SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (REPORT #269 - AS OF 4:30 PM EDT)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 8, 1965
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
8 June 1965
Situation in the Dominican Republic
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The increasingly bitter rebel verbal attacks on
the US and Imbert are now being echoed and amplified
by both Cuba and the Soviet Union.
The rebel radio has stepped up the viciousness
of its attacks on the USE. Accusations of "atrocities"
at "US concentration camps" are being levied by the
broadcasts, although, as the US Ambassador points
out, the US detention center is now empty. In addi-
tion, the rebel radio shrills that the "hated Marines"
came to the Dominican Republic with the sole objec-
tive of "smashing blood and fire, systematically
violating the ceasefire, murdering defenseless
civilians," and the like.
Alternating with their anti-US theme, the rebels
threaten to burn Santo Domingo and to take the war to
the countryside if they are pressed. For example,
rebel Radio Santo Domingo (Constitutionalist) broad-
cast this morning that "3,000 men are prepared to
take up arms ...to destroy the traditional forces of
repression... headed by the gorilla Wessin and the
assassin of Puerto Plata, Antonio Imbert."
Recently rebel charges have been appearing
rather quickly in Cuban media, and the US Ambassador
in Santo Domingo believes that it is clear that the
rebels have some system for getting their line to
Radio Havana, Moreover, as noted below, there are
similarities between the rebel charges and the line
put forth by Cuba at the UN.
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At yesterday's session of the UN Security Council
the Cuban delegate, Miguel Alonso, let fly with a
free-swinging diatribe--so free-swinging in fact that
the Bolivian delegate protested the "harsh and uncalled
for language."
Alonso railed against the "genocide, murder,
torture, and bribery" used by the US and Imbert. He
added that US troops were there "to ensure the sack-
ing of the country" and to protect the big business
interests. As far as the Inter-American Peace Force
(IAPF) was concerned, Alonso considered it "part of
the Johnson doctrine of asphyxiating sovereignty and
strangling the people of the world, especially Latin
America." After describing the Secretary General of
the Organization of American States (OAS) Jose Mora
as "grovelling," Alonso said that Cuba expected the
following from the Security Council:
a) recognition of the "Constitutionalist Govern-
ment;"
b) effective implementation of the cease-fire;
c) immediate departure of US troops at the
orders of the Security Council;
d) "caging of Imbert outlaws'' and handing
them over to the justice of the Dominican
people;
e) abolition of the OAS on "grounds of inepti-
tude and servility."
Apart from the Cuban blast, the Council meeting
was largely a rehashing of previous statements.
Jordan, France, and Uruguay vaguely favored expand-
ing the UN's role in the Dominican crisis, and, true
to form, the Soviet delegate registered his "strong
and firm opposition" to the US actions.
Moscow is also propagandizing alleged atrocities
committed in the Dominican Republic. Yesterday Tass
carried a complaint made by the secretary of the
"Patriotic Dominican Front" in New York which claimed
that Imbert's "terror machine" was arresting and
executing Dominican youths. The article demands the
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sending of observers from the UN and UN Human Rights
Commission to end these "criminal actions" which if
allowed to continue "will reach genocide proportions."
Confronted with criticism of his and the UN's
role in .'the Dominican crisis, Jose Mayobre, the UN
special representative in the country, has stressed
to the OAS ad-'hoc committee that he has no desire to
broaden his mandate from that of an "observer and
reporter." Mayobre, whose partiality toward the pro-
Bosch forces has been evident, also indicated that
he thinks that any "third force" formula to establish
a non-political government would fail and that the
Guzman formula offered more promise.
Nevertheless, Ambassador Bunker reports that it
appears that Mayobre is, by his very nature, unable to
refrain from becoming involved in the substance of
the crisis. Mayobre has continued to meet with both
Imbert and Caamano concerning "solutions" to the
political impasse. In talking to the Salvadoran
representative on the OAS committee, Mayobre said
that Caamano had softened his position on the 1963
constitution and might delay the implementation of
certain of its provisions. However, Caamano sup-
posedly insisted on the "integrity" of the present
rebel congress. Mayobre added that the rebels had
established a special committee to deal with the OAS.
This committee consists of Caamano, Hector Aristy,
Jottin Cury, Antonio Guzman, Salvador Jorge (Guzman's
confidant), and Anibal Campagna (president of the
rebel senate).
The Inter-American Human Rights Commission has
formulated its initial plan of action. The commission
anticipates a three point effort consisting of:
1) a statement signed by both rebels and loyalists
pledging respect for human rights; 2) recommendations
to both sides for improvement of conditions; and
3) a request for a prisoner exchange, After meeting
with persons from both camps and visiting the prisons,
the commission estimated that the loyalists hold
some 2,000 prisoners and the rebels between 200 and
300. The US Ambassador notes that the embassy's
estimate of prisoners had been 2,000-2,200 held by
loyalists and 300-700 detained by rebels.
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Latin American contingents in the Inter-American
Peace Force (IAPF) are playing an increasingly more
active role in maintaining the ceasefire. The Latin
American Brigade, instead of US forces, is now
patrolling almost all of the eastern section of the
International Safety Zone. This brigade is composed
of the "Fraternity Battalion"--a joint Brazilian,
Nicaraguan, Honduran unit--plus an additional Brazilian
battalion. The Brazilian troops have not yet come
under rebel fire. Lieutenant General Palmer hopes that
rebel ceasefire violations would decline if Latin
American troops were deployed around such frequently
attacked sites as the electric power plant. IAPF
General Alvim has already placed members of the Costa
Rican contingent on the perimeter of the rebel-held
area, evidently hoping that this may also cut down
ceasefire violations.
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