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177-10002-10103 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
JFK Assassination System Date: 3/6/2018
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RECORD NUMBER 177-10002-|0 [03
RECORD SERIES NSF, INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS, 1/23/63-12/5/63, BOX 1
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ORIGINATOR CIA
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TITLE : THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
DATE : 11/23/1963
PAGES : 15
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THE PRESIDENT'S
INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST
ISSUED BY THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
23 NOVEMBER 1963
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1 South Vietnam a , Vietnamese Communist ef-
forts to discredit the new Saigon
regime stayed in high gear this
week.
b The number of armed attacks
was off from the high of the previous
week but still sone 509 above the
year S weekly average 0
C These attacks have been
for the most part, small-scale efforts
directed against the government S
paramilitary forces in the villages
They have been designed more for
their psychological impact than for
immediate military gain.
d. A high volume of messages
on Viet Cong military and political
communications nets indicates a prob-
able continuation of this effort.
The new government is re_
sponding by stepping up its own
milltary operations_ It 1s also
setting about the hard job of re_
vamping the Diem government apparatus
and harnessing broader popular sup-
port for the war effort_
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f. The generals have been
dealing fairly effectively with
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their new responsibilities _ There
are , however a few Signs of dissen-
sion witbin this group and between
it and civilian politicians _
8 One of the more ambitious
and troublesome figures is the able
but opportunistic General Ton That
Dinh, the new Minister of Security.
He bas been travelling about the
country spreading the idea that the
coup was largely bis doing and seems
bent on developing his own independ_
ent base of power He is a man to
watch.
h The new regine has also
embarked on 2 purge of high military
officers who sided with Diem during
tbe Buddhist crisis and failed to
get on the right side soon enough .
(INTERCEPTS)
2. Venezuela a _ The death toll from the
terrorist outburst in Caracas last
Tuesday and Hednesday now stands at
about 30 .
b. This 1s the high water mark
thus far in the campaign of the
Castro-supported Communist extremists
to disrupt the national elections a_
week from tomorrow.
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The Betancourt government
bas struck back hard. Its new uni_
fied command over the security forces ,
set up at US urging, passed this
initial test with flying colors,
d. At least 500 extrenists
were arrested and the round-up is
still going on - Their removal will
hamper the Communist drive against
elections in major cities like Caracas .
e We now expect the elections
to be held on schedule, a consider-
able achievement under the circum-
stances _ The elections will be fol-
lowed, however by a Communist ef-
fort to prevent tbe March inaugura-
tion of the victor
f Tbe rub here i8 tbat none
of the presidential candidates com-
mands President Betancourt S con-
siderable assets for dealing success-
fully with the harsh realities of
Venezuelan politics_ The constitu-
tion prevents Betancourt fron suc-
ceeding himself _
8 In the background, as
always Zooms the military, which
could intervene if the president_
elect shows signs of being soft on
communiem.
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3 _ USSR-Cuba a In the past week we inter-
cepted Cuban military messages which
show that Cuban interpreters are now
posted at several surface-to-air mis_
sile (SAM) sites on the island
b. We think this means that
on-Site training of Cubans has begun
on schedule. Field training is to
last six months after which the
SAM system may be_ turned over to
Castro .
C In the past month some
500 Soviets arrived in Cuba . Most
of these were probably SAM experts ,
sent to monitor the training.
d_ Prior to their coming, we
had detected no more than a few
hundred Soviet military personnel
entering Cuba since the October
crisis last year .
e We estimate that at least
15,000, and probably closer to
18,000 have been withdrawn in the
intervening 13 months leaving, very
roughly , 000 to
7,060_
Those re-
maining are for the most part ad-
visors whose main functions are to
train and supervise Cubans in the
use of weapons turned over to them,
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COMMUNICATION ROUTES BETWEEN
:EST GERMANY AND BERLIN
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Control Points for Allied Traffic :
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f A1l Soviet weapons intro-
duced into Cuba last year have been
withdrawn or turned over to the
Cubans The only significant excep-
tion is the SAM system.
(Includes INTERCEPTS)
4. Berlin a . We have had an indication
that Soviet harassment of Allied ac -
cess routes to West Berlin will shift
this weekend to the air corridors .
b. The Soviet man at the Ber-
lin air traffic control center told_
the Allied representatives yesterday
that Soviet transports would be using
the air corridors for brief flights
during the next five weekends _
C Moscow has tried on a num-
ber of past occasions to assert its
right to restrict Allied ube of the
air corridors-. In early 1962 , the
Soviets attempted to reserve "blocks' 11
of air space for their own use. They
bave since demanded that Western
flights stay between stipulated al -
titudes _
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that we file flight plans
in advance and provide prior notice
of border-crossing times _
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d. This sort of harassment
stopped in the spring of 1962 when
Soviet leaders became convinced
that the US was interested in a
serious discussion of a Berlin settle-
ment Moscow may hope that the
threat of more of this sort of har-
assment will jog the OS into talks
on. Berlin.
5 , Iraq-Syria- a , It now appears that Presi-
OAR dent Arif's role in last Monday- Y S
coup in Baghdad may have been vir-
tually that of a bystander
b. According to our latest in_
formation, Arif was wakened early
that morning and given five minutes
to join up . Tahir Yahya, now prime
minister , was reportedly the orga_
nizer _
C Whatever Arif 1 s role may
have been , the coup was primarily
an effort by the Iraqi Army to cur-
tail the activities of the extreme
wing of the Baath Party_ The Baath
is an Arab nationalist political or -
ganization, active throughout the
Arab world which has been ruling
Iraq and Syria.
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d, The coup group has not
thrown all Baathists out of the
government ; there are party members
in the new cabinet .
Syrian Baathists have wel-
comed this retention of their Iraqi
brothers Their attitude springs
from the recognition that the Baath
In SyrLa cannot stay afloat without
support from Iraq. Even we hear
talk of coup plotting in Damascus
f The reactlon of Nasir s
Egypt , which passionately desires
to see the Baath go under has been
exactly the opposite_ Cairo bas been
backing off its all-out support for
the coup ever since the new cabinet
was announced .
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NOCES
A USSR New activity involving Soviet range instru-
mentation ships in the Pacific appears to be forth-
coming Tbree instrunentatlon ships left Petropav-
iovsksi2 days
ago and are apparently headed for the
more distant Pacific impact area , 6 , 500 miles from
Tyuratam: We are looking for extended range ICBM
tests but we do not exclude a space event There
hae S0 far been no announcenent closing the area
(INTERCEPTS)
B Congo-USSR Soviet embassy personnel have not yet
Tert Leopoldville, but their departure is expected
momentarily . They were ordered out of the country
after the Congolese turned up good documentary evi-
dence of their complicity in anti-government plots _
One of the items taken off a Soviet diplomat the
other was a letter from an anti-Adoula leader
now in Brazzaville asking for funds and arms to over-
throw the Leopoldville government
Britain The Labor Party scored again in the Dundee
West by_election Thursday , increasing its 1959
majority of 719 to a thumping 4,955 . Heartened by
this_ Labor is now pushing for general elections at
once Prime Minister Home is not likely to accede
D Ecuador The military junta which has run Ecuador
Since July may be about to come unstuck. We have a
report tbat one of the less savory members of the
group air force Colonel Freiles, will try to take
over full control this weekend . We are not sure
'of the rellability of this report, but Freiles is
known to have been making motions in this direction.
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SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE VEHICLES - COSMOS SERIES
19 6 2 1 9 6 3
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APPROXIMATE TimE LAUNCH PERIOD APOGEE PERIGEE ORBITAL
OF LAUNCHI(GMT) Site (MINUTES} (N.M.) (N.M.) INCLINATION STATUS
Cosmos 12.0O.00 (EST .) Decayed
(Sputnik 13) 16 Mar '62 Kapustin Yar 96.35 529 117 490 25 '62
Cosmos 2 1715:18 Decayed
(Sputnik 6 Apr '62 Kapustin Yar 102.5 842 115 490 19-20 Aug '63
Cosmos 3 0400:12 Decoyed
(Sputnik 15) 24 Apr '62 Kapustin Yar 93.8 389 124 490 I7 Oct. '62
Cosmos 4 1002:56 Recovered
(Sputnik 16) 26 Apr '62 Tyuratam 90.6 178 161 659 29 Apr 62
Cosmos 5 0259;49 Decoyed (Sputnik 17) 28 May '62 Kapustin Yar 102.75 865 110 490 2 '63
Cosmos 6 1600.00 (EST .) Decayed
(Sputnik 18) 30 June '62 Kapustin Yar 90.6 194 148 490 8 Sept '62
Cosmos 091 8;30 Recovered
(Sputnik 19) 28 July '62 Tyuratam 90 199 113 659 62
Cosmos 8 0so0:00 (EST .) Decayed (Sputnik 22) 18 '62 Kapustin Yar 92.93 326 138 490 17 '63
Cosmos 9 0940;00 Recovered
(Sputnik 26) 27 Sept '62 Tyuratam 90.9 191 163 659 1 Oct '62
Cosmos 10 0900.01 (EST . Recovered
(Sputnik 27) 17 Oct '62 Tyuratam 90 2 205 113 659 21 Oct '62
0655:00 (EST _
(Sputnik 28) 20 Oct '62 Kapustin Yar 96 . 497 132
Decneeds3
Cosmos,.12 0924;40 Recovered
(Sputnik 32) 22-Dec '62 Tyuratam 90.45 '114 30 Dec '62
19 6 3
Cosmos 13 0830:00 Recovered
(Sputnik 34) 21 Mar '63 Tyuratom 89 . 7T 182 M1 640.58" 729 Mar '63
Cosmos 14: 1059;59 Decayed (Sputnik 36) 13. Apr !63 Kapustin Yar 92. 1 276 143 489 57" 29 '63 Aup _'
Cosmos 15 0829:58 Recovered
(Sputnik 37) 22 Apr '63 Tyuratam 89.77 200 93 65 0 27 April '63
Cosmos 16 0850;00' (EST.) Recovered
(Sputnik 38) 28 Apr,}63 Tyuratam 90 218 112 650 01" 5 '63
Cosmos 17 0300.00 (EST .) In orbit, silent (Sputnik 39) 22 '63' Kapustin Yar 94.8 425, 140 490 since JI May'63
Cosmos 18 1034307 Recovered
(Sputnik 40) 24 May' 63 Tyuratam 89.44 163 13 650 01" 2 June '63
Cosmos 19 O6o0;00 (EST.) In orbit , (Sputnik 43) 6 Aug ''63 Kapustin Yar 92.2 280 146 transmitting
Cosmos:20 0929:58 Recovered (Sputnik 44) 18 Oct '63 Tyuratam 89 . 55 168 111 26 Oct '63
Failure 24 Oct ' 63 Kopustin Yar
Cosmos 21 0623:39 Decoyed
(Sputnik 46) 11 Nov '63 Tyuratam 88 5 124 105 50" 14 Nov 63
Cosmos 22 1034.25 Tyuratam 90.3 21] 1 64056" Recovered
(Sputnik 47) 16 Nov '63 22 Nov '63
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6 -
E Thalland Prime Minister Sarit who suffers from
an Zncurable liver disease, is failing. Doctors
attending him, including one of our OwI , give bim
no more than six months more Sarit has attempted
to arrange for an orderly succession when he does
g0 = The chances of this are not good; Thai
ticians and military figures are already jostling
one another for position_
F_ USSR Cosmos 22 , launched a week ag0 , was recovered
yester It is the eleventh unmanned satellite to
be recovered. A11 recoverable satellites bave been
launched from Tyuratam, the main Soviet missile test
center
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and recovered after three to ten days aloft
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A series of non-recoverable satellites has been
fired from Kapustin Yar _
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