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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== 177-10002-10097 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 3/6/2018 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY LBJ RECORD NUMBER 177-10002-]0097 RECORD SERIES NSF, INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS, 1/23/63-12/5/63, BOX 1 AGENCY FILE NUMBER Document Information ORIGINATOR CIA FROM: TO TITLE: THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST DATE : 1/26/1963 PAGES 11 SUBJECTS INTELLIGENCE REPORT DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER;, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICA TION Unclassified RESTRICTIONS IB; Mandatory Review Material CURRENT STATUS Redact DATE OF LAST REVEW 12/12/1997 OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS DOC. #4 v9.| ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== ROUTING TOP SECRET To: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 4eFeaNQLTN (Security Classification) 2 3 4 ACTN DRECTREAY PREPAREREAY AFFROVAL DISPATCH RECMMENDATN 8038 EOAMAON FERN CONTROL NO.[SLNbs-ehB] SIGNATURE REMARKS: CoPY OF Faapz NAME FUrpes A Wonn d5 1 Handle Via COMINT Channels Access to this document will be restricted to those approved for the following specitic activities: 1 V NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION 9 Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions TOP SECRET (Security Classification) Hanes ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== THE PRESHDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 26 NOVEMBER 1963 TOP SECRET ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 1 Iraq-Syria 2 The shaky new accommodation between the two countries following the recent coup in Iraq has been threatened by Syria s action in grant- asylum to Ali Saleh Saadi 9 the exiled leader of the extremist wing of the Iraqi Baatha b Saadi had arrived in Syria unannounced following a brief stay in Madrid. On Friday_ Iraq sent 2 message asking Syria to expel him on grounds that Sheltering him was a breach of agreement _ C Both regimes continue to be troubled with internal dissension with affairs in one deeply tangled with those in the other d In Syria, as we mentioned yesterday _ the Baathist regime is split. between moderates who desire a broadening of the government 's power base , and 2 doctrinaire faction which wants to keep a11 control of the government in Baathist hands e In Iraq, the pull is' more away from thbe Baathists _ 0 Two minis_ ters have threatened to resign unless the governnent adopts an openly pro- Egyptian policy Nevertheless the government feels secure enough to ease up on curfew and transport re- strictions imposed since the coup . (Cont d) For The President Only Secret ing Top ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== SECRET (Luang Prabang Muong Ban Ban SongsHoc LatBo PLATE Du Myone Soui NINH Ndn3e PhouzKhoun Phou Kenz_ jEeekhay" Muongzehaih INE Phong Savan: ShoncDanl Lat -Houang Xierjg Khouang NoRth VETNAM Ban:Ja Vizgg Fhom Vaig Veng A Bin Namon Bx Ban'"Hin Heup_ PakeSane _ JARA: LYAEND Njum LAOs SECRE Afec or Mcin {IJo= Road VIENTIANE_ Tiracktortraic #HAIEAND Nong TUTE:MILES 34247 "6311325 SECRET Kheun Nong Muong Num MEKONG ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== f_ Iraq has announced that the military union with Syria remains in force, and that a new commander of the joint armies will be announced soon (Includes INTERCEPTS) 2 Laos 4 , Intercepted neutralist mes- sages on Sunday reported that govern - ment forces bad finally secured Vang Vieng and its airfield, long held by the Pathet Lao _ They also told of the capture of Ban Namone farther south on Route 13 _ b. The neutralist , rightist Lao Army = 2 and Meo tribal guerrilla forces hope to sustain their coordinated clearing action until remaining Pathet Lao pockets In this area north of Vientiane are cleared. C Such operations in Laos bave often been followed by a Com- munist riposte_ We have a few in- dicators that some thing could be up on the Communist side but these are 80 far very tenuous indeed. d One such indicator is a stand down In the last two weeks on the Hanoi-controlled military com- munications net in Laos which could (Cont d) For The President Only Secret Top ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== point to a change in the disposition or strength of Communist forces . Other enemy nets are normal e There are also unconfirmed reports of North Vietnamese troop reinforcenents in the Plaine des Jarres (INTERCEPTS) 3 _ South Vietnam a , According to press reports, Viet Cong attacks on Sunday wiped out two of the government 's strategic hamlets in the central highlands about 250 miles north of Saigon _ b_ More than 1,000 inhabitants in the hamlets--who are minority tribesmen--are missing and possibly have fled into the mountains _ They abandoned a signlficant quantity of weapons to the Viet Cong _ C These attacks not only sug- gest continued erosion of the governs ment s programs to win over tribal support , but also signal that stepped= up Viet Cong pressure against the new regime is spreading to the north. (Cont 'd) For The President Only Secret Top ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== 22 OCTOBER 1963 ICBM FiRING FROM PLESETSK 06 7i65 OR PEDERA #BPU Fmin Yllnm Lenmri Archanyci Mintb Noyzorod Smobc Vold L BLESETSK MOSCOMI Roibe va [hnyansh Notul $ mit Salehllattt leBm Xijuchi JMjbujbr Xodtssa Gor AMPAC Ravor bnarope {Oron_ Arar AREA frovsk Perm Yakulat Kltani 4anvyil uybrthe Sveruldvst Kapustin UIa S S vldimutott VtluL Chelzabin: Aldbo oOrrnbute aLhan CNe u 'Kustunat Onht {Ila ochoie Dmsl Kdnuaxacr 8rqvan Dinotor IL Komlomol 4a Cneu Iotens TYURATAM ICBM Tuolinodnc Dau Lote poidt Palan Balkal ET RANGHEHAD JYndr Oroutk Jyturbm Samipallin Ksv Ordi Jutus 544826 Baittash UnfoR Ihtgahau Bulmta Cnardunol ? unlan ToHpa Frunte oalms narind pen Oonhnbi AEgA TOP SECRET DINAR 163187 LPINDi" 33eop 8-& L L '140 IBarka Vilyyr Oxrmetd+0 507 ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== d This Communist effort 1s aimed at discrediting the post-Diem regime before the new leadership is eble to get its feet on the ground and capture the loyalty and respect of people in the provinces Although the Viet Cong still continues to draw its main strength from local recruiting, a steady stream of cadre and training personnel con- tinues to make its way to the south from North Vietnan along the Laotian border f We are now reasonably sure that at least 784 persons infiltrated from the north during 1963 and the actual total may be much higher 4 USSR a , There have been no further developments in Soviet preparations for a series of extended range ICBM shots to the pacific. ba We probably should have had by now an announcement closing an area roughly 500 miles south of Johnston Island to shipping_ We suspect the Soviets may have delayed it in order not to appear to be rattling rockets immediately after President Kennedy s death. (Cont d) For The President Only Secret Top ================================================== Page 10 ================================================== C , The USSR may repeat last year S performance of multiple fir_ ings from a prototype operational complex at Tyuratam. Three such launchings were attempted at five- minute intervals in May 1963; two succeeded . d We also do not rule out the possibility of firings from opera_ tional sites as opposed to the test center at Tyuratam. We observed the first such firing on 22 October from the Plesetsk site, roughly 400 miles northeast of Moscow . (Includes INTERCEPTS) 5 USSR-Berlin a , Embassy Bonn feels that the Soviet Union may be seeking at least a temporary modus vivendi on the autobahn without prejudicing its juridical position, which can be used to cause difficulties there in the future . b The embassy bases this on the Soviet replies to the Western notification to the USSR on 29 October regerding harmonized convoy procedures_-two oral statements on 16 November and a note of 21 Novem- ber (Cont d) For The President Only Secret Top ================================================== Page 11 ================================================== C The Soviet note was designed to make a record, showing that the OSSR exercises "control" of the auto- bahn and that the recent incidents resulted from US refusal to comply with "existing procedures_ Tf d On the other hand, the Soviet procedures described in the oral re- plies seem to reflect actual Allied practices, though there 1s enough ambiguity to afford the USSR flexi- bility in any future actions _ 6 . Brazil a _ The danger of an immediate coup against the Goulart regime bas receded with the reported decision of Second Army Commander General Bevilaqua not to join the coup plot- ters _ b. Bevilaqua, who has been sone- thing of a storm center, may have been asked to hand over his command today as part of a series of reassign- ments made by President Goulart to the military off balance . On the other side of the coin, there is widespread belief that Goulart himself will at some time resort to a coup to establish an authoritarian regime. (Cont d) For The President Only Secret keep Top ================================================== Page 12 ================================================== d. As one' example Raneiri Mazzilli, President of the Chanber of Deputies and next in line for the presidency, told Ambassador Gordon on Saturday that he profoundly mis_ trusts Goulart's intentions and in- tends to maintain the strictest con- gressional vigilance _ e Our station in Brazil be_ lieves that Goulart is living in a dream world. He seems either out of touch with reality or very poorly informed . Public opinion is not with him and the tradition that pO- litical power should only be trans_ ferred constitutionally is very strong in the army , coup reports notwithstandinga f The biggest danger from this quarter is that the opposition may resort to some illegal act, giv- ing Goulart the excuse to take over, For The President Only Secret Top ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== NOTES A. Ethiopia-Congo Haile Selassie has acceded to our ambassador S request and is rescinding his earlier decision to withdraw the 1,743-man Ethiopian con- tingent from the UN force in the Congo. B Conmunist China Africa The Guinean ambassador In Peiping has 1t unoffIcially that Premier Chou En - lai will leave in mid-December for a tour of some Afro-Asian countries He is to stop first in Egypt and then visit several other African countries includ- ing Guinea , Ghana , and Mali Chou would be the high- est ranking Chinese leader ever to visit Africa (IN_ TERCEPTS) Indonesia-Philippines Two good sources have reported that President Sukarno plans to go to Manila this Thursday to confer with Philippine President Macapagal No reasons: have been advanced for the visit_ Our charge guesses that it is an Indonesian move to head off Philippine recognition of Ma laysia. D Venezuela The terrorists have struck again, this time FirIng six US-owned 0il and gas pipelines near the northeastern city of Puerto la Cruz, The elec- tions are still on for Sunday and we look for a maxi- mum effort from the pro-Castro terrorist organization E Congo We now have word that 49 members of the Soviet Enbassy, including dependents, left Leopoldville on Saturday aboard a Sabena flight for Brussels They are expected to book onward passage for MOscOw _ It is reported that the Congolese will allow one Russian without diplomatic status to stay to look after Soviet property. For The President Only Secret Top

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