a genuine era of Soviet-US friendship has
begun. One Soviet colonel carried his efforts to
the point of getting drunk and doing the twist.
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