THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 2 SEPTEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996536
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 2, 1963

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AUTHORITIES ARE ORGANIZING A SERIES OF STUDY SESSIONS FOR GOV?
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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--2 SEPTEMBER 1963
1. SUMMARY:
IN A GENERALLY QUIET WEEKEND, SOUTH VIETNAM SHOWED SIGNS
OF EDGING SLOWLY BACK TO AT LEAST SURFACE NORMALCY.
THE UN
SURVEY TEAM WITH INDONESIAN AND PHILIPPINE OBSERVERS ABOARD
BEGAN THE SECOND AND FINAL WEEK OF ITS OPINION SAMPLING IN
NORTHERN BORNEO.
2. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL SIGNS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT
SAIGON IS EDGING SLOWLY BACK TOWARD AT LEAST SURFACE NORMALCY.
B. THE CURFEW WAS CUT BACK TO FOUR HOURS FOR MUCH OF THE
CITY, THE PAGODAS WERE REOPENED, AND ALL STUDENTS WHO WERE
ARRESTED A WEEK AGO WERE RELEASED.
C. US OFFICIALS IN HUE REPORT THAT CITY APPEARS NORMAL
EXCEPT FOR THE STILL OBVIOUS PRESENCE OF THE MILITARY. THE
POPULATION GENERALLY IS BITTER TOWARD THE REGIME, BUT COWED.
FURTHER DEMONSTRATIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIKELY.
D.
THE VIETNA
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ERNMENT WORKERS AND OTHERS DESIGNED TO IMPRESS ON THEM THE
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WISDOM AND RATIONALE OF THE REGIME'S ACTIONS'.
E. MEANTIME, VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITY REMAINS AT A
LOW LEVEL.
F. SAIGON IS TAKING THE POSITION THAT VIETNAM WILL CON?
TINUE NORMAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA UNLESS SOME
FURTHER SIHANOUK MOVE, LIKE THE RECOGNITION CW HANOI, FORCES
A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE.
3. IRAQ:
A. THE IRAQI REGIME LAST WEEK DISMISSED
INCLUDING SEVERAL OF HIGH RANK.
B. WE ARE INCLINED TO CONNECT THIS ACTION WITH
MANEUVERING BY
ARMY OFFICERS,
PRO7NASIR NATIONALIST GROUPS AGAINST THE IRAQI BAATHISTS:
ALL OF THE DISMISSED OFFICERS WERE REPORTEDLY ANTI?BAATH
NATIONALISTS.
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A.
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VALIER'S STRONG?ARM BOYS PLAN TO PROVOKE DISORDERS IN PORT?AU?
PRINCE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
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B. THE OBJECT OF THIS EXERCISE,
IS TO SMOKE OUT OPPOSITIONISTS2 BUT
A MORE LIKELY REASON IS TO PERSUADE LOCAL BUSINESSMEN
TO MAKE LARGER CONTRIBUTIONS TO DUVALIER'S "DEFENSE FUND."
C. ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THIS FUND IS TO PAY FOR THE
ARMS WHICH DUVALIER AGENTS ARE ENDEAVORING TO BUY
5. MALAYSIA:
A. WITH INDONESIAN AND PHILIPPINE OBSERVERS ON THE SCENE
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE UN SURVEY TEAM HAS BEEN ADVISED BY THE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CANCEL TODAY'S VISIT TO THE SOUTHWESTERN
PART OF SARAWAK FOR FEAR OF VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS.
B. US OFFICIALS ON THE SPOT REPORT THAT THE UN TEAM,
AFTER A FIRST WEEK OF OPINION SAMPLING, IS APPARENTLY SATIS-
FIED THAT MALAYSIA WAS A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE RECENT SARAWAK
ELECTIONS.
C. THIS POINTS TO A REPORT FAVORABLE TO MALAYSIA UNLESS
TEAM MEMBERS CHANGE THEIR MINDS BEFORE THEY LEAVE AT THE END
OF THE WEEK.
6. NOTES:
A, CUBA/MILITARY: THE CUBAN AIR FORCE HAS MOVED A NUM-
BER OF HELICOPTERS TO OPERATIONAL BASES AND APPARENTLY IN-
TENDS TO USE SOME OF THEM IN ANTI-INSURGENT OPERATIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL CUBA AND ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST.
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C. FRANCE?VIETNAM: AN OFFICIAL AT THE FRENCH FOREIGN
OFFICE DOUBTS THAT THE, OLYMPIAN DE GAULLE STATEMENT ON VIET?
NAM PORTENDS ANY SENSATIONAL NEW DEPARTURE IN FRENCH POLICY.
HE CAUTIONS, HOWEVER, THAT THE FOREIGN OFFICE CANNOT PRETEND
ALWAYS TO KNOW JUST WHAT DE GAULLE MAY HAVE IN MIND. AMBAS?
SADOR LYON SEES NO ADVANTAGE, TO FRANCE IN ITS BECOMING. MORE
DEEPLY INVOLVED JUST NOW IN THE COMPLEX VIETNAM ISSUE'.
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