THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 24 JUNE 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996416
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: June 24, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--24 JUNE 1963
1. BRITISH GUIANA:
A. LAST NIGHT ANTI-JAGAN FORCES BLEW UP A WHARF OPERATED
BY NON-STRIKERS AND DYNAMITED THE OFFICE OF JANET JAGAN, WHO WAS
PUT IN CHARGE OF THE HOME MINISTRY (POLICE) JUST LAST WEEK.
B. TALKS TO END THE STRIKE HAVE BEEN UNPRODUCTIVE AND THE
OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE LAUNCHED A BROAD NEW CAMPAIGN OF PASSSIVE
RESISTANCE BEGINNING 24 JUNE.
C. ARRIVAL OF BLOC GOODS HAS BROUGHT MORE SURFACE SIGNS OF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO HAD SOME SUCCESS IN
ITS STRIKE BREAKING ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE TRANSPORT FIELD.
D. OUR CONSUL GENERAL HAS REVIEWED THE SITUATION AND CON-
CLUDED THAT THE LEADERS NOW ON THE SCENE ARE TOTALLY INCAPABLE
OF WORKING OUT A LASTING SOLUTION.
E. JAGAN HIMSELF, OBSESSED WITH A VISION OF A MARXIST
FOOTHOLD IN SOUTH AMERICA, IS INCAPABLE OF GOVERNING UNLESS SUS-
TAINED BY FOREIGN OR LOCAL TROOPS.
F. THE ONLY WAY OUT, THE CONSUL GENERAL IS CONVINCED, IS
THROUG1I DIRECT BRITISH INTERVENTION TO DENY THE UPPER HAND TO
ANY CONTENDING FACTION AND PERMIT NEW LEADERS AND PARTIES TO
EMERGE.
2. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THE WEEK-OLD AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE DIEM GOVERNMENT AND THE BUDDHISTS MAY COME UNSTUCK.
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B. DIEM'S BROTHER NHU HAS ORDERED THE GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED
YOUTH GROUP TO LAUNCH A PROTEST MOVEMENT AGAINST THE AGREEMENT.
C. DIEM, WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THIS INFORMATION BY OUR
CHARGE, DENIED THAT NHU WAS TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE AGREEMENT
AND ASSERTED FLATLY IT WOULD BE HONORED.
D. BUDDHIST LEADERS ARE NOT SO SURE OF THIS. CONVINCED
THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DISCREDIT THEM, THEY HAVE
STATED PUBLICLY THAT THEY WILL GIVE THE GOVERNMENT TWO WEEKS TO
SHOW ITS GOOD FAITH.
3. CUBA-MILITARY:
A. SATURDAY'S PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWED THAT THE SANTA LUCIA
SAM SITE IN WESTERN CUBA HAS BEEN ABANDONED. AS IN PREVIOUS
CASES, WE THINK IT WILL TURN UP IN A NEW LOCATION.
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B. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: NOVOTNY HAS SURPRISED HIS CRITICS
WITH THE VIGOR OF HIS RESISTANCE TO THEIR ATTEMPTS TO PUSH HIM
INTO A MORE LIBERAL COURSE. HE HAS SO FAR, HOWEVER STOPPED
SHORT OF THE REPRESSIVE METHODS HE KNOWS BEST.
D. MALAYSIA: PRIME MINISTER RAHMAN HAS POSTPONED HIS
TRIP TO LONDON IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK IN HIS NEGO-
TIATIONS WITH SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI ON TERMS FOR THEIR ACCESSION
TO MALAYSIA. THE DELAY MAY HAVE UPSET PLANS FOR ANOTHER RAHMAN-
suKmuva MEETING IN BANGKOK.
E. SINO-SOVIET: CHARGES AND COUNTERCHARGES OUT OF PEIPING
AND MOSCOW THE PAST WEEK HAVE NOT CLEARED THE AIR AT ALL FOR
THE UPCOMING 5 JULY CONFRONTATION. IN FACT, A URUGUAYAN PARTY
LEADER, JUST BACK FROM MOSCOW, TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS THAT THE
SOVIETS ARE CERTAIN THAT THE MOVEMENT WILL BE SPLIT EVEN FURTHER
AS A RESULT OF THE TALKS.
F. OUTER MONGOLIA: A MEMBER OF A US TOURIST GROUP HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO STEAL A DINOSAUR EGG FROM ULAN
BATOR'S NATIONAL MUSEUM. THE CULPRIT HAS BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRY.
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