THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 3 JANUARY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996752
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: January 3, 1964

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6 50X1
1.
THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--3 JANUARY 1964
CYPRUS:
B. ADDITIONAL BRITISH
TO THE ISLAND TODAY,
P.
UNITS ARE BEING MOVED
THE TURKISH PROPOSAL THAT ANKARA AND ATHENS BOTH
REINFORCE THEIR TROOPS ON CYPRUS--A pRoposAL WHICH THE
GREEKS INTERPRET AS PETTING THE STAGE FOR TURKISH INTER-
VENTION.
D. AN EMERGENCY NATO COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY HEARD
THE GREEKS ASK THE COUNCIL TO PREVENT A UNILATERAL TURKISH
MOVE.
E. maNwRI4g, THE GREEK CYPRIOTS HAVE ACCEPTED LON-
DON'S CALL FOR A CONFERENCE.. GREECE ALSO FAVORS THE I.1)E4,
BUT THE TURKS THINK THE IDEA "PREMATURE" UNTIL ORDER IS
RESTORED, THE TURKS., PERHAPS BECAUSE OF pooR COMMUNICATION
WITH THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS., SEEM TO THINK THE SITUATION ON
THE ISLAND IS COMPLETELY OUT OF mugoL,
(CONT D)
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X
nenlassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6 50X1
F, THE MAINLAND FORCES OF BOTH REMAIN AT HIGH ALERT.
G.
H. Pggss REPORTS THAT THE GREEKS HAVE SIX DESTROYERS
AND SIX TROOPSHIPS LOADED AWAITING ORDERS HAVE NOT YET
BEEN VERIFIED
2, YEMEN:
A.,. PRINCE FAYSAL HAS AGREED TO AN EXTENSION OF THE UN
MISSION IN YEMEN FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.
B. WE HAVE NO PRESENT INDICATION THAT BE WILL UNDER?
CUT THIS BY ALLOW/NG THE SUPPLIES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULA-?-
SING..AT TIM BORDER TO MOVE INTO ROYALIST HANDS.
D.
E.
F. EGYPTIAN BROADCASTS VILIFYING THE SAUDIS HAVE., HOW?
EVER, BEEN MUTUAL FOR THE TIME BEING. PROBABLY IN ORDER NOT
TO JEOPARDIZE FAYSAL'S ATTENDANCE AT NASIR'S ARAB SUMMIT
MEETING WHICH OPENS IN CAIRO ON 13 JANUARY.
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
50X:
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6 50X1
3. KASHMIR:
A, MOSLEMS ARE STILL FLOODING INTO KASHMIR'S CAPITAL
OF SRINAGAR TO PROTEST THE DISAPPEARANCE LAST WEEK OF AN AL?
LEGED RELIC OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED.
B. MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND
INDIAN TROOP REINFORCEMENTS ARE BEING MOVED IN.
C. NEW DELHI IS OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED AT THE POSSI?
BILITY THAT
INDIAN RULE, PAKISTANI PROPAGANDISTS ARE WORKING IN THIS
DIRECTION.
4. CUBA:
A0
THE RELIGIOUS UNREST MAY TURN INTO A RISING AGAINST
B"
C. CASTRO DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS ANNIVERSARY SPEECH
YESTERDAY TO SHOWING How THE VS HAD FAILED TO ISOLATE
CBA. OTHERWISE, HE GAVE MOST ATTENTION TO PROMISES OF
A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
D,
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6 50X1
5. NOTES:
A. FRANCE ? CAMBODIA: FRENCH ARMED FORCES MINISTER
MESSMER LEAVES FOR CAMBODIA THIS WEEKEND FOR WHAT FRENCH
OFFICIALS SAY WILL BE PRIMARILY "EXPLORATORY TALKS."
HE WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO PLAY THINGS
BY EAR.
B. CAMBODIA:
C., ETHIOPIA: THE ETHIOPIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND
ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ARE FEARFUL OF THE EMPEROR'S
WRATH WHEN HE LEARNS OF THEIR FAILURE TO GET ADDITIONAL
MILITARY AID THEY ASKED FOR FROM US, THEY ARE THREATEN?
ING TO RECOGNIZE COMMUNIST CHINA IN THE HOPE THIS MIGHT
CHANGE OUR mum. THE EMPEROR IS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD
MAKE SUCH A DECISION,
D, GHANA: YESTERDAY'S ATTEMPT ON NKRUMAH'S LIFE
IS VIRTUALLY CERTAIN TO BRING FORTH ANOTHER ROUND OF .ANTI
US HYSTERIA, AS WAS THE CASE IN 1962. IT WILL ALSO ADD
IMPETUS TO A PURGE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION WHICH
PRO?COMMUNISTS HAVE BEEN URGING ON NKRUMAH,
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
50X1
50X1
50Xl
,
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6 50X1
E. BRAZIL ? OAS: BRAZIL IS LOBBYING FOR SUPPORT IN
A scHgmg TO WATER DOWN THE wpm' OF Tus, OAS COMMITTEE IN?
VESTIGATING CUBAN ARMS IN VENEZUELA SO THAT NO FIRM ACTION
WILL BE CALLED FOR.
INTEREST.
F. CUBA:
SO FAR, MEXICO AND CHILE HAVE SHOWN
G. INTERNATIONAL OIL: THE CURRENT ROUND OF MEETINGS
OF THE ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES HA$
ENDED WITH A DECISION NOT TO BOYCOTT THE INTERNATIONAL
COMPANIES, BUT TO TRY AGAIN THROUGH NEGOTIATION TO GET A
BETTER DEAL. IRAN FAVORED ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMPANIES'
PRESENT OFFER, BUT THE REST, PARTICULARLY IRAQ AND
VENEZUELA, FOUND IT UNACCEPTABLE, AND IRAN DID NOT PRESS
THE MATTER TO THE POINT OF BREAKING UP THE ORGANIZATION.
50X1
50X1
50X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/07/24 : CIA-RDP79T00936A002200060001-6
50X:
V /1