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[15]THE PRESIDENT’S
[16]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
[18]- ISSUED BY THE
[19]wee a _CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[21]21 NOVEMBER 1963
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[30],+az- "The new 2l-man cabinet ap-
[31]pears to be a coalition of Arab
[32]nationalist elements including four
[33]members of the moderate wing of the
[34]Baath Party. The regime is still
[35]dominated by the military, with eight
[36]cabinet posts.
[38]—Fe
[40]‘1. Iraq
[42]i ee
[44]b. The new prime minister,
[45]Tahir Yahya,is sympathetic to the
[46]Baath Party, and both the Baathists
[47]and the Egyptians feel they can
[48]trust him.
[50]c. The political affiliation
[51]of eight of the new ministers is
[52]not known, but the key interior post
[53]is in the hands of an anti-Baathist
[55]nationalist.
[57]a. Defense Minister. Nasution
[58]has been ordered by Sukarno to make
[59]conciliatory statements on Malaysia
[60]while on his trip abroad.
[62]2. Indonesia
[64]b. The Dutch chargé who re-
[65]ported this explained that Nasution
[66]was chosen for this job because |
[67]‘Sukarno was irritated with the ultra-
[68]tough line the defense minister has
[70]a re
[72]taken. —_ _
[74]ae (Cont 'd)
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[81]|
[83]| switch. Our embassy thinks it may
[85]‘Nasution has stolen some of his
[87]Oe
[90]they could eat-up all the incrimin-
[92]. held at Ndolo prison. The Congolese
[93].gurete says the seized papers include,
[95]‘¢. The chargé has no informa-
[96]tion on the motives behind this
[98]be a move to pave the way for explora-
[99]tory talks by Foreign Minister Suband-
[100]rio at Bangkok with his Thai and
[101]Philippine counterparts. It may also
[102]be meant to provide a more recep-
[103]tive attitude for Nasution's visit
[104]here.
[106]d. Our embassy thinks Nasution
[107]went in for his Malaysia sabre rat~
[108]tling on Sukarno's orders, or at
[109]the very least, with the president's
[111]tacit support. Sukarno may feel
[113]ae ~ 7 : 5
[115]hunder, x
[118]a, Adoula still did not get
[119]around to announcing the expulsion
[120]of all Soviet and Czech embassy per-
[121]sonnel yesterday. However, his
[122]people managed on Tuesday afternoon
[123]to corral and hog-tie the Soviet
[124]counselor and press attaché before
[126]ating papers in their possession.
[128]b. The Russians are now being
[130]‘(among other things, minutes of a
[131]"liberation committee" meeting of op-
[132]position politicians in Brazzaville,
[134]and a document showing Soviet pay-
[136]ments to this group. eee
[137]near ee
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[146]4.
[148]Ethiopia-
[150]_from the Congo in January, according
[152]‘to see the Emperor, as well as the
[153]prime minister and foreign minister,
[155]c. The Belgian ambassador
[156]thinks these papers are probably
[157]genuine. He says the Russians have
[158]made the mistake of underrating the
[159]Congolese and have stumbled into a
[160]surete trap.
[162]‘d. The Congolese also picked
[163]up two Czech diplomats but have since
[164]released them. This morning they
[165]arrested the correspondent of the
[166]Soviet news agency.
[168]a. Haile Selassie is planning
[169]to withdraw all Ethiopian troops
[171]to the commander of his ground forces.
[173]‘b. The two battalions of
[174]Ethiopians provide the guts of the
[175]UN operation. They had been slated
[176]to stay until June and are likely to
[177]be very difficult to replace.
[179]_.@, .The Emperor. reportedly .
[180]ordered the withdrawal on grounds
[181]that the troops are urgently needed
[182]in Ethiopia, particularly in view
[183]of the Soviet military accord with
[184]Somalia,
[186]d. Our ambassador has asked
[188]to press for reconsideration.
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[198]5. Yemen /
[200]a. Military activity has
[201]slackened but the stalemate continues,
[203]b. Egypt still has about 32,000
[204]troops in Yemen, and Saudi Crown
[205]Prince Faysal believes Nasir will |
[206]not withdraw any significant number
[207]of them before 4 January when the
[209]'. extension of the disengagement agree-
[210]ment expires.
[212]c. Faysal is preparing to re-
[213]sume aid to the royalists at that
[214]time; he is stockpiling quantities
[215]of arms and ammunition along the
[216]border.
[218](Includes INTERCEPTS)
[220]a. The opposition Justice
[222]- Party, heir of the old Menderes re-
[223]gime, appears to have won a victory
[225].in Sunday's nationwide local, elec-
[227]tions on the basis of incomplete re-
[228]turns.
[230]b. The collapse of Prime Min-
[231]ister Inonu's coalition government
[232]appears increasingly likely. Though
[233]a new coalition may be formed, there.
[234]will. be considerable resistance to
[236]the retention of Inonu as prime min-
[237]ister.
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[244]c. Justice Party members will
[245]be putting on pressure for early
[246]national parliamentary elections.
[247]‘However their party leaders do not.
[248]believe the Turkish military, which
[249]ousted Menderes in 1960, would per~
[250]mit them to take over if they won
[251]new elections,
[253]d. They will probably try to
[254]work out some rapprochement with the
[255]armed forces.
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[263]NOTES
[265]A. Cuba The U~2 which flew yesterday's mission over
[266]' Cuba crashed while returning,about 40 miles north
[267]of Key West. Air and sea rescue craft were sent to
[268]the scene, An air rescue unit sighted an unopened
[269]parachute, a life raft,and 011 slick in the crash |
[270]area, The pilot is presumed lost. There is no in-
[271]dication that the plane was attacked.
[272]B. _Berlin,!\ Local East German troops acting without
[273]higher authority appear to have been responsible
[274]for turning high powered searchlights on pilots tak-
[275]ing off from West Berlin's Tempelhof airfield on
[276]-14-16 November. There were five such incidents. A
[277]“message of 16 November instructed border: guard ele-
[278]ments to discontinue such acts. There have been no
[279]further incidents reported since.
[281]wan _—
[283]j ‘A- Radio Tirana broadcast has accused
[284]a chev 0: personally releasing Barghoorn for
[286]ae fear that Moscow's wheat deal with the US might col-
[287]lapse, The Albanians are on record as preferring
[288]to eat grass rather than to kowtow to the West, but f
[289]‘they are not above eating Chinese wheat acquired fron LY
[291]—Restern sources
[293]The Soviet Union’ s timing seems to be
[294]od ol enament sources have reported that
[295]lane was shot down in Iranian ter-
[297]y Soviet jet fighters who violated
[298]ace. The Iranians say that the plane
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[307]government's land reform drive. The pilot was injured
[308]and his two passengers were killed. The incident
[309]comes at a time when Soviet President Brezhnev is
[310]visiting Tehran. He addressed a joint session of
[311]parliament today ._ :
[313]‘police seem to have restored order in
[314]owntown-Caracas, but terrorism contizues elsewhere.
[315]The slum district of Caracas to which the terrorists
[316].jretreated is under virtual martial law. . Among other
[317]Wi things, the Dupont paint warehouse at Maracaibo a,
[318]; et _afire_and totally < destroyed.—
[320]World. Ponce oun \ The WPC meeting in Warsaw next
[321]in another free-for-all. The
[322]Ichinese C Communist delegation, although not intent on
[323]disrupting the conference, plans to attack the WPC
[324]president's report given to a committee meeting in .
[325]Vienna last September. The Japanese delegates plan
[326]to give general support to the Chinese ard will try
[327]to forestall a vote on the Moscow test ben treaty.
[329]F.
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[333]SER
[336]; DOCUMENT OF INTEREST
[337]Debriefing of Professor Frederick Barghoorn
[339]le
[340]For The President Cnly - Top Secret
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[345], a,
[347]THE PRESIDENT’S -
[348]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
[350]ISSUED BY THE
[351]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY —
[353]20 NOVEMBER 1963
[354]TOP SECRET.
[356]sh
[358]1. Iraq-Syria ape Be “Although ‘sporadic gunfire aa
[359]gst, continued through the night in Bagh-
[360]bo. re pov dad, the army is in control.
[362]44 (0 ly pY mo
[363]ve b. Arif has plans to announce
[364]£437 5 ‘the make-up of his cabinet today.
[365]‘It will probably contain some "mild"
[366]Baathists.
[368]Peg ey
[370]c. He permitted Syrian atrong-
[371]man Hafiz and Michel Aflaq, the
[372]founder of the Baath Party, who were
[373]caught in Baghdad by the coup, to
[375]C \ ite) fly back to Damascus yesterday after
[376]- the Syrian radio suddenly stopped
[377]vilifying the newest Iraqi regime.
[379]da. Arif and his colleagues
[380]obviously hope to reach an-under- -
[381]standing with the Syrian regime. We
[382]doubt very much if they are interested,
[383]however, in the meaningful political
[384]and military unity the previous re-
[385]gime was aiming for.
[387]ye ge e, An intercepted message in- |
[388]ae 1q dicates that Syrian arny units, now
[389]para’ in Iraq, are getting ready to go hone. .
[391]£. The retention of Baathists
[392]in positions of power in Baghdad also
[393]tends to ease the threat to the party
[394]in Syria. .
[396]Cre RE Prs)
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[403]2. Venezuela . a. The Communist effort to
[404]/ frustrate the presidential election
[405](1 December) continues.
[407]b. An illegal transmitter was
[408]heard yesterday in Caracas calling
[409]0.9 © _for a 48-hour general strike and
[410]urging listeners to arm themselves
[411]Qu against the Betancourt government.
[413]ce. Roving bands of Comaunist-
[415]lag IGN oY led terrorists sought to enforce the
[416]generally unsuccessful strike with
[417]gunfire. There were at least nine
[418]deaths (some reports go as high as —
[419]19). Guerrilla activity in rural
[420]areas is also being stepped up.
[422]BR
[424]“a. The government has jailed —
[425]an added 200 extremists in the wake
[426]of yesterday's violence and plans
[427]are afoot to detain 1,500 more.
[429]e. The army is being held in
[431]wo reserve in the Caracas area.
[433]Cs Cincbads, Int rrogts
[434]- 3. South Vietnam a. Ton That Dich, whom we had
[435]earlier identified as the least re-
[436]liable of the generals’ group, is
[437]trying to use his position as security
[438]_minister to build himself an independ-
[439]ent political base.
[441](Cont'd)
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[451]b. He has been visiting provin-
[452]cial cities to "explain" the military |
[453]takeover and receive expressions of
[454]loyalty. He has continued to spread
[455]the idea that the coup was largely
[456]his own doing.
[458]c. Dinh has directed provincial
[459]chiefs to submit to him daily reports
[460]on local politics. (INTERCEPTS)
[462]d. This is going on while
[463]other members of the regime are
[464]squabbling about who should be in
[465]the "council of sages" and what it
[466]should do.
[468]Ry re ae ;
[469]4. France-Israel =“ a. We have picked up further
[470]details on the surface-to-surface
[471]missile system which a French firm
[472]is developing for the Israelis,
[474]b. The firm, Marcel Dassault, |
[475]is to produce and test fire 25 mis-
[476]siles between July 1964 and July
[477]1965. An actual production contract
[478]for perhaps 250 missiles will be
[480]' @rawn up late in the period if all
[481]goes well.
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[486]' Cc. Design requirements call
[487]‘tor the delivery of a 1,600-pound
[488]/ warhead to.a maximum range of 300
[489]/ /miles with a CEP slightly in excess
[490]/ of half a mile. A conventional war-
[491]jf head would not make military sense
[492]under these Specifications.
[494]a. pamphlets and posters
[495]bitterly lampooning Nasir, espe-—
[496]cially for his involvement in Yemen .
[497]and Algeria, have appeared on the
[498]streets of Cairo and Suez.
[500]Usk
[502]b. Such public expression of
[503]anti-Nasir sentiment is highly
[504]unusual. ;
[506]ce. It is still ina very low
[507]key, however, and there is no sign
[508]of organized opposition.
[510]d. We do not consider Nasir
[511].to be in any immediate danger of
[512]overthrow, though he could be forced
[513]to modify unpopular policies if the
[514]discontent spreads.
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[524]a. The return last week of
[525]Vice President Lechin, who has been
[526]on ice as Bolivia's ambassador in
[527]Rome, will heat things up in La Paz.
[529]6. Bolivia
[531]b. The city has already wit-
[532]nessed four minor demonstrations
[533]which Embassy La Paz attributes to.
[534]left-wingers encouraged by Lechin's
[535]presence.
[537]c. Lechin, who has ambitions
[538]to replace President Paz, intends
[539]to tour the country to rally his
[540]political forces, now in disarray .
[541]as a result of. some astute moves
[542]by Paz.
[544]d. If Lechin decides after
[545]these soundings to come out openly .
[546]against the president, he will try
[547]to arrange a series of strikes early
[548]next year to point up his strength.
[550]a. Sihanouk may have finally
[551]painted himself into a corner on US
[552]aid.
[554]b. He has followed up yester-
[555]day's emotional public renunciation
[556]with an official request to our embassy
[557]for talks on the subject.
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[566]c. We are always reluctant to
[567]predict just what Sihanouk will do
[568]next, but he may hope, perhaps ex-
[569]pect, that the US will press him to
[570]retain some of our aid, even on. his
[571]terms. ,
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[581]NOTES
[585]A clandestine source tells” us | that Adoula ~
[586]IT finally announce this morning the expulsion of
[587]a i”. _all personnel of the Soviet and Czech embassies.
[588]ci o& This move has. been, hanging fire ever since security
[589]oo officials turned up evidence several weeks ago in-
[590]ae plicating personnel of these embassies in antigovern-| |
[591]ts | we ment activities. The Congolese ambassador in Moscow
[592]has been directed to destroy his classified files.
[593]° A new “series ‘of ‘extended range- ‘missile tests
[594]“to be upcoming. Three Soviet range instrumen-
[595]woe tation ships left Petropavlovsk nine days ago and
[596]me are apparently headed for the more distant Pacific ;
[597]C. \O impact area, 6,500 miles from Tyuratam. There has
[598]so re) been no announcement closing the area. (INTER~./.
[599]CEPTS X
[601]> peiping | has been 1 quick 4 to > exploit ‘the ~
[603]; Opening provided by Barghoorn's release. To the
[604]> Chinese this affair is an object lesson in how
[606]Khrushchev knuckles under to US pressure without 7
[607]Apr getting a thing An return. a Oo
[609]-D. USSR-Cuba "phe ‘five passenger ships we mentioned ‘in
[611]-——\Tast; Thursday's Checklist have docked and departed.
[613]\Soue of them brought in rotational troops and all. of po cane
[615]'\them took out Soviet personnel. We cannot strike a ia
[617]“Mirm balance on the basis of the evidence we now have,
[619]but it. is possible that as many Soviets went out as
[621]came in. (INTERCEPTS) ;
[622]ay 6 eae (Cont'd)
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[628]vt
[630], Czechoslovakia-Mali |. We have an intercepted message
[631]sit tan am assador in Prague reporting in-
[632]cidents between Czechs and Malians a week ago Sunday.
[633]There were, the ambassador notes, “only six wounded
[634]on the Malian side." (INTERCEPT)
[636]Theda does not appear to be in any particular”
[637]“€rouble in tomorrow's elections. The long-range trend
[638]- toward.the left in popular vote will probably be ap-
[639]parent, but Ikeda's Liberal Democratic Party should
[640]retain a safe majority in the next Diet. The leftists:
[641]. have tried to turn rising prices and last week's twin
[642], disasters into election Ammunition, but without |
[643]Y marked success. _
[645]Djakarta is trying to round up support
[646]Sukarno's little Olympics, the "Games of
[647]the New Emerging Forces," a permanent thing. In
[648]Q:¢*” ~=making a pitch along these lines to the Philippine
[649]po ambassador, a high Indonesian official candidly ad-
[650]mitted that Djakarta views this sort of athletic
[651]competition as a means of achieving political ends.
[652](INTERCEPTS) —— =
[654]Indonesia |
[656]The Israeli foreign office says Ben Gurion |
[657]ing the Sulzberger account in last Saturday's | .
[658]New York Times of Ben Gurion's "hints" about experi- |-
[659]ments in “military atomics" at Dimona. Ambassador |
[660]) Barbour is not entirely convinced of this, however, |
[662]and recalls Ben Gurion's oft-expressed opinion that |
[664]it does no barn to let Nasir worry about Dimona. |
[666]H. Israel
[668]A new round of. army promotions and shifts
[669]_ od land are due to be announced Monday. Anti-
[670]Goulart elements fear, probably with good reason,
[671]ye recs +4 that their ranks will be further thinned. Congeni-
[673]3/3 4%) tal plotters on the far right are talking coup yet
[675]q wap gw again.
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[735]THE PRESIDENT’S | ,
[736]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
[738]ISSUED BY THE |
[739]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[741]22 NOVEMBER 1963
[742]FOP SECRET
[747]In honor of President Kennedy.
[748]for whom the President's Intelligence Checklist
[749]' was first written on 17 June 1961
[751]For The President Only «top=Geerelen
[753]For this.day, the Checklist Staff can
[754]find no words more fitting ‘than a
[755]verse quoted by the President to a
[756]group of newspapermen the day he
[757]learned of the presence of Soviet
[758]missiles in Cuba.
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[763]Bullfight critics ranked in rows
[764]! Crowd the enormous plaza full;
[765]But only one is there who knows
[767]And he's the man who fights the bull.
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[771]Ltn a?
[774]ledDre Ae "GRIFFON", THE SOVIET ANTIMISSILE DISPLAYED IN THE
[775]wre . .
[777]HibJes, 7 NOVEMBER MOSCOW PARADE, APPEARS DESIGNED ONLY FOR USE WITHI
[778]No Ajoy
[780]| \ ‘THE ATMOSPHERE.
[782]os
[785]. B. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF PHOTOS OF THE MISSILE INDICATES
[786]IT WEIGHS ABOUT 2,000 POUNDS LESS,AND HAS LESS THRUST THAN
[788]' ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED.
[789]i C. ITS PROBABLE. BEST PERFORMANCE ALTITUDES ARE FROM
[790]1 \ 50,000 TO 100,000 FEET, AND IT IS NOT THEREFORE COMPARABLE
[793]i}
[797]“~~~.” SIHANOUK HAS GIVEN THE FRENCH IN PHNOM PENH FORE-~
[799]y WARNING THAT HE PLANS TO REVIVE HIS NEUTRALITY GUARANTEE
[801]4 y . . . ‘
[803]Lon PROPOSALS . :
[804]3ar |
[805]3% B. HE WANTS THE TWELVE GENEVA CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS (UBE
[807]Bo- yj 70 MEET IN SOME ASIAN CITY; "AT THE GREAT POWERS' EXPENSE,"
[808](udsxs TO WORK OUT A NEUTRALITY GUARANTEE DECLARATION.
[810](o> C. THE FRENCH SAY THEY PLAN TO RESPOND FAVORABLY AND .
[811]\. HOPE WE WILL TOO,LEST SIHANOUK OTHERWISE TAKE THE FINAL IR-
[812]: REVOCABLE STEP INTO THE COMMUNIST BLOC.
[816](CONT *D)
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[826]D. _ MEANWHILE PEIPING HAS DECLARED IT WOULD GIVE "ALL-
[828]‘OUT SUPPORT SHOULD CAMBODIA ENCOUNTER ARMED INVASION INSTI-
[829]- GATED BY THE US OR ITS VASSALS."
[830]E. “Sg@@wERE-MINISTER OF DEFENSE LON NOL HAS INTIMATED
[831]TO GENERAL TABER THAT THE CAMBODIAN MILITARY DOES NOT APPROVE
[833])
[834]|
[835]|
[836]i
[837]f
[839]| OF TERMINATION OF US AID. CAMBODIAN MILITARY OFFICERS HAVE
[840]MADE IT PLAIN THAT THE US RETAINS A RESERVOIR OF GOOD WILL
[842]WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY. Oo
[843]Fans A. CUBA-US: A PRENSA LATINA ITEM YESTERDAY DATELINED
[844]. NEW YORK, SAYS THE STUDENT COMMITTEE FOR TRAVEL TO CUBA HAS -
[845]STARTED ORGANIZING ANOTHER TRIP, HOPEFULLY TO INCLUDE AS
[846]MANY AS 500 STUDENTS THIS TIME. OVER 100 ARE SAID TO HAVE
[847]APPLIED SO FAR. .
[849]WORT B. U-2 CRASH: SALVAGE OPERAT IONS CONTINUE ON THE
[851]Mé4p WRECKAGE OF THE U-2, THERE IS STILL NO TRACE OF THE PILOT,
[853]Cok CAPTAIN HYDE, WHO EVIDENTLY EJECTED SOMETIME ‘BEFORE IMPACT.
[855]Cc.
[857]_DENMARK-USSR? : ie DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAEKKERUD,
[859]‘VISITING KHRUSHCHEV ON “THURSDAY, PRESENTED HIM WITH A MADE-
[861]IN-DENMARK ROCKING CHAIR ’ EXPRESSING THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD
[862]NOW BE POSSIBLE TO ROCK IN RHYTHM IN BOTH THE KREMLIN AND
[863]THE WHITE HOUSE. APPARENTLY KHRUSHCHEV WILL BE MAKING HIS
[864]SCANDANAVIAN TOUR ‘NEXT SPRING.
[866](CONT 'D)
[868]2/6R
[870]TOP SECRET DINAR
[874]SECRET DINAR
[876]THE DIET.
[877]IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IKEDA'S POSITION WITHIN THE PARTY MAY
[879]WHILE IT IS TOO | BARLY TO MAKE A DETAILED ANALYSIS,
[881]BE SOMEWHAT LESS SECURE. THE SOCIALISTS GAINED A FEW SEATS,
[883]BUT FELL SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF BREAKING THE"ONE-THIRD
[885]INDONESIAN OFFICIALS ARE LETTING IT ;
[889]Be
[890]BE KNOWN INDIRECTLY, VIA THE OIL COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES,
[892]'
[894]THAT SUKARNO “MAY WELL HOLD UP SIGNATURE OF THE LAW RATIFYING
[896]t
[897]n
[899]OIL CONTRACTS WITH THE BIG THREE UNTIL THE US POSITION ON AID NRR
[901]TO INDONESIA IS "CLARIFIED." US AID THEY SAY WAS PROMISED i.
[903]BY WILSON WYATT AS PART OF A “PACKAGE DEAL" FOR SETTLING WITH
[905]THE OIL COMPANIES. rn |
[907]TOP SECRET DINAR
[910]THE PRESIDENT’S
[911]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
[913]ISSUED BY THE .
[914]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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[919]1. South Vietnam
[921]1 dk
[924]ce
[926]a. Vietnamese Communist ef-
[927]forts to discredit the new Saigon -
[928]regime stayed in high gear this
[929]week 7 - .
[931]b. The number of armed attacks.
[932]was off from the high of the previous
[933]week but still some 50% above the
[934]year‘s weekly average.
[936]- ©€. These attacks have been,
[937]for the mst part, small-scale efforts
[938]directed against the government's
[939]paranilitary forces in the villages.
[940]They have bees designed more for
[941]their psychological impact than for
[942]immediate military gain.
[944]d. & high volume of messages
[945]on Viet Cong military and political
[946]communications nets indicates a prob-
[947]able continuation of this effort.
[949]e. The new government is re-
[950]sponding ty stepping up its own
[952]military sperations. It is also .
[954]setting atout the hard job of re-
[956]‘vamping tie Diem government apparatus
[957]- and harnessing broader popular sup- —
[958]port for the var effort.
[960]f. Yhe generals have been
[961]dealing fsirly effectively with
[963](Cont'd)
[965]For The Fresicdent Only - Top Secret
[967]oe
[970]Beep ee EE a ee Ge ee ee G& ET ES oe oe
[972]' their new responsibilities. There
[973]are, however, a few signs of dissen-
[974]sion within this group and between
[975]it and civilian politicians.
[977]g. One of the more ambitious
[979]- and troublesome figures is the able
[980]but opportunistic General Ton That
[981]Dinh, the new Minister of Security.
[982]He has been travelling about the
[983]country spreading the idea that the
[984]coup was largely his doing and seems
[985]bent on developing his own independ-
[986]ent base of power. He is a man to
[987]watch. ,
[989]h. The new regime has also
[990]embarked on a purge of high military
[991]‘officers who sided with Diem during
[992]the Buddhist crisis.and failed to
[993]get on the right side soon enough.
[994](INTERCEPTS) a
[996]- a. The ‘death toll from the
[997]terrorist outburst in Caracas last
[998]Tuesday and Wednesday now stands at
[999]about 30.
[1001]b. This is the high water mark
[1002]thus far in the campaign of the |
[1003]Castro-supported Communist extremist
[1004]to disrupt the national elections a
[1005]week from tomorrow.
[1007]aC GL)
[1009]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1011]13-00000
[1013]c. The Betancourt government
[1014]has. struck back hard. Its new uni-
[1015]fied command over the security forces,
[1016]‘set up at US urging, passed this
[1017]initial test with flying colors.
[1019]dad. At least 500 extremists
[1020]were arrested and the round-up is
[1021]still going on. Their removal. will
[1022]hamper the Communist drive against
[1023]elections in major cities like Caracas,
[1025]e. We now expect the elections
[1026]to be held on schedule, a consider-
[1027]able achievement under the circunm-
[1028]stances. The elections will be fol-
[1029]‘lowed, however, by a Communist ef-
[1030]fort to prevent the March inaugura-
[1031]tion of the victor.
[1033]. £. - The rub here is that none
[1034]of the presidential candidates com-
[1036]siderable assets for dealing success-
[1037]fully with the harsh realities of
[1038]Venezuelan politics. The constitu-
[1039]tion. prevents Betancourt from suc-
[1040]ceeding himself.
[1042]g. In the background, as
[1043]always, looms the military, which
[1044]could intervene if the president-
[1046]' elect shows signs of being soft on
[1048]communism.
[1049]wee
[1051]| WR
[1053]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1056]CUBA
[1058]Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) Sites
[1060]an JoRAVANA EAST
[1061]: ne
[1062]t ; ASuatiago de 18% Vesey é
[1063]f
[1064]) >) SAN JULIAN Si ae ~ a
[1065]:. (Training site) “iste of Pines , a
[1067]4
[1068]t ;
[1069]& New site
[1070]: @ Unchanged site
[1071]: f- Estimated range
[1072]a
[1073]q 7 ° 30 100
[1075]NAUTICAL MILES
[1077]i, O,
[1078]Holguin _
[1079]NR
[1081]: Santiago de Cul e
[1084]: _U-S-Naval Base
[1086]34095 -
[1087]11 OCTOBER 1963
[1089]SECRET
[1092]a) a; a)
[1094]3. USSR-Cuba _@, In the past week[we inter-71
[1095]. cept Scaban military (messages which7?{
[1097]_ .....' .. show|that Cuban interpreters are now
[1099]a5 \ postéd at several surface-to-air mis-
[1101]sile (SAH) sites on the island.
[1102]yo |
[1104]a b. We think this means that
[1105]on-site training of Cubans has begun
[1106]on schedule. Field training is to
[1108]‘(tk last six months, after which the
[1110]SAM system may be turned over to
[1112]et \ . 9” Castro.
[1114]c. Im the past month some
[1115]onl ok)
[1117]_
[1119]wae 1,500 Soviets arrived in Cuba. Most
[1120]° of these were probably S4M experts,
[1121]sent to monitor the training.
[1123]d. Prior to their coming, we «
[1124]_had detected no more than a few
[1125]hundred Soviet nilitary personnel
[1126]entering Cuba since the October
[1127]crisis last year.
[1129]e. We estimate that at least
[1130]15,000, and probably closer to
[1131]18,000, have been withdrawm in the
[1132]intervening 13 months, leawing, very
[1133]roughly, 4,000 to 7,000. hose re-
[1134]maining are for the most part ad-
[1135]visors whose main functions are to
[1136]train and supervise Cubaas in the
[1137]use of weapons turned over to them.
[1139](Cont 'd)
[1141](BR
[1143]For The President Oriv - Ton Secs! Sos mm a
[1148]Autobahn
[1149]Air Corridor
[1150]Corrol Points for Allied Traffic:
[1151]A Soviet & Allied -
[1153]txtterzonaf Border Crossing Points:
[1154]A East LA West
[1156]td | wan womens Rscusnr] —_-
[1158]RiLOMPETERS 0 5 140 +
[1161]#. All Soviet weapons intro-
[1162]g@uced into Cuba last year have been
[1163]withdrawn or turned over to the -
[1165] @Cabers. The only significant excep-
[1166]tiem is the SAM systen.
[1167](Imelnudes INTERCEPTS)
[1169]2a. .We have had an indication
[1170]that Seviet harassment of Allied ac-
[1171]cess routes to West Berlin will shift
[1172]this weekend to the air corridors.
[1174]b. The Soviet man at the Ber-
[1175]lim aie traffic control center told
[1176]the Zllied representatives yesterday |
[1177]that Soviet transports would be using
[1178]the sir corridors for brief flights
[1179]dcurizg the next five weekends.
[1181]c. Moscow has tried on a nun-
[1182]ber of past occasions to assert its
[1183]right to restrict Allied use of the
[1185]‘air corridors. In early 1962, the
[1186]Soviets 2zttempted to reserve "blocks"
[1187]of air space for their own use. They
[1188]kave since demanded that Western
[1189]fligtts stay between stipulated al-
[1190]titedes, that we file flight plans
[1191]in advance and provide prior notice
[1192]of berder-crossing times.
[1194](Cont 'd)
[1196]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1199]5.
[1201]Iraq-Syria- po
[1202]UAR oo
[1204]on Berlin.
[1206]_ Iraq and Syria.
[1208]aa Ge om Se ee oe oo 8 oS ee lee ee
[1210]d. This sort of harassment
[1211]stopped in the spring of 1962 when
[1213]- Soviet leaders became convince@ ~~~"
[1215]that the US was interested in a
[1217]serious discussion of a Berlin settle-
[1218]ment. Moscow may hope that the
[1220]threat of more of this sort of har-
[1221]assment: will Jog | the US into talks a
[1223]a. It now appears that Presi-
[1224]dent Arif's role in last. Monday's
[1225]coup in Baghdad may have been vir-
[1226]tually that of a bystander.
[1228]b. According to our latest in-
[1229]formation, Arif was wakened early
[1230]that morning and given five minutes
[1231]to join up. Tahir Yahya, now prime
[1232]minister, was reportedly the orga-
[1233]nizer.
[1235]c. Whatever Arif's role may
[1236]have been, the coup was primarily
[1237]an effort by the Iraqi Army to cur-
[1238]tail the activities of the extreme
[1239]wing of the Baath Party. The Baath
[1240]is an Arab nationalist political or-
[1241]ganization, active throughout the
[1242]Arab world, which has been ruling
[1244]ont ‘'d)
[1246]\ (KE .
[1248]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1250]re
[1252]ad. The coup group has not
[1253]thrown all Baathists out of the
[1254]government; there are party members
[1255]in the new cabinet.
[1257]: e. Syrian Baathists have wel-
[1258]comed this retention of their Iraqi
[1259]brothers. Their attitude springs
[1260]from the recognition that the Baath
[1261]in Syria cannot stay afloat without
[1262]support from Iraq. Even so, we hear
[1263]talk of coup plotting in Damascus.
[1265]f. The reaction of Nasir's
[1266]Egypt, which passionately. desires
[1267]to see the. Baath go under, has been
[1269]‘exactly. the opposite. Cairo-has- been:|---—- -----
[1271]backing off its all-out support for .
[1272]the coup ever since the new cabinet
[1273]was announced.
[1275]‘(Includes INTERCEPTS)
[1277]\/Ke
[1279]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1282]A
[1284]TYURATAM Jam
[1286]NORTHERN
[1287]~ IMPACT
[1288]_ AREA
[1290]- SOUTHERN
[1291]IMPACT re
[1292]AREA a
[1294]“TOP SECRET
[1295]DINAR
[1297]ae a ns Ao ee ent a Bat
[1300]Re | "New: activity involving Soviet ‘range ‘instru—
[1302]rion ships in the Pacific appears to be forth-
[1304]Three instrumentation ships left Petropav-
[1306]}lovsk 12 days ago and are apparently headed for the
[1308]jmore distant Pacific impact area, 6,500 miles from
[1309]Tyuratam. We are looking for extended range ICBM
[1310]tests but we do not exclude a space event. There
[1311]has so far been no announcement closing t the area,
[1313](CINTERCEPTS) — ee - os
[1315]i ‘Leopoldville, but their departure is expected
[1316]| - momentarily. They were ordered out of the country
[1317]after the Congolese turned up good documentary evi-
[1318]‘| dence of their complicity in anti-government plots.
[1319]| One of the items taken off a Soviet diplomat the
[1320]other day was a letter from an anti-Adoula leader i
[1321]now in Brazzaville asking for funds and arms to over
[1322]throw the Leopoldville government. oo
[1324]; _ Britain’ : ‘The Labor party scored again in the ‘Dundee
[1325]] sone “election Thursday, increasing its 1959
[1326]Npeieqe majority of 719 to a thumping 4,955. Heartened by
[1327]2evpy oO this, Labor is now pushing for general elections at
[1328]“ once. _ Prime ‘Minister. ‘Home is not likely to accede. .-
[1332]‘D,_Beuador |. The military junta which has run Ecuador
[1333]ae nee ly may be about to come unstuck. We have a
[1334]report that one of the less savory members of the
[1335]group, air force Colonel Freiles, will try to take
[1336]"over full control this weekend. We are not sure
[1337]-of the reliability of this report, but Freiles is
[1338]_ known to have been making motions in this direction. |
[1340]ont 'd)
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[1345]tet rr)
[1346]Gane 4)
[1348]Cosmos 13 |
[1350](Sputnik 34). >
[1352]Cosmas 15
[1353]{Sournike 37)
[1354]Cosmas 16:
[1355]{Spurnik 38)
[1356]Cosmos 17
[1357](Sputnik 39)
[1359]Cosmos 13
[1361]‘Sputnik 40).
[1363]Cosmos 20
[1364](Sputnix £4)
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[1406]Kapustin Yor
[1408]Kopustin Yor
[1410]Kepustin Yor
[1413]Kapuatin Yar
[1419]102.75
[1421]17
[1423]ad
[1425]Bm 62
[1427]Qecoyed
[1430]Cecayed
[1431]D Oct.*62
[1433]Kapustin Yor
[1434]Tyuratom
[1436]Kapustin Yor
[1438]Tyureram
[1442]tecoweres
[1443]TS age 62
[1445]Tyurator.
[1447]Kopustin Yor
[1450]18 Oct 163
[1452]Tvurato~
[1454]24 Oct'63
[1456]1034:25
[1457]16 Nov '65
[1459]Kapustin Yor
[1461]Tyurore~
[1464]|. ‘prime Minister Sarit, who suffers from
[1465]<— cu ple liver disease, is failing. Doctors
[1466]a Ik, ‘attending him, including one of our own, give him
[1467]iT 663 no more than six months more. Sarit has attempted.
[1469]: pee to arrange for an orderly succession when he does
[1471]Vin go. The chances of this are not good; Thai poli-
[1473]ie ticians and military figures are _Slready | Jostling
[1474]NS one another for Position...
[1476], Cosmos 22, launched a week ago, was recovered
[1478]esterday. It is the eleventh unmanned satellite to
[1480]’ be recovered. All recoverable satellites have been |
[1481]launched from Tyuratam, the main Soviet missile test |
[1482]center, and recovered after three to ten days aloft.
[1484]- A series of non-recoverable satellites has been
[1485]fired from Kapustin Yar.
[1486](See Chart) ee
[1487]CUNTERCEPTS). eee ee
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[1492](Security Classification)
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[1514](Security Classification)
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[1518]13-00000
[1520]THE PRESIDENT’S
[1521]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
[1523]ISSUED BY THE oe
[1524]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[1526]24 NOVEMBER 1963
[1527]TOP SECRET
[1529]13-00000
[1531]1. North Vietnam -
[1532]South Vietnam
[1534]SS Vetiae C23
[1535]Opeccte
[1536]IN CGCIS
[1538]Screg, (068
[1539]Hpoe 2500.
[1541]a. North Vietnamese leaders
[1542]are pressing their campaign for neu-
[1543]tralization of South Vietnam.
[1545]b. They can count on Cambodia's
[1546]support. Prince Sihanouk has said
[1547]he believes neutralization of South
[1548]Vietnam to be the only way to keep.
[1549]his country and the rest of the area
[1550]from falling eventually into Commu-
[1552]nist hands.
[1554]c.. The French feel the same
[1555]way. Indeed, Souvanna Phouma re-
[1557]portedly told a closed session of
[1559]the Laotian National Assembly that
[1560]the French were urging him to sup-
[1561]port Hanoi in this.
[1563]dad. Moreover, according to one
[1564]of our clandestine sources, ‘the North
[1565]Vietnamese have talked Souvanna into
[1566]backing the neutralization proposi—
[1567]tion in the UN.
[1569]e. The troublesome Polish ICC
[1570]delegate in Laos, Marek Thee (who
[1571]will be going home soon), has just
[1572]returned to Vientiane from Hanoi and
[1573]is trying, with somewhat less suc-
[1574]cess, to enlist British support too.
[1576](Cont'd)
[1578]ad
[1580]13-00000
[1582]© Phony Saty
[1583]ONGESALY
[1585]-
[1586]NAMTHA  Pyan sup
[1587]f. Naw
[1589] HOUA PHAN
[1591]ANS
[1593]. , wv
[1596]; Brace. Ka eo Ba t ar A
[1598]olin a race oa, Jor
[1600]S-eknousng
[1601]ir mA KHOUANG
[1603]“ a
[1605]Pi oat
[1606]BS R
[1607]i QHAMMRU ANE
[1608]i \ Nhorrimérath
[1609]: . a
[1611]‘Udo Tham?!
[1612]i
[1614]~T
[1616]} Muang Sakon Nannon? aN
[1617]L AJ N D
[1619](
[1624]Muang ( ~ oe SEAS
[1625]Yasothon | aravane
[1626]es *
[1628]inteenational boundary
[1630]Province Boundary
[1631]National capital
[1633]Province capital " i . ; ‘ eo
[1635]. : S aTToreu
[1636]Road .
[1637]- Track or trait
[1638]75 10G Mies
[1640]25 50 75 10C Kilometers UNCLASSIFIED
[1642]'&. Samut -oG
[1643]_ePrawan, Phe
[1648]13-00000
[1650]£. As part of the same campaign,
[1651]the North Vietnamese have told the
[1652]French they believe sentiment is
[1653]growing in the US for withdrawal of
[1654]US forces. They reportedly plan to.
[1655]keep the heat on to encourage it.
[1657]@. Hanoi is at the same time
[1658]trying quietly to encourage the belief .
[1659]that it is ready to be reasonable.
[1661]h. To hear Thee tell it, North
[1662]Vietnamese leaders feel that neutral-
[1663]ity for South Vietnam and eventual
[1664]reunification is the only way they, |
[1665]too, can -escape from  Peiping' s clutches.
[1667]Ls / a. “As is usual in Laos, the i
[1668]-“ tentative agreement for a cease-fire
[1670]Fp: ea reached last week between Kong Le
[1671]. | Ties G AR, Gry and Pathet Lao commander Singkapo
[1673]ann 1726 came to naught.
[1674]nie .
[1676]. 169% b. Bach side accuses the other BK
[1677]VY) 7,
[1678]of planning to use a cease-fire to
[1680]/trbas po Mack screen preparations for larger at-
[1682]2. Laos
[1687]tacks.
[1689]c. There is scattered fighting
[1690]in the Plaine des Jarres., Lao Army,
[1691]neutralist, and Meo guerrilla ele-
[1692]ments are jointly engaged in a
[1693]limited offensive in the vang Vieng
[1694]ee ae vo. a : (Gant ‘ay
[1696]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1698]. | yer
[1700]13-00000
[1702]: area north of Vientiane on Route 13.
[1703]' They hope to gain control of that
[1704]town and its small airfield,
[1706]‘Gd. We have been anticipating
[1707]an expansion of the fighting with
[1708]the recent advent of the dry season.
[1710]a. Sihanouk knows his actions
[1712]: against us have increased his vul-
[1714]s/s Inne. 2§ 2o nerability to the Communist bloc, and
[1715]he is looking to the French to bail
[1717]iweeé 7064, C7049 him out.
[1719]3 b. He has intimated that aid
[1720]Wi, 4, 23Woy : from France would be most welcome,
[1721]¥s bere Kewk 394 and he has asked that French advisors
[1723]37 on.
[1724]Flin Fink, Yo ¥o3 |
[1725]c. He apparently hopes that
[1727]BO - #2 2? dB O63 the availability of French aid will
[1728]0 A enable him to keep his balance with
[1730]3. Cambodia .
[1732]“uBR
[1734]the Communists and fend off their
[1735]Fu lb,67 pressure,
[1736]2 2 Wey d. The French have told our
[1738]Embassy in Paris that plans are
[1739]afoot for French Defense Minister
[1740]“Messmer to go to Cambodia in January.
[1742](Cont'd)
[1744]_-— a For The President Only - Top Secret
[1748]13-000Q0____
[1751]13-00000
[1753]e. Sihanouk's actions toward
[1754]the US have not been universally
[1755]popular. This is particularly true
[1756]among government officials, the bus-
[1757]iness community (who have reason to
[1758]fear stepped-up nationalization),
[1759]| and the military, where the US re-
[1761]tains a considerable reservoir of
[1762]| goodwill,
[1764]f£. Indications are that Si-
[1765]hanouk will try to win fuller sup-
[1766]port by creating new feuds with
[1767]neighboring South Vietnam and Thai-
[1768]_ land. This is a gambit he has used
[1769]_ to advantage in past ¢ difficulties.
[1771]4, Yemen-Egypt \- ; a. A ‘number of Yemeni leaders
[1772]ey ee have told us they want the Egyptians |
[1773], Cin CfoIS _ to get out of the Yemen. They want
[1775]\ to be left alone to solve their own
[1776]30 7 3068 3Gproblems, |
[1778]b. This is especially true
[1779]of those Sheikhs with large tribal
[1780]_ followings.
[1782]c. A general uprising against
[1783]the Egyptians is not likely at the
[1784]\ . moment, but the longer they remain,
[1785]_ i ‘the greater the possibility of major
[1786]\ | pro-government tribes deserting to
[1787]: | the royalists. ,
[1791]For The President Only - Top Secret _-~
[1795]13-00000 mst eed VE ETRE ata Sy AROSE aSL ai oan ET tae UTES ~~,
[1799]SOCIALISTS
[1800]87
[1802]39 4 OTHERS.
[1803]8: MONARCHISTS
[1805]27 NEO-
[1806]FASCISTS
[1808]44
[1810]LIBERALS
[1811]19 | 2 MONARCHISTS
[1813]15. NEO-
[1814]FASCISTS
[1816]CIB Sree
[1818]13-00000
[1820]. troops in the Yemen, has grudgingly
[1822], points north of the border.
[1824]d. Nasir, with some 30,000
[1826]promised to pull out 5,000 before
[1827]the end of the year. So far there
[1828]has been no sign he is preparing to
[1829]do so.
[1831]e. So far as we can tell,
[1832]Faysal has kept to his promise not
[1833]to supply the Royalists before the
[1834]latest extension of the UN observa-
[1835]tion mission runs out on 4 January.
[1837]-.£. But he has made plain his
[1838]intention. to resume supplying them
[1839]thereafter. There has been a sub-
[1840]stantial build up of Saudi supply
[1842]a. The Christian Democrats
[1843]and Socialists have finally reached
[1844]an! agreement on cabinet assignments
[1845]and a program for a “centerleft
[1846]coalition government,
[1848]be ‘Negotiations were especially
[1849]tough, but apparently President
[1850]Kennedy's death acted as a catalyst
[1851]to bring the two together.
[1853]For The President Only - Top Secret
[1857]13-00000
[1859]c. We do not yet have any in-
[1860]formation on how differences in key
[1861]issues such as MLF were worked out.
[1863]d. With Moro premier, Nenni
[1864]will probably become vice-premier,
[1865]Saragat, who is pro-US and pro-NATO,
[1866]is most likely to be named Foreign
[1867]Minister. a
[1869]pee
[1871]. For The President Only - Top Secret
[1875]13-00000
[1879]The Indian ‘military | attache in Moscow
[1881]~¥eels. tha t the Russians are dragging their feet in
[1882]the matter of military assistance for India. Mean-
[1884]phe while, we have a report (not yet confirmed) from
[1885]New Delhi that Defense Minister Chavan has decided»
[1887]Cx: 2R- C3 _to look to us. hereat. ter-for-fighter— aircraft. ~ aoe
[1889], Our “Embassy. in Moscow has gotten word of
[1891]—. Be ussr |’
[1893]a fs és recently at Ryazan, near Moscow, and in
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[1896]|-}elear, but bread shortages apparently were behind M4
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[1991]1. South Vietnam
[1993]a. Vietnamese Communist forces
[1994]-kept up their high post-coup level
[1995]of activity over the weekend.
[1997]b. The most significant action
[1998]was an attack early yesterday morn-
[1999]ing against a US special forces train-
[2000]ing camp some 30 miles from Saigon.
[2002]c. When the smoke cleared after
[2003]a sharp fight, four US soldiers were
[2004]missing and at least 35 South Vietnamese
[2005]were dead.
[2007]d. Late yesterday morning, the
[2008]Viet Cong shot down two aircraft sup-
[2009]porting a government operation in .
[2010]the extreme south, and damaged twelve
[2011]more. Two more Americans are missing
[2012]in this action:.
[2014]e. Back in Saigon, the new re-
[2015]gime's troubles with the ambitious
[2016]General Ton That Dinh continue.
[2018]-f. He is still angling to get
[2019]control of the important strategic
[2020]hamlet program and has yet to give
[2021]up command of the Third Corps, which
[2022]the generals assigned to another of
[2023]their number earlier in the month.
[2024]This corps is of particular signifi-
[2025]cance in that it surrounds Saigon.
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[2080]Indonesia- |
[2082]a. Sukarno is beefing up the
[2083]subversive aspects of his confronta-
[2084]tion campaign against Malaysia.
[2086]* b. . Intercepted Indonesian mes-
[2087]- sages indicate that regular army
[2089]units will shortly begin infiltration
[2090]operations across the border into
[2091]Sarawak and Sabah,
[2093]ec. Seven thousand regular army
[2094]troops in Indonesian Borneo, the
[2095]messages show, are getting an inten-
[2096]sified course in guerrilla tactics.
[2097]This training is to be completed
[2098]next month.
[2100]d. Other messages speak of
[2101]the arrival, beginning today, of a
[2102]battalion of regulars from West Java.
[2103](INTERCERPTS throughout)
[2105]a. The weekend was marred only
[2106]by ‘sporadic and minor acts of ter-
[2107]rorism in several cities. Govern-
[2108]ment security forces have the situa-
[2109]tion generally under control.
[2111]b. The Venezuelan Air Force
[2112]-is stepping up its efforts to track
[2113]down and destroy intruder aircraft.
[2114]The Venezuelans are convinced that
[2115].planes have been ferrying supplies |
[2116]to pro-Castro guerrillas in the fon
[2117]mountains of the northwest. an
[2118]Te . ¢ (Cont'd)
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[2169]c. The Betancourt government
[2170]has scheduled a press conference
[2171]tomorrow to break the story that a
[2172]three-ton cache of Cuban arms has
[2173]been unearthed. A formal accusation
[2174]-against Cuba is to be made before
[2175]the Organization of American States
[2176]a week from today.
[2178](Includes INTERCEPTS)
[2180]a. The air of tension in Bagh-
[2181]dad dissipated somewhat after the
[2182]. government lifted the curfew and once
[2183]again permitted private vehicles on
[2184]the streets.
[2186]4. Iraq
[2188]b. Neither the city nor its
[2189]new rulers are, however, at ease.
[2190]Troops are still very much in evi-
[2192]dence.
[2194]c. The new regime apparently
[2195]is not convinced that the hard core
[2196]of the Baath Party and its paramili-
[2197]tary supporters have been put down
[2198]for good.
[2200]SN
[2202]a. We have information that a
[2203]showdown between the moderate and
[2204]extremist factions of the ruling
[2205]Baath Party in Syria is fast approach—
[2206]; ing. -
[2208](Cont'd)
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[2218]b. A clandestine source identi-
[2219]fies Prime Minister Hafiz as the
[2220]leading figure on the side of modera- |
[2221]tion. General Umran heads the doc-
[2222]trinaire extremists.
[2224]- c. %It was a split along the
[2225]same lines that brought about the ©
[2227]Baath Party's fall from power in
[2228]Iraq.
[2230]a, Premier-designate Moro ex-
[2231]pects that the program for a "“center-
[2232]left" coalition government will be
[2234]approved today by the four parties
[2235]involved,
[2237]b. Details of the foreign
[2238]policy planks are not yet available,
[2239]‘but they were drafted with the
[2240]thought that the death of President
[2241]Kennedy makes it more important for
[2243]Italy to play an active role within
[2244]the Western alliance.
[2246]c. After the program has been
[2247]approved, the final selection of a
[2248]cabinet can be undertaken. This
[2249]could take the rest of the week.
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[2311].  \& The Saudis told our embassy
[2312]in Jidda yesterday that a Saudi vil-
[2313]lage near the Yemeni border was at— —
[2314]tacked Thursday by Egyptian aircraft.
[2316]7. %UAR-Yemen-
[2317]Egypt
[2318]| b. It was the second time this |
[2319]' “month that Yemeni-based Egyptian air-
[2320]craft have struck across the border
[2321]into Saudi Arabia.
[2322]C.. As in the previous cases, ; (Ws
[2323]the Saudis. have lodged a formal com- |
[2324]; plaint with the UN Observation Mis-
[2325]sion.
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[2336]. A bd
[2338]B.
[2340]. instability of the Brazilian political scene is re-
[2341]flected in the numerous reports of coup. plots which
[2342]. [this event al Precipitated, a ; ——
[2344]Psouth~of-Johnston— I
[2346]NOTES
[2348]Oswald Press stories to the effect that Lee Harvey
[2349]Oswald recently visited Mexico City are true, accord-
[2350]ing to our information. Oswald visited both the
[2352]. Cuban and the Soviet embassies on 28 September. He
[2354]was trying, we are told, to arrange for visas so
[2355]that he could travel ‘to the USSR via Havana. He
[2356]returned to the US on 3 October.
[2358]“USSR Ge rake report ‘the “threg)Soviet_ range_. in-
[2359]strumentation shipgiwere dead inthe water~ 500 -miles*
[2360]‘Land, roughly the same position
[2362]- shots. No announcement closing this area of the
[2364]J
[2366]D.
[2368]! they occupied for last year's extended range ICBM 24
[2370]Pacific to shipping has been made and there is no
[2371]activity as yet at the Tyuratam missile test center, |
[2372]but we look for some action in the next few days. Ai
[2373]__CINTERCEPT ts) |. “Y
[2375]ST
[2377]Algeria. We have a report from a “good clandestine
[2378]source that. a group of army officers is plotting
[2380]with Defense Minister Boumedienne to overthrow Ben
[2381]Bella, A growing estrangement between the two has
[2382]been apparent for some time, but this is the first
[2383]good indication that Boumedienne is making common
[2384]cause with those who wish to turn’ Ben Bella out of
[2386]office.
[2387](Cont 'd)
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[2391]ajar
[2393]13-09000 .
[2395]q Pe tons of Australian
[2397]= See er ere
[2398]grain to be delivered early next year. We had been
[2400]| expecting the Chinese Communists to enter the market,
[2401]' since they had another mediocre grain crop this year.
[2402]-Peiping has been buying close to five million tons
[2403]‘of grain for the past several years.
[2405]E.
[2407]| We hear that the Soviet Embassy in Leopold-~
[2408]“ville had booked 75 places on a flight to Brussels
[2409]last Saturday. There is still no information on- eR
[2410]whether any Soviet Embassy officials. have actually as
[2412]renee however.
[2414]‘); There was no new harassment of Allied ac- || |.
[2416]‘cess’ rotites to Berlin over the weekend. A total of Mo
[2417]16 flares were fired last evening near Tempelhof
[2418]Airfield, but we connect these with Communist ef-
[2419]forts.to prevent escapes from East Berlin. East
[2421]| German police were observed stringing barbed wire
[2422]1 etal the same area a short time later.
[2424]aoe fh their limited offensive in the Vang Vieng
[2425]area. They have not, however, been able to dislodge
[2426]the Pathet Lao from positions within artillery range
[2428]fof the town's airport.
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[2475]THE PRESIDENTS
[2476]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
[2478]ISSUED BY THE _
[2480]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[2482]26 NOVEMBER 1963
[2483]TOP SECRET
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[2487]a. The shaky new accommodation .
[2488]between the two countries following
[2489]the. recent coup in Iraq has been
[2490]threatened by Syria's action in grant-
[2491]ing asylum to Ali Saleh Saadi, the
[2492]exiled leader of the extremist wing
[2493]of the Iraqi Baath.
[2495]dL. Iraq-Syria
[2497]b. Saadi had arrived in Syria
[2498]unannounced following a brief stay
[2499]in Madrid. On Friday, Iraq sent a
[2500]message asking Syria to expel him on
[2501]grounds that sheltering him was a
[2502]breach of agreement. -
[2504]c. Both regimes continue to be
[2505]troubled with internal dissension
[2506]with affairs in one deeply tangled
[2507]with those in the other,
[2509]d, In Syria, as we mentioned
[2510]yesterday, the Baathist regime is
[2511]split between moderates who desire
[2512]a broadening of the government's
[2513]power basé,and a doctrinaire faction
[2514]which wants to keep all.control of
[2515]the government in Baathist hands.
[2517]BR |
[2519]e. In Iraq, the pull is more
[2520]away from the Baathists. Two minis-
[2521]ters have threatened to resign unless
[2522]the government adopts an openly pro-
[2523]Egyptian policy. Nevertheless the
[2524]government feels secure enough to
[2525]ease up on curfew and transport re-
[2526].Strictions imposed since the coup.
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[2567]f. Iraq has announced that the.
[2568]military union with Syria remains in
[2569]force, and that a new commander of
[2570]the joint armies will be announced
[2571]‘soon, .
[2573](Includes INTERCEPTS)
[2575]a. Intercepted neutralist mes~—
[2576]sages on Sunday reported that govern-
[2577]ment forces had finally secured Vang
[2578]Vieng and its airfield, long held
[2579]by the Pathet Lao. They also told
[2580]of the capture of Ban Namone farther
[2581]south on Route 13.
[2583]b. The neutralist, rightist Lao
[2584]Army, and Meo tribal guerrilla forces
[2585]hope to sustain their coordinated
[2586]clearing action until remaining Pathet
[2587]Lao pockets in this area north of
[2588]Vientiane are cleared.
[2590]c. Such operations in Laos
[2591]have often been followed by a Com-
[2592]munist riposte. We have a few in-
[2593]dicators that something could be up
[2594]on the Communist side, but these are |
[2595]so far very tenuous indeed.
[2597]d. One such indicator is a
[2598]stand down in the Last two weeks on
[2599]the Hanoi-controlied military com-
[2600]munications net in Laos which could ;
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[2610]1
[2612][i “point: to a change in the disposition
[2613]// or strength of Communist forces.
[2614]Other enemy nets are normal.
[2616]! e. There are also unconfirmed
[2617]reports of North Vietnamese troop
[2619]“reinforcements in the Plaine des
[2620]Jarres. i
[2621](INTERCEPTS) ee
[2623]3. South Vietnam a. According to press reports,
[2624]; Viet Cong attacks on Sunday wiped
[2625]out two of the government's strategic
[2626]hamlets in the central highlands about
[2628]250 miles north of Saigon.
[2630]b. More than 1,000 inhabitants
[2631]in the hamlets--who are minority
[2632]tribesmen--are missing and possibly
[2633]have fled into the mountains. They
[2634]abandoned a significant quantity of
[2635]weapons to the Viet Cong.
[2637]Cc. These attacks not only sug-—
[2638]gest continued erosion of the govern-—
[2639]ment's programs to win over tribal
[2640]support, but also signal that stepped-
[2641]up Viet Cong pressure against the new
[2642]regime is spreading to the north.
[2644](Cont'd)
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[2668]d. This Communist effort is
[2669]aimed at discrediting the post-Diem
[2670]regime before the new leadership is
[2671]able to get its feet on the ground
[2672]and capture the loyalty and respect
[2673]of people in the provinces.
[2675]e. Although the Viet Cong still
[2676]continues to draw its main strength
[2677]from local recruiting, a steady stream
[2678]of cadre and training personnel con-
[2679]tinues to make its way to the south
[2680]from North Vietnam along the Laotian
[2682]- border.
[2684]f. We are now reasonably sure
[2685]that at least 784 persons infiltrated
[2686]from the north during 1963 and the
[2687]actual total may be much higher.
[2689]a. There have been no further
[2690]developments in Soviet preparations | ues
[2691]for a series of extended range ICBM
[2692]shots to the Pacific.
[2694]b. We probably should have had
[2695]by now an announcement closing an area
[2696]roughly 500 miles south of Johnston-=
[2697]Island to shipping. We suspect the
[2698]Soviets may have delayed it in order
[2699]not to appear to be rattling rockets
[2700]immediately after President Kennedy's
[2701]death.
[2703](Cont 'd)
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[2707]IGA
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[2711]5. . USSR-Berlin
[2713]-C. The USSR may repeat last
[2714]year's performance of multiple fir-
[2715]Jf ings from a prototype operational
[2716]' complex at Tyuratam. Three such
[2717]launchings were attempted at five-
[2718]minute intervals in May 1963; two
[2719]succeeded. ;
[2721]t
[2723]a d. We also do not rule out the
[2724]possibility of firings from opera-
[2725]: tional sites as opposed to the test
[2726]; center at Tyuratam. We observed
[2727]a the first such firing on 22 October
[2728]from the Plesetsk site, roughly 400
[2729]miles northeast of Moscow.
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[2732]. a. Embassy Bonn feels that .
[2733]the Soviet Union may be seeking at
[2734]least a’ temporary modus vivendi on
[2736]‘the autobahn without prejudicing
[2737]its juridical position, which can
[2738]be used to cause difficulties there
[2739]in the future.
[2741]b. The embassy bases this on
[2742]the Soviet replies to the Western.
[2743]{: notification to the USSR on 29
[2744]October regarding harmonized convoy
[2745]procedures-—-two oral statements on
[2746]16 November and a note of 21 Novem
[2747]ber.
[2749]For The President Only - Top Secret
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[2755]6.
[2757]Brazil |
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[2771]c. The Soviet note was designed
[2772]|; to make a record, showing that the
[2774]|i USSR exercises "control" of the auto- if
[2775]|) bahn and that the recent incidents | i;
[2776]resulted from US refusal to comply ii
[2777]with “existing procedures." 1
[2779]d. On the other hand, the Soviet se
[2780]procedures described in the oral re-
[2781]plies seem to reflect actual Allied '
[2782]practices, though there is enough
[2783]ambiguity to afford the USSR flexi-
[2784]bility in any future actions. |
[2786]a. The danger of an immediate
[2787]coup against the Goulart regime has
[2788]receded with the reported decision |
[2789]of Second Army Commander General
[2790]Bevilaqua not to join the coup plot-
[2791]ters.
[2793]b. Bevilaqua, who has been some-
[2794]thing of a storm center, may have
[2795]been asked to hand over his command
[2796]today as part of a series of reassign
[2797]ments made by President Goulart to
[2798]keep the military off balance.
[2800]ec. On the other side of the
[2801]coin, there is widespread belief
[2802]that Goulart himself will at some
[2803]time resort to a coup to establish
[2804]an authoritarian regime. .
[2806]wer _— (Cont'd)
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[2812]d. As one example Raneiri
[2813]Mazzilli, President of the Chamber
[2814]| of Deputies and next in line for the
[2815]“ presidency, told Ambassador Gordon
[2816]. on Saturday that he profoundly mis-~
[2817], trusts Goulart's intentions and in-
[2818]tends to maintain the strictest con-~
[2819],  gressional vigilance.
[2821]e. Our station in Brazil he-
[2822]lieves that Goulart is living in a
[2823]dream world. He seems either out
[2824]of touch with reality or very poorly
[2825]informed. Public. opinion is not
[2826]with him and the tradition that po-
[2828]litical power should only be trans— —
[2829]ferred constitutionally is very
[2830]strong in the army, coup reports
[2831]notwithstanding.
[2833]f£. The biggest danger from . :
[2834]this quarter is that the opposition
[2835]may resort to some illegal act, giv-
[2836]ing Goulart the excuse to take over.
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[2844]A. Ethiopia-Congo\
[2846]Bi A Squest and is rescinding his earlier RR
[2847]‘decision ta withdraw the 1,743-man Ethiopian con- N \
[2848]tingent from the UN force in the Congo.
[2850]|) The Guinean ambassador J
[2852]in. “peiping fh S 1 fritially that Premier Chou En-
[2853]plai will leave in mid-December for a tour of some
[2855]‘Afro-Asian countries. He is to stop first in Egypt
[2857]| and then visit several other African countries includ-
[2859]ing Guinea, Ghana, and Mali, ‘Chou would be the high-
[2861]est ranking Chinese leader ever to visit Africa, (IN
[2863]( TERCEPTS)
[2865]|
[2866]Cae two good sources “have reporte |
[2867]7
[2869]‘dent Sukarno’ plans to go to Manila this
[2870]“Thursday to confer with Philippine President Macapagal.) .
[2871]No reasons have been advanced for the visit, Our Wea
[2872]\:chargé guesses that it is an Indonesian move to head © 1
[2873], off Philippine recognition of Malaysia.
[2875]‘Venezuela : “The terrorists have struck again, this
[2876]; “ftring six US~owned oil and gas pipelines near
[2877]| the northeastern city of Puerto la Cruz. -The elec- hee
[2878]|;tions are still on for Sunday,and we look for a maxi- {
[2880]‘| mum effort from the pro-Castro terrorist organization,
[2882]>.
[2884](° We now have word that 49 members of the Soviet
[2885]-Embassy, including dependents, left Leopoldville on
[2886]Saturday aboard a Sabena flight for Brussels. They
[2887]are expected to book onward passage for Moscow. It is GQ
[2888]reported that the Congolese will allow one Russian :
[2889]without diplomatic status to stay to look after Soviet J
[2891]Property: _ =~
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[2992]27 NOVEMBER 1963
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[3030]Cuba
[3032]Syria-Iraq
[3034]a. Cuban tents are now begin-
[3035]ning to appear at a number of the
[3036]SAM sites--further evidence that
[3037]training of Cubans in operation of
[3038]SAM equipment has begun as scheduled,
[3040]b,. . High-altitude photography
[3041]taken this past weekend shows these
[3042]tents at six SAM sites in western
[3043]Cuba, These sites are in addition
[3045]to those at which we noted the pres=
[3046]- ence of Cuban. interpreters ‘as we.
[3048]‘,to pressure from Iraq and have ex-_.
[3049].pelled Iraqi Baathist extremist Ali
[3050];Saadi. He has gone to Athens ;
[3052]_ reported on Saturday.
[3054]ce. This training should be com-
[3055]pleted by next May or June.
[3057]d. Just before the training
[3058]started, we noted a series of moves
[3059]involving the relocation of eight of
[3061]_the SAM sites,
[3063]e. The purpose, it appears,
[3064]was to shift the mission of the sys-
[3065]tem from an area defense of the
[3066]island as a whole to point defense
[3067]of specific targets, particularly
[3068]Havana. Cincludes INTERCEPT!
[3070]“a, “Syrian. Jeaders have “acceded ~
[3072]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3076]Sa
[3078]13-00000
[3080]PARTY STRENGTHS IN TURKISH ELECTIONS
[3082]a. °: of tora: vote?
[3084]1963 Local Election
[3086]1961 General iection
[3088]sy9 Republican Peoples Perry (RPP)
[3090]3 45.9 Justice Party (JP)
[3092]New Turkey Porty (NTP)
[3094]Republican Peasont Nation Porty (RPNP)
[3095]Nation Porty (NP)
[3097]Independents (or unreported vote)
[3099]Turkish Lodor Party (TLP)
[3104]13-00000 .
[3106]3.
[3108]Turkey
[3110]ry
[3112]t
[3113]t
[3114]ie)
[3115]i
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[3118]mn
[3119]a
[3120]i Ate
[3122]t
[3123]re
[3125]4
[3127]t
[3128].
[3132]b. This is an earnest of the
[3133]desire of moderate Baathist leaders
[3134]in Damascus to preserve workable re-
[3135]: lations with Iraq, partly as a
[3136]i counterbalance to Cairo and partly
[3137]to preserve what remains of Baathist
[3138]influence in Baghdad,
[3140]* .  ¢. Intercepts show at least
[3141]some Syrian troops will remain in
[3142]Iraq at the request of Iraqi offi-
[3143]cials,
[3145]d. Preparations had been under
[3146]-way for these forces to withdraw;
[3147]retention of at least some in Iraq
[3148]is another sign that both regimes
[3149]hope to preserve something of the
[3150]relations they once had.
[3151](Includes INTERCEPTS)
[3153]a. Prime Minister Inonu's
[3154]coalition government is about to
[3155]collapse.
[3157]; b. It has long been shaky.
[3158]Last week it was dealt a severe set-—
[3159]back when the opposition Justice
[3161]Party, heir of the Menderes regime,
[3162]emerged from local elections as the
[3163]country's majority party.
[3165]USK
[3167]-- (Cont'd)
[3169]For The President Only - Top Secret ©
[3171]C16R
[3173]. om ~
[3174]INDEX OF NET AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION —. .
[3175]19$0 = 108
[3177]-
[3178]Praiiminsty Estimate -""
[3180]Progrem to plow up and
[3181]TOTAL POPULATION OF THE USSR plone fallow lends.
[3182]1950 = 100
[3184]988
[3185]Machine-tractor
[3186]stations abolished.
[3188]1987-58
[3189]Progrom to “catch up" with
[3190]US tn meot ond milk output.
[3191]1955-36
[3192]Corn program,
[3194]1954-56
[3195]New Londs program.
[3197]1953-55
[3198]Procurement prices raised.
[3200]1954 1955 1961 1962,
[3202]1959 1963
[3204]1951 1952). «1953 1956 1957 1958 1960
[3206]SOVIET GRAIN PRODUCTION
[3208](million metric tons)
[3212]ALi_GRAINS WHEAT ALONE™
[3213]Soviet Official US Estimate Soviet Official US Estimate
[3214]. 1958 re 125 7 63
[3216]1959 126 100 69 55
[3218]1960 134 100 < a 46
[3220]1961 . 137 us 67 55
[3222]1962 "148 us 71 7
[3224]1963 -— 100-110 _ 42-46
[3226]estorl 20 CONFIOENTIAL
[3228]a en
[3230]13-00000 -
[3232]4,
[3234]USSR wheat
[3236]~'c. Now the Peasant Barty, one
[3237]of the three in the coalition, has
[3238]voted to pull out, and probably will
[3239]do so as soon as Inonu gets back from
[3240]Washington, Another partner, the
[3241]Turkey Party, has wanted to pull out,
[3242]and apparently has stayed in only ,
[3243]-. because of pressure from the.military.
[3245]d. A new coalition is at least
[3247]' a theoretical possibility, with a
[3249]| mumber of independents taking the
[3250]. place of the Peasant Party, but
[3251]., Inonu probably would not be prime
[3253]' minister, : ;
[3254]e. The military are working 6K
[3255], for an all-party coalition. This
[3257]' way, they feel, they could keep
[3259]_ tabs on the Justice Party, but the
[3260]_ Justice Party is pot likely to buy
[3261]' this arrangement.
[3263]f£. As matters now stand, the
[3265]. military would take over the govern-
[3266]' ment itself before it would let the
[3267]Justice Party form one,
[3269]a. Soviet President Brezhnev
[3270]| has told the Iranian prime minister
[3271]‘> that. the decision to buy wheat abroad
[3272]|, Was taken to avoid lowering reserves,
[3274]which he has described as ample for
[3275]one or two years. We think the sit-
[3276]uation is more serious. than that.
[3278]so ~
[3280]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3284]13-00000
[3286]- evidence suggests that Soviet grain.
[3288]fertilizer progran.
[3290]-over the absence of bread.
[3292]b. This year's harvest was
[3293]clearly very bad. The weight of
[3295]stockpiles have been far drawn down
[3296]this year and are not sufficient to
[3297]protect the country from another
[3298]poor harvest.
[3300]¢c. Our estimate is that total
[3301]grain production each year since
[3302]1958 has been well below that year's
[3303]level of 125 million tons, while
[3304]the population has continued to grow.
[3305]'d. We have seen from intercepts.
[3306]signs of extensive slaughtering in
[3307]anticipation of fodder shortages
[3308]during the winter. This runs counter)
[3309]to Khrushchev's oft-stated plan to
[3310]build up the livestock industry.
[3312]. @. We have also noted that
[3313]the extensive wheat purchases weaken
[3314]the USSR's gold reserves at a time
[3315]when it hopes to expand its imports
[3316]of machinery for a huge chemical
[3318]f£. In addition, we have seen
[3319]signs of stringent measures to pro-
[3320]tect the grain. supply, accompanied
[3321]by public discontent in some areas
[3325]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3329]iN
[3331]Oo (Cont ta)
[3333]13-00000
[3335]‘ a. Peiping last week con-
[3336]tracted for some 300,000 tons of
[3337]wheat (cost about $20,000,000) from
[3338]Argentina.
[3340]- 5, Communist
[3341]China -
[3342]Argentina
[3344]b. This adds to the 1,000,000
[3345]tons just contracted for with Aus-
[3346]tralia, but is still far below.
[3347]the 5,000,000 tons the Chinese have
[3348]normally imported in recent years.
[3349]Additional suppliers will be hard
[3350]to find. — '
[3352]ec. A large sale, apparently
[3353]involving some $56,000,000 worth
[3354]of meat, is apparently also being
[3355]arranged, This is interesting, —
[3356]not only for the sizeable foreign
[3357]exchange outlay, but also for the
[3358]concern it shows for improving the
[3359]diet of the mainland's urban pop-
[3360]ulation.
[3362]NSA
[3364]dad. The same caloric value
[3365]could be obtained from grains at
[3366]a fraction of this cost,
[3367](INTERCEPTS throughout)
[3369]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3371]WAR
[3373]13-00000
[3375]6.
[3377]7.
[3379]Czechoslovakia-|,
[3381]USSR
[3383]Cambodia
[3385]{* bs. ~Novotny's background of
[3387]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3389]a. Czech President and party
[3390]‘boss Novotny has gone to Moscow,
[3391]evidently for economic talks, judg-
[3392]ing by the composition of his dele-
[3393]gation.
[3395]Stalinist excesses have put him on
[3396]the wrong side of Khrushchev. They
[3397]also have given rise to control
[3398]problems, particularly in the. frac-
[3399].tious Slovak party where pressures
[3400]for liberalization have made their
[3401]mark,
[3403]ec. Party problems and Novotny's
[3404]leadership may. thus also come under
[3405]review.
[3407]d. A curious sign of the times
[3408]is the fact that, although President |
[3409]Novotny is in Moscow, the presidential |
[3410]flag has. remained up "at the official i”
[3411]residence. It might simply have been |
[3412]an oversight, but the symbolism will  ,
[3413]not be lost to the people in Prague.
[3415]a. Cambodia, as expected,. has
[3416]asked the Geneva co-chairman to call
[3417]the Geneva conference participants
[3418]‘together (in Djakarta) to discuss
[3419]measures "to ensure the internation- '
[3420]ally guaranteed and controlled neu- /_
[3421]tralization of Cambodia." -
[3422](Gont 'd)
[3424]UFR
[3426]NNER.
[3428]13-00000 |
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[3434]or
[3436]go mILes
[3437]13 SEPTEMGER 1963
[3439]1
[3440]a
[3443]13-00000 | —
[3445]b. Last year when this came
[3446]up, the French were inclined to go
[3447]along with some such idea.
[3449]“ c. They have indicated to us_.
[3450]'* that they still feel Sihanouk should |:
[3451]{| mot be turned down, and Sihanouk is |
[3452]-' gbviously hopeful that they will
[3453]4 exert. pressure on us and the British. :
[3455]] | |
[3456]d. Sihanouk seems to be hoping (| /U&K
[3457]| for at least a rump session attended
[3459]ms by conferees who are willing to do
[3461]his bidding.
[3463]a. An Egyptain military mes—
[3464]Sage reporting to Cairo on operations |
[3465]in Yemen this past weekend indicated |
[3466]4. that poison gas (referred to as
[3467]; “‘ghurab" in Egyptian military traf-
[3468]fic) was used against royalist tribes-|
[3469]men.in the northwest. :
[3471]8. Egypt-Yemen<
[3473]b. This is the first time we
[3474]have noted its employment since
[3475]last summer, although another. inter-
[3476]cept shows that the Egyptian com-
[3477]mand has continued to authorize its
[3478]use. .
[3482]ont 'd)
[3484]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3487]13-00000 .
[3489].
[3492]c. It is basically a tear gas,
[3493]but in such highly concentrated form
[3494]that it has. caused the death of a num-
[3495]ber of Yemenis.
[3497](INTERCEPTS throughout)
[3499]’ a. Opposition leftist Congo-
[3500]lese exiles, operating from Brazza-
[3501]ville across the river, are reported
[3502]to be plotting to assassinate Congo-
[3503]lese Premier Adoula and some of his
[3504]ministers. : ,
[3506]9. Congo
[3508]b. It is supposed to happen
[3509]sometime after 8 December.
[3511]c. Meanwhile, agents are being
[3512]infiltrated with money to buy off
[3513]opposition to a takeover immediately
[3514]thereafter by radical nationalist
[3515]Gbenye.
[3517]d. Adoula's government already.
[3518]knows that this group of left-wing
[3519]subversives, which now numbers about
[3520]50, is being helped by the Communist
[3521]bloc.
[3523]e. It operates fairly freely
[3524]in the loose circumstances which now
[3525]obtain in Brazzaville. Its activitie
[3527]may soon become a serious source. of
[3528]friction between the two countries,
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[3579]NOTES
[3581]With 85 percent of the vote in, Pak
[3582]Democratic Republican Party has alréady
[3583]‘won van absolute majority in the National Assembly
[3585]elections held yesterday.
[3589]Enezuela
[3591]"The country's three major presidential
[3592]idates .were the targets of unsuccessful assassi-
[3594]‘nation attempts yesterday as Communist-led terror-
[3596]ists: moved into’ the. final week of desperate attempt
[3598]|:to wreck next Sunday’s elections.
[3599](ficial was also the intended recipient of a "Christ-
[3601]‘}mas package" containing a bomb.
[3603]| terrorists.
[3605]_ Indonésia-Philippines
[3609]A US Embassy -of-
[3611]Yesterday a US
[3612]‘rubber warehouse was set afire and destroyed by
[3614], We have what is about as
[3615]\ "we can get that Sukarno will be. go-
[3616]ing to Manila as reported yesterday,
[3618]A reliable
[3620]source tells us Sukarno has sent advance word to
[3622]two of his favorite Philippine girl friends that he
[3623]will be arriving on 28 November.
[3625]ort
[3627]FE
[3629]~Indonesia—Malaysia_ A
[3631]yesterday...
[3633]Be)
[3634]‘was shot down near the North Borneo border,:
[3635]| ish Intelligence tells us the story is concocted;
[3636]no aircraft are reported missing.
[3638]-Indonesian-inspired press re-_.
[3639]claimed a British military’ plane
[3641]Brit-
[3643]The alert: in ‘the Cuban military which we
[3644]noted immediately after President Kennedy" s death
[3646]has been lifted.
[3648](INTERCEPT)
[3650]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3654](Cont 'd)
[3656]EERE O NY |
[3658]13-00000
[3660]Cambodia , ’ Caiabodia: is ‘cutting its diplomatic rep-
[3661]Sentation abroad to a bare minimum as an austerity .
[3662]measure following curtailment of US aid, Sihanouk
[3664]_.{ announced last week that this would be done, saying
[3665]‘-\that missions in Communist countries would not be™ ¢
[3666]|affected since those countries "protect" Cambodia. (6
[3667]‘\Curiously enough, among the missions being closed
[3669]‘|\down are those in New Delhi and Rangoon, (includes
[3670](INTERCEPTS)
[3672]ie Pravda this morning reports on Gromyko' s |
[3673]"With President. Johnson, giving top play to
[3675]Senator Fulbright's remarks about the desirability
[3676]rf a, meeting between the President and Khrushchev. :
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[3802]a. The country's six presiden-
[3803]tial candidates have swung into the
[3804]‘home stretch of their campaigns.
[3806]So have the terrorists, who are still
[3807]trying hard to sabotage next Sunday's
[3809]vote.
[3811]° b. There is little doubt that
[3812]the terrorist effort has all-out
[3813]Cuban support. Castro looks on
[3814]Venezuela as his prime target in
[3815]Latin America and would do. everything
[3816]in his power to prevent President
[3817]Betancourt from finishing his term.
[3819]1. Venezuela is
[3821]ec. So far, the terrorists have
[3822]tried to intimidate the candidates
[3823]by harassing political rallies, bomb-
[3824]ing their party headquarters in
[3825]various. cities, and threatening them
[3826]‘with assassination. They have tried
[3827]to scare voters from the polls by
[3828]creating a general atmosphere of law-
[3829]lessness. Kidnappings, like the one _
[3830]yesterday morning of Colonel Chenault, :
[3831]are part of the pattern, oy
[3833]SK
[3834]ad. The government counterattack i
[3835]is under the personal direction of
[3837]Betancourt, who is as determined to
[3838]finish out his term and turn over
[3840]power to a freely-elected successor
[3841]as Castro is to prevent this. a
[3843]cee _ ; (Cont'd)
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[3853]2.
[3855]South Vietnam
[3857]e. Yesterday it was announced
[3858]that the carrying of firearms by
[3859]anyone outside the. security forces
[3860]was forbidden until the elections
[3861]are over.
[3863]f. Some 3,000 reservists have
[3864]_ been called up to protect the polis.
[3865]“Leaves are being cancelled and all
[3866]security forces are maintaining a
[3867]high state of alert.
[3869]a. We now have a fuller ac-
[3870]count from official US sources of
[3871]the Viet Cong attack on two mountain
[3872]villages mentioned in Tuesday's ~
[3874]. Checklist.
[3876]b. This account makes it clear
[3877]‘that the earlier press. versions,
[3878]‘which spoke of 1,000 missing vil-
[3879]“Tagers, were highly colored.
[3881]ce. Our present information
[3882]‘is that the attack, in company
[3883]strength, was successfully repulsed,
[3884]The Viet Cong suffered some 30 cas-
[3885]ualties; government losses were six
[3886]killed, three wounded and 39 missing.
[3888](Cont 'd)
[3890]For The President Only - Top Secret
[3892]13-00000
[3894]d. As is usual in these cases,
[3895]the villagers began to trickle back
[3896]- once the Viet Cong left.
[3898]e. This episode aside, we see
[3899]‘a number of indications that the
[3900]Communists will try to sustain the
[3901]-higher level of military activity
[3902]“they have kept up since the coup.
[3904]_ £. The Communist radio has
[3905]called for more attacks in an effort
[3906]to destroy strategic hamlets and
[3907]"develop" Viet Cong forces. In sup-
[3909]_ port of this, Viet Cong communica-
[3910]tions traffic has been unusually -
[3911]heavy and has involved a large vol-
[3913]-ume of high priority traffic and
[3914]special alert patterns.
[3916]“(Includes INTERCEPTS)
[3918]a. We have some reason to be-
[3919]' lieve that the Israelis are develop-
[3920]' ing a surface-to-surface missile of
[3921]\ their own.
[3923]. b. A reliable clandestine
[3924]source says that an Israeli repre-
[3925]sentative is trying to buy US stable
[3926]platforms for the inertial guidance
[3927]system of a missile with a range of
[3928]300-350 miles... He wanted delivery
[3929]in six to twelve months. There have
[3930]been several earlier reports that
[3932]N&R
[3933]ee meee - ee _ 7 (cont'a)
[3935]-
[3937]For The President Only - Top Secret
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[3947]4. USSR-India
[3949]oe te eet ‘
[3950]YON
[3952]Israel is buying missile components
[3953]in the US and. England.
[3955]{ c. We think this missile pro-
[3956]gram is independent of another
[3957]Israeli venture: Tel Aviv's con-
[3958],. tract with a French firm, Marcel
[3959]‘\' * Dassault, for the development of a
[3960]system which will be able to deliver
[3961]a 1,600-pound warhead to a maximum
[3962]range of 300 miles.
[3964]'- @. Moscow has promised the
[3965]Indians to ship the equipment for
[3966]one surface-to-air (SAM) training
[3967]site early next month.
[3969]b. The Soviets had agreed to
[3970]provide eight SAM sites. The rest
[3971]will probably not be sent until the
[3972]Indians have learned to handle the
[3973]equipment about a year from now.
[3975]c. As we noted last Sunday, |
[3976]there are some Indians who have
[3977]doubts about the Soviet willingnes
[3978]to live up to the letter of their
[3979]military aid agreements with New
[3980]Delhi.
[3982]Ne a es a (Cont'd)
[3984]For The President Only - Top Secret
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[3988]7 (Seniur-ossp> Ble)
[3990]13-00000
[3992]5.
[3994]Burma
[3996]I oe (ont ta)
[3998]d. They call into question
[3999]'; especially the contract. for the
[4000]‘|! Soviets to set up in India a facility
[4001], to assemble MIG fighters--an enter-
[4002]prise which has appeared somewhat
[4003]1 impractical from the beginning.
[4005]e. We do note, however, that
[4006]Soviet aircraft specialists working
[4007]on the project were still in New
[4008]»: Delhi in early November.
[4010]'. (INTERCEPTS)
[4012]a. Ne Win has followed up his
[4013]action in breaking off talks with
[4014]the Burmese Communists by arresting .
[4015]over 700 of their number.
[4017]-b. Ne Win had been trying to
[4018]lure the faction-ridden Communists
[4019]into a "national front." However,
[4020]he found the demands of the Commu-—
[4021]nist negotiators, some of whom had
[4022]only just returned from long exile
[4023]in Peiping, to be impossible.
[4025]¢. This will probably lead to
[4026]renewed fighting between the army . an
[4027]and Communist guerrillas in the hills. Nv
[4029]d. More trouble can also be !
[4030]expected from the rebellious ethnic
[4031]minorities like the Karens and the
[4033]Reet
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[4067]Pleik* an Khe” ~~ *Qui Nhon
[4069]eta
[4071]. "Song Cau
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[4110]ho ee Uo
[4112]Kachins, whose demands for greater .
[4113]autonomy have been rejected in Ran-
[4114]goon,
[4116]_@. US officials on the spot
[4117]doubt that the army, hobbled by poor
[4118]'' leadership and its many political
[4120]' | * responsibilities, will be any more
[4121]| effective in dealing with the prob-.
[4122]lem this time than in past anti-
[4123]insurgency campaigns,
[4125]a. Sihanouk has signed an ac-
[4126]cord setting up regular air service
[4127]between Cambodia and Communist China.
[4128]A similar agreement with Hanoi is_
[4130]in the works,
[4132]6. Cambodia
[4134]b. These lines are significant
[4135]largely as gestures by Peiping and.
[4136]Hanoi to bolster Sihanouk's sense
[4137]of importance. Neither would be a
[4138]paying proposition commercially and
[4139]both could flounder before the first
[4140]paying passenger enplanes unless. ;
[4141]rights to overfly Laos can be obtained.
[4142](Includes INTERCEPTS) ©
[4144]a. It looks more and more as"
[4146]if Papandreou, who squeaked through
[4148]to a narrow upset victory over ex- !
[4149]premier Karamanlis in the 3 November
[4151]' elections, will not be able to form
[4152]a government. <
[4154]7. Greece
[4156]For The President Only - Top Secret
[4158][BR
[4160](Eco -wer-os¢ (23 ali) &
[4162]13-00000
[4164]b. His party does not have a
[4165]parliamentary majority, so he needs
[4166]support from either Karamanlis' _
[4168]' party on the right or from the Com-
[4169]i munists, The military has apparentl
[4170]‘" been pressing Karamanlis to withhold
[4172]{ that support. He does not need much
[4173]| urging.
[4175]ec. The military has also let
[4177]it be known that it would consider _
[4179]Papandreou's acceptance of Communist
[4181]support as sufficient reason for a
[4182]coup d'etat. -
[4184]a. In addition to this military
[4185]string-pulling, the royal family is
[4186]also meddling-~-not for the first
[4187]time. Should Papandreou fail to
[4188]form a government, the palace intends
[4189]to pass the mandate to Karamanlis,
[4191]- believing that he too would fail.
[4193]e. This would then open the
[4194]way, the palace calculates,for a .
[4195]compromise premier more amenable to-
[4196]palace influence.
[4198]8. Brazil a, President Goulart and his
[4200]opponents are keeping political ten-
[4201]sions in Brazil high.
[4203]For The President Only - Top. Secret
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[4207](Ke-rjeT-O86 93 BD)
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[4214].
[4216]pp pees
[4217]‘ wot c
[4219]b. Comments by Goulart, that
[4220]"social disaster" is’ sure if his
[4221]program is not passed soon, have drawn
[4222]sharp rejoinders from moderate and
[4223]‘| geonservative figures and have fed
[4224]‘| vightist coup ‘plotting.
[4226]c. Strains are also growing in
[4227]the military following the arrest
[4229]of a young officer who refused last
[4230]month to execute an order to arrest
[4231]Governor Lacerda, a leading conserva-
[4232]tive spokesman and likely presidentia
[4233]candidate.
[4235]We
[4237]For The President Only - Top Secret
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[4245]NOTES
[4247]{ Simultaneous: activity this morning on the
[4248]tam missile test range, satellite tracking nets.
[4249]sand. SovietsSpace™ ‘support-ships in the Atlantic prob-.
[4250]‘ably represented an attempt to launch an unmanned
[4251]‘garth satellite. The launch apparently failed on
[4252]‘the pad or was cancelled at the last moment, It
[4254]‘may be tried again soon. (INTERCEPTS)
[4256]A. -USSR
[4258]‘ Rumanian officials are about to award *
[4259]a TM,-Ferguson and Company of Cleveland, Ohio, .
[4260]a $32 million contract to help build the ‘huge Galati :)
[4261]‘steel plant. The Rumanians are pressing ahead with:
[4262]this project in the face of Soviet efforts to dis-
[4263]courage it in various ways, most importantly by re-
[4264]fusing to underwrite the scheme to any substantial
[4265]degree.
[4267][8K
[4269]C. Turkey The New Turkey Party has followed the :
[4270]:~ Peasant Party in withdrawing from the present three-.,
[4272]party coalition government, _ This means that the
[4274]coalition has to all intents and purposes collapsed, |
[4276]-even though no formal action will be taken until e
[4278]Prine Minister Inonu returns from Washington this ; fv 4
[4280]weekend.
[4282]i The Thai doctors attending Sarit now ad- |:
[4283]“the first time that the Prime Minister is in:
[4284]critical condition. Our doctor agrees with this
[4285]prognosis. US officials in Bangkok believe that the:
[4286]most likely successor would be Thanom Kittikachorn,
[4287]now deputy prime minister and minister of defense.
[4288]Thanom is not likely to last long, however, since he.
[4289]is neither a strong personality nor a figure of great :
[4290]: weight in the military hierarchy. :
[4291]ce oe so ~~ (Cont'd)
[4293]F Th P ident Only - Top S t ee
[4294]or The Presiden nly - Top Secre Ké ,
[4295]7 Sc-niey-cxe (93 Bl)
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[4302], “
[4303]-
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[4312]i
[4314]_Indonesia-Philip ines\ © 7 ‘philippine foreign office
[4315]fa “everything was set, as we noted yess
[4316](| terday, for Sukarno to visit Manila today. This .
[4317]‘) official says, however, that the visit was postponed |
[4318]as a result of Macapagal's decision to attend Presi- |
[4319]dent Kennedy" s funeral.
[4321]E,
[4323]4
[4324]B
[4325]or
[4326]oO:
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[4364]$9
[4365]he
[4367]contracts with US companies in an attempt to smoke
[4368]us. out on the question of US aid policy toward Indo-'
[4370]\; Tribal. refugees from Rwanda, now in,
[4371]7 =bent on making trouble between the two |
[4373]‘countries. Some 3,000 of their number were reported ‘|
[4374]yesterday to be moving toward the frontier. They
[4375]have little military capability, but blood could
[4377]flow and require UN intervention.
[4379]|
[4380]i
[4381]if.
[4383]By As a further token of the withdrawal
[4384]- Vv. “diplomats we have noted that the Soviet
[4385]diplomatic communications link between Moscow and
[4386]_,| Leopoldville was shut down last ‘Saturday. (INTER-
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[4449]INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
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[4480]1. USSR a. TASS has finally announced t
[4482]eres | the
[4483]| January.
[4485]b. Since our last mention of
[4486]this subject, we have picked up indi-
[4487]cations that some of the firings
[4489]this time may be made from operational |
[4490]launchers rather than from the Ty-
[4491]uratam rangehead.
[4493]-C©. There has been unusual
[4494]traffic on the strategic rocket :
[4495]forces communications link between
[4496]the operational site at Plesetsk
[4497]-and Moscow similar to that which
[4498]preceded the firing last October
[4499]from Plesetsk to Kamchatka.
[4501]d. In addition, some inter-
[4502]cepted telephone conversations have
[4503]implied that the firing ranges would
[4504]be different this time.
[4506]e. We also have some fragmentary.
[4507]evidence that the forthcoming firings
[4508]may be the ooject of a special ;
[4509]tracking or detection project.
[4510]‘(Includes INTERCEPTS)
[4512]| ORR
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[4516]of National Liberation (FALN) will
[4517]probably increase their efforts to
[4518]disrupt the constitutional succession,
[4519]which would be the first in Venezuela's
[4520]history.
[4522]£. Meanwhile, in the wings are
[4523]; ol the military leaders who may well
[4524]a5 ysintervene if they find Betancourt's
[4525]/ O''successor not to their liking.
[4527]4 g. Though President Betancourt
[4529]Vl has taken personal charge of the
[4531]7) ' search to locate Colonel Chenault
[4532]and those responsible for his kid- —
[4533]napping, his efforts so far have
[4534]come to nought. The only news has
[4535]been from a Caracas editor who had
[4536]a call yesterday morning from a
[4537]woman saying the colonel was safe.
[4539]3.  Cuba- a. The discovery of a large
[4540]Venezuela cache of weapons of Cuban origin,
[4541]announced by Venezuelan authorities
[4542]yesterday, provides the best evidence
[4543]at to date of major Cuban support for
[4544]Latin American subversives.
[4546]b. There is definite proof
[4547]to support the Venezuelan clain.
[4548]The three tons of weapons found in-
[4549]clude light automatic rifles and
[4551](Cont'd)
[4553]For The President Only - Top Secret VER
[4556]submachine guns identified as among
[4557]those shipped to Cuba from Belgium
[4558]; in 1959 and 1960. There were also’
[4559]x ; mortars, bazookas, recoilless rifles,
[4560]and ammunition of US manufacture.
[4562]ec. Communist documents seized
[4563]by Venezuelan authorities earlier |
[4564]-this month reveal that the equipment
[4565]was destined for the Venezuelan
[4566]Communists’ paramilitary arm, the
[4567]Armed Forces of National Liberation
[4568](FALN).
[4570]d. The cache was found on l
[4571]November on a beach in Falcon State
[4572]in the north, scene of the most .-
[4574]‘active guerrilla effort. The Vene-
[4575]_ Zuelan government assumes that the
[4576]weapons were sent from Cuba by sea.
[4578]e. Caracas will lay formal
[4579]charges concerning the arms cache
[4580]before a special meeting of Latin
[4582]' America Foreign Ministers scheduled
[4583]for December.. After that it will
[4584]ask that the Council of the Organi-
[4585]zation of American States be con-
[4586]voked for consultation on the matter.
[4588]For The President Only - Top Secret
[4591]4. Communist
[4592]China -
[4593]Afro-Asia
[4595]a. More information on Chinese
[4596]Premier Chou En-lai's Afro-Asian
[4597]swing is beginning to leak out.
[4599]b. The Egyptians are expect-
[4600]ing him on 8 December, according to
[4601]the Algerian ambassador to Cairo.
[4603]c. The press in Mali says Chou,
[4604]accompanied by Foreign Affairs Min-
[4605]ister Chen Yi, will visit Algeria,
[4606]Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Somalia, Tangan-
[4607]yika,and Albania.
[4609]d. The Pakistanis have just
[4610]informed our ambassador that they
[4611]have agreed to a state visit by the
[4612]two Chinese in mid-February at the
[4613]Padal ull yp eae two month tour.
[4615](les aoe
[4617]5. Cuba a) a oe peal ‘London ‘shipping
[4618]firm says it is willing to abandon
[4619]its Cuban trade,
[4621]b. Embassy London has been ad-
[4622]vised by Papadakis and Co., Ltd..
[4623]_ that it is prepared to keep its two
[4624]: ships involved in the trade from
[4625]me calling at Cuban ports when their
[4626]\< charters run out next January.
[4628](Cont 'd)
[4630]TS
[4632]For The President Only - Top Secret
[4635]c. Papadakis is probably ask-
[4636]ing the same price for its action as
[4637], Basil Mavrolean did recently--removal
[4638]of its ships from the US blacklist.
[4639]Papadakis operates 19 ships totalling
[4640]more than 200,000 tons.
[4642]d. Mavrolean's vessels account
[4643]for almost half the present British
[4644]tonnage calling at Cuban ports. and
[4645]are the largest single element of
[4646]free world shipping to Cuba.
[4648]e. The outcome of Mavrolean's
[4649]offer is not yet clear.
[4651]For The President Only - Top Secret
[4654]NOTES
[4656]“cess in Winn ing control “of the unicameral legisla-
[4657]‘ture in Tuesday's elections improves prospects for
[4658]| Smooth operation of the new constitutional govern-.|
[4659]ment. However, political stability will still de-
[4660]‘pend on Pak's willingness to rule with moderation.
[4661]iff he interprets this victory as a popular mandate
[4662]ito pursue an aggressive. authoritarian program, he
[4663]could provoke serious unrest.
[4665]= nilippines |. President Sukarno's visit
[4667]{to rr for 4 December, according to ¥
[4668]tthe Indian ambassador to Djakarta. He assumes it IVAN
[4669]purpose is to head off Philippine recognition of ¥
[4670]|Malaysia. . ; 7
[4672]. Prime Minister Sarit appears to have
[4673](taken a urther turn for the worst. Our station
[4674]‘reported yesterday that he was flown by helicopter 7
[4676]to a Bangkok hospital from his seaside villa. NBC
[4678]«ys? 53, ‘Police escorts described his condition as critical ;
[4679]ai? al? -and rumors that he had died spread through the city. | |
[4681]“Rwanda-Burundi( Prompt action by Burundi security
[4682]7 “appears to have halted the march of tribal
[4684]/refugees on Rwanda that we reported yesterday. .
[4686]' There is little doubt that the refugees, who carried
[4687]| only a handful of modern arms and were poorly organ-
[4689].ized, would have been badly mauled by Rwandan } troops .
[4690]oat they | had ‘crossed the frontier. _
[4692]NER
[4694]cae _— . oe a
[4696](Cont'd)
[4697]U/SR
[4699]For The President Only - Top Secret .
[4701]Colombia || Pro-Castro members of the terrorist
[4702]'National-Liberation Army (ELN) are believed respon ‘|
[4703]sible for the recent wave of bombings in Colombia’ s'
[4704]| major cities. At least a dozen bombs were set off.
[4705]in Bogota during the last two nights. Two of the
[4706]bombs failed to explode after being placed close to |
[4708]“
[4710]the residence of the chief of US ‘Naval | ‘Mission ee
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[4791]a. Election campaigning ended
[4792]at midnight, but boosters for the
[4793]several candidates continued to mill
[4794]about streets of Caracas in defiance
[4795]of terrorist threats to shoot anyone
[4796]who ventured out for the next three
[4797]days. :
[4799]1.. Venezuela
[4801]b. The terrorists, it seems,
[4802]were all but drowned out by the car-
[4803]nival air. .
[4805]vi _c, The FALN, meanwhile, is
[4807]|: trying to. bargain off Colonel Chenault
[4808]' - for as high a price as it can, de- |
[4809]' manding variously release of all its
[4810]! Comrades, of all women detained by
[4811]the government, and of the six hi-
[4813]. jackers who have been returned from
[4814]i. €rinidad to custody in Venezuela.
[4816]a. The Chinese Communists
[4817]will have nothing to do with the
[4818]idea of bilateral talks with the.
[4819]Soviets under present circumstances.
[4821]2. Sino-~Soviet '('
[4823]dispute. Jil.
[4825]b. Chinese party Secretary
[4826]General Teng Hsiao-ping, one of the
[4827]select few in Peiping's ruling cir- |
[4828]cle, recently told a group of visit-
[4830]. ing Latin Americans that such a meet-
[4831]ing could accomplish nothing.
[4833]be _ Se ee (Cont td)
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[4841]c. Teng put the issue of
[4842]another meeting of world Communist
[4843]parties even deeper into limbo by
[4844]saying that Peiping would be in favor
[4845]only when assured of the support of
[4846]a majority of’ the world parties.
[4848]d. Moscow, for its part, has
[4849]- apparently stopped thinking about
[4850]- another gathering of world Communist
[4851]party representatives.
[4853]e. The feelers it put out
[4854]after the conclusion of the test-
[4855]ban treaty were received coldly by
[4856]some of the fraternal parties. They
[4857]felt such a meeting could only make
[4858]matters worse with the Chinese.
[4860]£. Indeed, Peiping saw this
[4861]to be Moscow's purpose, and when
[4862]' the idea failed to take hold,the
[4863]Chinese took it to be a setback for
[4864]Khrushchev personally.
[4866]g. Their reaction to Khrush-
[4867]chev's subsequent call for a cessa-
[4868]tion of open argument was to press
[4869]the offensive, and this they have
[4870]been doing in roundly abusive terms
[4871]since.
[4873]Cont 'd)
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[4894]Sk
[4896]OK HOT
[4898]Aallistéc Missile Subanei
[4899]in the Patrapaylovsh aren
[4900]S23. Class
[4901]Conversions
[4903]|
[4904]As ta i" _
[4905]Submarine Ballistic Missile Launches in the Soviet Far East
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[4910]h. The forthcoming Afro-Asian
[4911]visits by Chou En-lai and Chen Yi
[4912]have awakened suspicions that the
[4913]Chinese are in hot pursuit of a
[4914]second Bandung-type conference--a
[4915]more rewarding enterprise from their
[4916]: point of view.
[4918]: a. Yesterday and on Thursday,
[4919]“we: detected what we believe to have
[4920]~been operational training launches -
[4921]of standard 350
[4923]3. USSR
[4925]b. Two and possibly four mis-
[4926]siles were fired from submarines
[4927]based in the Petropavlovsk area to
[4928]the impact area at Klyuchi.
[4930]c. Seven similar instances
[4931]have been detected previously this
[4932]year, and there may have been others.
[4933]“(CINTERCEPTS)
[4935]a. The Soviet Bloc will soon
[4936]gain an important propaganda outlet 7
[4938]in Nairobi, communications hub for
[4939]' East Africa.
[4941]4 . Kenya ~
[4942]Communist Bloc
[4944]b. Plans are for a state-—
[4945]controlled news agency to be set up
[4946]by the Kenyan government when it
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[4955]achieves independence on 12 Decen-
[4956]ber. This will fall under the juris-
[4957]diction of communications minister
[4958]Oneko, who has well developed con-
[4959]*tacts within the Soviet Bloc.
[4961]c. TASS has already agreed to
[4962]equip the new agency, and Kenyan re-
[4963]quests for further financial and
[4964]tecHyncal help are being discussed
[4965]in Prague and Moscow.
[4967]d. Kenyan journalists have’
[4968]been training in Prague and, on re~
[4969]turn, will find ready employment in
[4970]the new agency.
[4972]a. Czech President Novotny
[4973].| returned from Moscow on Thursday
[4974]| after signing a renewal (for another
[4975]{| 20 years) of the treaty of friend-
[4976]i ship and mutual assistance.
[4978]5. Czechoslovak
[4979]USSR
[4981]: b. He apparently got little
[4982]i else out of Khrushchev. The final
[4983]communique was conspicuously cool.
[4985]c. There were no Soviet con-
[4986]'; cessions, nor were there the usual
[4987]: references to Czech "progress" or
[4988]to public support for Novotny | s
[4989]leadership.
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[4995]“4 .
[4997]6. South Vietnam
[5001]"where a young girl went up in flames.
[5003]a. The first suicide by burn-
[5004]ing to occur under the new regime
[5005]was witnessed today by bystanders
[5006]at a crowded intersection in Saigon
[5008]b. <A note she left behind said
[5009]she was protesting the war of Viet-—
[5010]-mamese against Vietnamese. At the
[5011]intersection are three villas which
[5012]house the ICC delegations.
[5014]c. There were no Buddhist
[5015]overtones.
[5017]d. Some think the Viet Cong
[5019]encouraged her, but if they did,
[5020]they did not write her script. They
[5021]would have said it is the Americans
[5023]who are fighting the Vietnamese.
[5025]: VER
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[5031]South Vietnam
[5032]ARMY CORPS BOUNDARIES
[5034]Quang Tei
[5035]ws,
[5037]“*Da Nang
[5039]~ et tuaie Nam
[5041]7 Corps ss
[5043]H
[5045]Quang Ngai
[5047]H Corps
[5052]te
[5054]“bleins .
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[5057]: P “on Cau
[5058]\. A cnet eo’, 3 g
[5060]B O, DIA nN So
[5061]| = .
[5063]‘Ban Me Thuot ae
[5066]HH Corps Datst 4
[5067]* Loc Ninh - “
[5069]os 4
[5071]At y ro
[5072]‘PHNOM PENH® SM, Fah 7 *s _- “Phian Rang.
[5073]\ an . to ~ .
[5074]4 ; ; * ~ a oe SOUTH
[5075]Chiu Phu” , SN, 8 “Phan Thiet CHINA SEA.
[5077]» Capital Military District
[5078]ste My Tho,
[5079]rte. te eVung Tau
[5082]< aN Corps:
[5084]‘. ‘Islede ~~ - re :
[5085]ee ‘Phu Quoc pci Gi Gise” Can Thx ae °
[5086]- . oe: . ian ee
[5087]* a a oe
[5088]GULF QF SU a a
[5090]. af aaa
[5092]SIAM Quan Long. "Bac Lieu
[5094](Ca Mau} << ie
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[5104]‘\to Manila. The Cambodian ambassador in Djakarta has
[5106]NOTES
[5108]South Vietnam Plans are now afoot to shuffle
[5109]South Vietnam's Corps commanders so that General _
[5110]Khanh, considered by General Harkins to’ be the best
[5111]of the lot, will take over in the crucial delta (IV
[5112]Corps) area. General Dinh, the ambitious Minister .
[5113]of Security, is. still resisting pressure to relin-
[5114]quish command of the III Corps area, and is not in-
[5115]volved in the current shuffle.
[5117]Cuba-USSR There are about 8,000 Soviets in Cuba,
[5119]5,000 of these military, according to a bloc offi-
[5120]cial in close touch with Soviets in Havana. The
[5121]figures are close to our own estimate of 4,000 to
[5123]7,000. Some- withdrawals continue. ;
[5125]Sihanouk seems “te feel" ‘that ‘cut- *
[5126]to spite his face was not enough.
[5128]ambodia-vietnam | la
[5130]fas the US does not ‘Silence the Khmer Serei radio.
[5131]South Vietnam will'cut Cambodia's primary access to
[5132]‘international markets via the Mekong river if he
[5134]does... (INTERCEPT)
[5136]iO Lk
[5138]j cambodia \~ Sukarno apparently plans to go
[5139]‘Cambodia-on an. official visit following his trip
[5141]advised Phnom Penh that Sukarno plans to leave for
[5142]Manila on 6 December and directly from there for
[5143]Phnom Penh on the 10th. He will stay three days.
[5145](INTERCEPT) ;
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[5152]Coal and Steel Communit Coal and Steel community ™
[5153]7; meMdE fir next meeting on Monday will prob- - |:
[5154]fably vote to ‘raise community steel tariffs by an i
[5155]‘average of nine- percent, This would bring the tar-
[5156]'iffs of each member into line with Italy's, the
[5157]| highest in the community. ‘Only the Dutch oppose the’
[5161]E.
[5163]GIMPEX, trading arm and -
[5164]/source™-of--f Lor Jgagan's party, has worked out a/
[5165]deal to supply the country's major electric utility.
[5166]jnext year with fuel oil from Cuba. Texaco and Esso:
[5167]}have been the traditional suppliers, .
[5169]G. “Br
[5172]i
[5174]“A press report from Rio cites "well ina)
[5175]to the @ffect that Goulart plans
[5176]soon to , invite Mrs. Kennedy to visit Brazil so that
[5178]‘Brazil can pay her the honors which it had planned
[5179]to render the late President.
[5181]'
[5182]H
[5183]1
[5185]A three-man Cuban delegation is on
[5187]rocco to try to patch up relations |
[5188]| broken by Morocco because of Cuba's assistance to.
[5189]‘| the Algerians. in their border war. (INTERCEPTS)
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[5204]The effect in France of the President's death.
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