THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 27 AUGUST 1964

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• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Document Creation Date: September 16, 2015
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• Publication Date: August 27, 1964

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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
27 AUGUST 196450)(1
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1. South Vietnam
(As of 0800 EDT)
a. The Military Revolutionary
Council (MRC) early this morning
named a temporary triumvirate to
run the government and then voted
to dissolve itself.
b. The three men--Generals
Khanh, Minh, and Khiem--are to
oversee the election within 60 days
of a national congress, which would
then select a new chief of state.
c. The MRC's failure to agree
on a new chief of state is an indi-
cation of serious differences within
the group.
d. Khanh told Ambassador
Taylor after Tuesday's MRC session
that opposition had developed early
to his plan to have the MRC dis-
solve itself. The opposition came
mainly from officers linked with
the Dai Viet party. General Khiem
played both sides.
e. Selection of a triumvirate
apparently is a stop-gap solution.
It seems to be an effort to recon-
cile three factions within the MRC
while at the same time promising
.a more popularly representative
government.
(Cont'd)
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f. We are not at all sure
that the MRC's action will stabi-
lize the situation. Khiem'p pol-
itical influence is probably
unacceptable to the Buddhist
leadership.
g. Violence has persisted
in Danang and demonstrations yes-
terday in Danang and Hue are indic-
ative of strong suspicions of the
MRC's intentions. This morning's
reported firing by troops at
Catholic demonstrators in Saigon
is likely to increase tensions.
The demonstrators were demanding
retention of the MRC under Khanh.
i. We still have noted no
specific efforts by the Viet Cong
to exploit the governmental crisis.
Communist military activity has,
however, continued to increase
gradually.
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2, Cyprus
a. Makarios apparently is get-
ting nervous over the possibility
of plots to overthrow his regime.
b. Perhaps in an effort to
counter any such plots, he publicly
said yesterday that he hoped enosis
"without conditions or exchanges"
would take place soon. Makarios
has been hostile to the idea of
enosis, and there was no mention
of it in the communiqu?ssued
after his 25 August meeting with
Papandreou in Athens,
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f. Nicosia announced last
night that Makarios and his foreign
minister, Kyprianou, would go to
Cairo tomorrow for talks with
"neighbor" Nasir.
h. A week-long Soviet joint
military exercise held in Transcau-
casus military district ended on
23 August. There is no evidence
that it was intended to be related
to the Cyprus developments.
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3. Congo a. Government troops now have
Albertville under attack.
b. Air attacks have been
carried out and there are reports
of street fighting. We do not yet
have firm details on the progress
of the battle.
d. We have been expecting a
new rebel attack on Bukavu but thus
far have no word that it has come
off. The US consul there has asked
for a C-130 to stand by if evacua-
tion of Americans becomes necessary.
(Cont'd)
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4. USSR-Cuba
g. It is now clear that
rebels operate far from their
native areas. Many insurgents
in Stanleyville have been heard
speaking Swahili, which is not
normally used there. Some attack-
ing Bukavu came from Albertville,
over 200 miles away.
h. The rebels also appear to
be gaining in militar so histica-
tion.
a. Moscow is apparently shift-
ing tactics in trying to muster dip-
lomatic support for a relaxation
of US pressures against Cuba.
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5. North Vietnam
b. The Soviets have begun a
cautious campaign to arouse concern
among UN members over the recent
OAS resolution. They have implied
that they intend to take some action
in the UN General Assembly this fall
to isolate the US on the issue.
c. Moscow's case is based on
claim that the OAS action was il-
legal since it was taken by a
regional group under UN aegis and
that prior Security Council consent
was required under the UN charter.
d. Soviet leaders may reason
that this approach is less risky
for Soviet-US relations than a
head-on attack on the issue of US
overflights of Cuba,
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NOTES
A. Laos Right-wing and neutralist forces con-
tinue to consolidate their positions along
Route 13 between yang Vieng and Luang Prabang
and to clear scattered Pathet Lao units to
the west of Route 13. In the Plaine des Jarres
area, the Communists still control key posi-
tions at Phou Kout. Company-size probing
actions by Pathet Lao forces have been reported
in the area, but we have seen no indications
that a major move is in the making.
B. USSR-Czechoslovakia Khrushchev's visit to
Czechoslovakia is apparently to be longer than
we had expected. He arrived in Prague this
morning and reportedly will stay until 5 Septem-
ber. Our embassy says that this allows ample
time for party-government consultations as well
as a "grass-roots" tour of the country.
?C. USSR-URTZ In addition to stepping up its
military assistance, Moscow has agr9ed to pro-
vide economic and technical assistance to
Tanganyika-Zanzibar. Details are not avail-
able, but a Soviet delegation will probably
be sent to the country to make a survey and
work out a specific program and determine
amounts of credit.
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