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THE PRESIDENT’S | INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 27 NOVEMBER 1963 TOP SECRET
ye Syria-Iraq _b, | lphotogra phy: shows isix SAM sites in ‘western Cuba, These sites are in addition - to those at which we noted the pres- ence of Cuban interpreters as we reported on Saturday. — e, The purpose, it appears, — was to shift the mission of the sys= tem from an area defense of the island as a whole to point defense of specific targets, particularl Havana, | a, Syrian leaders have acceded to pressure from Iraq and have ex- pelled Iraqi Baathist extremist Ali Saadi. He has gone to Athens For The President Only - Top Secret
PARTY STRENGTHS IN TURKISH ELECTIONS (by % of foto! vote) 1961 General Election 1963 Local Election Republican Peoples' Perty (RPP) . Republican Peasant Nation Party (RPNP) Notion Party (NP) Independents (or unreported vote) Turkish Labor Party (TLP) 631125 c
3. Turkey b. This is an earnest of the - desire of moderate Baathist leaders in Damascus to preserve workable re- lations with Iraq, partly as a counterbalance to Cairo and parily -to preserve what remains of Baathist influence in Baghdad. a. Prime Minister Inonu's coalition government is about to collapse. . b. It has long been shaky. Last week it was dealt a severe set- back when the opposition Justice Party, heir of the Menderes regime, emerged from local elections as the country's majority party. (Cont 'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
rc "605 MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN SOVIET AGRICULTURE 160 INDEX OF NET AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION —, j 1950 = 100 s 1963-9 140 Fertili zer program. 120 plant fallow lands. 100 Oe i Livestock produc: 1 prices raised. |, 1961~62 ay 1958 Machine-tractor oo stations abolished. 4 1957-58 WH Program to “catch up” with Pa US in meat ond milk output 80 Administeative 4 reorganizations. aot 20 e 0 kes. eos fe ith s Recaie [4 ‘i z 3 Spee HE eS. VEN 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 963 631021 24
4, USSR wheat For The President Only - Top Secret ec. Now the Peasant Party, one of the three in the coalition, has voted to pull out, and probably will do so as soon as Inonu gets back from Washington. Another partner, the Turkey Party. has wanted to pull out d. A new coalition is at least a theoretical possibility, with a number of independents taking the place of the Peasant Party, but Inonu probably would not be prime minister, e. The military are working for an alli-party coalition, This way, they feel, they could keep tabs on the Justice Party, but the Justice Party is not likely to buy this arrangement. f. As matters now stand, the military would take over the govern- ment itself before it would let the Justice Party form one. a. [the decision to buy wheat abroad was taken to avoid lowering reserves, which he has described as ample for one or two years. We think the sit- uation is more serious than that, (Cont'd)
b. This year's harvest was clearly very bad. The weight of evidence suggests that Soviet grain stockpiles have been far drawn down this year and are not sufficient to protect the country from another poor harvest. c. Our estimate is that total grain production each year since 1958 has been well below that year's level of 125 million tons, while the population has continued to grow. d. We have seen| | signs of extensive slaughtering in anticipation of fodder shortages during the winter. This runs counter to Khrushchev's oft-stated plan to build up the livestock industry. e. We have also noted that the extensive wheat purchases weaken the USSR's gold reserves at a time when it hopes to expand its imports of machinery for a huge chemical fertilizer progran. £f. In addition,we have seen signs of stringent measures to pro- tect the grain supply, accompanied by public discontent in some areas over the absence of bread. (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
Be Communist China - Argentina a. Peiping last week con- tracted for some 300,000 tons of wheat. (cost about $20, 000, 009) from Argentina, b. This adds to the 1,000,000 tons just contracted for with Aus- tralia, but is still far below the 5,000,000 tons the Chinese have normally imported in recent years. Additional suppliers will be hard to find. | For The President Only - Top Secret
6. Te Czechoslovakia-~- USSR a. Czech President and party boss Novotny has gone to Moscow, _ evidently for economic talks, judg- ing by the composition of his dele~- gation. b. Novotny's background of Stalinist excesses have put him on the wrong side of Khrushchev. They also have given rise to control problems, particularly in the frac- tious Slovak party where pressures for liberalization have made their mark. c. Party problems and Novotny's ' leadership may thus also come under Cambodia review, d. A curious sign of the times is the fact that, although President Novotny is in Moscow, the presidential flag has remained up at the official residence. It might simply have been an oversight, but the symbolism will not be lost to the people in Prague. a. Cambodia, as expected, has asked the Geneva co-chairman to call the Geneva conference participants - together (in Djakarta) to discuss measures "to ensure the internation- ally guaranteed and controlled neu- tralization of Cambodia.". (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
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b. Last year when this came up, the French were inclined to go along with some such idea, c. They have indicated to us that they still feel Sihanouk should not be turned down, and Sihanouk is obviously hopeful that they will exert pressure on us and the British. d. Sihanouk seems to be hoping for at least a rump session attended by conferees who are willing to do his bidding. genmausnsusnsasnssasnsasnsasnsssnsssnselssissississississississisnsisnsusnsississisnsisnsisnsnisnsisnsisasisnsisnsisnsisnsisnsnisnsnisasnisasnisasnisisnisisnisasnisisnisisnisii 8. Egypt—-Yemen (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret
9. Congo a. Opposition leftist Congo- lese exiles, operating from Brazza- ville across the river, are reported to be plotting to assassinate Congo- lese Premier Adoula and some of his ministers. — d. Adoula's government already knows that this group of left-wing subversives, which now numbers about 50, is being helped by the Communist bloc, e. It operates fairly freely in the loose circumstances which now obtain in Brazzaville. Its activities may soon become a serious source of friction between the two countries. For The President Only - Top Secret
NOTES South Korea With 85 percent of the vote in, Pak Chong-hui's Democratic Republican Party has already won an absolute majority in the National Assembly elections held yesterday, Venezuela The country's three major presidential candidates were the targets of unsuccessful assassi- nation attempts yesterday as Communist-<led terror- ists moved into’ the final week of desperate attempt to wreck next Sunday*s elections, A US Embassy of- ficial was also the intended recipient of a "Christ- mas package" containing, a bomb, Yesterday a US rubber warehouse was set afire and destroyed by terrorists, Indonesia~Philippines | Indonesia~Malaysia Indonesian-inspired press re- ports yesterday claimed a British military plane was shot down near the North Borneo border, | Cuba _ | (Cont *d) For The President Only - Top Secret
Cambodia Cambodia is cutting its diplomatic rep- resentation abroad to a bare minimum as an austerity measure following curtailment of US aid, Sihanouk announced last week that this would be done, saying that missions in Communist countries would not be - affected since those countries "protect" Cambodia, Curiously enough, among the missions being closed | down are those in New Delhi and Rangoon, USSR-US Pravda this morning reports on Gromyko's talks with President Johnson, giving top play to Senator Fulbright's remarks about the desirability of a meeting between the President and Khrushchev. _ For The President Only - Top Secret
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