CIA • 1961

THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 5 JULY 1961

!!! EMS Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000100140001-0 THE PRESIDENT'S INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 5 JULY 1961 Declassified - Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000100140001-0 T 1-11-11-11.717-1 r_7TT1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015/05/04 : CIA-RDP79T00936A000100140001-0 2. Laotian situation a) Likelihood of military action by Qasim believed much diminished with British military strength in Kuwait now superior to Iraqi forces in border area; b) Baghdad has cancelled all military leaves until further notice but on 3 July units at Basra were instructed "not to undertake any operation which would incite Kuwait"; 5 50X1 50X1 OX1 d) Top Arab League official is work- in hard on mediation effort. 50X1 50X1 The contending factions in Laos con- tinue to mark time pending the open- 50X1 ing of talks on a coalition government...