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5 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST

ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 27 NOVEMBER 1963 TOP SECRET

HAVANA CUBA SAM SITE

ISLE OF PINES SECRET SECRET SECRET 100 NAUTICAL MILES

-Nipe. Bav BUS Naval Base 63 11.26 6

1. Cuba
2. Syria-Iraq a. Cuban tents are now begin- ning to appear at a number of the SAM sites--further evidence that training of Cubans in operation of SAM equipment has begun as scheduled.

b. High-altitude photography taken this past weekend shows these tents at six SAM sites in western Cuba. These sites are in addition to those at which we noted the pres- ence of Cuban interpreters as we reported on Saturday.

c. This training should be com- pleted by next May or June.

d. Just before the training started, we noted a series of moves involving the relocation of eight of the SAM sites.

e. The purpose, it appears, was to shift the mission of the sys- tem from an area defense of the island as a whole to point defense of specific targets, particularly Havana, (Includes INTERCEPTS)

a. Syrian leaders have acceded to pressure from Iraq and have ex- pelled Iraqi Baathist extremist Ali Saadi. He has gone to Athens

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PARTY STRENGTHS IN TURKISH ELECTIONS (by % of total vote) 1961 General Election 1963 Local Election 36.7 Republican Peoples' Party (RPP). 37.0 34.8 Justice Party (JP) 45.9 13,7 New Turkey Party (NTP) 6.5 14.0 Republican Peasant Nation Party (RPNP) 2.8 10 Nation Party (NP) 3.1 0.8 Independents (or unreported vote) 4.3 10 Turkish Labor Party (TLP) 0.4 631125 C LLLL LLLLLLL

Turkey b. This is an earnest of the desire of moderate Baathist leaders in Damascus to preserve workable re- lations with Iraq, partly as a counterbalance to Cairo and partly to preserve what remains of Baathist influence in Baghdad.

c. Intercepts show at least some Syrian troops will remain in Iraq at the request of Iraqi offi- cials.

d. Preparations had been under way for these forces to withdraw; retention of at least some in Iraq is another sign that both regimes hope to preserve something of the relations they once had. (Includes INTERCEPTS)

a. Prime Minister Inonu's coalition government is about to collapse.

b. It has long been shaky. Last week it was dealt a severe set- back when the opposition Justice Party, heir of the Menderes regime, emerged from local elections as the country's majority party.

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160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN SOVIET AGRICULTURE INDEX OF NET AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION 1950=100 1963-? Fertilizer program. 1963 Wheat purchases. 1953-55 1955-56 Corn program. 1954-56 New Lands program. Procurement prices raised. TOTAL POPULATION OF THE USSR 1950-100 1958 Machine-tractor stations abolished. 1957-58 Program to "catch up" with US in meat and milk output. 1962-63 Program to plow up and plant fallow lands. 1962 Livestock product prices raised. 1961-62 Administrative reorganizations. 0 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 631021 2A

631021,2 SOVIET GRAIN PRODUCTION (million metric tons) ALL GRAINS Soviel Vier Official US Estimate 115 WHEAT ALONE Soviet Official US Estimate CONFIDENTIAL 1.

USSR wheat c. Now the Peasant Party, one of the three in the coalition, has voted to pull out, and probably will do so as soon as Inonu gets back from Washington. Another partner, the Turkey Party, has wanted to pull out, and apparently has stayed in only because of pressure from the.military.

d. A new coalition is at least a theoretical possibility, with a number of independents taking the place of the Peasant Party, but Inonu probably would not be prime minister.

e. The military are working for an all-party coalition. This way, they feel, they could keep tabs on the Justice Party, but the Justice Party is not likely to buy this arrangement.

f. As matters now stand, the military would take over the govern- ment itself before it would let the Justice Party form one.

a. Soviet President Brezhnev has told the Iranian prime minister that the decision to buy wheat abroad was taken to avoid lowering reserves, which he has described as ample for one or two years. We think the sit- uation is more serious than that.

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b. This year's harvest was clearly very bad. The weight of evidence suggests that Soviet grain stockpiles have been far drawn down this year and are not sufficient to protect the country from another poor harvest.

c. Our estimate is that total grain production each year since 1958 has been well below that year's level of 125 million tons, while the population has continued to grow.

d. We have seen from intercepts signs of extensive slaughtering in anticipation of fodder shortages during the winter. This runs counter to Khrushchev's oft-stated plan to build up the livestock industry.

e. We have also noted that the extensive wheat purchases weaken the USSR's gold reserves at a time when it hopes to expand its imports of machinery for a huge chemical fertilizer program.

f. In addition, we have seen signs of stringent measures to pro- tect the grain supply, accompanied by public discontent in some areas over the absence of bread.

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5. Communist

China Argentina a. Peiping last week con- tracted for some 300,000 tons of wheat (cost about $20,000,000) from Argentina.

b. This adds to the 1,000,000 tons just contracted for with Aus- tralia, but is still far below the 5,000,000 tons the Chinese have normally imported in recent years. Additional suppliers will be hard to find.

c. A large sale, apparently involving some $56,000,000 worth of meat, is apparently also being arranged. This is interesting, not only for the sizeable foreign exchange outlay, but also for the concern it shows for improving the diet of the mainland's urban pop- ulation.

d. The same caloric value could be obtained from grains at a fraction of this cost. (INTERCEPTS throughout)

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1. Czechoslovakia- USSR
2. Cambodia a. Czech President and party boss Novotny has gone to Moscow, evidently for economic talks, judg- ing by the composition of his dele- gation.

b. Novotny's background of Stalinist excesses have put him on the wrong side of Khrushchev. They also have given rise to control problems, particularly in the frac- tious Slovak party where pressures for liberalization have made their mark.

c. Party problems and Novotny's leadership may thus also come under review.

d. A curious sign of the times is the fact that, although President Novotny is in Moscow, the presidential flag has remained up at the official residence. It might simply have been an oversight, but the symbolism will not be lost to the people in Prague.

a. Cambodia, as expected, has asked the Geneva co-chairman to call the Geneva conference participants together (in Djakarta) to discuss measures "to ensure the internation- ally guaranteed and controlled neu- tralization of Cambodia.". For The President Only - Top Secret (Cont'd)

Masi Khamis Mo Hille Mushant БОРА 320,0 Dhila Tamniv Pass SAUDI AR Ooz Sabya Qizan Al Muwassam SYRIA B JORDAN IRAQ ★ Cairo lawil Marad Majonna W. Наbоuna Husainiya? Qabi W. Najran U. A. R. (EGYPT) Ras Banas SAUDI RedE Riyadh Jidda Sea Mecca Amla DEMILITARIZED ZONE Sadah Sug Anan תח Maydi Mi Wari Ay 00 "Zuhjati Qidarm Hajjah KAMARAN (U.Κ.) Dahi Salif Turbah Tannan RED Al Hudaydah Ma Sanif SEA Talf Bal Fagih Mohad Zabid ETHIOPIA 33905 L Mocha FR. SOM. L hekern alaha shara Kharab Hamit Rawdah San'a Jum dara Munakhs Ma Jinhah SUDAN Khartoum Marib Marib Sirwah Jihannah Jadidah Hara Bayhän Hun Beihan al Qasa Vid Qafr Taif ARABIA ETHIOPIA ★ Addis Ababa Ricces Fajaran Rifah Lah ADEN GULF OF ADEN 2 50 MILES 13 SEPTEMBER 1963 : Sana YEMEN P EN BOM R. L

Egypt-Yemen b. Last year when this came up, the French were inclined to go along with some such idea.

c. They have indicated to us that they still feel Sihanouk should not be turned down, and Sihanouk is obviously hopeful that they will exert pressure on us and the British.

d. Sihanouk seems to be hoping for at least a rump session attended by conferees who are willing to do his bidding.

a. An Egyptain military mes- sage reporting to Cairo on operations in Yemen this past weekend indicated that poison gas (referred to as "ghurab" in Egyptian military traf- fic) was used against royalist tribes- men in the northwest.

b. This is the first time we have noted its employment since last summer, although another inter- cept shows that the Egyptian com- mand has continued to authorize its use. For The President Only - Top Secret (Cont'd)

Congo

c. It is basically a tear gas, but in such highly concentrated form that it has caused the death of a num- ber of Yemenis. (INTERCEPTS throughout)

a. Opposition leftist Congo- lese exiles, operating from Brazza- ville across the river, are reported to be plotting to assassinate Congo- lese Premier Adoula and some of his ministers.

b. It is supposed to happen sometime after 8 December.

c. Meanwhile, agents are being infiltrated with money to buy off opposition to a takeover immediately thereafter by radical nationalist Gbenye.

d. Adoula's government already knows that this group of left-wing subversives, which now numbers about 50, is being helped by the Communist bloc.

e. It operates fairly freely in the loose circumstances which now obtain in Brazzaville. Its activities may soon become a serious source of friction between the two countries. For The President Only - Top Secret

NOTES A. South Korea With 85 percent of the vote in, Pak Chong-hui's Democratic Republican Party has already won an absolute majority in the National Assembly elections held yesterday. B. Venezuela The country's three major presidential candidates were the targets of unsuccessful assassi- nation attempts yesterday as Communist-led terror- ists moved into the final week of desperate attempt to wreck next Sunday's elections. A US Embassy of- ficial was also the intended recipient of a "Christ- mas package" containing a bomb. Yesterday a US rubber warehouse was set afire and destroyed by terrorists. C. Indonesia-Philippines We have what is about as D. E. sure a sign as we can get that Sukarno will be go- ing to Manila as reported yesterday. A reliable source tells us Sukarno has sent advance word to two of his favorite Philippine girl friends that he will be arriving on 28 November.

Indonesia-Malaysia Indonesian-inspired press re- ports yesterday claimed a British military plane was shot down near the North Borneo border. Brit- ish Intelligence tells us the story is concocted; no aircraft are reported missing.

Cuba The alert in the Cuban military which we noted immediately after President Kennedy's death has been lifted. (INTERCEPT)

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Cambodia Cambodia is cutting its diplomatic rep- resentation abroad to a bare minimum as an austerity measure following curtailment of US aid, Sihanouk announced last week that this would be done, saying that missions in Communist countries would not be affected since those countries "protect" Cambodia. Curiously enough, among the missions being closed down are those in New Delhi and Rangoon. (Includes (INTERCEPTS) G. USSR-US Pravda this morning reports on Gromyko's talks with President Johnson, giving top play to Senator Fulbright's remarks about the desirability of a meeting between the President and Khrushchev.

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DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST I. De Gaulle on NATO strategy. II. Common Market official appraises President Johnson. (Sensitive INTERCEPT)

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