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THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST

ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY : : 25 NOVEMBER 1963 TOP SECRET 3

1. South Vietnam a. Vietnamese Communist forces kept up their high post-coup level of activity over the weekend.

b. The most significant action was an attack early yesterday morn- ing against a US special forces train- ing camp some 30 miles from Saigon.

c. When 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 government operation in the extreme south, and damaged twelve more. Two more Americans are missing in this action.

e. Back in Saigon, the new re- 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.

For The President Only - Top Secret

BURMA Manila CAMBODIA South Vietnam South LIPPINES China. : THAILAND. Sea ! MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur. ♡ BRUNEI, Sarawak SIA MALAYS Sabah Celebes Sea SINGAPORE SUMATRA RI AU ISLANDS BORNEO 00 CELEBES 000 INDIAN OCEAN MALAYSIA NDONESIA Java Sea Djakarta Banda Sea TIMOR CONFIDENTIAL MILES 1000 AUSTRALIA 631.124 34176 1. 1 1 {

1. Indonesia- Malaysia
2. Venezuela a. Sukarno is beefing up the 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)

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. For The President Only - Top Secret (Cont'd)

72 12 10 Rivaracaibo RELA 70 68 66 CURAÇAO (Neth.) BONAIRE Amuay El Cardón Corp Cabimas 2 LAGO D ACASan Lorenzo Encontrados Trujillo 64 САКІВBEAN SEA raca Barcelona San Fellpe Valenc Maracay Barquisimafo San Juan Los Teques San Carlos de los Morros Guanare El Calvario Barinas COLOMBIA VENEZUELA 6309195 San Fernando de Apure 50 100 200 Miles 50 100 200 Kilometers BRAZ 72 70 Puerto Ayacucho La Asunción Cardpano Cumana o Puerto La Cruz : 62 60 GRENADA (U.Κ.) TOBAGO Port of- TRINIDAD Spain • Matu Puerto Ordaz Tucupita BRITISH GUIANA ¥2 10 B 4 BRAZIL 2 68 66 64 62 60 L 1 L L..

1. Iraq
2. Syria c. 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 made before the Organization of American States a week from today. (Includes INTERCEPTS)

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 still very much in evi- dence.

c. The new regime apparently is not convinced that the hard core of the Baath Party and its paramili- tary supporters have been put down for good.

a. We have information that a showdown between the moderate and extremist factions of the ruling Baath Party in Syria is fast approach- ing. For The President Only - Top Secret (Cont'd)

1. Italy 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 the same lines that brought about the Baath Party's fall from power in Iraq.

a. Premier-designate Moro ex- 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 of President Kennedy makes it more important for Italy to play an active role within the Western 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, For The President Only - Top Secret

Asast Abha Qizan IRAQ CAIRO JORDAN UAR (EGYPT) Medina. Aswan SAUDI Ras Banas Yenbo ARABIA SAUDI ARABIA Zahran Jiddal Najran Mecca Taif Sadah Major road Other road or track STATUTE MILES 100 Harad Maydi UNCLASSIFIED 23 Abs Hajjah Wadial Jaw/ SEA Khamis Mushait Najran Umran Qizan KAMARAN (U.K.). Raudha Marib Sadah Sirwah SANA. Boundary Jihannah Harib Marib SANA Al Hudaydah TAIZZ Mocha ETHIOPIA FRENCH SOMALILAND lbb ETHIOPIΑ Qatabah Al Bayda Ad Dali ADEN PROTECTORATE 5 ADEN CADEN KUWAIT NEUTRAL ZONE undefined Al Hudaydah Al Bayda TAIZZ RIYADH KUWAIT ADEN PROTECTORATE ADEN GOLF OF ADES 630801 3 STATUTE MILES 400 YEMEN i 1 L 1.

1. UAR-Yemen- Egypt a. The Saudis told our embassy 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 Yemeni-based Egyptian air- craft have struck across the border into Saudi Arabia.

C. As in the previous cases, the Saudis have lodged a formal com- plaint with the UN Observation Mis- sion. (Includes INTERCEPTS) For The President Only - Top Secret

i NOTES

He A. Oswald Press stories to the effect that Lee Harvey Oswald recently visited Mexico City are true, accord- ing to our information. Oswald visited both the Cuban and the Soviet embassies on 28 September. 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- assignments will be made public today. The present instability of the Brazilian political scene is re- flected in the numerous reports of coup plots which this event has 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 is no activity as 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 is the first good indication that Boumedienne is making common cause with those who wish to turn Ben Bella out of office. (Cont'd) For The President Only - Top Secret

E. Australia - Communist China Peiping has signed con- tracts for just over one million tons of Australian grain to be delivered early next year. We 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 We hear that the Soviet Embassy in Leopold- ville had booked 75 places on a flight to Brussels last Saturday. There is still no information on whether any Soviet Embassy officials have actually departed, however.

G. Berlin There was no new harassment of Allied ac- cess routes 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 German police were observed stringing barbed wire in the same area a short time later.

H. Laos The neutralists claim to have made significant gains in their limited offensive in the Vang Vieng area. They have not, however, been able to dislodge the Pathet Lao from positions within artillery range of the town's airport. (Includes INTERCEPTS) For The President Only - Top Secret