SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (REPORT #257 - AS OF 4:00 PM EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001400050007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 2, 1965
• Content Type: IM

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OCI No. 1745/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
2 June 1965
Situation in the Dominican Republic
(Report - As of pm EDT-F
Today has been one of the quietest days in
Santo Domingo since the insurrection began. No
new political activity of importance has been noted
and the military situation has remained unchanged.
The rebels have not yet responded to Imbert's
initiative of yesterday calling for elections under
the auspices of the Organization of American States
(OAS). It may be that the rebels are refraining
from a public response while waiting for further
clarification of the proposal, especially concern-
ing the nature of the provisional government that
would be set.-up and the question of the 1963 con-
stitution. On the other hand, the rebels may have
been caught short by Imbert's ploy--which did come
quite unexpectedly--and thus are somewhat confused
and perhaps divided over just what their response
should be.
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The loyalist police arrested rebel leader
Manuel Bordas yesterday while he was in the security
zone. It appears that troops of the Inter-American
Peace Force were also involved in the arrest--which
has considerably upset Jose Mora, Secretary General
of the Organization of American States. General
Palmer, whose troops are operating under orders
not to turn over Dominicans to the loyalists in
the zone, has taken steps to secure Bordas' release.
The US Embassy comments that such incidents are prob-
ably inevitable since the loyalists have police
authority in the zone. Manuel Bordas and his brother
Diego are close associates of Juan Bosch; Manuel's
detention by loyalist forces in the security zone
and the fact that the Inter-American forces were
involved in his arrest could easily be used in any
new rebel propaganda attacks that might materialize.
The agreement which established a buffer zone
around the electric power plant has apparently not
reduced friction between US and rebel forces in
this area of Santo Domingo. The US Embassy reports
that an investigation of rebel charges made last
night that US forces were firing on them from across
the Ozama River led to the conclusion that the
charge was another.in a long series of rebel provo-
cations in the area. Three rebel incidents were
reported there yesterday evening.
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,J L.