DeclaSSIfied in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 05 04 THE I I I I KIQNTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST 31 1961 Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 05 04 - - 1 1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Relea - travelers since 25 July with no reason given 33 33 Cza E22 33 E23 sea NOTES Refugee registratien's in West Berlin on 28 and 29 July were bringing the total thus far in July to orer Ulbricht regime declared Saturday - that the refugee flow made a peace treaty this year an absolute necessity and urged GDR citizens to help curb the flights A Soviet test vehicle was successfully fired from Tyura Tam 'to Kamchatka Peninsula yesterday bringing the total ef successful test vehicle launches this year te 14 Nine have failed in flight and three other firings were tried with undetermined results This most recent launching was probably the second of a series of three tests of a new which Khrushchev revealed to McCley on 26 July 5OX1 E23 sea r n r3 ns se CIA-RDP79T00936A000100360001-6 _50x1 The third in the series is to hellaunched on 7 August The Trans Siberian railroad has been closed to foreign The closing We are trying to ascertain could be to improve security the real reason 'The Laotian National Congress yesterday amended the Genetic tutien to permit the King to name himself premier o any new government or to designate some other choice in his place Before the Cengress action the Pathet Lao served notice it- wOuld not recognize the validity of the amendments Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 05 0 For The President Onlv - Ton Se 50x1 A -f