477-10002-10096 JFK Assassination System Date: 3/6/2018 Identification Form een eet rnb Agency Information AGENCY: LBJ RECORD NUMBER: — 177-10002-10096 RECORD SERIES: NSF, INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS, 1 1/23/63-12/5/63, BOX | AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Document Information ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: . TO: TITLE: THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST \ DATE: 11/25/1963 PAGES: 1] SUBJECTS : INTELLIGENCE REPORT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — 1B; Mandatory Review Material CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 12/12/1997 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : DOC. #3 v9.1
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THE PRESIDENT’S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25 NOVEMBER 1963 TOP SECRET
1. South Vietnam a. Vietnamese Communist forces kept up their high post-coup level of activity over the weekend. b. The most significant action was an attack early yesterday morn- ing against a US special forces train- ing camp some 30 miles from Saigon. -c. When the smoke cleared after a sharp fight, four US soldiers were missing and at least 35 South Vietnamese were dead. ; d. Late yesterday morning, the Viet Cong shot down two aircraft sup- porting a government operation in the extreme south, and damaged twelve more, Two more Americans are missing in this action. e. Back in Saigon, the new re~- gime's troubles with the ambitious General Ton That Dinh continue. £. He is still angling to get control of the important strategic hamlet program and has yet to give up command of the Third Corps, which the generals assigned to another of their number earlier in the month. This corps is of particular signifi- cance in that it surrounds Saigon. For The President Only - Top Secret
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2. 3. Indonesia-~ Malaysia Venezuela _ a. Sukarno is beefing up the subversive aspects of his confronta- tion campaign against Malaysia. a. The weekend was marred only. by sporadic and minor acts of ter- rorism in several cities. Govern- ment security forces have the situa- tion generally under control. . b. The Venezuelan Air Force is stepping up its efforts to track down and destroy intruder aircraft. The Venezuelans are convinced that planes have been ferrying supplies to pro-Castro guerrillas in the mountains of the northwest. a . (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
4. 5. iraq. ‘Syria a. The air of tension in Bagh- dad dissipated somewhat after the government lifted the curfew and once again permitted private vehicles on the streets, b. Neither the city nor its new rulers. are, however, at ease, _ Troops are still very much in evi- dence, c. The new regime apparently is not convinced that the hard core of the Baath Party and its paramili- tary supporters have been put down for good. , a. We have information that a showdown between the moderate and extremist factions of the ruling Baath Party in Syria is fast approach- ing. , (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
6. Italy b. | Prime Minister Hafiz as the leading figure on the side of modera~ tion. General Umran heads the doc- trinaire extremists. c. It was a split along the same lines that brought about the Baath Party's fall from power in Iraq. a. Premier-designate Moro ex- pects that the program for a "center- left" coalition government will be approved today by the four parties involved, c. After the program has been approved, the final selection of a cabinet can be undertaken. This could take the rest of the week, For The President Only - Top Secret
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7. UAR-Yemen- Egypt a. The Saudis told our embassy in Jidda yesterday that_a Saudi vil- lage near the Yemeni border was at—- — tacked Thursday by Egyptian aircraft. b. It was the second time this | month that Yemeni-based Egyptian air- craft have struck across the border into Saudi Arabia. , c. As in the previous cases, the Saudis have lodged a formal com- plaint with the UN Observation Mis- | ‘For The President Only - Top Secret
B. “D. NOTES Oswald. Press stories to the effect that Lee Harvey Oswald recently visited Mexico City are true, accord- ing to our information. Oswald visited both the Cuban and the Soviet embassies on 28 September. He was trying, we are told, to arrange for visas so that he could travel to the USSR via Havana. He returned to the US on 3 October. Brazil A new round of military promotions and re- assignments will be made public today. The present instability of the Brazilian political scene is re- flected in the numerous reports of coup. plots which this event has precipitated. Algeria |a group of army officers is plotting with Defense Minister Boumedienne to overthrow Ben Bella. A growing estrange t| between the two has been apparent for some time |Boumedienne is making common cause with those who wish to turn Ben Bella out of office. (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret \ 5
Australia - Communist China Peiping has signed con- tracts for just over one million tons of Australian grain to be delivered early next year. We had been expecting the Chinese Communists to enter the market, since they had another mediocre grain crop this year. Peiping has been buying close to five million tons of grain for the past several years. Congo | the Soviet Embassy in Leopold- Ville had booked 75 places on a flight to Brussels no information on whether any Soviet Embassy officials have actually departed, however. Berlin There was no new harassment of Allied ac~ céss routes to Berlin over the weekend. A total of 16 flares were fired last evening near Tempelhof Airfield, but we connect these with Communist ef- forts to prevent escapes from East Berlin. East German police were observed stringing barbed wire in the same area a short time later. - Laos The neutralists claim to have made significant gains in their limited offensive in the Vang Vieng area. They have not, however, been able to dislodge the Pathet Lao from positions within artillery range of the town's airport. For The President Only - Top Secret