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177-10002-10102] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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TITLE : THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
DATE : 11/30/1963
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DATE OF LAST REVIEW 12/12/1997
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1. Venezuela a ; Election campaigning ended
at midnight _
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but boosters for the
several candidates continued to mill
about streets of Caracas in defiance
of terrorist threats to shoot anyone
who ventured out for the next three
days _
b. The terrorists, it seems
were al1 but drowned out by the car-
nival air_
C The FALN , meanwhile is
trying to bargain off
Colonei
Chenault
for as high a price as it can, de-
manding variously release of a11 its
comrades_ of a11 women detained by
the government , and of the six hi-
jackers who have been returned from
Trinidad to custody in Venezuela _
2 Sino-Soviet a The Chinese Communists
dispute will have nothing to do with the
idea of bilateral talks with the
Soviets under present circumstances _
b Chinese party Secretary
General Teng Hsiao-ping,
one of the
select few in Peiping 5 ruling cir-
cle, recently told a group of visit-
Latin Americans that such a meet_
could accomplish nothing.
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C Teng put the issue of
another meeting of world Communist
parties even deeper into limbo by
saying that Peiping would be in favor
only when assured of the support of
a majority of the world parties ,
d Moscow , for its part _ has
apparently stopped thinking about
another gathering of world Communist
party representatives _
The feelers it put out
after the conclusion of the test_
ban treaty were received coldly by
some of the fraternal parties _ They
felt such a meeting could only make
matters worse with the Chinese .
f, Indeed, Peiping saw this
to be Moscow 'S purpose , and when
the idea failed to take hold the
Chinese took it to be a setback for
Khrushchev personally.
g. Their reaction to Khrush-
chev s subsequent call for a cessa-
tion of open argument was to press
the offensive, and this they have
been doing in roundly abusive terms
since .
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h The forthcoming Afro-Asian
visits by Chou En-lai and Chen Yi
have awakened suspicions that the
Chinese are in hot pursuit of a
second Bandung-type conferences-a
more rewarding enterprise from their
point of view
3 _ USSR a , Yesterday and on Thursday =
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we detected what we believe to have
been operational training launches
0f standard 350 nautical mile sub-
marine-based ballistic missiles
b. Two and possibly four mis _
siles were fired from submarines
based in the Petropavlovsk area to
the impact area at Klyuchi
C Seven similar instances
have been detected previously this
year and there may have been others .
(INTERCEPTS)
4 Kenya a The Soviet Bloc will soon
Communist Bloc gain an important propaganda outlet
in Nairobi, communications hub for
East Africa.
b Plans are for a state-
controlled
news agency to be set up
by the Kenyan government when it
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achieves independence on 12 Decem-
ber This will fall under the juris_
diction of communications minister
Oneko , who has well developed con-
tacts within the Soviet Bloc
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C TASS has already agreed to
equip the new agency , and Kenyan re-
quests for further financial and
techincal help are being discussed
in Prague and Moscow ,
d, Kenyan journalists have
been training in Prague on res
turn, will find ready employment in
the new agency .
5 _ Czechoslovakia- a Czech President Novotny
OSSR returned from Moscow on Thursday
after signing a renewal (for another
20 years) of the treaty of friend-
ship and mutual assistance
b He apparently got little
else out of Khrushchev The final
communique was conspicuously cool .
C There were no Soviet con-
cessions _ nor were there the usual
references to Czech "progress I or
to public support for Novotny's
leadership.
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6 _ South Vietnam a The first suicide by burn-
to occur under tbe new regime
was witnessed today by bystanders
at a crowded intersection in Saigon
where a young girl went up in flames
b. A note she left behind said
she was protesting the war of Viet-
namese against Vietnamese At the
intersection are three villas which
house the ICC delegations
C There were no Buddhist
overtones _
d_ Some think the Viet Cong
encouraged her , but if they did,
they did not write her script. They
would have said it is the Americans
who are fighting the Vietnamese .
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A South Vietnam Plans are now afoot to shuffle
South Vietnam 8 Corps commanders So that General
Khanb , considered by General Harkins to be the best
of the lot, will take over in the crucial delta (IV
Corps) area_ General Dinh, the ambitious Minister
of Security, is still resisting pressure to relin-
quish command of the III Corps area , and is not in-
volved in the current shuffle_
B. Cuba_USSR There are about 8, 0o0 Soviets in Cuba
5,7000 of these military, according to a bloc offi-
cial in close touch with Soviets in Havana The
figures are close to our own estimate of 4,000 to
7 , 000 , Some withdrawals continue.
Cambodia-Vietnam Sihanouk Seems to feel that cut-
ting off his nose to spite his face was not enough
Now he says he will formally recognize North Vietnam
if the US does not silence the Khmer Serei radio
South Vietnam will cut Cambodia s primary access to
international markets via the Mekong river if he
does (INTERCEPT)
D Indonesia-Canbodia Sukarno apparently plans to g0
to Cambodia on an official visit following his trip
to Manila The Cambodian ambassador in Djakarta has
advised Phnon Penh that Sukarno plans to leave for
Manila on 6 December and direetly from there for
Phnom Penh on the 1Oth. He will stay three days _
(INTERCEPT)
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E Coal and steel_Community Coal and Steel community
members at Their next meeting on Monday will prob-
ably vote to raise community steel tariffs by an
average of nine percent , This would , bring the tar-
iffs of each member into line with Italy tbe
highest in the community Only the Dutch oppose the
idea _
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F British Guiana Cuba GIMEX , trading arm and
source of Tunds for Jagan S party, has worked out a'
deal to supply the country's major electric utility
next year with fuel 0il from Cuba Texaco _ and Esso
have been the traditional suppliers .
G Brazil-US A press repert from Rio cites "well in-
formed sources" to the Sffect that Goulart plans
soon to invite Mrs Kennedy to visit Brazil S0 that
Brazil can pay her the honors which it had planned
to render the late President
Ha Cuba_Morocco A three_man Cuban delegation is on
Is way to .Morocco to try to patch' up relations
broken by Morocco because of 'Cuba 5 assistance to
the Algerians: .in thelr border war (INTERCEPTS)
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DOCUMENT OF INTEREST
The effect in France of the President ' s death.
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