THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 29 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996530
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 29, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
29 AUGUST 1963
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l. South Vietnam
a. Nhu continues to take steps
to consolidate the regime's position.
e0 we hear rumors
that Nhu has placed his brother;
Ngo Dinh Can under house arrest near
Huei
f. We have noted no appreciable
change in the level of Viet Cong
military actions since the crack-
dOwn on the Buddhists.
(Cont'd)
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2. UN-Congo
g. ?The Viet Cong appear quite
cautious at present, possibly fear-
ing that strong action might not be
to their advantage at this juncture.
a. U Thant has turned a deaf
ear to US arguments that UN forces
in Congo can and should be extended
beyond 31 December.
b. He also feels that lack of
funds will result in near total phase-
out of UN civilian operations by 31
December.
c. Thant is convinced that the
General Assembly would not raise the
funds essential to prolong UN opera-
tions in the Congo.
d. He also feels strongly that
his mandate has been fulfilled and
disagrees with the US view that he
still has authority to maintain law
and order in the Congo.
e. Nevertheless, our UN mission
has some hope that assurances of ad-
ditional funds and expressions of
African support for continuation of
the force might conceivably give
Thant an "out" for continuing the
operation under a label other than
"peace-keeping operation."
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3. Haiti
a. Haitian ex-General Leon
Cantave reportedly plans to invade
Haiti
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4. USSR-Cuba
a. The thinning out of the So-
viet presence in Cuba continues with
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ship Valentina Tereshkova of naval
communications personnel and perhaps
other Soviet naval personnel as well.
b. Photography of the ship,
which left Havana on 25 August, shows
175 persons on deck; 5 field kitchens,
5 large mess tables, and possibly
some equipment from the naval com-
munications net.
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5,,Laps
a. Evidence is mounting that
the "dissident" neutralist troops
who defected to the Pathet Lao
earlier this year are increasingly
dissatisfied with their present lot.
b. Some of these troops--they
numbered 600 originally--already
have broken away
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A. Yugoslavia-UN
Tito may conclude his Latin American goodwill tour--
it begins on 16 September--with a visit to the UN.
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the possi-
bility of such a visit and that a speech for Tito to
deliver to the General Assembly has already been
written.
B. Brazil President Goulart may get away as planned
to Europe in late September to visit several Western
capitals and Warsaw and Prague. This trip is ap-
parently the one he planned last year; but cancelled
because of political difficulties in Brazil.
C. Laos Preliminary reports on Pathet Lao representa-
tive Phoumi Vongvichit's talks with Souvanna are not
encouraging. Souvanna's political adviser told our
Embassy that the talks were not productive and that
the PL were repeating all their usual demands. The
feeling in Vientiane is that whatever the purpose of the
Phoumi Vongvichit visit to Vientiane, it is not to
reinvigorate the coalition government.
D. Finland Embassy Helsinki reports that Prime Minister
Rarjalainen's coalition-cabinet may fall or require
major alterations. The problem is a sharp disagree-
ment between the conservative and trade union repre-
sentatives within the Cabinet over measures to meet
the government's financial crisis. Even if the
cabinet falls; it would probably have to remain in
a caretaker capacity for some time because of the
difficulties in putting together a successor.
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