THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 AUGUST 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005996525
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2015
• Publication Date: August 27, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
27 AUGUST 1963
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1. South Vietnam
a. Troops remain in control of
strategic points in major towns, al-
though the government appears eager
to restore an appearance of normality.
b. There are further indications
that the army is not in complete
charge of security operations, as
would be expected under normal martial
law.
c. Ambassador Lodge reports num-
erous comments by Vietnamese that the
government's repressive measures would
not have been possible without US equip-
ment. An accompanying implication,
Lodge adds, is that only the US has
the power to end the present situation
and oust Diem.
d. Saigon and Phnom Penh have
broken diplomatic relations. South
Vietnam's next move may be to close
the Mekong River to Cambodian traffic.
This would cause an almost immediate
pinch in the POL situation, and a
substantial curtailment of Cambodian
exports.
e. Meanwhile, we have been
searching for indicators that the
Communists plan to exploit the situa-
tion in some way, but so far Viet Cong
activity remains at a fairly low level.
A battalion-strength attack in the
north on 21 August looks to be unre-
lated.
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2. India
3. Malaysia
a. The ministerial transfers
announced Saturday appear to us
merely to put different hats on the
same key personalities. Nehru's
power has not been undermined.
b. In order to meet strong
pressures for a "rejuvenation" of
the Congress Party, six ministers,
including the most influential men
after Nehru, were moved from the
cabinet to party posts.
c. ?Me new party assignments
have not been announced, but
ex-
Home Minister Shastri will become
party president, and ex-Finance
Minister Desai chairman of the party
parliamentary board.
d. This leaves the power po-
sitions of Shastri and Desai, the
leading contenders for Nehru's
place, undisturbed.
a. Colonial Secretary Sandys,
now visiting Malaya, says that Britain
will make no more concessions regard-
ing Malaysia.
b. Sandys told our ambassador
in Kuala Lumpur on Monday that the
Filipinos seem to be trying to com-
ply with the UN observer compromise.
The Indonesians have not yet come
completely into line.
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4. Cuba
C. The Colonial Secretary ex-
pects the road ahead for Malaysia to
be rough, but he feels that any fur-
ther concessions would cause the
British and Malayan position to de-
teriorate seriously.
d. The arrival of a UN sur-
vey team in Sarawak today sparked
a riot by an estimated 3,000 Chi-
nese, but the team apparently went
on with its business. We are not
sure whether this is a local Chi-
nese sideshow or part of the Indo-
nesian opposition activity.
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NOTES
B. UAR-Asia Egyptian recognition of North Korea on
Sunday is the first step in implementation of a
policy to recognize "the divided nations of Asia."
C. Yemen-UK Our embassy in Taiz fears sporadic
shooting along the Yemen-Aden border will soon pro-
duce another nasty incident. Yemen accused Britain
yesterday of shelling two Yemeni villages, and made
noises about appealing to the UN.
D. Laos Some sort of negotiations with the Pathet
Lao may yet come off. Phoumi Vongvichit, Communist
minister of information in the coalition government,
returned to Vientiane yesterday, after an absence
of four months. He says he has "full powers" to
negotiate for Souphannouvong. Pathet Lao military
forces, however, are continuing to maintain pressure
in widely scattered areas despite the general lull
caused by the heavy rains.
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E. West Germany Bonn is considering a request from
the Ruhr steel industry for an immediate tariff in-
crease on steel from countries outside the European
Coal and Steel Community. German officials have
acknowledged that the increase--from 6-8 percent
to 10-12 percent--might hurt the Kennedy Round
tariff talks, although Bonn "hoped" to minimize the
damage by making the increase only temporary.
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