SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A000100010066-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: January 15, 1966
• Content Type: IM

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OCI No. 0766/66
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
15 January 1966
Situation in the Dominican Republic
(Report as of 3:00 pm EST)
1. There have been no signs that progress has
been made in effecting Caamano's exist from the coun-
try. The uneasy calm is continuing.
2, The Brazilian government has formally noti-
fied the OAS that Major General Alvaro da Silva
Braga has been appointed to replace General Hugo
Panasco Alvim as Commander of the Inter-American
Peace Force (IAPF). Braga is expected to arrive in
the Dominican Republic on 16 January and assume com-
mand the following day. The change has been planned
for some time and has no relationship to the present
crisis. It is hoped, however, that Braga will aid in
easing the presently estranged relationship between
the IAPF and the OAS Committee. Concurrent with the
change in IAPF leadership, Lieutenant General Bruce
Palmer will step down as Deputy Commander of the IAPF
and Commander of US forces in the Dominican Republic.
He will be replaced by Brigadier General Robert Linvill,
who has been serving as Palmer's deputy since May.
CONFIDENTIAL
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