SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (REPORT #161 - AS OF 9:00 AM EDT)

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• Document Release Date: April 10, 2006
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• Publication Date: May 6, 1965
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OCI No. 1602/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
6 May 1965
Situation in the Dominican Republic
(Report #161 - As of am EDT)
1. A member of the Organization of American
States (OAS) secretariat has informed the US ambas-
sador that at yesterday's meeting between the OAS
peace commission and Colonel Caamano concerning
the signing of the "Act of Santo Domingo," Andres
Riviere, a French member of Caamano's staff, played
a prominent "coaching" role. Riviere's name has
consistently appeared among those who are advising
2. US Ambassador Bennett reported that as of
last night efforts to form a viable loyalist govern-
ment have not yet borne fruit, Bennett's efforts
to form a government that would be representative
of the nation's major political parties have been
stymied by the unwillingness of the PRD to accept
Antonio Imbert on the junta or volunteer their own
services. Antonio Martinez Francisco, the secretary
general of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),
indicated that Bosch's approval would be necessary
before the PRD could participate and that the PRD
would probably insist on the condition that Bosch
could run in the next election. In view of the
urgency of forming a government Ambassador Bennett
has now returned to his earlier efforts to form an
essentially non-political junta.
3. A Panamanian television station reported
at 1:50 pm EDT yesterday that General Wessin would
be "tried publicly by a people's court under the
charge of /being7 a traitor to his country." The
station attributed the information only to "a young
rebel captain."
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