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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
25 NOVEMBER 1963
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1 South Vietnam a Vietnamese Communist forces
kept up their high post-coup Level
0f activity over the weekend .
b The most significant action
was an attack early yesterday morn-
against a US special forces train-
camp sone 30 miles from Saigon _
C Whben the smoke cleared after
a sharp fight , four US soldiers were
missing and at least 35 South Vietnamese
were dead.
d. Late yesterday morning, the
Viet Cong shot down two aircraft sup-
porting a governnent operation in
the extreme south, and damaged twelve
more Two more Americans are missing
in this action.
Back in Saigon, the new res
gime S troubles with the ambitious
General Ton That Dinh continue.
f He is still angling to get
control of the important strategic
hamlet program and has yet to give
up command of the Third Corps which
the generals assigned to another of
their number earlier in the month_
This corps is of particular signifi-
cance in that it surrounds Saigon .
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BURM CABODi
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2 . Indonesia- a Sukarno is beefing up the
Ma laysia subversive aspects of his confronta_
tion campaign against Malaysia.
b. Intercepted Indonesian mes-
sages indicate that regular army
units will Shortly begin infiltration
operations across the border into
Sarawak and Sabah _
C Seven thousand regular army
~troops in Indonesian Borneo , the
messages show are getting an inten-
sified course 'in guerrilla tactics.
This training is to be completed
next month.
d. Other messages speak of
the arrival beginning today , of a
battalion of regulars from West Java,
(INTERCERPTS throughout)
3 Venezuela a. The weekend was marred only
by sporadic and minor acts of ter-
rorism in several cities Govern-
ment security forces have the situa-
tion generally under control
b. The Venezuelan Air Force
is stepping up its efforts to track
down and destroy intruder aircraft.
The Venezuelans are convinced that
planes have been ferrying supplies
to pro-Castro guerrillas in the
mountains of the northwest .
(Cont d)
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The Betancourt government
has scheduled a press conference
tomorrow to break the story that a
three-ton cache of Cuban arms has
been unearthed. A formal accusation
against Cuba is to be ma de before
the Organization of American States
a week from today _
(Includes INTERCEPTS)
4, Iraq. a _ The air of tension in Bagh-
dad dissipated somewhat after the
government lifted the curfew and once
again permitted private vehicles on
the streets
b_ Neither the city nor its
new rulers_ are however at ease
Troops are
stiil
very much in evi-
dence .
The new regime apparently
is not convinced that the hard core
of the Baath Party and its paramili-
tary supporters bave been put down
for good.
5 Syria a . We have information that a
showdown between the moderate and
extremist factions of the ruling
Baath Party in Syria is fast approach-
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b A: clandestine source identi-
fies Prime Minister Hafiz as the
leading figure on the side of modera_
tion_ General Umran heads the doc -
trinaire extremists _
C It was a
split along tbe
same lines that brought about the
Baath Party's fall from power in
Iraq.
6 _ Italy
a , Premier-designate Moro exs
pects that the program for a "center-
left" coalition government will be
approved today by the four parties
involved.
b Details of the foreign
policy planks are not yet available,
but they were drafted with the
thought that the death 0f President
Kennedy makes it more Important for
Italy to play an active role within
the Wes tern alliance _
C After the program has_ been
approved , the final selection of a
cabinet can be undertaken _ This
could take the rest of the week .
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7 UAR-Yenen - a The Saudis told our embassy
Egypt in Jidda yesterday that_-a _Saudi vil-
lage near the Yemeni border was at-
tacked Thursday by Egyptian aircraft.
b It was the second time this
month that Yeneni-based Egyptian air-
craft have struck across the border
into Saudi Arabia _
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C As in the previous cases_
the Saudis bave' lodged a formal Com-
plaint with the UN Observation Mis _
sion_
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NOTES
A_ Oswald Press stories to the effect that Lee Harvey
OswaTd recently visited Mexico City are true, accord-
to our infornation Oswald visited both the
Cuban and the Soviet embassies on 28 September He
was trying, we are told, to arrange for visas So
that he could travel to the USSR via Havana . He
returned to the US on 3 October _
B Brazil A new round of military promotions and re-
aSSTgnments will be made public today_ The present
instability of the Brazilian
politicai
scene is re-
flected ip the numerous reports of coup plots which
this event bas precipitated_
C USSR At last report the three Soviet range in-
Strumentation ships were dead in the water 500 miles
south of Johnston Island, roughly the same position
they' occupied for last year S extended range ICBM
shots No announcement closing this area of the
Pacific to shipping has been made and there 1s no
activity a5 yet at the Tyuratam missile test center,
but we look for some action in the next few days _
(INTERCEPTS)
D Algeria We have a report from a good clandestine
source that a group of army officers is plotting
with Defense Minister Boumedienne to overthrow Ben
Bella _ A growing estrangement between the two has
been apparent for sOme time but this 1s the first
good indication that Bounedienne 18 making common
cause with those who wish to turn Ben Bella out of
office.
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E_ Australia Communist China Peiping has signed con-
tracts ror just over one MTIllion tons of Australian
grain to be delivered early next year_ Te had been
expecting the Chinese Communists to enter the market,
since they had another mediocre grain crop this year
Peiping has been buying close to five million tons
of grain for the past several years _
F Congo Re hear that the Soviet Embassy in Leopold-
viTfe had booked 75 places on a flight to Brussels
last Satur There is still no information on
whether any Sovfet Embassy officials bave actually
departed, however
Berlin There was no new harassment of Allied ace
cess Toutes to Berlin over the weekend . A total of
16 flares were fired last evening near Tempelhof
Airfield, but we connect these with Communist ef-
forts to prevent escapes from East Berlin_ East
Gernan police were observed stringing barbed wire
in the same area a short tine later
H Laos The neutralists clain to bave made Significant
gains in their limited Offensive in the Vang Vieng
area They bave not , however , been able to dislodge
the Pathet Lao from positions within artillery range
of the town S airport
(Includes INTERCEPTS)
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