THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 10 SEPTEMBER 1963

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l=a Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BYTHE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 10 SEPTEMBER 1963 -TOP-SKAET._ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 --I ri I-,--1 [ IEEnt1 I I F-A rn 1-71 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 1. Cuba c. Castro was shrill on the subject of raids during an impromptu interview last Saturday. He tried to convey the idea that they were a big factor in his delib- erations on whether to sign the test- ban treaty. d. Castro warned that the raids, "financed encouraged, and abetted by the US," could lead to a crisis worse than that of last October. e. Moscow has chipped in with another denunciation of these "pro- vocations," which, it rather mildly charges, are the work of exiles wishing to drag the US into a mili- tary conflict with Cuba. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07724 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 r 50X1 50X1 50X1 I r=! F77-71 1=I r=1 1=1 r=mi r- -1 =.71 r= Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 2. South Vietnam have late a. Viet Cong in northern South Vietnam been unusually active since last month. b. Some of these are believed to serve points along the infiltra- tion routes from the north. Their heightened activity could mean that Viet Cong strength in this area is being augmented. 3. Sino-Soviet a. The fissure between Peiping Dispute and Moscow grows wider. b. Chinese representatives in Sweden have twice assured Swedish officials that, if the Swedes were ever attacked by the Soviets, China would come to Sweden's aid. (Contvd) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approvedfor Release_2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 I -I 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 r? f it 1-- 1 1=1 1=3 17=1 t=ir Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 4. Arab World c. For their part, the Soviets have a delegation in Karachi seek- ing landing rights in Pakistan "just in case" Aeroflot heeds an alternate to its route via Sinkiang to New Delhi. d. A Soviet official in Bel- grade, probing US reaction to Tito's Latin American trip, has observed that the latter's views on coexis- tence were surely preferable to the Chinese, and Castroist, policies now being spread there. a. The Egyptians are showing some alarm at signs of an effort by the Baathist regimes in Syria and Iraq to expand Baath party influence in North Africa. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 50X1 50X1 i--- r L 1- i i=3 f f f- 1- 1 -1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 5. Malaysia a. The Indonesians, hoping to forestall any breaking of ranks by the Philippines, were trying over the weekend to get a message from Subandrio to Philippine Foreign Min- ister Lopez. b. the purpose of the message was to give Lopez a better idea of Indonesia's stand on "important questions" re- lating to Malaysia. c. The Indonesians may have gotten wind of the Lopez view, con- veyed to Ambassador Stevenson yes- terday, that the Philippines might find it possible to accept a UN re- port if it was sufficiently categoric and sweeping in support of Malaysia. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 EZEI EEZM (1 gig MB MZEI E=3 ESM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 NOTES A. Laos Vientiane has returned to normal this morn- ing. Security restrictions have been lifted except in the immediate area of Pathet Lao headquarters. The possibility that the Phoumi forces would over- react to yesterday's incident and use it to remove the Pathets from Vientiane seems to be fading. B. South Vietnam The Saigon regime has apparently launched an all-out effort to clamp down on anti- government student outbursts. According to late press reports,. armed combat troops and police have moved into all the city's high schools. One report says that five have been closed. C. USSR ?A new Soviet space operation is probably in the works, D. USSR--Military Moscow may be taking a hesitant first step toward implementing Khrushchev's intention to reduce Soviet military spending. Although all the returns are not yet in, circumstances surrounding this year's call up of draftees lead us to believe that some reduction in the size of Soviet forces could result. (Cont'd) 50X1 50X1 50X1 _ TL n__ J _ _ /1_ L _ C Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 L A F 3 F Li t_ r_A I- I I 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 E. USSR-Canada-US r F. Yugoslavia-Brazil Tito has cut his Brazilian visit from eight to four days in the face of opposition from Brazilian conservatives. He is scheduled to arrive on 18 September. G. Turkey Turkish leaders remain edgy about disaffection in the armed forces. Arrests have been made in con- nection with alleged schemes to free those involved in the abortive May attempt to overthrow the govern- ment. r 1 50X1 For The President Only - Top Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A001900110001-4 50X1