THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 22 FEBRUARY 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996849
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: February 22, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST --22 FEBRUARY 1964
1. CYPRUS:
A. WE HAVE NO REPORTS THIS MORNING OF MAJOR DISTUR?
BANCES ON THE ISLAND, BUT TENSION IS STILL VERY HIGH,
C. MAKARIOS IS TAKING THE POSITION THAT NO ADDITIONAL
TROOPS ARE NEEDED ON THE ISLAND AND THAT WHEN A UN FORCE
ARRIVES-1_ BRITAIN WILL HAVE TO WITHDRAW AN EQUAL NUMBER,
E. MEANWHILE, A "BRITISH GO HOME" CAMPAIGN IS GATHER?
ING MOMENTUM ON THE ISLAND, POSSIBLY THE FORERUNNER OF AN
ATTEMPT TO FORCE THE BRITISH OFF ALTOGETHER,
F.
GREEK CYPRIOTS ARE STUDYING
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE ISLAND IF BRITAIN WERE FORCED TO
GIVE UP ITS TWO MILITARY BASES THERE.
G. WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING NOW PUT OFF UNTIL
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HEADWAY WITH HIS EFFORT TO GET ALL PARTIES TO AGREE ON HOW
THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE HANDLED THERE.
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H. GREEK CYPRIOTS FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE INDICATED
WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE, MEDIATORS,
AND THE ISSUE OF TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF CYPRUS WITHOUT
INSISTING THE LATTER BE GIVEN PRIORITY,
I. THIS MAY YET PROVE TO BE A STICKING POINT, HOWEVER,
J. NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STIKKER TELLS US HE KNOWS
FOR A FACT THAT DE GAULLE IS PLANNING, IN CASE THE UN GETS
NOWHERE, TO PROPOSE THAT ALL TURKISH CYPRIOTS BE REMOVED
TO TURKEY, WITH TURKEY TO BE CONCEDED A PART OF GREEK THRACE
AS COMPENSATION.
K. ONLY THE GREEK CYPRIOTS WOULD BE LIKELY TO BUY
THIS "IDEA."
L. IN ATHENS, AMBASSADOR LABOUISSE HAS FOUND PREMIER
PAPANDREOU CONFIDENT HE CAN GAIN CONTROL OF THE GREEK CYPRIOTS,
INCLUDING MAKARIOS. THE PREMIER SAYS HE HAS ALREADY CON?
TACTED ALL GREEK CYPRIOT LEADERS AND WARNED THEM AGAINST
TAKING ANY OFFENSIVE ACTION.
2. INDONESIA?MALAYSIA:
A. THE INDONESIAN?MALAYSIAN CEASE?FIRE IN BORNEO IS
RUNNING PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE ROCKS.
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B. GUERRILLAS ATTACKED A MALAYSIAN?BRITISH BORDER PATROL
IN SARAWAK THURSDAY, WITH CASUALTIES REPORTED FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THE MONTH THAT THE CEASE?FIRE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT.
C. FURTHER CLASHES AND TWO MORE DEATHS ARE REPORTED
THIS MORNING.
D. MACAPAGAL, MEANWHILE, HAS ARRIVED IN DJAKARTA FOR
TALKS WITH SUKARNO.
3. DE GAULLE ? ERHARD TALKS:
A. ERHARD TALKED BRIEFLY WITH AMBASSADOR MCGHEE ABOUT
HIS MEETING LAST WEEKEND WITH DE GAULLE,
B. THE CHANCELLOR HAD BEEN APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE
MEETING BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES WHICH EXIST,
BUT HE FOUND DE GAULLE CANDID AND PLEASANT ENOUGH EVEN WHEN
THESE DIFFERENCES WERE MADE APPARENT.
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C. DE GAULLE SAID HE HOPED RECOGNITION MIGHT INDUCE
PEIPING TO AGREE TO THE NEUTRALITY OF FORMER FRENCH INDO?
CHINA, BUT CONCEDED THERE WAS MUCH "SPECULATION" ABOUT WHAT
ADVANTAGES MIGHT ACTUALLY ACCRUE. ERHARD MADE IT CLEAR HE
SAW NONE,
D. DE GAULLE DID NOT ARGUE WITH ERHARD'S POINT THAT
NEUTRALITY FOR FORMER INDOCHINA WOULD MEAN THE WHOLE AREA
WOULD GO COMMUNIST.
E. DE GAULLE SAID HE HAD NO PLANS TO VISIT THE AREA.
F. ON THE MATTER OF "KENNEDY ROUND" TARIFF REDUCTIONS,
ERHARD SAID HE FOUND DE GAULLE COMPLETELY NEGATIVE, HIS
ARGUMENT BEING THAT THE WORLD WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THAT
HE PREFERRED TO PURSUE HIS OWN POLICY.
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H. THE ABSENCE OF A COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THE VISIT,
ERHARD TOLD MCGHEE, WAS INTENTIONAL, AS IT WOULD ONLY HAVE
SERVED TO EMPHASIZE THE GREAT DIFFERENCE IN VIEWPOINTS
WHICH THE MEETING EXPOSED,
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4. SOMALIA?ETHIOPIA:
A. THE SOMALIS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVE
THAT THE BRITISH AND OUiSELVES ARE BACKING THE EVHIOPIANS IN
THE BORDER DISPUTE,
C. AMBASSADOR TORBERT IN MOGADISCIO IS WORRIED THAT
THE SOMALIS WILL WORK AEMBELVES INTO SUCH A LATHER ABOUT
IT THAT THEY WILL BREAK RELATIONS,
5. GABON:
A. MOST OF THE FRENCH TROOPS WHICH RESTORED MBA TO
POWER HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL ENOUGH
AROUND LIBREVILLE TO KEEP THE PLACE QUIET.
B. MEANWHILE, REACTION TO THE FRENCH INTERVENTION HAS
BEGUN TO SET IN.
C. THERE ARE RUMORS OF UNREST IN THE HINTERLAND, AND
GABONESE OPPOSITIONISTS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING
PRESIDENT MBA 'S BROTHER, SEEM TO HAVE BEEN SPURRED INTO
ACTION BY THE FRENCH INTERVENTION.
6. NOTES:
A. USSR?ZANZIBAR: THE RUSSIANS HAVE APPOINTED ONE
OF THEIR RANKING DIPLOMATS AS AMBASSADOR TO ZANZIBAR.
AMBASSADOR TO CANADA DURING THE MID-509S, DMITRI CHUVAKHIN
HAS BEEN MOST RECENTLY DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN
DEPARTMENT IN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY.
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B. TURKEY: THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF INONU
YESTERDAY WAS THE WORK OF A FANATIC WHOSE MOTIVE HAD LITTLE
RELEVANCE TO THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE CYPRUS PROBLEM,
C. COSTA RICA: THE COSTA RICANS TELL US SOME 26,000
ACRES OF THEIR COFFEE CROP HAVE BEEN INFESTED WITH INSECTS
TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT PRODUCTION IN THE AREA AFFECTED MAY
BE CUT IN HALF, THEY ARE ASKING FOR ADVICE AND HELP WITH
SPRAY AND HELICOPTERS.
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