THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 26 SEPTEMBER 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996578
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: September 26, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST-726 SEPTEMBER 1963
1. MALAYSIA:
B. THE SHELL MANAGER AT BALIKPAPAN IN SOUTHERN BORNEO
HAS SENT OUT AN URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP SAYING BRITISH
NATIONALS ARE BEING HELD UNDER ?co.NpITImE APPROXIMATING IM-
PRISONMENT. WITH MENACES AND INDIGNITIES." HE ALSO.,SAYS THAT
AMERICANS :AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS IN gA4IxpApAN ARE
IN PROTECTIVE usTopy AND REQUESTING EVACUATION.
C. THAI FOREIGN MINISTER THANAT IN NEW YORK SAYS HE
HAS GOTTEN TACIT AGREEMENT FROM THE THREE ERSTWHILE MAPHIL7
IND? PARTNERS, TO COME TO BANGKOK FOR TALKS AFTER A MONTIrs
COOLING OFF PERIOD.;
2. SOUTH VIETNAM;
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D. IN PARIS THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER HAS DENIED EM-
PHATICALLY THAT THE FRENCH TRIED TO INSTIGATE CONTACTS BE-
TWEEN NHU AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE. AMBASSADOR BOHLEN,
THOUGH CONVINCED THAT COUVE DE MURVILLE WAS FAR FROM FULL
AND FRANK ON VIETNAM, IS INCLINED TO BELIEVE THIS.
3. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
A. THE MILITARY LEADERS WHO TURNED BOSCH OUT OF OFFICE
SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN "EMINENT CIVILIAN UNCONNECTED
WITH MILITANT POLITICAL PARTIES" TO REPLACE HIM. AS OF THIS
MORNING THEY HAD NOT SETTLED ON A MAN.
B. THOUGH MOST MAJOR MILITARY LEADERS SIGNED THE ORDER
DEPOSING BOSCH, THE REAL INSTIGATORS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ARMY
COLONEL WESSIN Y WESSIN AND COMMANDER OF THE AIR FORCE LUNA.
BOSCH'S REMOVAL WAS TRIGGERED BY HIS DEMAND EARLY WEDNESDAY
THAT WESSIN BE FIRED.
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C. BOSCH AND HIS CABINET ARE STILL IN CUSTODY BUT WE
EXPECT HE WILL BE ALLOWED TO JOIN HIS WIFE IN PUERTO RICO.
D. A NIGHTIME CURFEW IS IN EFFECT, BUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF VIOLENCE INSTIGATED BY EXTREME LEFTISTS OR AGAINST THEM,
REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.
E. BETANCOURT IS REPORTEDLY UNSETTLED BY THIS NEW MILI-
TARY JUNTA. MUNOZ MARIN HAS SPOKEN OUT SHARPLY AGAINST IT
AND THE COSTA RICAN, SALVADORAN AND HONDURAN DELEGATIONS IN
NEW YORK HAVE TOLD SECRETARY BUSK OF THEIR STRONG CONCERN.
4. CUBA:
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5. USSR GRAIN:
A. THE SOVIETS CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR NEED FOR
GRAIN.
B. THEY HAVE BOUGHT 40,000 TONS OF FLOUR IN ITALY
C.. MOSCOW HAS CANCELED AN AGREEMENT TO SUPPLY 60,000
TONS OF GRAIN TO FINLAND, AND HAS APPARENTLY TOLD ITS EAST
EUROPEAN SATELLITES TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.
D. POLAND, ALREADY A QUANTITY BUYER, 15 SEEKING LARGER
AMOUNTS OF THE US AND CANADA. CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS TRYING TO
BUY US GRAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME A BULGARIAN GRAIN BUYING
MISSION HAS TURNED UP IN OTTAWA. HUNGARY ALSO APPEARS IN-
TERESTED.
6. NO NOTES
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