THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 28 DECEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996744
• 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 28, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--28 DECEMBER 1963
1. CYPRUS.:
A; NICOSIA REMAINED TENSE BUT RELATIVELY QUIET YESTERDAY
D. - SOME UNITS OF THE GREEK AND TURKISH GARRISONS ON CYPRUS
ARE STILL DEPLOYED IN NICOSIA PROTECTING THEIR RESPECTIVE COM?
MUNITIES.
.F. IT WAS THIS SHOW OF FORCE WHICH PROMPTED CYPRUS TO CALL
FOR LAST NIGHT'S SPECIAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WHICH CAME
TO NOUGHT;
H . DUNCAN SANDYS , UK SECRETARY FOR COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS,
LEFT FOR CYPRUS THIS MORNING.
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2. BULGARIA:
A. AMERICAN PERSONNEL IN SOFIA WERE UNHARMED DURING
YESTERDAY'S DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE US LEGATION ALTHOUGH
TWO EMBASSY OFFICIALS WERE MOLESTED. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE
TO PENETRATE THE BUILDING.
B. THE DAMAGE CONSISTS OF FOUR PRIVATE CARS OVERTURNED
AND ALMOST ALL LEGATION WINDOWS BROKEN ON THE FIRST THREE
FLOORS.
C. THE FOREIGN MINISTER DELAYED ALMOST SIX HOURS IN
ARRANGING AN APPOINTMENT FOR OUR CHARGE TO DELIVER HIS PRO?
TEST.
D. HOWEVER THE BULGARIAN REPLY TO OUR PROTEST CONTAINS
AN ASSURANCE THAT THE AUTHORITIES "WILL ALLOW NO FURTHER
ACTIONS OF SIMILAR CHARACTER."
3. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THE CONTENTS OF A LARGE VIET CONG SUPPLY DEPOT CAP-
TURED THIS WEEK PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT EXTERNAL SUP?.
PORT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE IMPROVED FIREPOWER OF THE COMMU
NIST GUERRILLAS.
C. WHILE THE VIET CONG CONTINUE TO OBTAIN THE BULK OF
THEIR ARMAMENT BY CAPTURING IT FROM GOVERNMENT TROOPS IN?
CREASING QUANTITIES OF BLOC?MADE EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN
VIET CONG HANDS DURING THE PAST YEAR,
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4. WEST GERMANY ? ITALY: THE PRESS IN BONN REPORTED YES?
TERDAY THAT CHANCELLOR ERHARD WILL MAKE A "WORKING VISIT"
TO LONDON JANUARY 15-16, FOLLOWED BY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO
ROME JANUARY 27-28 IN RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION OF PRIME
MINISTER MORO. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FOREIGN MINISTER
SCHROEDER.
5. USSR? COMMUNIST CHINA: PEIPING IS NOT LETTING UP ON
MOSCOW. ON 26 DECEMBER, MAO'S BIRTHDAY, PEIPING RADIO BROAD?
CAST A LONG ATTACK WHICH AGAIN CHARGED THAT THE SOVIET LEADER?
SHIP HAD SUNK DEEPLY INTO "MODERN REVISIONISM" SINCE STALIN'S
DEATH.
6. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: IT LOOKS AS THOUGH PARTY BOSS NOVOTNY
HAS SURVIVED, THOUGH JUST BARELY, THE LATEST GO AROUND IN THE
CZECH LEADERSHIP CRISIS.
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