CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE -- CASTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION IN THE AMERICAS

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the 1 liG lout '-of atrusteeship as it might along with the French Communists, particu- conferences in their entirety. But still no
a u s t~. larly Thorez, who is the 'best of the lot."' De Gaulle.
~ali~ x ari ed tila? tbeAk(tish had lost And a London newspaper, the Daily Mail, The President proposed creation of a five-
continental edition that member council of foreign ministers to draft
It Wad Dion t at, the British were not the.,United States.-not Britain or Russia- peace treaties and territorial settlements af-
dependab a-to protect this area. He thought was responsible for preventing De Gaulle fecting Germany, Italy, Hungary, Rumania,
Indochina, vas a very important area. from attending the Big Three conference at and Bulgaria.
Qsevojt,._ opined that the Indochinese Yalta, The United States, Britain, France, and
were ~ji8opie of small-stature, like the Java- Russia would decide European affairs. China
nese and' u,rmese, and,not warlike. He said THE DE GAULLE STORY: FRANCE FINALLY would join them where questions of the
.France had done nQtWng to improve the sta- GAINED EQUALITY AT POTSDAM Orient were concerned.
tus of the Iiativee, since it had been a French (By Paul Martin) Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov pointed
colony. ,~, WASHINGTON.-President Truman, who out that France did not participate in the
ale President ttransp Gaulle had
succeeded Roosevelt, proclaimed the end of armistice agreements with some of these
asked him for, ships s to o transport French IL' forces to Indochina t thuired where the war in Europe on May 8, 1945. countries.
' , et the Germany was divided into four occupation Molotov had no question that France
De Gaullewas going to get the troops. De zones under the Americans, British, French,
should take part in discussions relating to
Gaulle the saIdjae e going to find the troops Germany and Italy, but though
when the os t France
nt c ld fl the kill s, Roo- and Russians. An Allied Control Council
revolt re pied. Up to theresent, he had y on should be excluded when peace treaties were
p assumed full authority over German
been unable to find the ships. June 5. Meanwhile, the war was still going considered for Hungary, Romania, and Bul-
garia.
Frenny participation in the occupation of on in the Pacific. British Foreign Secretary Eden observed 11 Germany was discussed at length in plenary De Gaulle's Foreign Minister, Georges that while Vichy France had not been at
sessions betv~eer} the 1}Ig Three. Bidault, came to Washington for a meeting with the new President. Truman welcomed war with these countries, the De Gaulle
Chtjrchii?pressed for giving France an oc movement was.
oupation zone- which would ,Come out of him, expressing a desire to strengthen tra- That was not the point, Molotov said,
Aznerican alld British sect?rs, in no way ditional Franco-American bonds of friend- France did not
ship. participate in the armistice
affecting the previously defined Soviet zone
,
The Primq Minister?predicted the German Bidault said France had once been great,
occupation might last a long time. He was He hoped with American help she could be
not sure the British Gpvernxnent could afford restored to her former position. Europe
the cost.over, an extended, period; the French could not get along with only two great
might be of some real,gssistance in this mat- powers, Britain and Russia. A strong France
ter. , was needed, in the best interests of all.
Stalin suggested this would change tripar- The Frech Minister observed that many
the Control of Germany into four-nation European questions had been decided dur-
control, serving as a precedent for admitting ing the war at meetings where France was
other states. not represented; he hoped France could be
Churchill replied that If France got an included in the future.
occupation zone, she would be course parti- Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew
clpate in the co1}trollhachinery. As to other said in a confidential memo to the President:
nations such as $elgium and Holland, there ,,This Government has in the past been
Was no question of a ppecifio zone, and thus held largely responsible by the French Gov-
no part in the control machinery. ernment and people-and by large sections
Roosevelt favored an occupation zone for of the American people-for the absence of
France, but agreed with Stalin that France General de Gaulle from the Big Three
should not take part in the German control meetings.
machinery. "I feel certain that this Government could
take no single step which would be more a
The President changed his mind later. It which
would be. impossible tco give the French an predated by the French nation and which
area, to ads nister uWess,.i=hey were on the would do more to improve our relations with
control con mission, he said.. Also, it might France than for you to eliminate from their
be easier to, deal with, De, Gaulle if, the minds the impression that it is the United
French were represented. States which is preventing their return to a
status of full equality with the major Allied
Churchill brought up the question of free
elections in 4oland. Powers."
Stalin could see little difference between Roving Ambassador Joseph E. Davies re-
DeGaulle's position and the. Lublin (Com- ported June 12 on a private interview with
munist) Poles-neither had been elected. Churchill in London:
Yet we all ,dealt with De Gaulle, and the "He reviewed situations in Europe. As to
Soviet Government had concluded a treaty France, he was bitter. He was completely
with him. Why was the Polish regime so fed up with De Gaulle and out of patience.
different? He (De Gaulle) ought to be 'brought up'
De Gaulle had done nothing to arouse sharply and given to understand clearly that
popular enthusiasm, Stalin claimed. whereas he cannot act arbitrarily and inconsiderately
membership to those countries which had
signed the armistice. Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes agreed.
Stalin opposed giving reparations to
France. He said France had signed an arm-
istice with Hitler, suffered no real occupa-
tion damage, and that 150 German divisions
had been transferred from France to the
Russian front.
The British and Americans agreed to take
care of France's reparations claims.
Bidault told the American Ambassador in
Paris his government was upset over the
Potsdam communique regarding reparations.
Bidault later complained to Byrnes:
"France had suffered damage twice as se-
rious as in the last war. Yet, immediately
after that war,'she had received 52 percent
of the reparations. This time a settlement
was made without her even being permitted
to present any argument. It was a cruel
fate."
The Potsdam Conference finally decided
to include France in the Allied Control
Council for Germany, the Council of For-
eign Ministers, and a new reparations com-
mission to sit in Moscow.
Ambassador Jefferson Caffery in Paris
cabled President Truman that these de-
cisions were "warmly welcomed by the
French public" as evidence that "France's
rightful place of equality among the great
carried out a number, of popular land re- Supreme Allied Command, when his armies IN THE AMERI
forms. were supplied by his associates."
'As to the war, France had only 8 divisions, French troops had refused to withdraw Mr. FULBRIGHT. Mr. President, on
While Yugoslavia had 12, and the Poles 13. from Stuttgart and northwestern Italy under Tuesday, both the senior Senator from
On the basis Of her contribution, Stalin said, orders from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Connecticut and I made reference to the
France could not expect to get reparations Supreme Allied Commander. The United first report of a special committee ap-
from the Allies. States had agreed at Malta on February i to pointed by the Organization of American
At a final dinner on.February 10, Churchill rearm eight French divisions, in addition to States to investigate the situtation in the
said. he faced a difficult electoon-in England. several already provided for in north Africa.
He envied Stalin, who glad to deal with only In this atmosphere, the final summit con- Dominican Republic. There was some
one party. Stalin admitted that one party ference of the war was held July 17-August 2 difference of opinion as to the findings
could be a great convenience to a head of at Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin in occupied the special committee detailed in its re-
state. Germany- port.
.Roosevelt recalled that in 1940 there had It was a much different meeting from the In view of this, I ask unanimous con-
been 18 political parties in France, and with- two at Tehran and Yalta. It was the long- sent to have printed in the RECORD
i the
e 1 weelf be had to deal with three differ- eat conference. More was discussed, and less pertinent excerpts relating to this first
n i'renc l el igrs. _: Communists iiec . The
was wartime alliance to break up the over report from the introduction to a pub-
A eaAVb11,, he American Ambassador in lioation issued b the Internal Security
ris reported to BQQScve1t at Yalta the fol- divergent postwar aims. Y
lowing conversation with French Foreign Truman came armed with a host of ad- Subcommittee entitled "Organization of
Minister Bidault: visers and a brisk no-nonsense attitude. American States, Combined Reports on
"Bidault indicated clearly that the idea Clement Attlee replaced Churchill as British Communist Subversion." I also ask
of a Soviet-dominated government on their Prime Minister midway In the sessions as unanimous consent to have printed in
frontiers fills the French with terror. Bi- a result of the British election. Only Stalin, the RECORD following that the complete
dault stated lie is trying very hard to get as a head of state, participated 14 all ?,t rce text of the OAS committee's report as it
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VAS printed in the subcommittee's pub- FIRST REF ORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE of tion in Santo Domingo, the Special Commit-
lieation. I believe that this will be of THE TEETH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF tee decided to installitself immediately and
terestto Members of the Sen- MINISTIRS or FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE unanimously elected as its Chairman Am-
g Y18ate1'l and 'tli anyone who may not have had AMERIC.or STATES bassador Ricardo M. Colombo, Representative
s4 opportunity to read the full text of (Submittaxi at the Fourth Plenary Session of Argentina. Them Committee also decided to
(elm -d) held on May 7 and 8, 1965) depart for the capital of the Dominican Re-
the report. I. INTRODUCTION public that same night, inorder to lose no
There being no objection, the excerpts time in beginning its difficult work. It there-
were ordered to be printed in the RECOab, On May 1, 1965, the Tenth Meeting of Con- fore left Washington, D.C., at 5 a.m. on Sun-
as follows: sultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of day, May 2.
the Ame1 jean Republics adopted a resolu- n. THE SITTJA9.'ION IN SANTO DOMINGO
CpSTRO-COMMUNIST SUBVERSION IN THE tion estalilishing a special committee, com-
` AMERICAS posed of representatives of five member From the moment It arrived in Santo
INTRODUCTION BY SENATOR THOMAS J. DODD states: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guate- Domingo, the Special Committeewas deeply
a + mala, anc-Panama, for the purpose and with moved and saddened at the sight of this city
Because these facts have been beclouded the power set forth by the resolution in the on a war footing. The streets were devoid
by the rapid pace of events and by criticism following terms [theTenth Meeting of Con- closed, traffic; all those sesh:ngdoo stores prime
at home and abroad, we have appended ,to sultation I : closedosed, n Alin clhose were bfood and g
this study, beginning at page 107 the first 2. Instincts the Committee to go immedi- necessity. g
ately to the city of Santo Domingo, to do ernment offices, and, in eneral, the city's en-
the O of iza one of Committee set up by tire normal acivity had come to a halt. Many reestab- ves rte the situation of American States to Igo shmen# everything of peace possible to and, normal the conditions, , refugees and other persons were In asylum
firstha the in Santo Domingo in the embassies of the various American
SxThe f. and to ? ive priority to the mh following two countries, and the chiefs of mission of these
The first report establishes beyond a functions : countries personally told us that they were
doubt the need for prompt and decisive in- (a) To offer its good offices to the Dom- concerned that there were no guarantees for
terventfon by the United States, which is, inican awned groups and political groups their respective missions.
after all, the only power of this hemisphere and to diplomatic representatives for the the Consequently, es, of there was on evident lack of
capable of enforcing peace quickly, efficiently, purpose of obtaining urgently: (1) A cease- Consegy and of authorities viden effective
aRd effectively. According to the first re- fire; and (ii) the orderly evacuation of the control of the situation. Public services were
port, the action was necessary to prevent a persons ilho have taken asylum in the em- Including the most essential
bloodbath in the streets of Santo Domingo. bassies a:id of all foreign citizens who desire nonexonesis istent, water, includinicit and telephones. ele The Special Committee notes: to leave the Dominican Republic; and The atmosphere was one o, and te, p mourn net.
"? * * the streets were devoid of traffic; (b) Tc carry out an investigation of all
all businesses and stores were closed, includ- aspects of the situation in the Dominican ing, and real human anguish. Rumors and
Re ublic that led to the convocation of this other unverifiable reports were circulated
Also ins those closed w were sere banks nks and prime government t Of necessity - . P meeting; regarding bloody incidents in various parts
of
aces, and, general, the city's entire normal :3. Reqtests the Committee to submit a of the city
The Special Committee set up its center
activity had d come to a halt. . Many refugees report tc the Meeting on the progress of its
and other persons were in asylum in the em- work, including the conclusions and recom- of activities and its secretariat in the Hotel
bassies of the various American countries, mendations that it may consider appropri- Embajador, and early Sunday afternoon,
and the chiefs of mission of these countries ate, in the shortest time possible; May 2, it begun to make contact with the
personally told us that they were concerned 4. Requests the American governments diplomatic corps and the various authorities
that there were no guarantees for the and the Secretary General of the Organiza- ditalmilitary ydecoom ands more p erne the
premises of their respective missions. Con- tion of ianerican States to extend their full capital, on what had ha supr and t-
sequently, there was an evident lack of se- cooperaton in order to facilitate the work pp
curity and of authorities having effective con- of the committee; - ? ? achieve a cease-fire.
trol of the situation. Public services were The Special Committee referred to in the 111. A. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
nonexistent, including the most essential resoluticn of May 1, 1965, quoted in part The special committee unanimously de-
ones of water, electricity, and' telephones. above, was made up as follows: tided to lose no time in taking. steps to
The atmosphere was one of tragedy, mourn- Members obtain a cease-fire and to comply with the
ing, and real human anguish. Rumors and Amba, eador Ricardo M. Colombo, Repre- objectives of its mission set forth in the
other unverifiable reports were circulated sentativa of Argentina. resolution of May 1, 1965.
regarding bloody incidents in various parts Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho, Repre- According to telephone conversations be-
ot the city." sentativo of Brazil, tween the Secretary General of the Organs-
The Committee made the following ob- Ambai sador Alfredo Vazquez Carrizosa, zation and the Pan American Union, as re-
servation on its interview with Caamafio: Representative of Colombia. ported in document OEA/Ser.G/V/C-d-1812
"The Special Committee was witness dur- Ambaamador Carlos Garcia Bauer, Repre- (Faglish) of April 80, 1965, the Papal Nuncio,
ing that interview with the so-called con- sentativ: of Guatemala. dean of the diplomatic corps in Santo Do-
stitutional military command to one detail Ambassador Frank Morrice, Jr., 'Represen- mingo, Monsignor Emmanuel Clarizfo, was in
that could not pass unnoticed. This was the tative of Panama. contact with many leaders of all factions.
presence of a uniformed person carrying Civilian advisers He had spoken to Colonel Benoit of the
arms, who said he was part of the command Dr. Federico Carlos Barttfeld, Argentina. Dominican armed forces,. headquartered in
Sec ec with a pronounced Mr R is Novaes de Oliveira, Brazil. San Isidro, and with Colonel Caamafio, chief
and who accent. The Sec Spanish
foreign acccent. retary General o of the e f Julio Merida, Guatemala. of the "Comando Militar Constitucionalista' ;
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him in loud voice before everyone asking Jose Rafael Molina Uruefia, and with Mr.
him: 'Who are you? What are you doing Military advisers Juan Bosch, the latter in Puerto Rico.
here?' The person replied: 'I am Andre Col. J tan Gir6 Tapper, Argentina. The dean of the diplomatic corps acted
Riviere, my nationality is French, I fought in Col. Lannes de Souza Caminha, Brazil, promptly on the anxious request of the
the French Army in Indochina, and I am Maj. (ten. Cesar A. Cabrera, Colombia. Council of the Organization, contained in its
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working in Santo Domingo. I have joined Maj.:i'ederico Abundio Maldonado, Guat- cble of April. 29, 1965 [OEA/Ser.G/VI/C/
this command.' While he took no part in ernala. cable 1 (English) ], which read:
the conversations, Riviera was in the discus- Col F ancisco Aued, Panama. "To His Excellency Monsignor Emmanuel
sd room hort the time of the interviews Secretariat Clarizio, Papal Nuncio, Dean of the
and the authority with which windows and d tDr Roberto E. Quir6s, Adviser of the Secre- Diplomatic Corps, Santo Domingo:
to the here we posted at the tary Ge leral of the Organization of American "Deeply disturbed by the intense struggle
door where w were was quite be obvious." the h that has desolated the sister Dominican Re-
activities c also explains States.
activities and d discussions of the he Special al Com- m Mr. Miguel Aranguren, Director, Depart- public and desirous of preventing a further
mittee with the various groups and individ- ment o:'- Public Information. shedding of blood, the Council of the Organi-
uals involved in the Dominican drama. The M. 1V_odesto Lucero, Secretary. zation has instructed me to convey to you, as
report clearly shows that the United States Mr. Jirge Zamorano, Assistant. dean of the diplomatic carps in that capital,
had to act in the interests of the Dominican Mr. Crlando Garcia, Assistant. and through you to the diplomatic repre-
people, in the interests of preventing the In ac x rdanCe with the aforementioned res- sentatives of the American. Republics, to the
spread of communism in Latin America, and olution of the Tenth Meeting of Consulta- Dominican authorities, to the political par-
in the interests of its own security. tion, as d in view of the urgency of the situa- ties of whatever tendency, , and to the
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301c 3'i1carl,people its strong, desire that all command. The meeting was held in a tense pressed the wish that if this proposal were not
aimed action or hosVjlitiee bosuspended. atmosphere, and continual firing could be accepted, then the U.S. Armed Forces should
"The CQuncii 4PA_regpested me, to make heard through the windows. place no personnel other than military police
this humanitarian ge known, In the as- The Special Committee explained its terms there.
sitrariee that it leg possible for the of reference as set fozth in the resolution Thi
t
s reques
regarding supervision of the
Dominioan.,people to decide their .national of May 1, 1965, adopted by the Tenth Meet- corridor or access route was also transmitted
destinies in peace and with the protection of ing of Consultation, and, manifesting intense by the Special Committee to the Ambassador
the institutj,gp. of the Intgr-American Sys- concern for the Dominican people, it said of the United States.
tern. I request that, in view of the urgent that it was absolutely necessary to reaffirm Finally, during the course of this con-
circumstances, you advise me as soon as pos- the Initial cease-fire, which had been agreed ference on the morning of May 3, Dr. Hector
hible regarding the situation In the country to but only incompletely carried out. Aristy, as spokesman for the command
and the prospects for achieving an imme- Dr. Hector Aristy explained the position headed by Col. Francisco Caamafio, made a
diate cease-lr2,,for 4e purpose of informing of the command, making the following prin- specific request: That in no event should
the' Coupon of the Organization, which re- cipal points: the new cease-fire agreement or any other
mains attentive to., the development of (a) The command headed by Col. Fran- agreement sponsored by the Special Com-
events, cisco Caamafio complained that it had not mittee be signed on behalf of the military
"Accept,. Excellency, the assurance of my been consulted regarding the establishment junta led by Colonel Benoit with head-
highest consideration." in the city of Santo Domingo of a zone quarters at San Isidro by any of the follow-
"Dr. Jost A.1f9aA,_ guarded by the Armed Forces of the United ing seven generals:
Secretary General of the Organization States. 1. Gen. Elias Wessin y Wessin.
of American States. (b) This command believed that the 2. Gen. de los Cantos Cespedes.
On April 30, a preliminary cease-fire, agree- Armed Forces of the United States were con- 3. Gen. Belisario Peguero Guerrero.
meet betwge4 the. two co4iii.cting factions stantly expanding this zone and penetrat- 4. Gen. Salvador Augusto Montez Guer-
was negotiated by the Papal Nuncio, dean of ing the city further and further. rero.
the diplomatic corps, on the following terms: (c) The command believed, according to 5. Gen. Atila Luna.
"1. [That] assurance is given to save the Dr. Hector Aristy's own words, that "General 6. Gen. Marco Anibal Rivera Cuesta.
lives of allpersons, regardless of their ide- Wessin's troops and those of the CEFA 7. Comodoro Rivera Caminero.
ology or of the fraction they are defending, (Training Center of the Dominican Armed The command headed by Col. Francisco
including prisoners and asylees. Forces) are entering the city close behind Caamafio emphatically and specifically ex-
"E. That an Organization of American the American troops." eluded General Wessin y Wessin from any
States Commission shall agree to serve as ar- (d) The command attributed the incidents understanding whatsoever.
bitrator in the conflict" [OEA/SerG/V/C- that had occurred in the last few days to In the course of the interview Col. Fran-
d-131 (English) ]. snipers of General Wessin's forces. cisco Caamafio and his companions furnished
Nevertheless, in spite of this, preliminary (e) Above all, the command wanted a additional information. The forces of this
agreement signed by the two conflicting fac- clarification and a guarantee regarding the command had taken 500 prisoners of the
tions, the situation on the afternoon of May zone occupied by the Armed Forces of the combat forces of General Wessin y Wessin.
2 continued very serious in the.Dominican United States. - These prisoners were mainly soldiers and
capital. The Special Committee tmmeAloro,.. , a ,~ __
This was the. judgment of the Special Com-
iittee, and it was shared by the dean of the
diplomatic corps and by the Ambassadors
and dhargs D'affaires of the American states
Santo Domingo. No_ one in that tortured
City had any doubt whatsoever that it was
essential to concludg another.., agreement,
more comprehensive than the earlier cease-
fire agreement. The action of the Special
Committee was hopefully anticipated and
willingly accepted by all who had been await-
ing our arrival.
The Special Committee thus lost no time
fn, making contact with the two conflicting
factions, the one in the New City and the
one headquarteded in,San Isidro
This was
.
extremely difficult because of the complete
lack of communications in the city and be-
Cause the Committee ,had no guarantee of
Safety in its travel thrqugh the streets, Con-
sequently, it had to use a U.S. Marine Corps
helicopter to go to San Isidro and then ask
the dean of the diplomatic corps to take the
Committee i] his car to the New City, where
it met with the -command then headed by
Col. Francisco Caamafo. These interviews
took place on Monday, May 3; it was physi-
cally impossible to lipid them on Sunday
night, because in addition to the lack of
transportation, the capital city had no tele-
phone service, and the interviews had to be
conducted by emissaries of,eacb of the fac-
tions of the strife-r ,dden, city.
TV. CONFERENCES 'a'VITFS BOrIS SIDES
On Monday morning, May 3, the members
of the Special Committge.went with the dean
of the diplomatic corps in his car to the
general headquarters of the forces under the
command of Col. Francisco Caamafio in the
New City.
All the Committee, members and the Sec-
retary General of the Organization of Ameri-
can States attended the conference. Attend-
Wg for the gom}ria}ld? were. Col, Francisco
?am4o, Dr, Motor_ Aristy. Lt. Col R.
represent, the "Comando Militar Constitu-
clonalista." The conference began at 11 a.m.
and was held in the place designated by that
-r, -i ......-- w .,olonei .,aamano uoionei Caamafio, wanted.to fight in his own
and to his spokesman: units. He had opposed this in order that it
(a) The zone guarded by the Armed Forces might not be said that it was on his orders,
of the United States was the same as the adding that if the Organization of American
one referred to in the resolution adopted States wished to take charge of those prison-
by the Council of the Organization on April ers he would accede to that. He also re-
30, 1965 [OEA/Ser.G/V/C-d-1310 (English) ], ported that the same units had captured 21
and had the purpose defined in paragraph 2 tanks during the course of the fighting in
thereof, which reads as follows: the city of Santo Domingo that occurred on
"To make an urgent appeal to the same au- the preceding days.
thorities, political groupings, and forces on Three additional questions were cleared up
both sides to permit the immediate estab- during this interview with Colonel Caamafo:
lishment of an international neutral zone of the acceptance by that command of complete
refuge, encompassing the geographic area of protection to the embassies, with enlarge-
the city of Santo Domingo immediately sur- ment of the safety zone sufficiently to in-
rounding the embassies of foreign govern- elude the premises of the diplomatic mis-
ments, the inviolability of which will be re- sions in the city of Santo Domingo; similar
spected by all opposing forces and within acceptance of the departure of the asylees
which nationals of all countries will be given or refugees in the various embassies of that
safe haven." city who wished to leave by their own deci-
(b) The aim of the Special Committee was sion; and of the facilities of every kind that
to come to agree with the interested parties should be agreed upon for the Special Com-
on a precise demarcation of the zone, includ- mittee and the International Red Cross for
Ing therein all the diplomatic missions, in the distribution of food and medicine and
order to prevent incidents due to ignorance the installation of hospital equipment for
of its boundaries. the Dominican people without distinction of
As spokesman for Col. Francisco Caamafio any kind.
and his command, Dr. Hector Aristy, raised The Special Committee was witness during
the question of the establishment of an ac- that interview with the so-called Constitu-
cess or communications corridor between the tional Military Command to one detail that
zone and the San Isidro sector, which cut the could not pass unnoticed. This was the
command's forces into two parts. Indeed, on presence of a uniformed person carrying
the night of_May 2, the Armed Forces of the arms, who said he was part of the command
United States had felt it necessary to estab- and who spoke Spanish with a pronounced
dish a communications route, using San Juan foreign accent. The Secretary General of
and Teniente Amado Garcia Streets up to the Organization of American States interro-
the right bridgehead of Juan Pablo Duarte gated him in a loud voice before everyone,
Bridge, for the purpose, they said, of trans- asking him: "Who are you? What are you
porting food, medicine, and provisions from doing here?" The person replied: "I am
the base at San Isidro to the center of the Andre Riviere; my nationality is French; I
city. fought in the Irrench Army in Indochina;
The Special Committee explained to Dr. and I am working in Santo Domingo. I have
Hector Artisy the reasons that, in their joined this command." While he took no
understanding, existed for the establishment part in the conversations, Riviere was in the
of that communications route. Dr. Hector discussion room during the time of the inter-
Aristy said that the command he represented view, and the authority with which he gave
wanted the corridor or communications orders to the guards posted at the windows
route, if maintained, to be under the super- and the door where we were was quite obvi-
vision of a military police guard made up ous. Some information obtained later re-
of men from its own forces and from U.S. garding this soldier was to the effect that he
forces. On behalf of the command, he ex- was an Instructor of frogmen who had ar-
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regime. had beet requested. To this end, during the tine, and medical and hospital equipment
The interview ended with the promise by interview held on the night of Monday, May for the Dominican people.
001. Francisco Caamafio and his companions 3, it requested any information on the mat- (e) Guarantees for the evacuation of asy-
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mittee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation, the junta that beheaded could supply. missions in Santo Domingo.
and by the Committee that it would main- Colonel Benoit explained that the deteri- (f) Respect for the diplomatic missions,
se-fire oration of public order in the city of Santo their staffs, and for any persons who have
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fain the contacts to reach a spec
agreement after learning the conditions and Doming3, which started on the day that the taken refuge or asylum in these missions.
reasons of the Military Junta of Colonel moveme ut against Mr. Reid Cabral began, (g) Full and explicit recognition of the
Benoit. And theconditions of anarchy and complete competence of the Special Committee ap-
Meanwhile the situation in the capital was disorder that prevailed in the capital of the pointed by the Tenth Meeting of Consulta-
becoming more acute and threatening as the country had led him to request the aid of tion of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
afternoon wore on. From both parties re- U.S. Ariaed Forces in order to give protection In order to prepare the fulfillment of the
ports reached the Committee regarding inci- to the diplomatic missions and foreign per- agreement-ac soon as the conflicting parties
dents that eacattributed to its adversary, sons an i entities in general. Colonel Benoit consented thereto-the Special Committee,
and the chiefs of mission of the embassies added taat he had received an urgent request through the dean of the diplomatic corps,
accredited in Santo Domingo were becoming from tl.e diplomatic missions for protection convokedthe chiefs of missions for the pur-
anxious for prompt ratification of the cease- that he was not able to provide. pose of asking them which of them were in-
fire. All of this gave a decisive character to Color.el Benoit also stated that the request terested in obtaining the evacuation of asy-
these conversations. had been made to the United States in a lees or refugees. This meeting took place in
The Special Committee, for physical rea- note, a copy of which was transmitted later the Papal Nunciature on Tuesday, May 4,
sons of communication with the San Isidro to the Special Committee, which read liter- around noon: The Special Committee re-
as follows: calved an oral report from the chiefs of
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quarters of the Military Junta headed by "Seal of the Dominican Republic, Do- missions on this matter. The committee in-
Col. Pedro Bartolome Benoit until the night rTinican Republic, Dominican Air formed the members of the diplomatic corps
of Monday, May 3. That night the Special Force, Office of the Chief of Staff, Base of the conversations held with the two par-
Committee, and the Military Junta held a i crea '19 de Noviembre,' San Isidro, ties on this matter, and of the mandate it
oohference, attended on the part of the Distrito Nacionai" had received from the Meeting of Consults
Junta by its members: Col. Pedro Bartolome "APRIL 28, 1965. tion of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and re-
Benoit, president of the Junta, Col. Enrique "THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES, quested them to provide a list of their asylees
A, Casado Saladin, and Navy Capt. Olgo M. "U.S. Embassy, and refugees in order to help solve the prob-
Satitana Carrasco. During the last part of "Santo Domingo. lem of the evacuees. As a result of the
'the interview, Gen. Wessin y Wessin was "DEAs MR. AMBASSADOR: Regarding my action of the Special Committee, several
present, at the request of the committee. earlier request I wish to add that American embassies began to make arrangements for
The Special Committee, in the presence lives are in danger and conditions of public the departure of refugees and asylees who
of the dean of the diplomatic corps and of disorder make it impossible to provide ads- wished to leave under the guarantee of the
the Secretaty Geikeral of the Organization of quate protection, I therefore ask you .for Organization of American States, At the
American States, opened the interview in temporary intervention and assistance In re- same time, the Special Committee was in-
the.panie way and inthe same terms as those storing order in this country. formed of the imminent arrival of hospital
used with the command of Colonel Caamafio; "truly yours, teams, medicine, and food supplies that had
that is, by reference to the resolution of May "PEDRO BARTOLOME BENOrr, been requested, as an aircraft had arrived
1, 1965, of the Tenth Meeting of Consulta- "Colonel, Presidente de la Junta Militar from Colombia, on.May 5. We understand
tion and to the concern caused to it by the del Gobierno de la Republica Domini- that many asylees and refugees who were at
state of the strife in Santo Domingo. 'mna." the Colombian Embassy in Santo Domingo
The Military Junta directed by Colonel The result of this interview was a promise left for that country on the same aircraft.
Benoit is installed atthe base of San Isidro, made by the Military Junta, composed of Moreover, the Special Committee requested
where at the time of our interview a con- Colonel Benoit, Col. Casado Saladin, and the military advisers of each of its members
siderable part of the U.S. military force also Navy (apt. Santana Carrasco, to accept the to make a reconnaissance visit to the safety
was located. authority of the Special Committee, pri- zone and to arrange with the military au-
Throughout the interview its president, marily for the essential and undelayable pur- thorities of the United States in Santo Do-
Colonel Benoit, spoke on behalf of the Mill- pose of obtaining a cease-fire. mingo the details of the expansion of that
tary Junta, while his two companions re- The. Special Committee informed Colonel zone to include all the embassies. This task
mained silent. No other officer or person Benoit and the persons accompanying him was completed and the :military advisers im-
except the 'members of the Junta was of the decision of the other side, that is, mediately began to prepare and draw up an
present. Colon (l Caamaflo's command, not to enter official map.
Colonel Benoit spoke at length of the hap- into a:iy agreement in which the seven gen- Likewise, in order to prepare all the meas-
penings that befell the Junta of Govern- erals mentioned earlier in this report partici- urea for the application of the cease-fire, the
ment, presided over by Mr. Donald Reid pated in any manner whatsoever. Special Committee informed the President
Cabral, and told` how the insurrection of V. RATIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF THE CEASE- of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of the
April 24 had been suddenly shifted from its FIRE urgent need for obtaining a shipment of food,
initial objectives to degenerate into the most In accordance with the resolution adopted medicine, and medical personnel immedf-
mplete anarchy. The Initial authors of ately. The following cable was sent for the
complete coup a The ' ti Reid Cabral oon MI 1, 1965, by the Tenth Meeting of same purpose:
the r
lost Y of the against and were with- l Consultation, and on the basis of conversa- SANTO DOMINGO,
out authority and without power of any bons held with the two factions involved May 3,1965.
in the conflict, the Special Committee made Ambassador GBIILLERMO SEVILLA SACASA,
kind. ens t fore, Colonel Benoit stated, the a cariful study of the conditions under President of the Tenth Meeting of Consul-
m et Consul-
movement hat was Bosch or, aimed at failing this, Drrestoring. for' Ra- - which a new agreement supplementary to tation, Washington, D.C.
that of April 3, might be reached, for ratify- Number One.
toes 1s 17r to power had failed, but ing ar d expanding the cease-fire.
that what remained was'a situation fraught it convoked the authorized The Committee appointed by the Tenth
with danger and that demanded a prompt To this end, representatives of the two conflicting fat- Meeting of Consultation wishes to extend
solution. purpose of informing them emphatically, through you,. to the Tenth
.Colonel Benoit likewise said he had not bons for the Meeting and to each of the member states,
wished t order an attack on the city of of a craft agreement prepared by the Com- a most urgent appeal that. cognizance be
4 mitten, whose principal points were as fol- taken of the dramatic situation existing in
Santo Domingo, where the forces commanded lows: this country because of the armed strife, and of re- sp Colonel efio were located, out (a) Acceptance of an act that would ex- to emphasize the urgent necessity for them,
but for the lives
forceforces m to Innumerable do persons, so. In so. In pressif ratify the cease-fire agreement signed within the spirit of fraternity and solidarity
hilt that he had enough on April 30, 1965. with the Dominican people, immediately to
he the same headed manner, accceeppted the stated security that the zone, with Junta (b) Acceptance of a safety zone marked send foodstuffs, medicine, and medical per-
expansion of it so as to include all the diplo- off w thin the limits that would be indi- sonnel.
inatie missions; the measures essential for cated in a map officially agreed to by both The Committee is convinced that this is
the protection of those missions in Santo parties and appended to that act. the most urgent of the serious problems be-
Domingo with the extension of that zone; (c) Respect for the safety zone and a tug faced, in. order to prevent the possibility
and, likewise, cooperation in the distribution guarantee of adequate protection for any of epidemics and other calamities that could
of rood and medicine and the establishment persona within that zone. make the situation of the Dominican people
of health teams. (d) `Facilities needed by the International even more difficult.
The Special Committee endeavored to as- Red Crross, or the international agency desig- Ambassador COLOMBO,
certain whether it was true that the action nated by the Organization of American Chairman of the Committee.
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We have 11jCZie4 thaj, the Meeting of don- "Act of .Santo Doxnjngo," signed on May 5, Lieutenant Colonel Dr, It. AUGUSTO
sultatign, approved a resolution on this mat- 1965,, is as follows: JiblrryRAFO A,
ter, based on the htupanitarian gesture of Act of Santo Domingo" Colonel RAMbN MANUEL MomTEs,
the Special Committee. Major HECTOR ACHAFELL,
trI. ecialTS TO rt x M1.EMSxSk pF T ' --eigning below who declare Dr. HEcrof ARISTx,
that they represent, in the capacities men- CoITS
A respectlvehl' the Military Junta of Minister of the Presidency"
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Axr?peeti reported d to the President of f the Tenth merit' hereby place on recor rd that at they have
v ei n Affairs of the American States: 11 of consultation concerning the reached the following agreement as a result "Ambassador RICARDO COLOMBO,
status of negotiations or agreeing u o nthe of the discussions held with the two Parties Representative of. Argentina, Chairman
ease- a and,t'eplied a telephone message by, the Special Committee of the Tenth of the Committee.
from the Geiterai Secretariat in Washington Meeting .of Consultation of Ministers of For- Ambassador ILMAR PENNA MARINHO,
c hing various aspects of its labors. eign Affairs, whose members ..also sign the
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Brazil,
Zhfl pabl rat from ,,he Special Commit- present fact as a guaranty of its compliance Representative of
tee to the resident of t e, Tenth Meeting and execution, functions that both Parties Ambassador ALRepresentative
VAZQUEZ f Colombia.
o of Colombia,
o$ Consultation,rtien ` ?ne 1111P reads: agree the ,Committee may carry out.
AN O DOMI O Ambassador CARLOS BAUER,
"1. Th@ Parties who sign the present Act
"Mk 3JS5. ratify the cease-fire agreement signed on Representative of Guatemala.
" GIIILLERMO Ambassador FRANK MORRICE, Jr.,
Ambassador $EVn.LA i~RCASp, April 30 last,
"President of the Tenth Meeting of Consul- The Parties accept the establishment Representative of Panama.
tation, Washington, D.C. of safety one in the city of Santo Domingo, VIII. EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH THE
"Number. Two, demarcated within the boundaries indicated
"Replying telephone communications re on-the map' attached to this document and
ceived today, T wish to report the following: signed by the same Parties who sign the
groups present Act.
,irst: AU contacts have been made with
represented by the following persons: 3. The Parties bind themselves especially
within which
to respect this safety Constitutional, Military Command: -Col. there is guaranteed, in the zone, manner that the
Ftaucisco. Caamado, Lt. Col. Manuel Montes Organization o
and y y deem
Arache, Maj.E,re.tor E. Lachapelle Diaz, Mr. appropriate, of American adequate protection States may
Hector Aristy._aj..Pablo C. Restano, Lt. Col. appropriate, safety
Aligusto Jimenez, and Lt. Col. Pedro Alvarez for all persons found within that zone of
Qlguin. Members of the Military Junta: refuge.
Col. Pedro Bartolomd 15Enott, President; Col. "4. The Parties undertake give all nec-
Col. A. Casado' Navy Capt. Olgo Manuel essary facilities to the International Red
Santana Carraseo, and ben. Elias M. Wessin Cross or to the international agency that the
. Organization of American States may desig-
y Wessin, Director of the Armed Forces nate to carry out in any part of the city of
Training Center. Likewise, with members of Santo Domingo or of the Dominican Republic
the diplomatic corps, especially all .those of the distribution of food, medicine, and medi-
Latin America, the Papal Nuncio, and the cal and hospital equipment that are being
Ambassador pt the United.Statee, sent as a result of the appeal made by the
Second: Committee, in addition to in Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
terviews ntenttoned above, has been in con- of Foreign Affairs. They also undertake to
start touch with the aforesaid groups, and provide all facilities required by the Orga-
at present, the Committee is awaiting the nization of American States so that medical
formalization of the points that have al- and sanitary personnel sent by the govern-
ready been accepted by both parties, which ments can be transported to any point in the
are: Confirmation cease-fire, ..demarcation city of Santo Domingo or Dominican terri-
atld enlargement of security zone to include tort', to perform their services.
all embassies, evacuati4n',of asylees and re- "6. The Parties undertake to provide all
fugees, and distribution of food, medicine, necessary safety measures for the evacua-
afid medical aQuipment to all sectors of the tion of asylees in foreign embassies or diplo-
pollulation without regard to parties. 'we matic missions who so request of them.
have thus far encountered a good attitude "6. The Parties undertake to respect the
on'the part of'both parties. doplimatic missions and to offer all coopers-
"Third: Cqi emittee v;)ll return as soon as tion necessary to guarantee the safety of all
it obtains the results 61' the negotiations it personnel of those missions and of asylees or
is conducting. Possibly tomorrow. refugees therein.
"Fourth: Both parties have accepted the "7. The Parties declare that they accept
e largement of the security zone to include and recognize the full competence of the
al , Latin kin emllbsspies and Fie are Special Committee appointed by the Tenth
worlk1 ,, to fix a boundary for it. U.S. forces Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of For-
eign Affairs, for, purposes of the faithfulob-_
eb~tablished an access cprridor between Sajn
Isidro and the ,security zone. servance of what is agreed to in this Agree.
"Fifth:We consider that it would be use- went.,
ful, in order 'to aid in bringing a return of "In witness whereof the present document,
the Dominican situation to normality, for which shall be known as the Act of Santo
the member states that are. in a.position to Domingo, is signed in four original copies, of.
do so to establish a comblped inter-Amer- which one shall be deposited in the General
loan military force under the Organization Secretariat of the Organization of American
of American States to achieve the objectives States, one shall be for each of the Parties,
t44t are set l the Meeting of Consultation, and one shall be for the files of the Commit-
'Sixth: Wj, refe,zpAce to the , question tee.
by the Ambassador of Colombia, the only 'The Secretary General of the Organiza- aixport capable of receiving planes is the tion of American States shall transmit certi-
'
oiie at the San Tsldro airbase, which is under fled copies to each of the "May member 6, states.-,
s."
over, by the authority Colonel of the Benoit. Military Junta presided "For the Military Junta of Government:
" "Colonel PEDRO BARTOLOMt BENOIT,
Amba,SSdo; CQLaIylso "Dominican Armed Forces,
a y ?tka?#, the OQinnuttee:', -
Colonel EriRIQIIE A. CASADO SALADfN,
VII a Q' S'ATLYTo DOMINGO. - ,:National Army,.
=; s a. -eel ,o1 t~1e ,conversations held by Captain OLGO N. SANTANA CARRASCO,
thi=' Comirii-, with the. parties an agreement Navy."
w4s finally reached referring to the points "For the Constitutional Government:
covered in this: report. "Colonel FRANCISCO CAAmARo DEtrro,
the text of the dooiirment known as the ConstitutionalPresldenf.
UNITED STATES
Before reaching an agreement with the
conflicting parties concerning the ratifica-
tion and expansion of the cease-fire, the Spe-
cial Committee studied the question relating
to the cooperation of the Armed Forces of
the United States in the Dominican Republic
with the Committee within the objectives
indicated by the Tenth Meeting of Consul-
tation in the resolution of May 1, 1965.
On the night of May 3 the Special Com-
mittee had an interview with the Honorable
W. Tapley Bennett, Ambassador of the
United States to the Dominican Republic.
The results of this interview and the precise
opinion of the Special Committee were set
forth in a memorandum delivered personally
to that diplomatic representative, which read
as follows:
"Memorandum
"As a result of the meeting that was held
on the night of May 3, 1965, the Special Com-
mittee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Amer-
ican Republics, has the honor to state the
following to the Ambassador of the United
States to the Dominican Republic:
"1. The Committee has had the steadfast
purpose of attaining the confirmation and
effectiveness of the cease-fire agreement al-
ready agreed upon.
"2, To achieve this end, the Committee has
today held long conversations with the com-
manders of the command headed by Colonel
Caamano and of the military junta headed
by Colonel Benoit. Both have given their
consent to participate jointly with the Com-
mittee in formal negotiations, for the pur-
pose of arriving at a supplementary and
amplifying agreement on the cease-fire,
which the Committee believes indispensable
and which should include among its prin-
cipal clauses, in addition to others:
"(a) The demarcation and enlargement of
the safety zone to include the embassies that
are present outside this zone.
"(b) The cooperation of both parties with.
a Committee of the Organization of American
States for supervising and applying the
cease-fire.
"(c) Cooperation for humanitarian aid.
"d. Departure from the country of Do-
minican refugees or asylees in the embassies
who wish to leave.
"3. The Committee would like to know
whether, in the event that a supplementary
and amplifying agreement of this nature can
be signed by both parties, the U.S. military
forces in the Dominican Republic could re-
ceive precise instructions for cooperating in
carrying out the agreement.
"4. The Committee feels that without the
essential cooperation of the United States,
the aforementioned agreement could not. be
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going -corresponds to the terms of its in- the via.lt to the city of Santo Domingo. 5280)
structions 4contained my the resolution of The Special, Committee, achieved, under
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e6Peclally with what is stated In paragraph
2,a, concerning the cease-fire, and the content
of. paragraph 4, which states: [The Tenth
Meeting of Consultation: ] 'requests the
American governments and the Secretary
General of the organizationof American
states to extend their full cooperation ` in
order to facilitate the work of the
Committee. "
After ' the Act of Santo Domingo was
signer, by which the cease-fire ~of April 30,
1965, was ratified and amplified, the Special
Committee sent to the Ambassador of the
United States in the Dominican Republic a
note in which it expressly requested the co-
operation of the Government of that country
in applying the stipulations of that docu-
ment. The note from the Special Committee
and the reply from the Secretary, of State,
Mr. Dean Rusk, are transcribed below
"SANTO DOMINGO, ',{May 5, 1965.
The Honorable., W. TAPLEY BENNETT,
",Ambassador, of the United States of Ameri-
CAF to the bominican Republic, Santo Do-
frsln o de Guzman, Dominican Republic.
" SiR:' I have the honor to'transmit to you,
Sir, under instructions of the' Special Com-
mittee of the Tenth Meeting of Consulta-
tion of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
American States, a certified copy of the Act
of Santo Domingo signed today by the parties
who entitle themselves, respectively, 'military
Junta of Government' and 'Constitutional
Government.'
"As Item 4 of the resolution of May 1,
1965, of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation
'requests the American Governments to ex-
tend their full cooperation In order to fa-
cilitate the work of the Committee,' 'this
Committee hopes that your Government will
cooperate with it in observing the stipula-
tions of the Act of Santo Domingo.
"-Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of
my highest consideration."
"RICARno M. COLOMBO,
-"Representative of Argentina,
Chairman of the Committee.".
WAS$INGTON, ~
' May 7,1965.
His Excellency DR. f1ICARDO M. COLOMBO,
Representative of Argentina on the Coun-
ell of the Organization of American
States.
EXCELLENCY: I have been advised by the
United States Ambassador to the Dominican
Republic of Your Excellency's communica-
tion to him of May 5, transmitting a certified
copy of the "Act of Santo Domingo" and ex-
pressing the hope that the United States
Government will cooperate in'its observance.
Since the Commission has now returned to
Washington, I am taking the liberty of re-
plying directly to you.
-I have the honor to express my Govern-
WOWS gratitude for and support of the work
of the Colninission in Santo Domingo. The
United States will cooperate fully in the ob-
serbanee"of the provisions of the Act of
Santo Domingo. I do not have before me
the map attached to the Act of Santo Do-
mingo, but I assume that the boundaries of
the International Safety Zone coincide with
those that now exist and that the line of
communication crossing the Duarte bridge
as It now exists is shown on the map.
'Accept, Excellency, the renewed assur-
ance of my highest consideration.
DEAN RUSK,
The Secretary of State.
LX, CONCLUSIONS AND REttOMMENDATIORS
In presenting this report to the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs, the Special Committee has
desired only to give an account of its activ-
jectives net forth in the previously men-
tioned resolution with respect to cease-fire,
the orierly evacuation of persons who have
taken asylum or refuge, and humanitarian
assistance to the Dominican people without
any distinction as to -parties or conflicting
factiol8. The Special Committee also
achieved the demarcation of a safety zone
in the city of Santo Domingo in accordance
with `;he- map officially drawn up by its
military advisers. This map was trans-
mitted to both parties, and the original is
at the. disposal of the Tenth Meeting of
Consu: tation. '
As the representatives will note, the Act
of Sat to Domingo and the results thus far
obtained by the Special Committee con-
stitute the first stage of a process of restor-
ing peace and normality in the Dominican
Republic, which requires the Inter-American
System to take several steps toward con-
solidal ion.
Among the measures we believe could be
adopted at once by'+he loth Meeting of Con-
sultation, we suggest the following:
1. D3signation of a permanent technical
military group in the city of Santo Domingo
to supervise the cease-fire and other meas-
ures agreed upon by the parties in the Act
of Santo Domingo.
2. D3signatlon of another qualified group
to orginize humanitarian aid to the Domin-
ican pimple and evaluation of the most urgent
needs mith regard to food, medicine, and hos-
pital equipment.
3. S'udy and planning of the Inter-Amer-
loan leorce created by the Resolution of
May 6, 1965, of the 10th Meeting of Consulta-
tion, ii order to assure it the best conditions
of operation and efficiency.
4. - T 2 .empower the Special Commission to
establish coordination among.all these ele-
ments and activities in the Dominican Re-
public in order to attain the goals set forth
in the resolutions approved by the 10th Meet-
of Cot Bultation.
WAS fiINGTON, D.C., May 7, 1965.
RICARDO M. COLOMBO,
Ambassador of Argentina, Chairman.
ILMAR PENNA MARINHO,
Ambassador of Brazil.
ALFREDO VAZQUEZ CARRIZOSA,
Ambassador of Colombia..
CARLOS GARCfA BAUER,
Ambassador of Guatemala.
HUMBERTO CALAMARI G.,
Ambassador of Panama.
EXEMPTIONS FROM ANTITRUST
LAWS TO ASSIST IN SAFEGUARD-
ING THE BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS
PO 31TION OF THE UNITED STATES
Th = PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
KENNEDY of New York in the chair), laid
befori the Senate the amendments of
the lsouse of Representatives to the
amendment of the Senate to the bill
(H.R, 5280) to provide for exemptions
from the antitrust laws to assist in safe-
guarcing the balance-of-payments posi-
tion of the United States, which were,
on p;ige 2, line 4, of the Senate en-
gros6id amendment, after "payments"
insert, "position", and on page 2, line 19,
of the Senate engrossed amendment,
after "program" insert "is taken until
after such voluntary agreement or pro-
gram".
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
move that the Senate concur In the
amendments of the House to the amend-
THE LESS VISIBLE WAR IN
VIETNAM
Mr. JAVITS. The world and the peo-
ple of South Vietnam are not as aware
as they should be of our determination
to wage the less visible war against pov-
erty and despair in that country. Un-
fortunately much of the-.good work of
our aid program-the basic counterin-
surgency effort and the other important
work on the political-and economic lev-
el-has been obscured and overshad-
owed by the smoke of battle.
I feel that we must make sure that
the people of South Vietnam themselves
are aware of the fact that we are as de-
termined to aid in the fulfillment of this
social revolution for their benefit, as we
are to halt Vietcong military aggres-
sion; that we are determined not to al-
low the Communists to capture this rev-
olution, with their hypocritical and
fraudulent espousal of its objectives, only
as a means of collaring a trusting people
into eternal slavery.
We must underline once again our
determination to help the people of
South Vietnam retain their independ-
ence, and also to make that independence
meaningful, We must again and again
remind ourselves and the world that our
military efforts are not an end in them-
selves, but only the means of helping the
Vietnamese people to achieve their legit-
imate aspirations.
Press reports out of Washington the
last few days indicate that there is an
"air of optimism" in official thinking
about the Vietnam situation, The think-
ing seems to be that the words of our
highest officials, the deeds of the Ma-
rines on Chu Lai peninsula last week
and the other actions of the U.S. Armed
Forces have made it plain to the Viet-
cong, and their North Vietnamese and
Communist Chinese supporters that we
are determined not to bow to aggression.
This determination, so runs this line of
thinking, may well compel the Commu-
nist side to actively explore the possibility
of negotiating peace.
Certainly I hope that these reports
are correct and that we are closer to
ending the fighting in South Vietnam.
However, I feel that those who express
this optimism over the situation in Viet-
nam are falling to take into full account
the less-visible war, the legitimate social
and economic revolution. As a matter
of fact, to benefit from any cease fire or
peace settlement, the Government of
South Vietnam, working with its own
citizens, and with our help, must suc-
cessfully wage this war on economic and
political inadequacies and failures to
secure the confidence of all the Vietnam-
ese people.
This social. revolution is critically im-
portant. By propaganda, by terror, and
by political action the Vietcong have
sought to turn this revolutionary spirit
into the cutting edge of their own war
against the people of South Vietnam.
The highest officials of our Government
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