DOMINICAN BILL, $187 MILLION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000200470001-4
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 22, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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, VIRGINIA SUN ? ? . . $187 Million
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end PAUL SCOTT ?
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U.S. expenditures In the strife;" Department, Defense Depart
Jacked Dominican Republic will ' ment and Intelligence author'
me to around $187 million by** ties' Illis siglIthcant em'Pnati?
. is as follows:
the end of the current fiscal year.,. ? , $86 million?tor ali ' types
f the 'current fiscal year. '; .'economic aid to SuppOrt the .p
) Of this huge amount $137 mil- 'visional government and act
Hon was spent In the nine-month ',.tics of the OrgenIzatiotinf
? President Johnson rushed hoops $4 million-;-rnilltdry .. outlays
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. period from April 21, 1965, when :. ' lean States. ' - ?? - ".
' to the Caribbean country to pre- ' ,for U.S. and ,Latln American 1 ,. e i ? ..-
,! vent a Communist take-over, .(- contingents of the OAS ? peaeo- !
. .? .to February lot this year. - I: keeping force., . . ? ) -.?? .y.'..
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. r Another $50 million is in two : $19 milliorexpendituresi"; by.',
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little-known provisions of the . the U.S. Information . Service, I . ?I''
0115 million emergency budget' ." covert operations of U.S. intelll- I
t the President is seeking far ',,? game agencies, ?and activities of : ..7 . %;..'!-,?!
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t economic aid to Viet Nam. . ?'.'; various other U.S. Modes.? i
i The House Appropriations id At present,. the U.S. - is footing
Committee, which is considering the entire bill of President Gar-
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;this giant "supplementary" re- ??, cla-Godoy's proVisional. ?loyern- ? .'
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_fr.,' ? , ' quest, has band a $25 million '.? ment ' ? , ? it
item ? for the Dominktan Repub- L In addition. .The sagging. Do-' ?-?.;',.'1'.' -
, lie in Section III, tilled "Addi.;', Ininiesn' economY to ' ? getting,
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tionat Fiscal 1966 supporting Ar,.;? ; large infusions a 11.8. - funds, j
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, , i..!... ? '. 4, .. lislanCe ReqUIremen111," and 7; A and the US. Is providing the' ,,
another $23 minion as part of a.' logistic support for . the ? ? OAR.
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' proposed $100 million increase i ? .peace - keeping force:LI. well '
?; ? ? In "fiscal year 1966 Contingency ;i. as the 7,000 U.S., troops still on 1
t ' the island. ?;14-7,
' foreign aid funds." , .
In support of the additional $3) . The . House Foreign Aid AP:t
? million for the turbulent Domini- ? , Pmprlations subcommittee, ,whIch
!can intervention for the remain-' I. Is closely examining the mount- ;
Ling 41i months of the current,.*. Ing Dominican expenditures, is .,..:,?
4 ,fiscal year, the State Depart- t i looking into the recent appoint-:
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flient is circularizing emigres-7f. ' ment of Alexander Fitter to ;
.,?,./. , ,. ; /Lionel leaders wilt a backstage' head the forelp aid staff there.
?j lie replaces Carter Ide, htho i :?;?:??,
?7:::!' ' Memorandum. ...?,
? 1 It contends the hinds are es- was shifted to India. ,
:.sentlal to Maintain the provi-1 ? The committee has Informa-?
j atonal government of President i,.. .tion that while Firber was In
- Garcia-Gocioy so an , election can:. . charge of U.S.' aid in Bolivia it.
ibe held in June. Highlights are -;,. was divided among three rival
- ?:. t? factions, one of them leftist. ?.. i
&,' as follows:
"As a result of 'severe eco- .?'. Also under . scrutiny by' the
?itontic and political instability:r . committee is the little , noticed;
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following the April 1965 revolu-: ; dispatch to the Dominican ? Re-
.: tion, additional supporting as-: :: public of John Crimmins, for-*
sistance for the Dominican goy.; ',. liter head of the Cuban refugee
; eminent Is necessary to: (1) ' ; program. Nominally he Is to be
, help the provisional government ?, an assistant to Ambassador W.
of President Garcia-Godoy cre-. '. T. Bennett. ? - ,
Ate and maintain a s;able en-. But the inside word la that !
!vinnment conducive to the elec.: ; Crimmins' real functim is to.
? Mon of a democratic government ,-, ensure ", that an election takes'
"?'; ' kt June. ' . t place in Jute. .
? ..- !etiunent meet its current obli- ", toir-frn---
"(2) Help the provisional gov- '? ; Intelligence authorities comf_haie
? ., ,... ? dation so the new government 7, (Millie- that Majoy_Manuel._P.1-..?..?
* ; Is not faced with an immediate' ?'lfo?, - member of a '
'financial crisis which would ' recently - established- Cuban
'threaten its existence. The addi- ? ? torogn Relations Committee,.
' : '..'' ? ., . !tional po million is needed to ' ???? is now?irtrieting. subversion in
? ?Z-!" ' 'cover the gap between essential '0ii?NTIMtican_Republic. . Red
.".?], ??" !operating and capital budget ? ',. aget-157provided with false pass-
, . ? ' : costs and redhced tax revenue, : ports and visas, reportedly are
? 'which fell off because of 0011d? ? ? arriving there almoet daily. . 1
? ital unrest" ? At the recent 1Y1continental;
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1 i 'From three sources, the House? ;,,Corterence in Havana last.
Foreign Affairs Committee ? has: ? month, . "Intelligence ? authiwitleal, ? ..? -
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.Ceimplied ? a detailed breakdown ? say the Commtanstli ?detetralnedl , ,'?,??
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