THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW 7-10 MARCH 1964

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996883
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: March 10, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
7 - 10 MARCH 1964
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Cyprus: The situation is grave indeed. The
fighting ig spreading all over the island as Greek
Cypriot security forces push their campaign to
crush the resistance of Turkish Cypriot "insurgents."
Neither the UN representative nor the British
seem able to do anything to deter the Greek Cypriots
this time.
As the situation deteriorates the chances Of
Turkish intervention .row./
Foreign Minister Erkin promised the Turkish
parliament Tuesday that all "necessary measuree were
being taken.
On Monday he asked the British to take urgent
?steps to stop the fighting./
? He also asked Ambassador Hare once again what the
US attitude would be if Turkey intervened.
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2. Libya: The Libyan Government has handed Ambas-
sador Lightner a note asking that we agree to renego-
tiate the Wheelus base agreement in the light of
changing circumstances.
At the same time Prime Minister Muntassir, a
friend of the West, told parliament that both the
US and the UK were being asked to talk about the
future of their bases on Libyan soil.
3. Congo-Angola: Former Katangan strong man Tshombe
is building a quasimilitary force in neighboring
Angola, hoping that it may prove useful in his bid
to return to ower, perhaps after the UN forces
decamp
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4. Zanzibar: Zanzibar's neighbors on the mainland
of East Africa are actively casting about for some
way of helping the modetate, if ineifective, Karume
stay in office.
5. Gabon: Though the French Say they are deter-
mined to keep Mba in the presidential seat, opposition
to him is still vocal, and further trouble seems to
be in the cards.
The US Embassy in Libreville has received a number
of threats telephoned by disgruntled French civilians
who seem to have been taken in by allegations that the
US is supporting Mba's opponents.
Subsequently the embassy building was subjected
to minor, gangster-type harassment.
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USSR - Ethiopia - Somalia: Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Malik is on an unheralded swing
about the Horn of Africa trying to cast Soviet
policies toward the area in a better light.
He was in Addis Ababa last week end trying to
placate Haile Selassie who was deeply affronted by
Khrushchev's charges of aggression and Soviet arms
aid to the Somalis.
We doubt that Malik scored many points in Addis
Ababa. He is now in the more receptive atmosphere
of Mogadiscio.
7. Poland: Gomulka faces the most direct challenge
to his authority since he returned to power in 1956.
A pamphlet attacking him and his unorthodox
policies is going the rounds of the Polish party.
It apparently originated in the left, or "hard-line,"
wing.
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It would not appear that the authors were
aiming to unseat Gomulka--there is no lOgical replace-
ment--but to force him to return to orthodoxy.
8. Indonesia-Malaysia: The situation on the ground
in Borneo is largely unaffected by the breakdown of
the three-way foreign minister talks. The cease-fire
is neither repudiated nor fully respected.
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Neither side seems disposed to resume the foreign
ministers' talks. Sukarno prefers a summit meeting
where he thinks he can wrangle concessions out of Rahman.
The Malaysians want no further talks at all before
their elections late in April.
9. Cambodia: Sihanouk has once again opened up on
the UN and its "lackeys," charging that their refusal
to recognize his just demands that Cambodia's present
frontiers be guaranteed will drive him into Mao's arms.
We are not sure just what set the mercurial Prince
off this time but it may have been the refusal of
Souvanua Phouma, on his recent visit to Phnom Penh,
to recognize Cambodia's claimed frontiers. Laos was
lumped in with Thailand and South Vietnam in the
Prince's latest outburst.
The Chinese Communists, of course, have been
doing what they can to encourage these displays.
10. OAS: Both Brazil and Mexico continue their
effoit-g-to sidetrack strong OAS action against Cuba
for sneaking arms into Venezuela.
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Brazil favors a perfunctory endorsement of
Betancourt'S charge
Mexico is intrigued by the idea of taking the
matter to the UN where it thinks it could extract
a commitment from Cuba to lay off.
Dominican Republic: Nearly everyone seems to
be talking coup these days in Santo Domingo.
This points to a general weakness in the ruling
threesome, but so far the military, whose support is
a prerequisite for a successful coup, seems to pre-
fer the present setup to any of the alternatives
suggested by disgruntled political outs.
USSR-France:
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13. USSR-Sweden: Gromyko is due in Stockholm next
week on a five-day visit to smooth the ground for
KhrushcheV's mid-June trip.
He will probably try to talk the Swedes into
playing down the Wennerstrbm case prior to Khrushchev s
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Lopez Mateos' line of not recognizing Communist China
unless there is some profound change in the world
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TOP SECRET,
Communist China: For some time now we have been
puzzling over a large-scale, high priority construc-
tion project in a remote area of Northwest China.
_ It was first noted in photography taken in Septem-
ber 1961. Photography of last fall showed that the
project had been pushed ahead with great energy.
We are still not able to say just what is being
built, but we are convinced by the intensity of the
construction effort and the physical isolation of
? the site that it is a high priority national defense
project, possibly with a missile and or an atomic
energy association.
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