THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 31 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996748
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: December 31, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--31 DECEMBER 1963
1. ,.CYPRUS:
-A. A BUFFER ZONE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN NICOSIA WHICH
THE BRITISH ARE PATROLLING.
B. THIS HAS EASED TENSIONS SOMEWHAT WHILE AN EXCHANGE
OF HOSTAGES AND OTHER OF SANDY'S PROPOSALS ARE BEING WORKED
OUT.
TURKISH AND GREEK cYrfaxoT Foam STILL WILL NOT JOIN
IN A JOINT PEACEKEEPING EFFORT.
D. .THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE HYSTERI-
CAL APPEALS FROM TURKISH CYPRIOTS AND PUBLIC PRESSURE IN TURKEY
FOR SOMETHING.TO BE DONE IS BUILDING. UP FAST. .THE TURKISH
MILITARY CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.
,E. WE HAVE NOTED NO SIMILAR'GREEK MOVES. OUR ARMY
ATTACHE IN ATHENS WAS HOWEVER, CALLED IN FOR A BRIEFING YES-
TERDAY BY THE GREEK DEFENSE MINISTER ON THE "DANGEROUS:SITTJA
TION."
F..THE ATTACHE GOT THE IMPRESSION- THAT TBEHBRIEFING
WAS ANOTHER pLgA FOR NATO INTERVENTION AND NOT A WARNING OF
IMPENDING Ggpmi MILITARY INTERVENTION.
G. TURKISH CYPRIOTS ARE TALKING PARTITION AGAIN AS THE
ONLY POSSIBLE SOLUTION, VICE PRESIDENT KUTCHUK TOLD NEWSMEN
YESTERDAY THERE WAS NOW NO POSSIBILITY OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES
LIVING TOGETHER ON THE ISLAND. "THE CONSTITUTION," HE SAID,
"IS DEAD."
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H. MAKARIOS HAS RESPONDED THAT ANYTHING LESS THAN CO-
EXISTENCE WOULD BE "DISASTROUS."
2. ERHARD TALKS:
A. WEST GERMAN PAPERS OF ALL TENDENCIES ARE EXPRESSING
SATISFACTION WITH THE RESULTS OF ERHARD'S TALKS WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
B. STRESS WAS ON THE CEMENTING OF PERSONAL RELATIONS
AND COOPERATION IN EASING EAST-WEST TENSIONS.
C. REAFFIRMATION OF US INTENTION TO MAINTAIN TROOP
STRENGTH IN GERMANY WAS NOTED WITH SATISFACTION IN, EDITORIALS,
BUT WITHOUT MUCH COMMENT.
3. JAPAN - NATIONALIST CHINA:
A. THE CHINESE NATIONALISTS ARE MUTTERING DARKLY OF A
BREAK IN RELATIONS WITH JAPAN OVER TOKYO'S DECISION TO RETURN
A VACILLATING DEFECTOR TO THE MAINLAND.
B. .WE DOUBT THEY WILL GO THIS FAR BUT THEIR AMBASSADOR
IN TOKYO HAS "RESIGNED" AND TAIPEI HAS WITHDRAWN THE NEXT
FOUR RANKING MEMBERS OF ITS MISSION THERE,
C. VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT DAY
OR SO IN TAIPEI.
4. BERLIN:
A. WEST BERLIN'S DEPUTY MAYOR ALBERTZ TOLD THE PRESS
YESTERDAY HIS NEGOTIATORS WOULD MEET SHORTLY WITH COMMUNIST
OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS FURTHER MORE PERMANENT ARRANGEMENTS
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FOR WEST BERLINERS TO VISIT IN THE EASTERN SECTOR.
B. ERHARD, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE ON HIS RETURN TO BONN,
APPARENTLY DID NOT OPPOSE, IN PRINCIPLE, ARRANGEMENTS FOR EX-
PANDED CONTACTS WITH EAST BERLIN AND EAST GERMANY.
C. HE DID, HOWEVER, WARN AGAINST "COMPLICATIONS" IF
WEST BERLIN CITY OFFICIALS ATTEMPTED TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILI-
TIES FOR NEGOTIATING SUCH ARRANGEMENTS.
5. NOTES:
A. CAMBODIA: BROADCASTS PURPORTING TO BE THE "VOICES"
OF NEUTRALIST AND NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND
THAILAND HAVE BEGUN TO APPEAR. THEY COULD ORIGINATE WITH THE
VIET CONG, BUT THEIR CONTENT AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES SUGGEST
THAT SIHANOUK IS RESPONSIBLE.
B. FRANCE - LATIN AMERICA: "INFORMED" FRENCH OFFICIALS
HAVE TOLD THE PRESS THAT DE GAULLE WILL BE VISITING LATIN
AMERICA TWICE IN 1964. IN MARCH HE IS GOING TO MEXICO, THE
FRENCH WEST INDIES ISLANDS AND POSSIBLY SOME CENTRAL AMERICAN
CAPITALS. BE GOES TO ARGENTINA, PERU AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER
SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS IN SEPTEMBER.
C. MOROCCO - COMMUNIST CHINA: KING HASAN HAS ACCEPTED
CHOU EN-LAI'S INVITATION TO VISIT PEIPING. NASIR AND BEN
BELLA HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED SIMILAR INVITATIONS,
D. USSR-INDIA: A SHIPMENT OF SOVIET SAM EQUIPMENT
TO INDIA.
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