0 I 1 REPRobugeo ATTHENATIDNAL moms - a DECLASSIFIED i Aumo wj W fig-Ln - fj NARA Dane-1M DEPARTMENT OF STATE 233 24 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT September 30 1964 SECRET THE STAFF MEETING - 9 15 a m Wednesday Mr Ball presided l INR - MI Hughes a A CIA report says that Laos has decided to break relations with DRY if interference in Laos continues The Thai Ambassador in Saigon has been reporting very pessimistically to Bangkok on the situation in Viet Nam The intelligence community still estimates that a ChiCom nuclear explosion will not occur October 1 From Indonesia CIA reports that the Soviet Union will grant 150 million in military equipment The Paks have accepted in principle the ChiCom loan of eo m1111 Mr Talbot added that this would be upon IDA terms 2 FE - Mr Green - The apparent success of the ChiCom goodwill mission in Africa will increase our problems on the Chirep issue in the UN Mr Ball commented that the important question angle remains Mr Cleveland said that this could be reopened by a simple majority 3 EUR a Mr Davis a The Yugoslav Claims Agreement should be ready for signature the latter part of October 4 USIA Mr Wilson a Editorial opinion on the Warren report is generally favorable but mixed from certain parts of EurOpe 5 NEA a Mr Talbot a We have signed the Agreement with India and are about to do the same with Iran 6 AF a Hr Fredericks Agreement was reached with Murumbi last night on a communique He and his party are leaving today and will probably go to Leopoldville after the Cairo Conference Mr Ball asked whether the Congolese rebels would be represented in Cairo and the reply was probably The Red Cross plane will stand by in Bujumbura today for possible flight to Stanleyville tomorrow Godley has had a talk with as reported in Leo's 1275 The French SECRET nip i asaaobuceu arms DECLASSIFIED - 1 g t Awom W 1327512 t NARA nae 1M SECRET The French were no help on the ChiCom mission to Africa and have only begun to show signs of tackling the problem The GAR has a 600 mile frontier with the Congo L and the new ChiCom aid offer totals more than ours to the GAR for the past several years 7 a Mr Lee a The Aid Bill conference was delayed by the absence of adequate votes to forestall Congressman Gross giving objectionable instructions to the conferees but they have been meeting informally prior to appointment The Senate last night voted a compromise version of the Broom Corn Tariff Amendment to the Tariff Simplification Act The House has already passed this as a separate bill A sugar amendment to the Tariff Act will be introduced today Mr Johnson said we would have to consider the possibility of sacrificing the Tariff Act if it is loaded down with objectionable amendments aw 9 Grant G Hilliker Deputy Executive Secretary geese This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu