THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 3 JANUARY 1963

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1961-1969
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• Publication Date: January 3, 1963

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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST--3 JANUARY 1963
1. UAR -SAUDI ARABIA:
A. AMBASSADOR BADEAU WAS GIVEN A SONG AND DANCE YESTER-
DAY AND THE DAY BEFORE BY NASIR'S ADVISERS TO THE EFFECT
THAT CAIRO FIRST LEARNED OF THE SUNDAY BOMBING OF NEJRAN
(IN SAUDI ARABIA NEAR THE YEMENI BORDER) FROM A SAUDI BROAD-
CAST AND THAT, "IF" IT TOOK PLACE, IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE
INCIDENT IN "CONFUSED AND HOT PURSUIT" BY "COMBAT INEXPERIENCEl5bm
PILOTS.
NEJRAN IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
SAUDI BASES FOR SUPPORT OF THE ROYALISTS. FURTHER ATTACKS
WITHIN SAUDI ARABIA MAY BE COMING,
D. SAUDI RETALIATION SO FAR HAS BEEN LIMITED TO ROUNDING
UP AND DEPORTING A NUMBER.. OF EGYPTIANS
E. ON THE .DIPLOMATIC. sum, EACH PARTY CONTINUES TO INSIST
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THAT THE OTHER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE TO DISENGAGE, AND NEITHER
SHOWS ANY INTEREST IN DOING SO.
2. SINO?INDIAN BORDER:
A. THE CHINESE SAY THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR WITH?
DRAWALS. HOWEVER, THEY LEAVE THEMSELVES SOME BARGAINING
ROOM BY SAYING THEY ARE LEAVING FORCES AT SEVERAL POINTS IN
NEFA AND IN LADAKH BELOW THE LINE SPECIFIED IN THEIR CEASE?
FIRE ANNOUNCEMENT.
3. LAOS:
A. HANOI, AWARE THAT KONG LE HAS RECEIVED SOME US SUPPLIES,
MAY NOW BE MOVING TO STRING HIM ALONG WITH A TRICKLE OF SUP?
PLIES
B.
NORTH VIETNAMESE CONVOYS FOR HIM--ONE JUST ACROSS THE LAOTIAN
BORDER WITH CLOTHING AND BLANKETS, AND THE OTHER JUST INSIDE
WITH FOOD AND GASOLINE. WHETHER THE PATHET LAO PLAY BALL
AND LET HIM HAVE THE SUPPLIES REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
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C. SOU,PHANNOUVONG?
GOES ALONG WITH
SOVIET ADVICE THAT LAOS SHOULD BE TAKEN OVER BY POLITICAL
MEANS
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MORE IMPATIENT, WOULD MOVE IN SHOULD THE LAOTIAN RIGHT-WING
RENEW HOSTILITIES.
D. . THE CHINESE WILL SOON HE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION
po SO.
THE ROAD FROM YUNNAN (IN CHINA) TO PHONG SALY--UNDER CONSTRUC-
TION BY THE CHINESE, FOR A YEAR AND A HALF---W ILL BE OPEN THE
END OF THIS MONTH AND COMPLETED BY MAY. THE CHINESE HAVE
ALSO RECENTLY SHOWN INTEREST IN PUTTING IN A ROAD TO NAM THA,
AND MAY ALREADY HAVE BEEN ImpHoym somE TRAILS To THIS. END.
4. CUBA:
A. THE PARADE YESTERDAY WENT OFF ABOUT AS EXPECTED, BUT
CASTRO DID NOT AFTER ALL ANNOUNCE ANY NEW MAJOR DECISIONS.
HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME WORKING OVER THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
TO THE CUBAN BRIGADE.
B. WHILE SHOWING NO INTENT TO MODIFY TIES WITH THE BLOC
("THE SOCIALIST CAMP IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE OUR FAMILY"),
CASTRO DID LITTLE TO CLARIFY THE RELATIONSHIP. HE WORRIED
ABOUT THE "PUBLIC DISCREPANCIES" IN THE BLOC AND ARGUED THE
NEED FOR UNITY, BUT CAREFULLY AVOIDED ANY SPECIFICS. IT IS
NOT CLEAR TO US WHETHER THESE REMARKS REFLECT DISCOMFORT AT
HAVING TO TAKE SIDES OR CASTRO'S BELIEF THAT HIS PRESTIGE IS
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SUCH THAT HE CAN PRESENT CUBA AS THE EQUAL OF ALL THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE BLOC,
C. HE ALSO PROVIDED A CLEAR IMPLICATION?IN HIS REMARKS
ABOUT ROCKET TRAINING IN THE CUBAN FORCES--THAT THE SAMs AND
THE coltm DEFENSE CRUISE MISSILES WOULD REMAIN.
D. IN STRESSING CUBA'S ROLE ,AS AN EXAMPLE FOR LATIN
AMERICAN "CAPTIVE PEOPLES," HE SINGLED OUT VENEZUELA AS
ONE NATION WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO "AWAKE AND
STRUGGLE!" THIS ECHOES A LINE WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING IN
HAVANA BROADCASTS RECENTLY CALLING ATTENTION TO THE "HEROIC
VENEZUELAN REVOLUTION."
5. CONGO:
A. CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE SITUATION ARE BY NO MEANS
CLEAR IN THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US EARLY THIS MORNING.
THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE SLIPPAGE, SHORT-CIRCUITING
IN THE TRANSMITTAL OF REPORTS
UPWARD AND DIRECTIVES DOWNWARD WITHIN THE UN CHAIN,. FROM
NEW YORK THROUGH LEOPOLDVILLE AND ELI SABETHVILLE TO FORWARD
COMMANDERS.
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B. YESTERDAY EVENING, THE UN COLUMN WAS APPARENTLY WITHIN
FOUR MILES OF JADoTyp.LF WHEN GEN. PREM CHARD .(THE INDIAN
COMMANDER IN KATANGA) RECEIVED ORDERS FROM U THANT TO HALT ALL
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FORWARD .MOVEMENT, :THIS ORDER IS MEETING WITH A MIXED RECEP-
TION BY TgE UN MILITARY COMMAND, WHO APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN THE
BIT ,IN THEIR TEETH, BUT APPARENTLY IS BEING OBEYED.
C. THE COLUMN HAD FORDED ONE RIVER .(THE BRIDGES WERE
BLOWN) AND WAS ADVANCING AGAINST TOKEN RESISTANCE.
1), qupT HOW MUCH FURTHER RESISTANCE IT MIGHT HAVE MET IS
NOT CLEAR.
ALL
RHODESIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN. MERCENARIES HAD "BUGGED OUT."
EUROPEAN MERCENARIES ARE NOW RELUCTANT
TO FIGHT UN FORCES.
E. US CONSUL DEAN IN ELISABETHVILLE HAD RECEIVED "COR-
ROBORATED REPORTS" THAT THE MERCENARIES ARE DESERTING BUT THAT
TSHOMBE WAS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM EXTREMISTS TO CARRY
OUT HIS SCORCHED EARTH THREATS. DEAN THOUGHT LAST NIGHT THE.
COLUMN SHOULD CONTINUE, TO FORESTALL THIS, GULLION WAS OF
THE SAME OPINION EARLIER YESTERDAY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HALTING
IT WOULD GIVE THE KATANGANS TIME TO REGROUP.
F. THE KATANGAN AIR FORCE IS SOMETHING OF AN ENIGMA AND
COULD STILL BE A NUISANCE. ONLY A FEW PLANES HAVE BggN.DEs-
TROYED AND UN RECONNAISSANCE HAS Sp FAR FAILED TO LOCATE THE
REMAINDER (IF IN FACT THERE IS ANY).
G. KATANGAN SABOTAGE HAS ALREADY LEFT ITS MARK ON THE
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ECONOMY. BLOWN BRIDGES WILL DISRUPT RAIL TRAFFIC FOR SOME
TIME. POWER LINES HAVE BEEN CUT; IN KIPUSHI THIS THREATENS
THE FUTURE OF THE COPPER MINES UNLESS POWER FOR PUMPS CAN
BE RESTORED SOON.
H. UNION MINIERE IN BRUSSELS SAID YESTERDAY THAT it
BOARD DIRECTOR WAS LEAVING LAST NIGHT FOR LEOPOLDVILLE TO
DISCUSS THE PAYMENT PLAN, APPARENTLY WITHOUT WAITING FOR
TSHOMBES APPROVAL.
I. TSHOMBE'S WHEREABOUTS WAS ALSO NOT CLEAR TO US THIS
MORNING, WITH SEVERAL PLANS AFOOT TO RETURN HIM TOELISABETH?
VILLE .FROM JADOTVIL1LE
HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO REPORTS
THAT HE IS ACTUALLY EN ROUTE. IF THE UN CONTINUES TO STAY
IN PLACE, HE MIGHT INDEED RETURN TODAY FOR TALKS. EXCEPT
FOR UNION MINIERE'S MOVE THE NEGOTIATING SITUATION IS UN?
CHANGED SINCE YESTERDAY.
J. TBE CONGOLESE, INCENSED OVER BRITISH ACTIONS, WERE
YESTERDAY TALKING OF BREAKING RELATIONS WITH THE UK, BUT
GULLION FEELS HE HAS TALKED THEM OUT OF IT UNLESS THE BRITISH
THEMSELVES BRING TSHOMBE TO ELISABETHVILLE?
K. THE ADOULA GOVERNMENT IS CASTING ABOUT FOR WAYS TO
-ESTABLISH ITS PRESENCE IN SOUTH KATANGA, IT HOPES TO SEND
ABOUT TWENTY POLICE AND IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS TODAY AS AN
INITIAL CONTINGENT. IT WANTS ALSO TO SEND CONGOLESE ARMY
TROOPS BUT MOBUTU APPARENTLY WOULD BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE
ON ONE GENDARMERIE COMPANY AS A FOOT IN THE DOOR.
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6. SOUTH VIETNAM:
A. :TWO MORE US CASUALTIES (AND 29 SOUTH VIETNAMESE)
SUFFERED EARLY THIS MORNING IN A VIET CONG ATTACK ON A
FORCES TRAINING CENTER p,!' WEST-CENTRAL SOUTH VIETNAM.
,A NUMBER OF RENEGADE .VILIAGEDE7
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FENDERS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN THE CAMP OPENED THE GATES TO
int VIET CONG. THE VIET CONG BROKE OFF AFTER SOME FOUR HOURS
AS SOUTH VIETNAMESE REINFORCEMENTS NEARED THE SITE.
B. THE FIGHTING THAT LED TO THREE AMERICAN CASUALTIES
YESTERDAY 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAIGON WAS CONTINUING THIS
MORNING. ,THE VIET CONG, WHO USUALLY FADE AWAY BEFORE SUPERIOR
FORCES, ARE SHOWING STIFF RESISTANCE. WHILE THIS MAY REFLECT
A CHANGE IN TACTICS, IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT THEY FEAR THEY
ARE SURROUNDED OR ARE TRYING TO COVER THE ESCAPE OF SOMEONE
IMPORTANT.
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7. NOTES:
A. NORTH VIETNAM: THE SINO-SOVIET TUG-OF-WAR CON-
TINUES. A HIGH-LEVEL SOVIET MILITARY DELEGATION HAS JUST
LEFT AFTER A TWO-WEEK TOUR OF NORTH VIETNAM. IN ITS WAKE,
THE CHINESE ARE SCHEDULING THEIR OWN.
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B. YUGOSLAVIA: IN OUR flEVIEW OF TITO'S RECENT SPEECHES
AS RELEASED IN ENGLISH, WE FIND THAT, WHILE INDICATING HE
WILL BE EVEN LESS ATTENTIVE TO THE WEST HE DOES STRESS CO-
ORDINATION WITH "OTHER NONALIGNED COUNTRIES"--AN IMPLICATION
HE STILL CONSIDERS YUGOSLAVIA TO BE AMONG THEM.
D. CHINESE NATIONALISTS: THE NATIONALISTS HAVE PUB-
LICLY ADMITTED THAT THE COMMUNIST CLAIMS TO HAVE ROLLED UP
172 GUERRILLAS SENT TO THE MAINLAND BY TAIPEI IS CORRECT
BUT SAY MANY MORE ARE STILL IN OPERATION. WE THINK FEW, IF
ANY, ARE STILL ACTIVE.
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F. USSR: THE SOVIETS ARE CONTINUING TO TEST THE AIR-
TO-SURFACE MISSILE WHICH WE
THINK THEY INTEND TO HANG ON THE SUPERSONIC-DASH
BOMBER.
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