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TITLE: THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST

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THE PRESIDENT'S

INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST

ISSUED BY THE

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

26 NOVEMBER 1963

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1.

Iraq-Syria

a. The shaky new accommodation

between the two countries following

the recent coup in Iraq has been

threatened by Syria's action in' grant-

ing asylum to Ali Saleh Saadi, the

exiled leader of the extremist wing

of the Iraqi Baath.

b.

Saadi had arrived in Syria

unannounced following a brief stay

in Madrid.

on friday, Irag sent a

message asking Syria to expel him on

grounds that sheltering him was a

breach of agreement.

c .

Both regimes continue to be

troubled with internal dissension

with affairs in one deeply tangled

with those in the other.

d. In Syria, as we mentioned

yesterday, the Baathist regime is

split between moderates who desire

a broadening of the government's

power base, and a doctrinaire faction

which wants to keep all control of

the government in Baathist hands.

e.

In Irag, the pull is more

away from the Baathists.

Two minis-

ters have threatened to resign unless

the government adopts an openly pro-

Egyptian policy. Nevertheless the

government feels secure enough to

ease up on curfew and transport re-

strictions imposed since the coup.

(Cont 'd)

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2.

f.

Irag has announced that the

Laos

soon.

(Includes INTERCEPTS)

Intercepted neutralist mes-

sages on Sunday reported that govern-

ment forces had finally secured Vang

Vieng and its airfield, long held

by the Pathet Lao. They also told

of the capture of Ban Namone farther

south on Route 13.

b. The neutralist, rightist Lao

home, and Neo tribal guerrilla forces

to sustain their coordinated

clearing action until remaining Pathet

Lao pockets in this area north of

Vientiane are cleared.

C .

Such operations in Laos

have often been followed by a Com-

munist riposte.

We have a few in-

dicators that something could be up

on the Communist side, but these are

so far very tenuous indeed.

d. One such indicator is a

stand down in the last two weeks on

the Hanoi-controlled military com-

munications net in Laos which could

(Cont 'd)

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3.

South Vietnam

point to a change in the disposition

or strength of Communist forces.

Other enemy nets are normal.

e. There are also unconfirmed

reports of North Vietnamese troop

reinforcenents in the Plaine des

Jarres.

(INTERCEPTS)

a.

According to press reports,

Viet Cong attacks on Sunday wiped

out two of the government's strategic

hamlets in the central highlands about

250 miles north of saigon.

b. More than 1,000 inhabitants

in the

hamlets--who are minority

tribesmen--are missing and possibly

have fled into the mountains.

They

abandoned a significant quantity of

weapons to the Viet Cong.

These attacks not only sug-

gest continued erosion of the govern-

ment's programs to win over tribal

support, but also signal that stepped-

up Viet

Cong pressure against the new

regime is spreading to the north.

(Cont'd)

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USSR

d. This Communist effort is

aimed at discrediting the post-Diem

regime before the new leadership is

able to get its feet on the ground

and capture the loyalty and respect

of people in the provinces.

e.

Although the Viet Cong still

continues to draw its main strength

from local recruiting, a steady stream

of cadre and training personnel con-

tinues to make its way to the south

bord North Vietnam along the Laotian

f. We are now reasonably sure

that at least 784 persons infiltrated

from the north during 1963 and the

actual total may be much higher.

a .

There have been no further

developments in Soviet preparations

for a series of extended range ICBM

shots to the Pacific.

b. We probably should have had

by now an announcement closing an area

roughly 500 miles south of Johnston

Island to shipping. We suspect the

Soviets may have delayed it in order

not to appear to be rattling rockets

immediately after President Kennedy's

death.

(Cont 'd)

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5.

year's perhe man ey mental stre

ings from a prototype operational

complex at Tyuratam. Three such

launchings were attempted at five-

minute intervals in May 1963; two

succeeded.

d.

We also do not rule out the

possibility of firings from opera-

tional sites as opposed to the test

center at Tyuratam. We observed

the first such firing on 22 October

from the Plesetsk site, roughly 400

miles northeast of Moscow.

(Includes INTERCEPTS)

USSR-Berlin

a ..

Embassy Bonn feels that

the Soviet Union may be seeking at

least a temporary modus vivendi on

the autobahn without prejudicing

its juridical position, which can

be used to cause difficulties there

in the future.

b.

The embassy bases this on

the Soviet replies to the Western

notification to the USSR on 29

October regarding harmonized convoy

procedures--two oral statements on

16 November and a note of 21 Novem

ber.

(Cont' d)

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6.

Brazil

c. The Soviet note was designed

to make a record, showing that the .

USSR exercises "control" of the auto-

bahn and that the recent incidents

resulted from US refusal to comply

with "existing procedures."

d. On the other hand, the Soviet

procedures described in the oral re-

plies seem to reflect actual Allied

practices, though there is enough

ambiguity to afford the USSR flexi-

bility in any future actions.

a.

The danger of an immediate

coup against the Goulart regime has

receded with the reported decision

of Second Army Commander General

Bevilaqua not to join the coup plot-

ters.

b.

Bevilaqua, who has been some-

today as part of a series of reassign-

ments made by president Goulart to

keep the military off balance.

C .

On the other side of the

coin, there is widespread belief

that

Goulart himself will at some

time resort to a coup to establish

an authoritarian regime.

(Cont 'd)

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d. As one example Raneiri

Mazzilli, President of the Chamber

of Deputies and next in line for the

presidency, told Ambassador Gordon

on Saturday

that he profoundly mis-

trusts Goulart's intentions and in-

tends to maintain the strictest con-

gressional vigilance.

Our station in Brazil be-

lieves that Goulart is living in a

dream world. He seems either out

of touch with reality or very poorly

informed. Public opinion is not

with him and the tradition that po-

litical power should only be trans-

ferred constitutionally is very

strong in the army, coup reports

notwithstanding.

f. The biggest danger from

this quarter is that the oppositio

may resort to some illegal

act, giv-

ing Goulart the excuse to take

over.

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NOTES

A.

Ethiopia-Congo Haile Selassie has acceded to our

ambassador's request and is rescinding his earlier

decision to withdraw the 1,743-man Ethiopian con-

tingent from the UN force in the Congo.

B. Communist China - Africa

The Guinean ambassador

in Peiping has it unofficially that Premier Chou En-

lai will leave in mid-December for a tour of some

Afro-Asian countries. He is to stop first in Egypt

and then visit several other African countries includ-

ing Guinea, Ghana, and Mali. Chou would be the high-

est ranking Chinese leader ever to visit Africa, (IN-

TERCEPTS)

C.

Indonesia-Philippines Two good sources have reported

that President Sukarno plans to go to Manila this

Thursday to confer with Philippine President Macapagal.

No reasons have been advanced for the visit.. Our

chargé guesses that it is an Indonesian move to head

off Philippine recognition of Malaysia.

D. Venezuela

The terrorists have struck again, this

time firing six US-owned oil and gas pipelines near

the northeastern city of Puerto la Cruz.

The elec-

tions are still on for Sunday, and we look for a maxi-

mum effort from the pro-Castro terrorist organization.

Congo We now have word that 49 members of the Soviet

Embassy, including dependents, left Leopoldville on

Saturday aboard a Sabena flight for Brussels. They

are expected to book onward passage for Moscow. It is

reported that the Congolese will allow one Russian

without diplomatic status to stay to look after Soviet

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