CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/06/01

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02049791
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• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2020
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2020
• Publication Date: June 1, 1961

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
1.
Dominican Republic: Trujillo remnants remain in
control. (Page t)
2.
Laos. (Page it)
3.
Congo: Spaak wants UN force capable of maintain-
ing order in Katanga before he will withdraw Belgian
military personnel. (Page tit)
4.
Angola: Rebels now have almost complete freedom
of movement in north. (Page iii)
5.
Albania: USSR
base at Valona.
may he rerlurincr nr eliminating
naval
(Page iv)
6.
Iceland: Only one
quarter of the Communist
-led Cen-
tral Labor Federation's members participating in
strike. (Page iv)
7.
Watch Committee conclusions. (Page v)
8.
Conclusions of Special USIB Subcommittee on Berlin
Situation. (Page v)
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1 June 1961
DAILY BRIEF
*Dominican Republic: The government of puppet Presid n
Balaguer was apparently still in power on 1 June following the
assassination late on 30 May of Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the
Dominican Republic for the past 31 years. The assassination
was apparently carried out by a group headed by retired army
general, Juan Tomas Diaz, who has been in close contact with
a pro-US, middle-of-the-road dissident civilian group. The
longer the plotters delay in following up the assassination with
a move to seize power, the greater the chances of a power
struggle among military and civilian groups. Such an inter-
nal power struggle, if protracted, would enhance the oppor-
tunities of pro-Castro elements, both inside the country and
in exile. During the past ten months pro-Castro groups inside
the country have been strengthened by the dictator's own polit-
ical machinations. Last week a high dissident source told the
American Consulate that the officers involved in the plot hoped
the US would have military strength available in the area in
case a post-Trujillo government asks for assistance in con-
trolling the internal situation.
General Diaz is reported to be in hiding in the interior as
the police and units of the Dominican armed forces round up
individuals believed to have been associated with him. The
two active duty generals reported
to be involved in the plot, have evidently still
made no overt move against the regime. The move to seize
power that was to follow the assassination may have been frus-
trated, at least for the time being. Meanwhile, the late dic-
tator's two sons have arrived in the Dominican Republic after
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a hastily arralistd c ar er ig rom uro Nithe elder son,
Rafael "Ramfis" Trujillo, Jr., is a general and a minister
without portfolio and is believed, with his military associates,
to have a core of fanatical support in the Air Force mobile in-
fantry unit stationed near Ciudad Trujillo. This military unit,
roughly equivalent to a US World War II regimental combat
team, is likely to play an important part in any developing strug-
gle for power. Also the two army brigades stationed in the
capital city are commanded by relatives of the late dictator. The
clique around "Ramfis" includes the de facto head of the hated
Military Intelligence Service, John Abbes, who has been in-
volved since 1957 in Trujillo's subversive operations in other
Latin American countries. It also includes officials of Radio
Caribe, whose pro-Castro and bitterly anti-US and anti-clerical
diatribes over the past ten months have probably contributed to
at least some degree of anti-US feeling among the Dominican
people.
The NBC correspondent in Ciudad Trujillo reported late on
31 May that the capital city was quiet. (Information as of 0430
EDT)
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