THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 21 NOVEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996676
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: November 21, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
21 NOVEMBER 1963
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1. Iraq
2. Indonesia
a. The new 21-man cabinet ap-
pears to be a coalition of Arab
nationalist elements including four
members of the moderate wing of the
Baath Party. The regime is still
dominated by the military, with eight
cabinet posts.
b. The new prime minister,
Tahir Yahya,is sympathetic to the
Baath Party
c. The political affiliation
of eight of the new ministers is
not known, but the key interior post
is in the hands of an anti-Baathist
nationalist.
a. Defense Minister Nasution
has been ordered by Sukarno to make
conciliatory statements on Malaysia
while on his trip abroad.
b. The Dutch charg6 who re-
ported this explained that Nasution
was chosen for this job because
Sukarno was irritated with the ultra-
tough line the defense minister has
taken.
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3, Congo
c. The charge has no informa-
tion on the motives behind this
switch. Our emb ssy thinks it may
be a move to pave the w y for explora-
tory talks by Foreign Minister Sub nd-
rio at Bangkok with his Thai and
Philippine counterparts. It may also
be meant to provide a more recep?
tive attitude for Nasution's visit
here.
d. Our embassy thinks Nasution
went in for his Malaysia sabre rat-
tling on Sukarno's orders, or at
the very least, with the president's
tacit support. Sukarno may feel
Nasution has stolen some of his
thunder.
a. Adoula still did not get
around to announcing the expulsion
of all Soviet and Czech embassy per-
sonnel yesterday. However, his
people managed on Tuesday afternoon
to corral and hog-tie the Soviet
counselor and press attach?efore
they could eat-up all the incrimin-
ating papers in their possession.
b. The Russians are now being
held at Ndolo prison.
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4. Ethiopia-
Congo
c. The Belgian ambassador
thinks these papers are probably
genuine. He says the Russians have
made the mistake of underrating the
Congolese and have stumbled into a
surete trap.
d. The Congolese also picked
up two Czech diplomats but have since
released them. This morning they
arrested the correspondent of the
Soviet news agency.
a. Haile Selassie is planning
to withdraw all Ethiopian troops
from the Congo in January
b. The two battalions of
Ethiopians provide the guts of the
UN operation. They had been slated
to stay until June and are likely to
be very difficult to replace.
c. The Emperor reportedly
ordered the withdrawal on grounds
that the troops are urgently needed
in Ethiopia, particularly in view
of the Soviet military accord with
Somalia.
d. Our ambassador has asked
to see the EmpetOr, as well as the
prime minister and foreign minister,
to press for reconsideration.
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5. Yemen a. Military activity has
slackened but the stalemate continues.
6. Turkey
b. Egypt still has about 32,000
troops in Yemen
a. The opposition Justice
Party, heir of the old Menderes re-
gime, appears to have won a victory
in Sunday's nationwide local elec-
tions on the basis of incomplete re-
turns.
b. The collapse of Prime Min-
ister Inonu's coalition government
appears increasingly likely. Though
a new coalition may be formed,there
will be considerable resistance to
the retention of Inonu as prime min-
ister.
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c. Justice Party members will
be putting on pressure for early
national parliamentary elections.
However their party leaders do not
believe the Turkish military, which
ousted Menderes in 1960, would per-
mit them to take over if they won
new elections.
d. They will probably try to
work out some rapprochement with the
armed forces.
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Cuba
B. Berlin
Local East German troops
appear to have been responsible
for turning high powered searchlights on pilots tak-
ing off from West Berlin's Tempelhof airfield on
14-16 November. There were five such incidents.
There have been no
further incidents reported since.
C. Albania-USSR A Radio Tirana broadcast has accused
Khrushchev of personally releasing Barghoorn for
? fear that Moscoles wheat deal with the US might col-
lapse, The Albanians are on record as preferring
? to eat grass rather than to kowtow to the West, ?but
they are not above eating Chinese wheat acquired from
Western sources.
D. Iran-USSR The Soviet Union's
off in Iran.
a twin engined plane was shot down in Iranian ter-
ritory yesterday by Soviet jet fighters who violated
Iranian air space. The Iranians say: that the plane
was on a photographic mission in connection with the
timing seems to be
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government's land reform drive. The pilot was injured
and his two passengers were killed. The incident
comes at a time when Soviet President Brezhnev is
visiting Tehran. He addressed a joint session of
parliament today.
E. Venezuela Police seem to have restored order in
downtown Caracas, but terrorism continues elsewhere.
?The slum district of Caracas to which the terrorists
retreated is under virtual martial law. Among other
things, the Dupont paint warehouse at Maracaibo was
set afire and totally destroyed.
F. World Peace Council The WPC meeting in Warsaw next
Thursday may wind up in another free-for-all. The
Chinese Communist delegation,although not intent on
disrupting the conference,plans to attack the WPC
president's report
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